Port delays test West Coast docks amid union strike
Port delays mount as 88 ships idle in harbor and Fort pilots work overtime to move anchored vessels. Local 13's John Pandora convened a meeting to discuss actions as PMA and ILWU face stalled talks and possible injunction under Taft-Hartley Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local 13
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
John Pandora
Pandora
San Francisco
PMA
Caughlin
Mark Beiley
Beiley
Harry Bridges
ILWU
Washington
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
West
Demos Map Own Property Tax Plan Stalls in Legislature
Lawmakers and the governor appear unlikely to enact the promised property tax relief as campaigners from both parties push for a year without action. Senator George Deukmejian notes slim chances of a final deal while Moretti and Republicans clash over controls on social spending and measures to prevent future tax increases.
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Ming
Moretti
Sen
George
Deukmejian
Rlong Beach
Unsolicited merchandise and personal record help lines
Readers report questions on returning unwanted goods and legal rights. The column notes a federal rule that unsolicited merchandise becomes the recipient's property with no obligation to pay or return unless required by law. It also covers birth certificate replacement, locating glasses makers, and ski boat rentals with concrete addresses and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingerhut Co. Inc
St. Cloud
Minn
Wd.s
Cypress
Action Line
State Health Department Ad Misused Public Mail, Supervisors Say
County supervisors condemned the state health department for mailing an advertisement for a private medical plan to welfare recipients in Compton. They demanded a report from CAO Arthur G. Will after receiving complaints about envelopes showing a county return address and Medi Cal IDs. Will said Dr. Earl Bryan admitted Sacramento placed the ad and promised no future mailings with county return addresses, but Dorn pressed for a full explanation and action.
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State Health Department
Compton
Warren Dorn
Arthur G. Will
Burton Chace
Mg N
Palo Verde Ave
Long Beach
Will
Earl Bryan
Bryan
Sacramento
Dorn
Long Beach Harbor Revenues Fall Amid Longshoremen Strike
A report to the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners shows a $741,113 revenue drop in the first two months of the strike with an estimated $1.5 million loss by September and October. Johnson, harbor department comptroller, notes major declines in general cargo berth operations and wharfage since July 1, compared to 1970-71.
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Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners
Robert H. Johnson
Harbor Department Comptroller
Johnson
Nixon urges youth to lead anti drug fight in Louisiana
President Nixon told 21 000 pupils from northeastern Louisiana junior and senior high schools by telephone that youths are the target of drug peddlers and must spearhead the fight. He cited erosion of moral values and urged a national rebirth of character to oppose drugs.
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Monroe
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
Louisiana
Fillmore Fire Threat From Santa Ana Winds Surges
Firefighters battled a 220 acre blaze near Ventura County between Camarillo and Thousand Oaks, halted Monday night by 100 crews as Santa Ana winds pushed flames. A Simi station dumper truck toppled but crews stayed safe. Los Angeles saw a house destroyed and a firefighter burned. Blazes west of the San Diego Freeway and in Brongan Canyon caused damage and threats amid rising temperatures and low humidity.
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Camarillo
Thousand Oaks
Yentuya
Santa ‘Anna
Simi
Los Angeles
San Diego
Sepulveda Pasa
Brongan Canyon
Hollywood Hills
Fira
Santa Ana
Navy 9 Assigned to Useful Work After Refusal
The Navy reports charges have not yet been filed against nine sailors who refused to sail on the carrier Constellation. They sought refuge in a San Diego church before the ship left for Vietnam and were taken into custody, then flown to the ship. Naval officials say the sailors are in protective custody and performing useful work aboard, including assisting others in routine tasks.
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San Diego
Navy
Vietnami
Cemetery Pact Reached in San Francisco
A tentative settlement ending a 20 hour negotiation between San Francisco Cemetery Workers Local 245 and the San Francisco Cemetery Association will let about 1500 unburied bodies be handled. Mayor Reardon Reagan and other officials praised the three year contract while details await union ratification tonight at Colma City Hall. The offer of 92.40 a day over three years plus 10 cents in benefits contrasts with prior 44.20 daily rate.
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Reagan
Alioto
Cemetery ‘Workers Local 245
San Francisco Cemetery Association
Colma
State aid checks mostly mailed under new welfare plan
Welfare checks have been mailed to nearly all recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. San Bernardino County was the exception with checks sent out today. Seven of 58 counties delayed deliveries last week due to a state Supreme Court stay that blocked parts of the reform law, later clarified to allow prereform grant payments while legality debates continue.
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Sacramento
UPI
Aid
Robert Carleson
San Bernardino
Supreme Court
Astate
Grammatical jurist frees drunken defendant in Cincinnati
UPI reports Municipal Judge Donald Montfort dismissed the drunkenness charge against Robert Ryan after ruling the defendant cannot be convicted if he was unlawfully found in a state of intoxication. The judge said the charge was invalid as the evidence stemmed from an unlawful finding.
Recalled California Evaporated Milk Linked to Tin Specks
A federal inspector said black specks found in California welfare evaporated milk are tin-plate shards from inside can linings. About 90 000 cans recalled in mid September. No bacteria contamination or poison risk, per Dr. James Dizikos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
California
James Dizikos
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Saad
Diztkos
Two Philippine ships collide with heavy seas sinkings
The Philippine navy reports 67 rescued from an interisland passenger ship that sank off Siquijor Island amid rough seas. 28 are missing from another sunken cross channel boat, with two oil tankers, Trans Asia and Platypus, rescuing 20 passengers and 47 crew from the M Ta cloban about 120 miles south of Manila.
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Manila
UPS
Philippine Navy
Siquijor Island
Navy
Luzon Stevedoring Co
Tacloban
Transasia
Platypus
Batangas Province
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Lakewood
Wnols Department of Public Health
Office of Vital Records
West Jefferson St
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Ilinois
Cerrites
Accent
Atlantic Ave
Stats Floral Supply
N. Harbor Drive
Redonda Beach
Stats
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Rochester Optical Co
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N.Y
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Lake Elsinore
Pied Stokes
Lakeshore Drive
L.B. Firm
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L.B. Harbor
Fillmore
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Louis Freehoff
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