Unidentified boats fire on U S ship in Gulf of Thailand
The U S vessel in the Gulf of Thailand reported an attack as Gunboats seized a Sea-Land container ship, ruled by Sea-Land Inc of Menlo Park. The master was told to stay in contact while the ship searched for Singapore. The Mayaguez incident was recalled as a warning, with Cambodian gunboats and air involved, and U S forces retook the vessel and freed its 39 crew members.
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Singaspore
Defense Department
Sea-Land Service Inc
Menlo Park
N.J
Mayaguez
Toe
Gulf of Thailand
U.S
Union City police win 10 percent wage pact
Union City council and Union City Police Officers Association reached a one-year memorandum of understanding retroactive to July 1. The agreement raises salaries by 10 percent in each category and includes added sick and holiday leave, higher uniform allowances, and acting-rate retroactive pay. The deal covers about 34 employees including sergeants officers and clerks with new salary ranges for sergeants officers and clerks.
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Union City
Union City Police Officers Association
City and Association
George Bist
Association
Bist
Brown aims to avoid state tax hike through 1977
Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. told department heads he will seek to avoid a general tax increase in the 1976-77 fiscal year. He ordered cuts in spending and urged scrutiny of programs to ensure efficiency while preserving essential services.
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Sacramento
Edmund Brown Jr
California
Brown
Department of Finance
Ford Visits Midwest Amid CIA Controversy
President Ford arrives in Traverse City amid a growing CIA controversy and questions about undercover agents. White House press secretary says no current staff are undercover CIA agents and will review 540 staff for possible covert ties. Ford tests candidacy amid recession fears and Reagan challenge as Illinois Republicans comment on political risks.
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Traverse City
Mich
UPI
Ford
Midwest
Washington
Central Intlligence Agency
America
How Nessen
Michigan
White House
Alexander P. Butterfield
CIA
Richard M. Nixon
Nelsen
Nessen
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Minais
Eureka College
Chicago
Illinois
Downstate
Gerald Ford
Detroit-Flir
Grand Rapids
Pink poodle caper pits LAPD against sheriff's deputies
In Los Angeles a deputy named Stoner, mascot of the Firestone sheriff's station, was kidnapped by LAPD officers in police cars, then shaved pink by a dog parlor operator. The incident sparked rivalries and a threat of federal involvement.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sheriff's Department
Stoner
Firestone Station
LAPD
Areeaot
Sheriff's Deputies
Firestone
Los Angles
Dog
FBI
Audience protests BART furloughs amid layoff plan
Bay Area Rapid Transit board faces audience silence and chants as 87 employees, mainly station and train staff, are set to be furloughed by July 18 saving 1.6 million in labor costs. Speakers urge reconsideration to protect affirmative action and seek alternative cost cuts and grants.
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Oakland
Bay Area Rapid ‘Transit Board
Yea
Iing Union
Ives
Bart Emthe
Everett Rehl
Amalgamated Transit Union
Rehl
A. Alan Post
Post
BART
Corrine Tyson
Livermore Man Spies New Comet
Walt Davies of Livermore spotted a previously unknown comet with a 16 inch telescope near Oroville on July 5 while searching for the Globular Cluster M-2 with Dave Buchla of Bangor. The Smithsonian confirms others in Japan, California and Massachusetts observed it. the comet is visible with binoculars in Aquilaus around 2 am and may become naked eye before passing near the sun.
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Livermore
Walt Davies
McLeod St
Smithsonian Institute
Davies
Oroville
Bay Area
Dave Buchla
Bangor
Smithsonian
Japan
California
Massachusetts
Buchla
Aqualeus
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President Ford
Hayward
Alameda County Fair
Pleasanton
Ilene
Weinreb
Hayward Chamber of Commerce
Frank Ervin
Maid of
Faye Hutchinson
L.A
Blue Knights
Pat Craig
Asian Workers’ Association
Saud
Paul Varacalli
United Public Employes Local 34
Alfred E Dan Jose
Senate Transportation Committee
Varacalli
Temnorrow
Pege & A
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Ray Orreck
Stock Parket
Crasaword
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