Mao dies plunging China into leadership struggle
Mao Tse-tung’s death leaves China in political uncertainty as a power struggle looms between radicals led by Chiang Ching and moderates tied to Chou En-lai’s legacy. Hua Kuo-feng is seen as a compromise candidate while mass memorial plans and possible armed struggle rumors surface. officials cite Parkinson’s symptoms in recent years.
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Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Central Committee
Communist Party
People’s Republic of China
Hua Kuo-feng
Chiang Ching
Chou En-lai
Circus aerialist dies in top‑wire act in Fresno show
Brenda Cuttin, 42, fell from 40 feet during a Ringling Bros show in Fresno while spinning on a tightrope with Elvin Bale on a motorcycle counterbalance. She died at a hospital about an hour later. The performance continued as officials investigate, with the motorcycle‑trapeze act removed for the rest of the run.
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Elvin Bale
Mrs. Cuttin
Ate
Fresno
San Francisco
Bale
Morgan
Cuttin
Jerry Sowalsky
Tax bill boosts relief for individuals but taxes wealthy investors
Senate House conferees approved a broad tax measure extending individual and business cuts through 1977 while sharply raising taxes on wealthy investors. The plan aims to save a typical four person family about 180 dollars yearly and overhaul gift and estate taxes with credits for working parents the elderly and other groups.
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Washington
Senate-House
House
Congressional
Budg
Treasury
Los Angeles cops face girl sex counts
Sixteen Los Angeles police officers including one sergeant are charged or face discipline after allegedly having sex with members aged 18 to 19 of the Hollywood Division Explorer Scout post. Nine cases sent to prosecutors, seven to administrative hearings for possible suspension.
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Los Angeles
Explorer Scout Post
Darryl Gates
Gates
Hollywood
Internal Affairs
Department
Girl Scout
Law Enforcement Explorer Group
India jet hijack lands in Lahore after diversion
A India Airlines Boeing 737 flying from New Delhi to Bombay was hijacked early today and diverted to Lahore Pakistan. The aircraft carried 77 passengers and six crew members. The hijacker ordered the diversion and the plane landed safely at Lahore airport.
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New Delhi
India
India Airlines
Bombay
Lahore
Pakistan
Son accused of plot to hire killer of mother in Long Beach
Richard Salinas, 32, of 1879 Magnolia Ave Long Beach is jailed on suspicion of conspiracy to solicit murder after police say he hired a Chicago street fighter to kill his mother. His wife Bonita Salinas, 42, also booked on the same charge. The informant linked a $500 offered kill and a $1,900 posthumous payment, with the target identified as Salinas mother Zuila A. Smith.
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Richard Salinds
Long Beach
Chicago
Salinas
Magnolia Ave
Bonita Salinas
Terry Walton
Logan Wren
Blackstone Rangers
South Side
Zuila A. Smith
Gardenia Ave
Ford attacks Carter policies invite crisis
President Ford says Carter plan would invite a major crisis with U S allies and undermine national defense. He criticizes Carter for rejecting a White House debates proposal on defense and foreign policy and cites Carter remarks at a Bnai Brith meeting.
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Washington
Ford
Jimmy Carter
U.S
White House
B’nai Brith
Weather expects light showers then fair skies
Forecast calls for some light showers today with mostly fair conditions. Highs reach mid 80s and overnight near 70 as complete details appear on Page C-4.
Thundering rain reshapes Long Beach weekend forecast
A stormy pattern from tropical storm Kathleen lingers off Baja California driving muggy, rainy conditions in the Southland. Forecasters warn of 50 to 60 percent thunder shower chances this afternoon, with rain warnings across mountains and deserts from 5 pm today to 3 pm Saturday as highs reach near 90 and 88 with a 72 overnight low.
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U.S. Weather Service
Ron Kowalski
Baja California
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