Where's Charlie kidnappers target Hollywood stars
Reported plot to kidnap actresses Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith prompts FBI and police inquiry. Hollywood sources provide few details while confirming investigation into the alleged scheme. Groucho Marx returns home after hip surgeries. Alice Cooper faced Canada border restrictions with his boa Angel before a Vancouver show.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Feiwird
Police Department
FBI
Plo
Kate Jackson
Jaclyn Smith
Hollywood
Rana Barrett
Cooper
Angel
Vancouver
Shep Gordon
Canada
Exon firm blamed for failing to file property valuation
Douglas County assessor says J. J. Exon Co. failed to file inventory and office equipment details for its Omaha office at 7397 Pacific St. The firm marks forms as not applicable. estimated equipment value is $75,000, with a 50 percent penalty to be assessed. Exon owns majority stock but has not been active in management.
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Omaha
UPI
Douglas County Assessor
J. James Exon
Leis Callahan
J. J. Exon Co
Pacific St
Lilyhorn
Personal crisis reports spark auto accident rise study
In San Diego a seven year UCSD sociology study finds news of personal crisis deaths prompts more self reports, some framed as auto accidents. The research across San Francisco and Los Angeles shows a 9.12 percent weekly uptick after a normal death by own action and 18.64 percent after heavily publicized cases, even after adjusting for traffic and trends.
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San Diego
UPI
University of California At
David R. Phillips
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Campaign to block state aid to schools and roll back sales tax
Neb state petition drive aims to suspend the 1977 state aid law and halt a July 1 sales tax rise. Brauer says signatures must reach 54,000 by Sept 2 to trigger a referendum, with urban areas and Douglas County expected to supply most support. If successful, local budgets face August 15 deadline impacts, and a 1978 vote would decide.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Zeke) Brauer Jr
Brauer
Nebraska School Improvement Association
Ramey Whitney
Chappell
Whitney
Braver
Nebraska
J. James Exon
Stauer
Douglas County
Aplcio
Bill Brennan
Omaha
AFL- Cio
Brennan
Nebraska State Education Association
Policeman Suspended Over Pink Paint Incident
SALT LAKE CITY UPI Policeman Brett Etcock received a 15 day suspension after fellow officers found him painting a woman patrol officer’s cruiser in pink. He appeared intoxicated and remarked it looked pretty as they arrested him. The vehicle belonged to a former dating partner. Police cleaned the paint before it dried.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Brett Etcock
Bud Willoughby
Etcock
Elcock
Curtis seeks REA aid to repair rural utilities after storm
Lincoln Neb, Sep 7, UPI report says Senator Carl Curtis introduced a bill to let the Rural Electrification Administration use its revalrying fund assets to finance emergency repairs for rural electric and telephone facilities when federal disaster aid is unavailable. The administrator would decide on aid at a governor's request after assessing damage and finances. Curtis argues the Carter administration denied disaster relief for Nebraska Kansas and Colorado systems and feared customer rate hikes would jeopardize rural utilities.
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Neb
UPI
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Nebraska
Curtis
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Carter Administration
Kansas
Colorado
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