Carter orders secret national strategy directive
President Carter issues a confidential directive favoring modest defense spending increases and more mobile forces to deter threats in Europe the Persian Gulf and East Asia. It calls for review of nuclear targeting options to ensure unacceptable damage to the Soviet Union while allowing for limited responses and emphasizes using diplomacy and arms control to shape Soviet behavior.
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Washington
Carter
United States
Europe
Persian Gulf
East Asia
Harold Brown
Soviet Union
U.S
National Security Council
Defense and State Departments
Special Coordination Committee
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
Brown
Zbigniew Brzezinski
West Germany
Torrance plane crash kills four occupants
Four people died when a single engine Mooney plane crashed soon after takeoff at Torrance Municipal Airport. The aircraft cartwheeled while returning to the field and burst into flames. witnesses heard engine trouble. The plane was based at Torrance and registered to James D. McKendre of Las Vegas. identities of victims were being sought.
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Torrance Municipal
Pacific Coast Highway
Douglas Way
Torrance
James D. McKendre
Las Vegas
Set. Dersham
Compromise on LNG port clears hurdle in California
California lawmakers advance a bill for a liquefied natural gas terminal with Pt Conception favored by Southern California Gas and PG&E. The Assembly Resources Committee approved 10 to 2, sending the measure to Ways and Means while rejecting offshore-site amendments. Critics call it a utility giveaway, and a Sierra Club proposal to consider offshore options failed 5 to 8.
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Sacramento
California
Thursay
Assembly Resources, Land Use and Energy Committee
Assembly
Senate
Alfred Alquist
San Jose
Ways and Means Committee
Tom Bates
Oakland
Bates
Sierra Club
Southern California Gas Co
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Indonesia
Alaska
Britain air controllers strike halts flights across Britain
In Britain 850 assistant air traffic controllers walked out at midnight over a pay dispute, threatening Europe with the largest air traffic snarl in memory. The walkout could cancel about 75 percent of flights, though authorities aimed to keep 60 percent airborne, impacting transatlantic routes and holiday travel. Spanish and French controllers weighed slowdowns in sympathy or for higher pay, disrupting Europe’s air corridors.
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London
Britain
Europe
Spain
Heathrow
Gatwick
Clive Bush
Assistants
Prestwick
Scotland
Prestwick Hante
Civil Aviation Authority
FBI appoint Johnson to undergo surgery in Houston
U S District Court Judge Frank Johnson Jr. named by President Carter as FBI director will have surgery today in Houston for a suspected aneurysm in the stomach area. Dr Michael DeBakey to perform the operation. Bell had known of the health issue.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S. District Court
Frank Johnson Jr
Carter
FBI
Houston
Jimmy Johnson
Michael DeBakey
Johnson
Griffin Bell
Clarence Kelley
Bell
F.M. Johnson
FBE
Trio Held In Riverside Slaying Case In Long Beach
Three men from Long Beach Compton and Carson were arrested on murder suspicions after a Riverside corrections officer Victor A. Sam, 24, was found shot dead near Perris. A Long Beach officer spotted Sam's Fiat matching a nationwide APB, leading to the arrests and a hours-long questioning of suspects.
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Southland
Long Beach
Riverside
Riverside County Sheriff's Deputies
Terry Edward Clements
Walnut Ave
Michael Wayne Martin
Compton
Mike Miller
Carson
Riverside County
Victor A. Sam
Lake Math
Ews
California
Norca
Sam
Gavilan Hills
Perris Valley
Joe Richardson
Walnut Avenue
Richardson
Les Johnson
Charles Mann
Long Beach Officer Liable After Split Court ruling
An appellate court reversed Long Beach Judge Wisot, finding detective Vershaw negligent for shooting a fleeing 20 year old burglary suspect, Otis Peterson, at 5025 Pacific Coast Highway. The ruling cites the Kortum v Alire decision and may prompt broader criminal liability for police in such shootings. The case seeks a new trial and could reshape California Penal Code standards.
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Long Beach
California
Second District Court of Appeal
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast Highway
Peterson
Vershaw
L A sues over police killing of nude biochemist
An attorney for the widow and newborn filed two wrongful death claims totaling 2.25 million against Los Angeles after Ronald Burkholder was shot by Sgt. Kurt G. Barr on August 4 near his lift studio. Barr said Burkholder, nude, advanced toward him and was shot in self defense.
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Los Angeles
Isis
Stanley Arnald
Maria Verbst
Ronald Burkholder
Burkholder
Kurt G. Barr
Arnold
Dissents Question Kortum Rule in Vershaw Case
Thompson urges legislative or Supreme Court remedy for the problem. The majority cites an appellate ruling upholding Long Beach Police Department firearm policy. Justice Hanson files a 38 page dissent arguing Kortum should not bind Vershaw and if it did, it would be retroactive and unfair to Officer Vershaw facing a $1 million claim.
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Wisot
Vershaw
Robert 5. Thompson
San Francisco
Kortum
Thompson
Supreme Court
Long Beach
L. Thaxton Hanson
Hanson
Mid-morning Iowa cloudiness turns sunny in afternoon
A mid morning cloud cover over Iowa gives way to sunshine by afternoon with temperatures in the low 80s. The forecast appears on Page B 1.
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