Detroit men indicted in triple bank robbery case
Harold Dean Combs and Hubert James Davis of Detroit were indicted by a federal grand jury on armed bank robberies at the Bank of the Commonwealth in Bedford Township on Aug 4 the Donaciver Federal Savings and Loan Association in Lincoln Park on Aug 9 and the National Bank of Detroit in Dearborn Heights on Aug 1. Neil J. Welch head of the Detroit FBI announced the arrest of Combs earlier and noted a prior arrest in April for robberies of several other banks.
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FBI
Harold Dean Combs
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Bank of the Commonwealth
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Lincoln Park
National Bank of Detroit
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Sadat holds secret session on Middle East move
President Anwar Sadat addressed a closed session of the People's Council outlining developments in the Middle East. Parliament passed a national unity law imposing penalties for parties, religious strife, or spreading state-harming rumors as Egypt moves toward a Libyan merger.
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UPI
Anwar Sadat
Beloied
Middle East
People’s Council
Socialist Union
Asa
Egypt
Plan aims to spur jobs with federal board to shape employment
Senate Democrats and two Republicans proposed a one trillion dollar plan to move toward maximum employment through public and private nonprofit groups. The bill would create a Federal Full Employment Board to advise on the full employment act and initiate long and short range planning for future job needs. Senator Jacob Javits warned planning and controls may be unpopular but urged intelligent management of the economy.
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Washington
UPI
Sigven
Senate
Congress
Whith
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Deliver
California chief urges Supreme Court on Texas school tax plan
California schools chief Wilson Riles asks the U S Supreme Court to rule Texas property tax system for public education unconstitutional. Riles argues the Texas method mirrors California’s and harms students in poorer districts in a friend of the court brief. State Controller Hugh Flournoy plans to file a similar brief in Rodriguez v San Antonio Independent School District heard by the high court this term.
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California
Wilson Rites
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Riles
State Board of Education
Robert R. Coffman
Department of Education
Hugh Flournoy
Rodriguez Vs. San Antoinio Independent School District
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Senior citizen tax bill signed in California by Reagan
Sacramento reports a new 34.4 million property tax reduction for seniors 65 and older. The measure raises automatic reimbursements to 96 percent for income up to 1,400 and scales down to 33 percent for higher incomes, with automatic fund forwarding and no new claim required.
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Sacramento
California
Gus. Reagan
Jess
Lea McCarthy
San Francisco
Reagan kills farm plan again in California veto
For the second year in a row President Reagan vetoes a proposal to extend unemployment insurance to about 235,000 California farm workers. He argues the plan would harm agriculture with slower wages and little real protection, costing California employers about 66 million dollars annually, largely borne by non-agricultural employers. Democratic Assembly member Jack Fenton condemned the veto, noting he led the bill to passage.
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Sacramento
Reagan
California
Jack Fenton
Montebello
Fighter plane wreck found near Minden
A salvage crew in a marsh near Minden Germany reports finding the wreckage of a Nad Focke Wulf 180 shot down in World War II. The pilot is believed trapped inside. In Neots England a factory girls' soccer team formed by female employees was disbanded after 11 members became pregnant.
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Germany
UPIJ
Neots
England
UPD
Womaneam
Lindsay pushes New York mob crackdown to city police
New York Mayor Lindsay orders police to “run the mobsters out of town” after a spate of gangland killings. He cites mistaken-identity shootings that killed bystanders and vows decisive action against the Cosa Nostra families.
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New York
John ¥. Lindsay
Cosa Nostra Familie
Joseph” Colomba
Underworld
East Side
Lindsay
Alcoholic gets help of mayor in St Paul
In St Paul Minnesota a town official helps a visibly intoxicated man named Vernon seek treatment. Mayor Cohen guides him from a hotel bar to City Hall and arranges an alcoholism counselor, emphasizing that Vernon should seek help rather than face arrest.
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Vernon
Cohen
Stasi
Foreign Aides Sent Home for Smuggling
Two foreign diplomats based in Calcutta were sent back to their countries on charges of smuggling. Foreign Minister Syaran Singh told parliament the diplomats were implicated, but he did not identify their nationalities or names.
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UPI
Calcutta
Syaran Singh
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Moroccan King Hassan II survives assassination bid
Moroccan officials say the king survived a Wednesday air assault after gunfire torn into the airliner carrying his jet on a return flight from Marrakesh. A senior aide described a desperate cockpit exchange and a landing that saved hundreds of passengers.
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Morocco
UPI
Mohamed Ali
Hossa
Siven
Hassan
Re- Leis
Moroguo
Rasoldiens
Per
Moulay Abdallah
SeMifs
Air Force
King Jing
Firefighters seek containment in Portola blaze
In Sierra Nevada Portola area a nine day wildfire raged across Tahoe and Mammap National Forests threatening the historic Frontier town. Weather was forecast to ease winds and assist containment as crews battled the blaze that had destroyed millions of board feet of timber and trapped 800 residents within precautions.
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UPI
Sierra
U.S. Forest Service
Tahow National Forest
Wanitrol
Fireboughi
Tahoe Forest
Mampas National Forest
Forest Service
Rutgers student dies nine months after parking lot fight
Brian McCurckin, 21, of Cherry Hill was hospitalized after a parking lot altercation in November. He died Wednesday after a nine month coma. Jay Griffin, 21, was charged with aggravated assault and held on 83,600 bail as the investigation continued.
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Berlin
UPI
Rutgers University
Boung
Brian McCurckin
Florenceurckin
Cher
Hill
Brian
Walts
Jay Griffin
Cherry Hill
Griffin
McGurckin
Glider men escape enraged bull in England field
Newport Patnell England UP N reports John Jeffries and David Soulson crashlanded a bright red glider in a field. They faced an angry bull which charged and damaged the glider, causing an estimated 875 dollars in losses.
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Newport Patnell
England
Connection actor held in federal drug case
Federal grand jury here charged a Connection actor with drug offenses after he arrived July 23 from Acapulco Mexico. The case involves an alleged suitcase containing items valued at about 1.5 million dollars. Conviction could bring up to 30 years in prison and a 350 000 fine.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Keller
Gibbs
Heller
Federal grand jury charges 27 in interstate auto theft ring
A federal grand jury has charged 27 men in a nationwide auto theft conspiracy that spanned Kentucky Indiana Ohio Alabama North Carolina Arkansas Georgia Missouri and Mississippi. The indictment alleges altering vehicle IDs forging titles and transporting cars across state lines to sellers. Prosecutors say some members discussed killing a witness by arson.
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Awassington
UPI
Richard G.kieindienst
Sifteen
Mears
IBY
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Tennessee
Indiana
Ohio
Alabama
North Carolina
Arkansans
Georgia
Missouri
Mississippi
Grand Ju
Watts Festival Opens Amid Racial Tensions and Violence
About 400 people attended the opening day of the Watts Sunntier Festival in Los Angeles. The seventh annual event follows August 1965 riots, noted as one of the era’s most serious race related outbursts with 34 dead, 1,032 injured, $40 million in damage, and 3,952 arrests.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Watts
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