Baldy fire threatens 100 homes
Fierce winds driven by 50 mph Santa Ana winds fanned the Baldy blaze across 23 000 acres west of Mt. Baldy threatening about 100 homes and prompting evacuations of more than 600 people. Fire forced abandonment of ranger stations and penal camps while spreading toward San Dimas Canyon Claremont and La Verne.
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Mt. Baldy
Santa Ana
San Dimas Canyon
Los Angeles
Big Tujunga
Angeles National Forest
Doane Canyon
Sunland
Claremont
la Verne
Mt. Baldy Village
Loyalist forces quell Portuguese coup attempt near Lisbon
Pro Communist paratroopers seized four air bases around Lisbon but loyalist commandos recaptured three, forcing surrender with no bloodshed. President Costa Gomes called it an attempted coup and imposed a Lisbon state of siege with curfew. Rebels at Montijo remained, but others surrendered after government action. Civil liberties suspended.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Belem
Montijo
Tagus River
National Television Network
Oporto
Monsanto Air Force
Faria Paulino
Monte Real
Tancos
Jaime Neves
Monsanto
Costa Gomes
Interim firm named to run Queen Mary project in Long Beach
Long Beach City Council hired Wolff Sesnon Development Co to serve as interim manager for the Queen Mary amid its financial troubles. The contract pays $48 000 for seven months through June 30 with Wolff personally directing interim duties after a closed door session.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Lewis N. Wolff
Wolff- Sesnon Development Co
Wolff
20Th Century-Fox Realty & Development Co
Queen Mary
Renee Simon
John Mansell
Robert C. Creighton
Sharp Altered Plea In Perjury Case Against Five Long Beach Men
Former Long Beach councilman Wayne Sharp, 46, pleaded no contest to Grand Jury perjury in federal court and was fined 100 dollars. He had previously admitted taking money from the Long Beach Amusement Co. tied to a parking lot lease and a Ringo operation at the Pike.
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Long Beach
Wayne Sharp
Los Angeles
Tuesay
Sharp
Long Beach Amusement Co
Robert J. Kelleher
Ringo
the Pike
Frank Stanton
Presi
Ben O’dorisio
O’dorisio
Steve Kral
Kleppe defends California offshore oil sale amid lawsuits
Interior Secretary Kleppe defended the December 11 sale of oil and gas leases off Southern California after state and local opposition. He cited extensive consultations, reduced tracts, and warned against further delays due to domestic energy needs. Legal actions may delay the process as suits seek injunctions and review up to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Thomas S. Kleppe
California
Kleppe
Department of Interior
Santa Monica Bay
Santa Barbara Channel
Los Angeles
Federal District Court
Interior Department
Department
Supreme Court
Carey wins OK on N.Y. finance plan
Albany and New York key players sign off on Gov. Hugh Careys 9.4 billion dollar plan to end the fiscal crisis. A Ford administration source says President Ford will endorse a federal aid plan to help New York City avoid default, details to be announced.
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Albany
N.Y
New York City
Hugh Carey
Washington
Ford Administration
Associated Press
Ford
Fromme Case Jury Reported Deadlocked
The Lynette Squeaky Fromme trial jury in Sacramento appears deadlocked on whether she tried to assassinate President Ford. Judge Macbride allowed the panel to move to a lesser assault charge if a stalemate continued, after eight women and four men were informed they could not consider the assault count unless Fromme was innocent of Ford’s attempted killing.
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Sacramento
Lynette
US District Court
Thomas Macbride
MacBride
Charles Manson
Ford
Wheelchair Parolee Arrested in Downey Extortion Plot
John H. Craine a 28 year old patient at Westview Sanitarium was arrested in Downey on suspicion of extortion after a planted shredded parcel led to his wheelchair aided capture. Police say a youth attempted to hand him the bundle near Rancho Los Amigos Hospital.
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Jin Downey
Downey
Mel Parks
John H. Craine
Westview Sanitarium
S. Paramount Blvd
Parks
Craine
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Jerome Gottleib
Gottleib
Rancho Los Amigos
Hawaii judge rules brain dead woman is dead
Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Shunichi Kimura ruled 27 year old Alice Cameron was legally dead after doctors testified no brain activity and a respirator was turned off. Miss Cameron had been in an irreversible coma since an apparent cocaine overdose.
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Hild
Hawaii
Circuit Court
Shunichi Kimura
Alice Cameron
Miss Cameron
Karen Quinlan
New Jersey
Cameron
Spain grants general amnesty to prisoners under King Juan Carlos
The report notes a general amnesty for prisoners issued by King Juan Carlos of Spain. Page references indicate related items on legal and political matters across sections A-2 to A-4 and B-1. The article mentions prosecutions, insanity pleas in a Patty Hearst case, Gulf Oil political activity, and an ordinance closing adult bookstores and lewd theaters.
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Spain
Juan Carlos
Gulf Oil
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TOD Acs
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