Oil slick spotted on Columbia River linked to tanker spill
Coast Guard crews sighted a thin oil film on the Columbia River possibly from the tanker Idaho Standard after about 300 barrels or 21 000 gallons of diesel leaked from a Standard Oil cash docked in Portland. Waterfowl unharmed. film visible upriver to Skamokawa 18 miles from Astoria. Cleanup continued in Willamette behind a containment boom.
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Fugitives from Arizona Arrested in Honolulu
Two Arizona fugitives were arrested in Honolulu by the FBI. Albert E. Urbauer, alias Bob Wilson, sought since June 1969 for unlawful interstate flight to avoid prosecution for rape, was nabbed on Waikiki Street. Lawrence J. Sheehan, 24, arrested on a federal warrant filed January 8 in Phoenix for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for burglary, had been living in Hawaii for five months with his wife.
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UPI
Arizona
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richard D. Rogge
FBI
Albert E. Urbauer
Waikiki
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Urbauer
Bob Wilson
Ariz
Lawrence J. Sheehan
Phoenix
Avaid
Sheehan
Hawaii
Christopher J. Sheehan
Oahu
Santa Maria
Calif
Five-odd dozen charged in desert bighorn poaching scheme
Thirty five game hunters including a conservationist were charged in a bid to poach protected California desert bighorn sheep dating to 1873. The federal complaint links 42 out-of-state hunters to Redlands taxidermist Gary Swanson, a Bighorn Sheep Council member, with guides Raymond Porta and James Beasley. Many accused hail from Oregon, Washington, Canada, and the Midwest. state charges follow a raid on Swanson’s shop last September while he was abroad in Mongolia.
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Youths Hurt in Large San Fernando High School Fight
About 50 youths clashed Tuesday at San Fernando High School in a Los Angeles suburb. Police said the disturbance began off campus, moved onto school grounds, and subsided after roughly 45 minutes with unspecified property damage.
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Pair convicted of bizarre murder in Los Angeles
Dennis Wallace and Joseph Samson, a 30 year old aluminum worker and a 36 year old butcher, were found guilty of the June 3 slaying of Jim Summers, a 32 year old welder. Prosecutors said Summers was struck with a crowbar, garroted, and his body was partially destroyed with sulfuric acid and disposed of in trash and attic storage. The verdict sets the stage for a death penalty phase for Wallace.
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UPI
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Joseph Samson
Jim Summers
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Pute
Summer
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William B. Keene
Wallace
California sells $100 million water bonds at low rate
California sold $100 million in water bonds at an average net rate of 5.518 percent. The bid was led by Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York with First National City Bank United California and Salomon Bros. The deal included a $19,603 premium. Proceeds retire $100 million in one year water bond anticipation notes issued last June. Series II bonds mature serially from June 1, 1980, through June 1, 2020.
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Ivy Baker Priest
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
New York City
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United Cali
Reagan names housing official to state commission
Governor Reagan announced Kenneth J. Bourguignon of Northridge and Jack Freeman of Beverly Hills for the state Commission on Housing and Community Development. The commission issues regulations under housing and mobile home laws. Bourguignon earns $2, expenses, and Freeman, 61, runs a floor covering company. Both men are Republicans.
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Kenneth J. Bourguignon
Northridge
Jack Freeman
Beverly Hills
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Five Million Death Claim Rejected in California
Mary Ware of San Francisco had sought $5 million as wrongful death for her son George, a 28 year old ex mental patient shot by a Vallejo police officer after a Napa State Hospital release. The California Board of Control refused the claim, prompting plans for a lawsuit in Solano County Superior or U.S. District Court.
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Napa State Hospital
Governor Reagan Proposes $6.7 Billion State Budget
Governor Ronald Reagan unveiled a $6.7 billion budget plan for the coming fiscal year, outlining how state tax dollars would be allocated, and presenting the proposal to the Legislature yesterday.
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Reagan budget sparks partisan clash in California
In Sacramento the $6.7 billion plan draws fire as inadequate for schools and welfare cuts prompt vows of a formidable fight by the California State Employee Association. Democrats mock the proposal as Mandrake the Magician style illusion while Republicans hail it as courageous amid tax and welfare reform debate.
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Jack Schrade
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Maheu to present records for court scrutiny
Robert Maheu told a Nevada court he would allow examination of all files removed from Hughes Nevada Operations to determine if any Hughes Tool Co documents remained in his possession. He said most removed records belonged to Robert A. Maheu Associates and offered to bring cabinets to the courthouse if ordered.
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Hughes
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Robert A. Maheu
Hughes Tool
First tuna loads tested safe for mercury levels
San Diego based tuna industry officials announced that the first three peatloads of tuna from Central American waters contain no unsafe mercury. FDA ordered tests on three returning boats and cannery tests corroborated no contamination. Officials noted December tests found only 43 of three million cans unsafe, with no boats involved in recent seizures.
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Westgage Cannery
Federal Food and Drug Administration
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Assolation
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California and the West
California and the West section of The Argus reports regional news highlights, from policy shifts to economic trends affecting the coast and interior. It notes industry developments, local government actions, and notable events shaping the Pacific region's landscape.
State land use plan urged to curb subdivision damages
Reagan administration pushed a state plan to curb environmental harm from rural and mountain subdivisions. Testimony cited Nevada County streams with erosion and habitat loss from road building and housing, listing Crocker Mountain Estates and Trinity Pines as examples. Officials urged local control plus state guidance to minimize impacts on fish, waterfowl, and habitats while critics called second home lots fraudulent.
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Lawrence H. Cloyd
State Fish and Game Department
Robert D. Goodler
State Department of Conservation
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California Senate Proposes Broad Budget and Rule Changes
The budget proposes 6.73 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1 while legislation targets oil bans in San Francisco Bay and the delta, spill cleanups, and expanded state bodies. It also includes 8.7 billion for 1971-72 operations and various regulations on dairy labeling, smoking in transit, and jury age.
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Assembly calls naval protection to guard tuna fleet
Sacramento proposed measure unanimously urging the federal government to use the Navy to stop seizures of U S tuna boats by Ecuador and Peru. Assemblyman Vincent Thomas said the State Department has failed to protect ships and urged sanctions and presidential action to defend vessels and crews.
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