Oil spill threatens Bay area wildlife and cleanup crews
San Francisco conservationists rush to aid oil soaked wildlife as Standard Oil works under Coast Guard to clean up more than half a million gallons spilled from the Oregon Standard after a collision with the Arizona Standard under the Golden Gate. No injuries reported. winds may drive oil back into the bay.
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U S Economy Sees 1970 GNP Fall Despite Higher Prices
Commerce Department reports 1970 GNP at 976.8 billion up 4.9 percent from 1969 but real GNP fell 0.4 percent due to price inflation 5.3 percent. Inflation and recession mark worst year since 1947 amid GM strike impact and policy shifts. Bethlehem Steel cuts price rise to 6.8 percent. Fed lowers discount rate and bank prime rate. housing starts in December rise to 1.99 million units.
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Federal Reserve Board
Weather brings flood threat in Pacific Northwest and heavy snow in Indiana
UPI reports a flood threat in the Pacific Northwest as rains diminish, while Gary Indiana sees at least a foot of snow in two hours and five to six inches in nearby Valparaiso Crown Point and Chesterton. Heavy seas and gale warnings accompany southerly winds along the Washington coast.
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Widow Grissom sues capsule makers for 10 million
Betty Grissom filed two 5 million suits in Florida and Texas courts asserting gross negligence and fraud by North American Rockwell Corp and related firms over the Apollo command capsule that burned on a January 27 1967 pad test. The suits claim failure to warn of hazards, misrepresentation to NASA, and dangerous workmanship. The actions name co defendants North American Rockwell Corp Rockwell Standard Corp Rockwell Standard Co and North American Aviation Inc.
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