Judge calls LA Hall of Justice Jail cruel and unusual
A federal judge found conditions in the aging Los Angeles County Hall of Justice Jail cruel and unusual for pretrial detainees. He ordered the sheriff’s department to propose two months of improvement steps, noting extreme heat, inadequate dining and bathing facilities, and substandard medical care. He attributed the harsh environment to the building’s age rather than officials.
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Los Angeles County Hall of Justice
Sheriff's Department
U.S. Dist
William P. Gray
Gray
Clarence Lee Dillard
Greater Watts Justice Center
Dillard
Hall of Justice
Peter J. Pitchess
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Egypt Israel treaty ready for initialing progress toward interim peace
Egypt and Israel have agreed on interim peace terms and plan to document them in writing by the weekend. Kissinger, traveling with an Israeli draft, will help finalize wording with President Sadat as Allon and Egyptian sources express cautious optimism about a swift resolution. Israel signals potential territorial concessions in Sinai including Abu Rudeis oil fields as talks continue.
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Egypt
UPID
Israel
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Kissinger
Sadat
Jerusalem
Yigal Allon
Allen
Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
Abu Rudeis
Middle East
Douglas jet lifts off on maiden flight in Long Beach
The YC15 prototype cargo plane built for the Air Force by Douglas Aircraft Division of McDonnell-Douglas lifts off from Long Beach Airport on its maiden flight. Takeoff lasted 27 seconds and used 3000 feet of runway.
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Long Beach
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft Division
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
Heroin cartel broken arrests in S California
An LA based heroin ring with links to Bangkok Canada the Bahamas and several U.S. cities was dismantled after eight Southern Californians were arrested and $7.4 million in heroin seized. The investigation spanned LAPD LA County Sheriff and the DEA and tied to gangland slayings. Charles Gray and Barbara Gaston were held at Miami airport with 13.6 pounds of heroin in a suitcase.
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Thailand
Canada
Bahamas
U.S
Los Angeles
Ring
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Vancouver
B.C
Hong Kong
Nassau
Switzerland
Montreal
San Francisco
Detroit
New Orleans
Miami
Charles Kyle Gray
W. 123Rd St
Barbara Ann Gaston
Beverly Hills
Miami International
DEA
Gray
California
Buenos Aires Faces Rumored Coup as Military Leaves Tied
In Buenos Aires an upheaval rumor spreads as all army leaves are canceled and air force navy units order troops to remain in barracks. Police leaves are canceled while President Isabel Peron resists panic at the suburban residence. Peronists and opposition rally in support.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Air
Navy
Isabel Peron
Meany rejects Ford appeal to end grain boycott
President Ford failed to persuade AFL CIO President George Meany to end the long shoremen blockade on loading grain for the Soviet Union after a 90 minute White House talk. Meany insisted the boycott continues, while officials said no decisions were reached and more talks are planned.
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Ron Nessen
Meany
Nessen
White House
Berkeley Firemen Strike Triggers State of Emergency
Berkeley mayor declares a state of emergency as nearly all of the city's 150 firemen walk out for higher wages. Governor Brown sends two state crews to protect UC facilities while city seeks seven California Division of Forestry teams to staff seven stations. Union seeks 16.5 percent raise. city offers 8 percent now and 7 percent next July.
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Berkeley
Warren Widener
California Division of Forestry
Brown
University of California
John Taylor
Com
Taylor
Jim Brunnetti
Berkeley Fire Fighters Association
Assemblyman Edwin Zberg Dies in California Assembly
Assemblyman Edwin Z'berg, a leading environmental bill author and chair of the Natural Resources and Land Use Committee, died at 4:35 a.m. at Sacramento Medical Center after chest pains. He was 49 and had served since 1958. Governor Brown praised his work to protect the environment amid his nearly 18 years in the Assembly.
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Sacramento
Edwin Z’berg
California
Sacramento Democrat
Assembly
Sacramento Medical Center
Edna
Z'berg
Brown
Z’berg
Dime stamp to rise to 13 cents by Christmas
UPI reports dime stamps may cost 13 cents by Christmas as the Postal Service and Congress weigh the move. The change would raise about 1.8 billion dollars in lost revenue and save publishers and shippers millions, while other rates likely rise too. The Rate Commission disapproved a judge's May proposal to cut first class to 8.5 cents per ounce.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Service
Congressional
U.S. Postal Rate Commission
Seymour Wenner
Weather aids Piru fire fight in Los Padres National Forest
Marine air cooled temperatures and raised humidity over the Lake Piru area aiding firefighters battling a 1300 acre brush and timber blaze. Crews totaling about 700 worked the northern flank while infrared aerials targeted hotspots as 10 air tankers and 4 helicopters resumed retardant drops. The fire near a campground prompted 100 evacuations and could threaten watershed for Santa Clara Valley if it expands.
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PIRU
Marine Air
Lake Piru
U.S. Forest Service
Los Padres National Forest
Ventura County
Forest Service
Harley Greiman
Los Angeles County
Santa Clara Valley
Fillmore
Santa Paula
Woman, Ford mark suffrage movement progress
A brief note on women and Ford advancing the suffrage movement appears on page A-10, highlighting continued advocacy and key figures shaping the campaign. A reference to sponsors and supporters frames the evolving effort.
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Ford Mark Sufferage Movement
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