Witness gives dramatic Marin shootout account
In a wheelchair, Assistant District Attorney Gary Thomas testified about the Marin County Courthouse kidnapping and shootout. He described seeing Judge Harold Haley’s face blown away as abductors fired, then firing back at the assailants and being shot himself, which left him permanently paralyzed.
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UPL
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Aneela Davis
Gary Thomas
Haley
Jonathan Jackson
James McClain
William Christmas
Ruchell Magee
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Jackson
Judge Haley
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Soledad Brothers
Reds Open 38rd Front With Artillery Attacks
Report from Page A-1 describes North Vietnamese forces opening a new front at Loc Ninh and targeting An Loc in Binh Long Province. South Vietnamese bombers engaged a tank destroyer and claimed at least one air strike. Field news notes ongoing combat operations in the region near Saigon’s northern buffer provinces.
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Wa Il
An Lor
An Loc
Binh Long
Saigon
Viet bombing debate widens US war rift
Congressional antiwar leaders urged restraint on air strikes amid a renewed North Vietnamese assault. They warned against expanding the war and urged a ceasefire at the DMZ while Sen. Kennedy linked the attack to Nixon's stalled Paris talks. South Vietnamese forces fought near Loc Ninh and An Toc as air support dwindled.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon
Paris
Vienm
Kennedy
Dmz
Dumarry
Lower parent support bill boosts welfare independence
The bill approved by the Female Health and Welfare committee limits parental support contributions from adult children. Under the measure, no one with net monthly income of 450 dollars or less would be required to contribute. The proposal, tied to welfare policy revisions, aims to ease financial obligations for families with low income.
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Sacramento
UPI
Anna
Banesia
SEALY
Posturepedic
Mattress
Fugitive James Dudley dies in San Francisco shootout
James Dudley, 40, an escapee from San Mateo County jail, died by suicide after a gunfight with police on San Jacinto Street. Earlier he wounded Officer Rogovoy, who remained in serious condition. Police pursued a car carrying Dudley and a possible woman accomplice. one escapee, Charles Ball, was arrested.
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Dudley
Bg Ragovoy
Viteous
Dusdiey
Dudley Thil
Menine
Charles Ball
Diyate
Jailed man charged in plane plot begs extortion
Jesse Victor Jackson, 43, already charged in a Union Oil extortion case, faces new counts for allegedly demanding 1.2 million from United Airlines to "destroy your aircraft." FBI linked the extortion to notes found at a San Jose payphone and fingerprint evidence. Bail set at 10000.
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Napa. Calif
Union Oil Co
United Air Lines
FBE
U.S
Owen Woodruff
Jesse Victor Jackson
FBI
Jackson
Vallejo
U8 District Court
Sacramento
Union Oil
Rodeo
TRE FBI
Jacksont
United Air Sines
San Jose
Conspiracy Deadlock Hits Berrigan Case in Trial Outcome
The jury found Joe Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister guilty on multiple counts of letter smuggling. Defense plans appeals over discriminatory prosecution and the admissibility of wiretap evidence, while noting jury influence by government pressure.
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Harrisburg
Federal
Philip Berrigan
Elizabeth McAlister
Werrigan
Justice Department
Berrigan
Beth
Larry Town
Herman
Soviets Launch French Satellite Aboard One Rocket
The Soviet Union launched an experimental French satellite and a Soviet communications satellite into earth orbit aboard a single rocket, Tass News Agency reported. The mission, conducted Tuesday, placed both satellites into identical orbits, with the French satellite called MAS and the Soviet unit SPRET 1 in Russian and French respectively.
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UPT
Soviet Union
Tass
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