Plane-riding student terrorizes South Coast in stolen aircraft
Allen LaBelle, 20, piloted a twin engine plane from Long Beach Airport, buzzed Huntington Beach neighborhoods, forced evacuations, fired at a pursuing helicopter, and attempted to ram a police craft before landing on a Naval Weapons Station field and surrendering after a 2 hour statewide chase. Marjorie Sterling, 24, whose dispute with LaBelle over faith preceded the incident, described their break up as the motive behind the crisis.
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UPI
Los Angeles
Allen LaBelle
Avy
LaBelle
Huntington Beach
Ijina Island
Long Ch
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JaBelle
Marjorie Sterling
Ted
Barbie Meyer
Long Beach
Catalina
U.S
U.S. Naval Weapons Station
Clemency sought for Gordon Liddy in clemency petition
Mrs. Purcell Liddy and James A. Gavin delivered a 7000 name petition to Pardon Attorney Lawrence Traylor urging executive clemency for Gordon Liddy who faces a 21 year sentence for Watergate burglary. Liddy stated he would likely repeat the act under similar circumstances. The petition notes sentence disparity and mentions Liddy’s 46th birthday in Danbury Connecticut.
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UPI
G. Gordon Liddy
Purcell
Mrs. Liddy
Executive Department
Liddy
Traylor
White House
Federal Correctional Institution At
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Gavin
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
Alexandra
Grace Lars
Thampac
Gilmore Execution Approved by Utah Pardons Board
Utah board rules 2-1 not to commute Gilmore death sentence and orders no delay. Judge Bullock sets hearing on appeal and possible execution date while Gilmore and lawyers clash with ACLU and clergy over intervention. Gilmore, 35, seeks death after hunger strike and insists sentence is proper.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah Board of Pardons
Gilmore
4Th District
Provo
J. Robert Bullock
Utah
Noall Wootton
Gil
Bennie Bushnell
Stanger
Bullock
Thomas Jones
Pardons Board
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
U.S. Supreme Court
Jones
Washington
Robert Excel White
Texas Electric Chair
White
High Court
United States
Latimer
George Latimer
State Prison
Portillo Inauguration Sealed By Heavy Security In Mexico City
Thousands of police 25 000 lined rooftops along the five mile motorcade route to shield Jose Lopez Portillo's inauguration as Mexico's 60th president amid reports of bomb blasts that injured three. Rosalynn Carter Henry Kissinger attended as guests including Jack Ford and Lady Bird Johnson. The ceremony marked a transition amid economic strain land reform unrest and a peso devaluation last year. Portillo named Julio Moctezuma Cid finance secretary and shifted two cabinet members from Echeverria's team.
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Mexico City
UPI
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Rosalynn Carter
Jimmy Carter
Henry Kissinger
Ford
Jack
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Luis Echeverria
Augusto Gomez Villanueva
Mexican Congress
Lopez Portillo
Police Officer Indicted in Youths Death At Brooklyn Funeral
In Brooklyn a crowd mourns 15 year old Randy Evans as Police Officer Robert Torsney, charged with second degree murder for Thanksgiving night shooting, faces an indictment. Police and community leaders urge justice while PBA supporters express confidence in an acquittal.
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New York
UPI
Randy Evans
First Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Robert Torsney
Torsney
Randy
George Farkas
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Hyman Barshay
PBA
Edward Rappaport
Clarence Norman
Timothy Mitchell
National Conference of Black Churchmen
Indiana Supreme Court backs removal of Ripley judge
A Ripley County grand jury found Judge Lendall B. Terry's accusations of forgery and conspiracy false and unsupported. The panel upheld the Indiana Supreme Court's action to remove Terry from the Ripley Circuit Court bench, citing his improper use of office.
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Terry
Ripley County
Rosella Niles
Douglas Buck
Indiana
Howard Hughes
Indiana Supreme Court
Ripley
Britain moves to devolve powers to Scotland and Wales
Labour unveils a bill for home rule with elected Scottish and Welsh assemblies by 1978 to dampen nationalist calls and prevent UK break up. Foot says talks to ram through Parliament this session, with no special oil revenues for devolved regions. Nationalists reject perceived discrimination and demand stronger Scottish powers.
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UPI
Scotland
Wales
United Kingdom
Michael Foot
House of Commons
Foot
Scottish National Party
Dafydd Williams
Plaid Cymru
Britain
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