Hearst testifies before grand jury on kidnapping case
Patricia Hearst testified for 23 hours in a grand jury session about her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She named William and Emily Harris as her abductors and suggested she would cooperate in the probe. Steven Weed appeared later but they did not meet. The hearing occurred under tight security and Hearst wore a blue denim jumper and jewelry.
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Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Steven Weed
Miss Hearst
Weed
Berkeley
Indi
William
Emily Harris
SLA
Harris
Los Angeles
Harrises
al Johnson
Brown vetoes bills on solar energy and adoptees
SACRAMENTO AP Gov Brown vetoed a bill that would have required state help for adopted children to locate natural parents, calling it a chilling step for adoptions and disruptive to families. He also vetoed measures to create a state health board, shield Madera County from bus kidnap trial costs, and mandate studies on solar energy costs for state buildings.
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Brown
State Board of Health
Madera County
Chowchilla
Alfred Alquist
Jose
Alquist
Cal transit chief scoffs at added highway plans
California transportation secretary Donald Burns dismissed the State Highway Commission action to add about 1 billion dollars in highway projects. He warned it would cut mass transit funding and highway maintenance, while noting the director could bypass bids. The commission approved the plan 5-1 in Pasadena, prompting Burns to predict job cuts and higher taxes.
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Donald Burns
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Adriana Gianturea
Burns
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Hearst to serve sentence at youth center with campus style
Patricia Hearst will serve a seven year bank robbery sentence at the Federal Youth Corrections Center near Pleasanton. The two year old facility in rolling hills 40 miles southeast of San Francisco will treat her like other inmates. The center houses 125 men and 100 women in dormitories with recreational facilities and air conditioned rooms.
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Rolling Hills
San Francisco
Meko
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