Major Windsor bank robbery yields near total loot recovered
Police arrest a woman and two men in Windsor linking them to the $1.1 million Royal Bank of Canada heist. More than $1 million was found in a car trunk at a Toronto hotel. Two suspects remain at large as court appearances are planned.
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Windsor, Ont
UPI
Windsor
Gordon Preston
Toronto
Preston
Royal Bank of Canada
Tasp
Bernard Simmonds
George Ivan Davidson
William Ferguson
Hdna Simpson
Lie Windsor
Holiday Inn
Erwin Rieck
Inen
Rieck
Bank
San Leandro weighs hospital district withdrawal over tax plan
City leaders debated Eden Hospital expansion funded by a 4 cent tax amid calls to withdraw from the hospital district. Mayor Mallester and Chamber of Commerce chief John Ely supported exploring options while officials review procedures for severing ties. The chamber, Manufacturers Association and homeowner groups pressed for answers on finances and occupancy.
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San Leandro
Jack D. Mallester
Chamber
John Ely
William Suerstedt
Sta
Angus
VIDA-Detector Alarm targets hidden heart attack threat
Cardioynamics Inc announces VIDA Far Ventricular Impulse Detector and Alarm a compact monitor in field tests at several medical centers The device sounds an alarm when the wearers pulses show irregular electrical activity indicating potential heart attack days in advance The report notes the device resembles a small television and fits in a deck of cards
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Dublin
Cardioynamics Inc
VIDA
Reagan vetoes teen birth control bill for minors without parents
SACRAMENTO UP I reports Governor Ronald Reagan vetoed a bill allowing doctors to prescribe birth control devices to teen girls without parental consent. He also vetoed 14 other measures including across the board pay raises for state workers, highway patrolmen and forest firefighters citing lack of funding.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
George Moscone
San Francisco
Next
Moscone
BART approves fare changes for Southern Alameda riders
Bay Area Rapid Transit directors approved a revised fare schedule affecting Southern Alameda County customers. Union City Fremont and San Leandro riders gain small reductions while others keep prices. San Leandro to Coliseum 40 cents. Hayward Downtown 60 cents. San Francisco trips vary by origin. The board also postponed senior citizen fare waivers.
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Ban Francisco
Alameda
Bay Area
BART
Newark
George R. Silliman
Alameda County
Union City
Fremont
San Leandro
Davis Street
Oakland
12Th Street
San Francisco
Civic Center
Hayward
Fremont Sports
Oakland Coliseum
San Leandrans
Coliseum
Iremont
Pay Board faces aerospace pacts and raises limit
Washington AP reports the Pay Board reviews several aerospace labor contracts from United Auto Workers and AFL-CIO Machinists with major firms like Rockwell Boeing Lockheed McDonnell Douglas United Aircraft and LTV Aerospace. Contracts include about 4.32 and 7 percent raise considerations amid a 5 percent yearly cap and cost of living catch up.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Nevin American Rockwell Corp
Boeing Co
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
McDowell Douglas Corp
United Aircraft Corp
Ltv.aerospace Corp
United
Hanoi troops raid secret Laotian base
UPI reports North Vietnamese commandos raided the secret Laotian base of CIA backed guerrilla leader General Vang Pao despite heavy American air strikes. Laotian spokesman Thongphan Knockly said the military situation worsened after the Plain of Jars fell, with Cambodia also facing Communist advances around Phnom Penh. U.S. sources noted five planes downed by MIG and missile fire, with antiaircraft and missiles targeting Lao and North Vietnamese bases near the Plain of Jars and the border.
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Laoz
Dars
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
U.S
Plain of Jars
North Vietnam
Laos
Heavy rain expected tonight and tomorrow
Weather forecast calls for heavy rain with an 80 percent chance of showers tonight and tomorrow afternoon. Continued cool temperatures are forecast with highs in the 50s and tonight’s low in the upper 30s to mid 40s. More weather, page ad.
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Olathe Town Raises Money to Fly Home GIs for Holidays
Olathe citizens collected about 450 dollars per man to fly home M Sgt Otis Simmons and another local service member for Christmas. Richard F Buzbee of the Olathe Daily News led the fundraising while supporters hoped more troops would return from Vietnam by Easter. Simmons will be greeted by his wife and six children.
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Olathe
UPI
Otis Simmons
Army
Tron Witham
Richard F. Buzbee
Olathe Daily News
Buzbee
Vietnam
Olibe
Buzhee
Sinan
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