Four murders in Wrigley area raise Long Beach toll
The Wrigley district near Long Beach reported its fourth homicide since October after Jack Stubbs Allen was stabbed during a robbery at his Earl Avenue home. Marjorie Allen found him near his garage. Other victims include John Hermann, William Ross, and 27 year old Steven Perez with a teenage suspect charged.
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Jack Stubbs Allen
Earl Ave
Marjorie
Wrigley District
Anaheim Street
Los Angeles
William Ross
25Th St
Steven Grant Perez
Pine Ave
Seaplane Nearly Demolishes Miami Lakes Trade School
A twin engine seaplane scraped the Miami Lakes Technical Center building and crashed 25 feet away on campus. The pilot Rob ert Wallis, 35, of Miami and co pilot Paul Brites, 60, of Inglewood, California were the only injuries and were hospitalized in fair condition.
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Miami
KNS
Miami Lakes
Robert Wallis
Paul Brites
Inglewoood
Calif
John LaBell
Chowchilla case rests as heat exhaustion key issue
In the Chowchilla mass kidnapping trial in Oakland the defense and prosecutors rested their cases. The central issue is whether any of the 27 victims suffered heat exhaustion during the 1976 abduction. Closing arguments set for today before Judge Leo Teegen, who will decide if the three confessed kidnappers caused bodily harm. If found guilty they face life without parole. if not, eligibility for parole could arise in seven years.
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Oakland
Chowchilla
Trnil
Superior Court
Leo Teegan
Deegen
Gas tanker crash shuts major LA interchange eight hours
An overturned methane tanker blocked a key Los Angeles freeway interchange for more than eight hours. Gas company experts and workers worked to clean up the wreckage after the early morning crash just east of downtown near the Santa Monica, Golden State and Santa Ana freeways. About half of the 9,000 pounds of liquid gas had been transferred to another tanker from San Diego by 11:30 am.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Golden State
Santa Ana
San Diego
Inmates Freed Amid Terminal Prison Release Details
U S Bureau of Prisons inmates were freed after release decisions and must report to probation officers within 72 hours. Some awaiting release remained detained due to warrants on other charges. Dorothy Elizabeth Tellerton, 33, of St. Petersburg Vic., said she received four years for cocaine possession. Edith LeGrand of El Cajon waited with her daughters for her mother Elizabeth Lankton, 60, of Oceanside, Calif., who spent over three years in a Mexico City prison for cocaine.
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Nator
U.S
Dorothy Elizabeth Tellerton
St. Petersburg
Vic
Edith LeGrand
el Cajon
Tory
Tammi
Mrs. le Grand
Coast Guard cites design flaws in Sansinena blast findings
A board faulted the ships venting system and wind conditions as key factors in the Sansinena explosion. It noted inadequate inspections hidden deterioration in cargo vent piping and a missing cap. Six crewmen died. 22 were injured and civil suits approach 90 million dollars.
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Port
Rem
O.W. Siler
Coast Guard
Price
U.S
Barracuda Tanker Corp
Heady International
Union Oil Co
Sansinena
Long Beach Officer Injured In High Speed Crash
An undercover Long Beach police car traveling at high speed crashed into a freeway guardrail on Artesia Boulevard near the Long Beach Freeway exit. Officer James Conklin, 30, is in fair condition with a back injury at SS Mary Medical Center. The driver, Gary B Johnston, was not injured. The incident followed a false silent alarm at the Sip N Go Market.
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Long Beach
James Conklin
SS Mary Medical Center
Artesis Boulevard
Gary B. Johnston
Sip W
Artesia
Cairo Conference Opens as Mideast Delegations Arrive
Mideast delegations from Israel and the United States arrived in Cairo to join Egypt in the preparatory peace conference. An Egyptian spokesman described exchanges as goodwill filled. Sadat hinted at an important development this afternoon as Assad voiced strong opposition to the Cairo talks.
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United States
Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
British Broadcasting Corp
Vance
Mideast
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Mena House
Hafez Assad
Geneva
Middle East
Vane
Assad
Abdel Halim Kheddam
U.S
Washington
Carter
Begin
Tot Survives 35-Hour Ordeal After Plane Crash
A one year old girl Shera Sneed was trapped for 35 hours in the wreckage near Kerrville Texas with the bodies of her parents Gerald Reed and Susan Sneed and brother Shannon. She was rescued mumbling and groaning and later treated for a fractured arm and leg. The plane crashed Sunday night in drizzle on a hill about 50 miles northwest of San Antonio.
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Kerrville, Texas
Shera Sneed
San Antonio
Shera
Dan Waters
First Texas Flying Serviet
Sueland
Kerrville
Tuition tax credit debate delays final Social Security vote
Support for a $250 per student tuition tax credit faded as leaders sought a final Social Security vote before Christmas. Roth aims to keep the amendment alive amid administration pressure while conferees clash over the credit.
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Washington
Lea
Williams
Roth
Rdel
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Awes
Dayan Signals Possible Shifts as Peace Offer Emerges
Former Israeli leader Moshe Dayan urged rethinking core stances in light of Sadat’s peace offer. President Carter praised Sadat’s courage in visiting Jerusalem and urged a responsive, generous spirit. Carter’s position remains that Israel should withdraw from most territory from 1967 and pursue a two state solution for Palestinians.
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Eign
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Sadat
Carter
Jersalem
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Susan Parr Sneed
Shannon
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Bitle
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