Christmas Miracle After Burglary Strands Family in Joy
Rusty Tuck who cannot cry due to a stroke and her husband L Harold faced a theft that wiped their holiday gifts. Neighbors and distant donors, including people in Okinawa, sent money and gifts to support the four children. The couple, both stroke survivors, had already spent most of their money on presents. Donations continued to pour in as they faced a bleak time, but are now overwhelmed by generosity.
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Kansas City
UPI
Rusty Tuck
Mrs. Tuck
Okinawa
Tuck
Ford
Bail Keats Keeps Million Dollar Bond In LA Swindle Case
Los Angeles Judge refuses to lower Richard Keats bail from 1 million dollars after his attorney concedes the pharmacist fled authorities. Keats, charged with conspiracy forgery and attempted grand theft in a $3.5 million city treasury check swindle, appeared for a preliminary hearing set for January 12.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard Keats
Keats
Puerto Rico
Hollywood
Matthew Segall
Dickran Terrezian Jr
Segall
District Attorney’s Office
Tevrezian
California Jobs Plan Faces Uncertain Path in 1976
A California legislative hearing forecast the 1976 unemployment rate at about 9.2 to 9.3 percent, down from 10 percent, with Gov Brown not proposing state funded public service expansion. Officials warned a 10,000 new jobs would cost about 80 million dollars, while residency limits for Californians face legal doubt.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Assembly Labor Relations Committee
David Vasche
A. Alan Post
Martin Glick
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Terry Goggin
Dsan
Bernardino
Glick
Goggin
Police Tactics Studied in Emeryville Investigation
Alameda County Sheriff Thomas Bouchins launched an inquiry into the Emeryville Police Department to assess possible breakdowns in law enforcement. He ordered locks on police files changed and keys held by county officers as investigators review records amid perjury admission by Detective Dale Phillips who resigned after altering testimony in a San Francisco drug case.
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Emeryville, Calif
UPI
Alameda County
Thomas Bouchins
Emeryville
Dale Phillips
John Lacoste
Phillips
US District Court
San Francisco
First New York death sentence under 1972 law for police death
Joseph Davis, 38, father of five, was sentenced to death for slaying Yonkers police officer Harold Woods. Acting Justice Howard Jones ordered Davis to Green Haven Prison and to be executed in the week of Jan 26 under New Yorks electric chair law. Davis claimed he was in New Orleans during the 1974 robbery.
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White Plains
N.Y
UPI
Joseph Davis
Yonkers
Supreme Court
Howard Jones
Jones
Davis
Green Haven
Stormville
New York State
Eddie Lee Mays
Sing Sing
New Orleans
Harold Woods
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San Diego County
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Upifoto
San Juan
Benjamin Marcus
Madrid
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Morton Freeman
New York
Bernard Howard
Joyce Lewis
Frances Perkings
Franklin Roosevelt
Secretary of Labor
Calif
Feds
Jack Fenton
D-Montebello
Lars
Big George
Saumesse
Sean
Max Rawicz
Kirsch
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