Senator Jatin McClellan Dies at 81 in Arkansas
Sen. Jatin L. McClellan, longtime Arkansas Democrat and powerful investigator of labor unions and organized crime, died in his sleep at 81 in Little Rock. He served 35 years in the Senate, chaired the Appropriations Committee since 1972, and previously led the permanent Investigations Subcommittee. His aides found him at about 6:30 a.m. in his apartment. he had announced retirement last week, saying health but not his decision.
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Little Rock, Ark
Jatin L. McClellan
al. McClellan
Little Rock
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McClellan
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
MacClelan
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Union
House
Tate
TFX
Governor names aide to head health department reorg team
Gov. Brown appoints his top aide Gray Davis to lead a panel recruiting directors for California’s reorganized health program. The group will screen candidates for new departments to replace the troubled Health Department by next July, with outside consultants and panels of doctors, hospitals, locals, and parents involved.
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Brown
California
Gray Davis
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State Health Department
State Health and Welfare
Mario Obledo
Carlotta Mellon
Obledo
Davis
Arlen Gregorio
D-San Mateo
People Health Plans
Medi-Cal
Obledo, Mellon
Louis Simpson
Los Angeles
Teen Bandits Stage 2 Stickups on Bikes and Flee
In An Ysidro two teen bicyclists robbed two groups of visiting diners and a Fountain Valley man after flashing revolvers. The first group of four visitors from Santa Barbara Hayward and Castro Valley lost about 12 dollars at a restaurant before the youths fled on bicycles. Fifteen minutes later Jose E Lopez 32 of Fountain Valley reported one teen held a gun to his face and he handed over about 280 dollars before pursuing the culprits. Lopez said he struck one cyclist with his car as they escaped. Local police described both incidents as occurring Friday night.
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Santa Barbara
Hayward
Castro Valley
Jose E. Lopez
Fountain Valley
Lopez
Dock strike blamed for worst U.S. trade deficit
The Commerce Department said October saw a record trade deficit as a dock strike curtailed exports and modest imports. Exports fell to 9.2 billion while imports edged down to 12.4 billion, with economists calling the dip temporary and tied to the shipping stoppage.
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Washington
United States
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Gulf
Courtenay Slater
Supreme Court OKs AT&T antitrust suit to break up firm
The Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings allowing the Justice Department to sue AT&T and its Bell System subsidiaries for violating Sherman Act antitrust laws. The government seeks to break up the telecom giant, arguing monopolistic control, while AT&T argued regulatory shield. The action marks a major step toward trial in the government’s 1974 suit.
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Supreme Court
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Federal Communications Commission
New Jersey
Alaska
Louisville, Ky
Western Electric Co
Bell Laboratories
United States
Bell System
Beach holiday marred by 50 boating rescues killed man
Long Thanksgiving weekend saw more than 50 boat rescues along Southern California including Long Beach where 63-year-old San Pedro resident James C. Mullins died after attempting to anchor his boat at Island A. Winds 15 to 35 mph and small craft advisories prompted warnings across from Point Conception to Santa Monica Bay.
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San Pedro
James C. Mullins
Peck Ave
Long Beach
Island
California
Point Conception
Santa Monica Bay
Point, Dume
Newport
Department of Water and Power
San Fernando Valley
Zuma
Newport Beach
Sunnyvale union split over Lockheed contract ends walkout
In Sunnyvale Machinists Local 508 members approved a three year package at Lockheed Missiles and Space, easing a 49 day strike that involved about 13 000 members at three Southern California plants and a Marietta, Georgia facility. Spokesman George Mulhern said most workers were back to work with 60 to 95 percent back on site, while international union officials called the move illegal and claimed the walkout remained active. The deal includes a 13 percent raise over three years and seniority provisions. about 4,500 area Lockheed employees are union represented. International IAMAW officials warned scabs would be charged for returning to work.
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Sunnyvale
Machinists Union Local 508
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co
International Union
Southern California
Lockheed
Marietta, Ga
George Mulhern
Mulhern
Marietta
Ken Bends
Sai. 9
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Benda
Oat Paul Diska
Los Angeles
Ayvalé
The
International
Flight incident lands balloon craft near Bellflower junior high
Pilot uninjured as air buoyadon turns toward Washington Junior High during a fuel shortage. Read on Page A-3 for the abduction of a nearby topic and the balloon’s odd descent onto school grounds.
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