U S Planes Pound Cambodia as Ground Clashes Continue
UPI reports 29th straight day of U S bombing in Cambodia with B52s and fighters hitting suspected Communist supply points while government troops fail to break sieges. Takeo and Stung Chhay see heavy fighting as Communists shell towns and hold road segments near Neak Luong. In Saigon, four Rangers wounded amid 300 rounds fired by Communists.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Washington
Defense
Elliot L. Richardson
Lon Nol
Indochina
Takeo
Stung Chhay
Neak Luong
South Vietnam
Kenneth F. Englade
Tong le Chan
Saigon
North Vietnam Denies Torture of POWs
North Vietnam says American prisoners of war received humane treatment and were not tortured. The Nhan Dan newspaper called POW accounts of abuse propaganda by U.S. officials and Saigon authorities, while other North Vietnamese and Viet Cong officers denied the charges in statements.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
the People
U.S
Butz to defend food price policy before House panel
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz prepared to defend Nixon era food price controls before the House Banking Committee considering a one year extension of authority to set wages and prices. Shultz and Dunlop were also slated to testify amid widespread protests and a threatened subpoena.
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Washington
UPI
Earl L. Butz
House
Nixon
Butz
House Banking Committee
House Committee
Treasury
George P. Shultz
John Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
California Legislature to Hear Lottery, Timber, Campaign Finance Plans
Sacramento congressional committees will hear ACA18 paving the way for a statewide lottery and ACAI legalizing bingo, with potential revenue of 180 million annually. AB363 proposes public financing of campaigns. SB5 seeks permanent timber industry regulations opposed by Sierra Club. Debate includes open meetings ACA4 SCR6 and campaign tax nonpartisan support.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Leon Ralph
Los Angeles
Assembly
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Leroy Greene
Senate
Assembly Natural Resources Committee
John A. Nejedly
Walnut Creek
Sierra Club
Edwin L. Z’berg
Z’berg
California tax plan sparks war of words in debate
Assembly Speaker Moretti warns Reagan tax cap invites class warfare while Reagan argues the plan would save the average four person family 17 000 over 15 years and cut 118 5 billion for all Californians.
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San Francisco
UPI
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
Moretti
Dean Nuys
KCBS
Fugitive Federal Prisoner Apprehended At SFO Airport
Richard C. Cory, 28, was seized at San Francisco International Airport after deputies, alerted by a tip, paged him over the public address system to answer the white phone. Cory, a fugitive, had fled a San Jose work furlough and was taken to Redwood City jail.
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San Francisco
UPI
Richard C. Cory
San Mateo County
Cory
Redwood City
San Jose
Winds blamed for two deaths in Southern California
Strong winds across Southern California killed at least two people and caused widespread damage. A 66-foot tree fell onto a Van Nuys car, killing Archie Rosenblum and injuring his wife Beatrice. A 30 foot boat capsized near Mission Bay, drowning Alejandro Ferese, with six others rescued including two boys in a dramatic underwater recovery.
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Palmdale
UPI
California
Lancaster
California Highway Patrol
Archie Rosenblum
van Nuys
Tijuana
Mexico
Mission Bay
San Diego
Alejandro Ferese
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Pacific Command
Vietnam
Assembly Constitutional Amendments Committee
Edwin Gray
Broadway
Santa Maria
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IDEA
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Tagine
Monamere
Celini
Thomasville
W. Main
Lompoc
Calif
Rosenblum
Beatrice
Barry Wagner
Santa Rosa Adobe
W. A. Riggs
Harry Morris
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