Chowchilla trial opens with footage of victims and guards
Judith Sherard reports as the Chowchilla defense opens its case with video showing a 9 year old girl in Santa Rita jail attire and a bus driver among the crowd. Prosecution testimony argues five victims suffered bodily harm during the 27 hour kidnapping and confinement in a moving van at Cal-Rock quarry.
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Judith Sherard
Livermore Quarry
Riverside Superior Court
Leo Tegan
Fresno
Santa Rita County
Pleasanton
Jennifer Broom
Santa Rita
Livermore
Dhwige Deegan
Young Peninsula
Herbert Yanowitz
Huwtly
Delmer Pasene
Deferekants
Pascoe
University of Califorta Medical Center
San Francisco
Wich
Cal-Rock Quarry
Deegan
Cal State dean predicts 1978 economy will grow
Jay L. Tankz dean of the school of business at California State University Hayward says 1978 will bring steady economic growth with little chance of a recession. He notes a continued recovery from the 1974 75 downturn, though growth will be slower than in the past two years and warns against inflationary pressure and limited resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich Riggs
Jay L. Tankz
School of Business and Econics
California State University
Hayward
Tantz
Walle Tontz
Public strike ban drive falls short in California
Sponsors of a proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw strikes by public employees disclosed they failed to reach the required signatures for June ballot. The Committee for Citizens Rights estimated about 487 thousand valid signatures, short of the 429,645 needed, with Friday deadline looming to county clerks. The plan linked to Mayor Pete Wilson’s gubernatorial bid. California State Employees Association called the setback a relief for smooth labor relations.
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Sacramento
UPI
Hey
Citizens Rights
Dan Medurk
Hidden Hills
Gan
Iss
Ing Tre
Pete Wilson
San Diego
Californa Sate Employees Association
Convent rape suspect shot by police near San Jose campus
A 27 year old Francisco Loera of San Jose was shot in the leg by a police detail after attempting to fire on officers staking out St Patrick's Convent near San Jose State University. The convent comes amid a series of rapes and assaults in the campus area this year. Other suspects have been captured recently near the campus by plainclothes officers.
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San Jose
Upl
St. Parick's Convent
Bob Burroughs
Randy Cardin
Tun Skalland
Cardin
Francisco Loera
San Jose State University
Burroughs
Inera
He Cardin
Skall
Eden Hospital names first male nursing supervisor
Ricke Whaley becomes Eden Hospital's nursing supervisor, the first male in the role, drawing on Navy corpsman experience in Vietnam and the Philippines. He oversees staffing, patient care coordination, and daily ICU and ward visits, while managing stereotypes and embracing a changing hospital environment. Whaley, born in Oakland and raised in San Lorenzo, lives in Livermore with his wife and two adopted children.
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Joan Farnsworth
Castro Valley
Ricke Whaley
Aden Hospital
University of Washington School of Nursing
Whaley
Pye
Bee
Eden
Nwn
US Navy
Vietnam
Thhree
Subic Bay
Hepublic
Philippines
Cambodia
Thailard TL
Kimberlee
United States
Oakland
San Leanedno
Bay Area
Livermore
Jared
Kenny
Eden Hospital
Whatey
Noor
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Ernst Schumacher
Westminster Cathedral
London
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National Coal Board
Britain
MPI Teléphate
Chowchilla
Cal State
Lenause
Tontz
Toot
Tonia
California
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Dave Maggand
Lowell Hickey
Ricke
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