Controversy Over California Trucking Rules Surges
West Coast regulation critic Leonard Ross of the Public Utilities Commission argues trucking rates are kept high by collective regulation, costing California families about 40 dollars annually. He backs gradual reform, opposing minimum pricing while warning changes could threaten small truckers and jobs.
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Thomas D. Elias
Leonard Ross
State Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Ross
California
PAC
Charles Lawlor
California Trucking Association
Robert Batinovich
Lawlor
Teamsters Union
Batinovich
Untamed Northern California wildfire nears 50 000 acres
Erratic winds fueled a major fire across more than 40 000 acres near Shasta Trinity National Forest. Firefighters raced to build a 15 mile line ahead of flames as 2 000 plus crews operated from Red Bluff toward Saddle Camp. No major property loss reported. several injuries to fire crews. Investigators blame improper equipment use for starting the blaze.
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Red Bluff
UPI
California
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
California Division of Forests
Harry Harp
National Forest
Yolla Bolly
San Diego County
Harp
Saddle Camp
State Division of Forestry
Last Korean War turncoat to come home
James G. Veneris the last of 21 American POWs who stayed in China after the Korean War is set to return home. A 54 year old former U S Army private from Hawthorne California he has applied for a passport and may depart for the United States by mid July. He was captured Nov 28 1950 at age 28 and later lived in Tsinan Shantung Province where he married a Chinese woman and had two children.
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Hong Kong
UPI
James G. Veneris
China
Peking
Hawthorne
Calif
United States
Howard C. Adams
Corsicana
Tex
Europe
Veneris
Tsinan
Shantung Province
California Legislature Passes 250 Million School Aid Bill
The Assembly approved SB1641 to provide 250 million dollars for school aid. Rodda D Sacramento carried the bill 54 to 1. it returns to the Senate for concurrence. Also, SB570 creates an experimental part time DMV employee program starting January 1. ACR 219 by Ingalls Riverside requests studying the transport of extra wide mobile home trailers by state agencies.
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Sacramento
United Press International
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Milwaukee
Wis
Senate
Assembly
Rodda
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Ventura
Highway Patrol
Department of Transportation
California
Ingalls
D Riverside
Air travel resumes in Canada after nine day shutdown
Air Canada and CP Air recalled 18,500 employees as operations returned to normal. Canada ended a nine day shutdown over bilingual ground to air communications. US pilots union lifted safety quarantine on Canadian airspace and American carriers had shifted flights to U.S. border points during the dispute.
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Ottawa
UPI
Canada
Air Canada
CP Air
U.S
Airline Pilots Association
American Airlines
Swine flu vaccination plan under fire in hearings
Dr. Albert Sabin urged abandoning the mass vaccination plan except for high risk individuals. He testified that the $135 million program is no longer feasible and that most over 52 would be protected without vaccines. Insurance concerns about product liability and potential claims were raised by Leslie Cheek, with lawmakers debating indemnification for manufacturers.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Albert Sabin
Congress
Sabin
Leslie Cheek
American Insurance Association
House Health
U.S.A
Cheek
Tim Lee Carter
R-Ky
Train crash in Sweden claims 15 victims
Stockholm Sweden UPI Swedish rescue workers recovered eight more bodies from a head-on collision near Helsingborg raising the death toll to 15. Three children among the victims and 24 wounded. Rescue work shifted to cleanup as floodlights and steam cranes dismantled wreckage.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Helsingborg
Anders Attner
Europe
Amsterdam
Paris
Neufville
Belgium
Laura Cruze
Morris, Minn
Viking II to Decide Mars Landing Site Tomorrow
Viking II near Mars will pick a landing site Thursday as project manager Jim Martin defends delaying the July 4 descent. Candidates include Al on Chryse Plain with river-beds, Northwest Territory, A2, and Tritonus Lacus, with possible landings around July 21 to 22 if chosen.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking
Mars
Jim Martin
Columbus
Martin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S
Plain of
Chryse
Nixon
Northwest Territory
Americans in Mexican jails blame Nixon in open letter
A group of 120 American prisoners in Mexico accuse former President Nixon of ravaging their minds and bodies in an emotional letter. They claim the Nixon administration pressured Mexico to revoke good conduct reductions, worsening their sentences and justice in Mexican courts.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Committee of
U.S
Los Angeles County bus fares rise across system
Los Angeles county bus fares increase by ten cents to 35 cents while some services differ. Downtown minibus fares jump to 25 cents though Westwood Village service stays 10 cents. Monthly passes rise to 14 and 20 dollars, with various zone and route changes and sustained senior and disabled passes.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Board of Supervisors
RTD
Westwood Village
el Monte
Santa Monica Diamond
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Imperial Savings Office
Imperial
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