California mother on trial for abandoning child
Betty Lansdown Fouquet faced a Kern County murder case transferred to Santa Clara County. Her attorney said she lived in fear of husband Ronald Fouquet who allegedly threatened to shoot their children and others. Jury heard that Jody, five, was left by U S 99 near Bakersfield last October amid a history of prior births and a past homicide linked to Fouquet.
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Bakersfield
Jody
Fouquet
Ronald Lansdown
Santa Clara County
Kern County
Alleged mayor briber testifies in San Diego trial
UPI reports Charles A. Pratt testified in the Superior Court bribery and conspiracy case against Mayor Frank Curran. Pratt, 41, ex-president of San Diego Yellow Cab, initially declined to answer then returned to the stand after a chambers meeting with the judge and defense. Nearby, DA William read opening statements in the assemblyman Tom Hom case as jury selection began for City Councilman Mike Shafer and eight officials tied to bribe money.
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San Diego
UPI
Charles A. Pratt
Frank Curran
Superior Court
Pratt
San Diego Yellow Cab Co
Rt Conyers
Aftorweys
William T. Low
Depu
William
Tom Hom
Sons County
Mike Schaefer
Curran
Hom
Fund for Marin prosecutor's sons gains $1,700 trust
The Hay Area Prosecutors' Association started a trust fund totaling 1700 for the sons of Marin County Assistant District Attorney Gary W. Thomas. Members of the 290 district attorneys and deputies each donated one percent of one month's salary. Thomas was paralyzed from a courtroom shootout at the Mazin Civic Center on August 2 that killed Judge Harold Haley and three others. He now carries out courtroom duties from a wheelchair.
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San Rafael
UPI
Hay Area
Sons of Marin County
Gary ’W. Thomas
Thomas
Mazin Civic Center
Harold Haley
Marin
Jonathan P. Jackson
George P. Jackson
San Quentin
Marin County
Calif
Young Jackson
Superior Court
Harold J. Haley
Soledad Brothers
One Killed in Aerojet Plant Fire in Sacramento
A fire at the Aerojet Solid Propulsion Co plant in Sacramento killed Alfred Rigling, 45, of Orangevale, and seriously injured Cyril A. Vandenberg, 83, of Sacramento. The blaze started in a motor casting building used for rocket motors. cause unknown. Property damage was confined to one bay of four. The spokesman noted workers were performing a routine operation.
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Sacramento
API
Aerojet Solid-Propulsion CO
Here
Alfred Rigling
Orangevale
Cyril A. Vandenberg
California personal income rises 11 percent in Q3
California personal income rose 11 percent in the third quarter to 89.79 billion dollars, 64 percent above the July-September figure a year earlier. Wages and salaries climbed by 674 million, led by gains in trade, transportation, finance and services, while mining, manufacturing and construction showed softness amid overall business slowdown and aerospace employment cuts.
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Sacramento
UPI
State Department of Finance
Moniay
California
Department
Bank Robberies Hit Three LA Banks Totaling 11120
Three Los Angeles area banks were robbed on Monday with a combined take of 11,120. A Bank of America teller on Wilshire Boulevard received a note and money. a Hollywood Security Pacific National Bank branch saw a gunman take 8,774. another Hollywood Bank of America was robbed by a woman for 5,046. No suspects were captured.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ema Priener
Bank of America
Wilshire Boulevard
Hollywood
Security Pacific National Bank
Free Press Fined Over Secret Narcotics Agent List
Los Angeles Superior Court ordered the Los Angeles Free Press to pay 10 000 in installments of 500 monthly beginning January 3 after the paper published a secret list of state narcotics agents names and addresses last year. Judge Benjamin Landis issued a permanent injunction prohibiting future publication of such lists.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles Free Press
Superior Court
Benjamin Landis
Los Angeles bed tax up to six percent in measure
City Council tentatively approved raising the hotel occupancy tax from five to six percent to fund the new convention center. The ordinance, passed 12 to 2, would generate about $0,000 annually as supporters including Peter OMalley of the Dodgers urged the increase saying the city has money to make money.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Peter O'Malley
The
Los Angeles Dodgers
Convention Bureau
Reagan campaign ends with 90000 deficit in California
Reagan aides disclosed that the governor's general election campaign ran a deficit of about 90000, with receipts near 2600000 and outlays around 2130000. The bank loan noted as income covered late bills, and officials said further contributions and some inaugural funds may be used to pay remaining obligations.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
H.P. Sullivan
Reagan
Tate
Ed Mills
Southern California
Mills
Sullivan
San Jlose
Frank Murphy Jr
Santa Cruz
Ken MacDonald
Ojai
Jerry Lewis
Psychiatrists to examine Mendoza for Pope trial fitness
A three psychiatrist panel was appointed to assess Benjamin Mendoza y Amor of La Paz Bolivia to determine if he is fit to stand trial for the November assassination attempt on Pope Paul VI. The judge ordered the panel to report on January 4 after a brief court session in Pasay City Philippines.
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Manila
UPI
Benjamin Mendoza Y Amor
Paul
Mendoza
Pedro Bautista
la Paz
Bolivia
Bautista
Jose Clarin
Philippine National Mental Hospital
Manuel Pardo
Philippine General Hospital
Hilario Florencio
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pasay City
Metdoza
Pompidou says OECD nations outpace Reds in growth
President Georges Pompidou warned against protectionism as Western economies advance faster than Communist nations. He noted the U S dollar’s reserve role may fail if deficits persist, and praised OECD growth driven by liberal policies and postwar U S aid. He spoke at the OECD’s 10th anniversary ceremony.
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Paris
UPI
Georges Pompidou
U.S
United States
Pompidou
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD
Ompadou
Western Europe
Queen Mary Recall Election Targets Long Beach City Council
In Long Beach a recall vote is set for Tuesday to decide the fate of four councilmen charged as arrogant and unresponsive regarding the costly Queen Mary project and other actions. Citizens for Recall gathered 16 687 signatures. if approved, successors must be elected within 90 days.
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Long Beach
UPI
Queen Mary
Citizens For Recall
Paul Deaxts
Bert Bond
E. F. Cruchtey
Russell Rubley
Saul Stolzberg
Guard stabbed at tense Soledad Prison
Soledad California police reported another guard stabbed at the tense facility where earlier violence left two guards and five inmates dead. William Monaghan, 41, was treated for a facial slash and not in serious condition at Ft Ord Hospital.
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Soledad
Calif
UPS
Robert Eklund
State Department of Corrections
William Monaghan
Ft. Ord Hospital
Monaghan
O Wing
Ieident
Altamont judge screens jurors over publicity
Oakland UPI report states Superior Court Judge William J. Hayes will question 60 prospective jurors in his chambers to assess whether recent publicity has biased them in the murder trial of a Hell's Angel charged with the Dec 6 1969 Altamont stabbing.
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Oakland
UPI
Superior Court
William J. Hayes
Charles Manson
Sirhan Sirhan
Los Angeles
Stones Movie
George Walker
San Francisco
New York
U.S
Hell
Angel Allan Passaro
Meredith Hunter
Rolling Stones
Altamont
Alameda County
Passaro
San Francisco Firefighter Rescues Teen From Catwalk
A San Francisco firefighter lifts a 15-year-old girl from a catwalk over 150 feet above ground after she spent more than an hour stranded. She was hospitalized for treatment and observation.
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San Francisco
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