Judge Compton calls hitchhiker rape ruling biased
A state appeals court overturned a rape conviction and criticized Judge Lynn D. Compton for comments suggesting female hitchhikers invite sexual advances. NOW and ACLU leaders denounced the language as encouraging assault, while police warned hitchhiking could invite danger.
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Southland
Lynn D. Compton
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Alvises
Connie Russell
American Civil Liberties Union of
Southern California
Compton
ACLU
Jill Jakes
Georgina Meline
The
Border clash: Libyan forces push into western Egypt repelled
Libyan tanks and planes attacked western Egypt near Salam but were driven back in a desert battle. Cairo radio said Egyptian forces destroyed 40 Libyan tanks and 30 trucks, captured 12 Libyan soldiers, and downed two Libyan planes with no Egyptian fatalities. Libya claimedEgypt crossed border and bombed villages. officials warned of ongoing tensions between Khadafy and Sadat since 1973.
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CALRO
Egypt
Salam
Libya
Cairo
Middle East
Salum
Mediterranean
Musaid
Tripoli
Al-Marjah
Muammar Khadafy
Anwar Sadat
WEYA
Israel
Khadaly
Syria
Sadat
Khadafy
Man charged with plotting sex killings near Yucca Valley
Costa Mesa man Fred Berre Douglas, 274 18th Place, is charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder after a plan to lure two policewomen posing as lesbians to a cabin for a sadistic porno session. Police seek others tied to the plot.
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Divear Aid
Costa Mesa
Yucca Valley
Fred Berre Douglas
Orange County
Santa Ana
Tiouglas
Garden Grove
Consumer costs up at double ’76 rate
Washington AP reports a continued surge in consumer prices with a 0.6 percent June rise, six months into 1977 showing a 4 percent annual rate. Higher food and services costs, plus household gas and electricity, drive the inflation, while GNP growth supports cautious optimism for a slowdown later.
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Washington
Labor Department
Los Angeles
Orange
Commerce Department
Medical fraud raids seize records in Bellflower area
Sheriff deputies seized records Thursday from Artesia Family Medical Group and Bellflower Community Hospital as part of investigations into insurance fraud, ambulance chasing, grand theft, and embezzlement. Raids also targeted the Covina home of Charles Weisman and Beverly Hills offices of Weisman, Nesler, Kemp, and Scott, along with related firms.
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Kris Sherman Sugit
Bellflower
E. H. Swanson
Artesia Family Medical Group
Artesia Blvd
Bellflower Community Hospital
Artesia
Swanson
Covina
Charles Weisman
Beverly Hills
Weisman
Morris Nesler
Clifford Kemp
Ienry Scott
Certified Public Accountants
Medical Management, Inc
Charlemagne Financial Corp
Porpoise Redirects From Tuna in Clever Move
Washington reports a surprising shift as porpoises avoid tuna, confusing fishermen who followed them for catches. Senator Cranston noted fewer porpoises and tuna landings this year, urged Marine Mammal Protection Act extension, and signaled new tuna porpoise rules forthcoming. He also floated creating a Channel Islands Santa Monica Mountains park complex and backed other energy and transport funding measures.
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Washington
Cranston
Senate
House
Channel Islands
Santa Monica Mountains National Park and Seashore
Carter urges Russ to join in arms limit
President Carter asked the Soviet Union to join in limiting strategic programs such as cruise missiles if Moscow will curb its heavy intercontinental missiles threat to the U S deterrent. He spoke in Charleston after private Geneva talks and warned that without an deal, the United States will protect its security and strategic posture. He framed human rights as global and not aimed at escalating the arms race, and noted a third town meeting in Yazoo City.
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Charleston
D.C
Carter
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Geneva
Yazoo
Miss
Page
Steel price hike draws Carter rebuke from White House
US Steel announced price increases of 1 percent on structural steel and 7 percent on tin mill steel, effective Sept 4. Carter aides criticized the action as incongruent with inflation control. Schultze warned if other mills follow, steel prices could average 12.5 percent above last September, marking the fifth rise in 10 months.
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Washington
US. Steel Corp
Carter Administration
Charles L. Schultze
Carter
Council of Economic Advisers
U.S. Steed
U.S. Department of Labor
Schultze
U.S. Steel
Slainels Return Home From Distant Posting
Slainels arrive home to a quiet welcome after overseas service with family awaiting at the station. Local officials note rising electricity usage as residents adjust to new rates and conservation efforts amid a summer heatwave.
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2Nd District Court of Appeals
Women's Movement
Gloria Allred
National Organization For Women
Jill Crawford
AP Phos
Yazoo, Miss
Tun
Baek Pe
Alan Cranston
Tuna Teel
Tuna
Herman Sillas
California Department of Motor Vehicles
U.S
Sacramento
Sillas
California Judicial Screening Commission
I. Hayakan
Calif
Russ
Jaworski
Slainels
Mia Kin
Shipping
Ted Thomey
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