Son of Sam captured after dramatic Yonkers arrest
David Berkowitz, the so called Son of Sam, was arrested after police halted his car in Yonkers. A .44 revolver and a .45 submachine gun plus a taunting letter were found. Berkowitz confessed to eight ambush killings and was charged with murder and related crimes.
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UPI
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Suffolk County Police
Son of
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Hamptons
Long Island
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New York City
London
Jack the Ripper
New England
Boston
Son
Yonkers
N.Y
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Brooklyn
Sam Carr
Carr
Stacy Moscowitz
Miss Moscowitz
Westchester County
Craig Glassman
Glassman
Ronald Aiello
Criminal Court
Richard Brown
Philip Peltz
Anticommunist group claims Oviedo Cathedral treasure theft
A right wing Iberian Anticommunist Alliance claimed to have stolen Oviedo Cathedral treasures to stop them from Communist hands. In a call to El Pais the group said it would return the artifacts when Spain reverts to Franco era governance. Valued from 5,900 to 250 million dollars, the loot was taken by four thieves from the cathedral treasure room.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Oviedo
el Pais
Castro releases families of Americans in Cuba
Senator Frank Church after a Cuba visit praises Fidel Castro for allowing nearly 100 American families to depart Cuba and for releasing two American boats and crews. He notes ongoing ideological differences and hopes to brief President Carter, saying the ball is in the U.S. court.
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Cuba
Washington
UPI
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Fidel Castro
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U.S
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Church
United States
U.s.-Cuba
Miami
Donnie Rebozo
Richard Nixon
Bebe Rebozo
Byron Moore
Space shuttle Enterprise makes first solo flight test
Edwards Air Force Base Calif UPI two astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton prepare aboard the space shuttle Enterprise for a five minute solo glide over the Mojave Desert The mission aims to advance the program toward orbital flights in 1979 with several test flights planned before ferrying to Huntsville Alabama for vibration testing and Cape Canaveral for launch next year
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UPI
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Mojave
Fred Haise
Gordon Fullerton
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Space Agency
Haise
Earth
Fullerton
American Airlines
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Ala
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Richard Truly
Palmdale
Rockwell International Corp
Space
Cape Canaveral
Vance in London for talks on Rhodesia peace plan
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance led a high level Anglo American push in London to finish a package aimed at transferring Rhodesia’s power to a black majority by spring 1978. He conferred with British Foreign Secretary David Owen and South African Foreign Minister Roelof Botha, with planned talks at Chequers including James Callaghan and possibly Julius Nyerere.
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London
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Rhodesia
Middle East
Vance
David Owen
Roelof F
Pik” Botha
Owen
Foreign Office
Africa
Andrew Young
U.S
United Nations
No. 1
Carlton Gardens
Botha
Ian Smith
South Africa
James Callaghan
Ther
Chequers
Julius Nyerere
United States
High Commission
Smith
Patriotic Front
Abel Muzorewa
Salerno Says Tax Enforcement Key To Keeping Mob From NJ Casinos
UPI reports Ralph F. Salerno, expert on organized crime, urges strict New Jersey income tax enforcement to curb mob infiltration of Atlantic City's emerging casino sector. He notes Gambino and Bruno factions seeking legitimate businesses to gain respectability and advocates licensing akin to Britain, with no court recourse for license refusals.
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N.J
UPI
New Jersey
Atlantic City
State Commission of Investigation
Ralph F. Salerno
New York City
Angelo Bruno
Philadelphia
Carlo Gambino
New York
Salerno
SCI
Gambino
John Paul Getty
Howard Hughes
England
Worldwide coverage of Son of Sam capture shocks front pages
Newspapers around the world led with the arrest of David Berkowitz, the so called Son of Sam. Britain gave top display to the capture overshadowing the queen's Northern Ireland visit. Japanese papers ran long crime features while Latin American outlets showcased bold front pages and dramatic headlines.
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Queen Elizabeth
David Berkowitz
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London
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London Evening News
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Mainichi
Asahi
Yomiuri
Attica
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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la Razon
Jack the Ripper
New York
California fires halts: two contained one remaining
California firefighters have contained the Scarface fire near the Oregon border and the Pandosa blaze, each burning over 80 000 and 20 000 acres respectively. A third fire near Big Sur remains out of control, with crews shifting to backfires and break lines to protect Carmel River Valley watershed.
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California
Oregon
Big Sur
Scarface
Pandosa
Lassen
Modoc
Marble Cone
Carmel River Valley
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