Mistrial Denied in SLA Case Against Remiro and Little
Superior Court Judge Elvin Sheehy denied defense motions for mistrial and for moving venue in the 1973 murder trial of Symbionese Liberation Army members Joseph Remiro and Russell Little. Prosecution and defense clashed over weekend news reports about an alleged jewelers wire escape plot, with juror qualification ongoing in Sacramento.
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Sacramento
UPI
Symbionese Liberation Army
Joseph Remiro
Russell Little
Elvin Sheehy
Sheehy
Remiro
Little
Marcus Foster
Oakland
James Jenner
Ed Merrill
Jenner
Alameda County
Americans Skeptical of Tax Cut Aids in Recession Fight
A United Press International summary notes 23 percent view the tax cut as a bad idea and 55 percent doubt it will end the recession. The University of Michigan survey cites confusion and fears of government clawing back rebates, with concerns about business conditions and unemployment.
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United Press International
University of Michigan
Survey
Jay Schmiedeskamp
George Katona
Hoffa challenges clemency terms and prison release
Hoffa argues he was unfairly freed under Nixon clemency and that his 13 year sentence would have been preferable. His lawyer contends Hoffa was unaware of a ban on union activity until 1980 and seeks relief from that condition as the appeal proceeds.
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Washington
UPI
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Richard M. Nixon
Hoffa
Leonard Boudin
U.S. Court of Appeals
Nixon
Boudin
Orphans Begin New Life in U S Amid Saigon Turmoil
A 24 hour Saigon curfew and airport closure delayed flights as about 1 200 Vietnamese orphans, mostly infants, awaited placement with American families. An Overseas National Airways jet carried 287 children to Travis AFB after a previous flight with 65, doctors reported common illnesses from the long journey, while families across the United States welcomed their new children.
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United Press International
Patrick
Michael
Hudson Falls
N.Y
Nora Collins
Robert
South Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Tan Son Nhut
Presidential
Overseas National Airways
Travis Afb
Air Force
California
S. Alex Stalcup
San Francisco
Presidio
Detroit
Tamara
Prisoners hold hostages at Tennessee prison in eight hour siege
Dock Walker led 11 inmates who took 12 hostages at the Tennessee State Prison counseling office. After bargaining with corrections officials, four counselors and eight inmates were released as a committee including inmates was set to investigate 12 grievances.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Tennessee
Dock Walker
Herman Yeatman
Yeatman
IAM and McDonnell Douglas hold mediation over California and Florida strike
In Washington, IAM and McDonnell Douglas representatives met with federal mediators to end a two month strike by about 7,000 Machinists District 720 workers. The walkout affects Santa Monica, Torrance, Huntington Beach, Palmdale, Vandenberg AFB, and Cape Canaveral.
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Washington
UPI
McDonnell Douglas Corp
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
IAM
California
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Machinists District 720
Willie J. Usery
Federal Mediation Service
Santa Monica
Torrance
Huntington Beach
Palmdale
Vandenberg Afb
Antismog device repeal bid renewed in California
Sacramento lawmakers again pursue repeal of the antismog rule requiring 1966 to 1970 model cars in the Los Angeles area to install NOX devices. The Assembly rejected the measure 44 to 30, with supporters planning a reconsideration.
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Sacramento
UPI
Los Angeles
Assembly
Connally bribery trial shows $10,000 cash in court
Defense attorney Edward Bennett Williams displayed three stacks of ten thousand dollars in three envelopes in front of witness Jake Jacobsen as testimony linked to a $10,000 bribe allegedly given by John B. Connally for higher milk price supports. Jacobsen recalled delivering the money in 1973 in Austin. Also noted are signed bills possibly by George P. Shultz. In separate items, Betty Ford celebrated her 57th birthday and Hartmann turned 58 as a birthday party was noted during Easter events.
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Washington
UPI
Edward Bennett Williams
Jake Jacobsen
Treasury
John B. Connally
Williams
Jacobsen
Connally
U.S. District Court
Austin
Tex
George P. Shultz
George L. Hart
Shultz
Betty Ford
Robert Hartmann
Ford
Hartmann
Severe Texas Panhandle Storms and Snow Sweep West
Tornadoes and a sandstorm battered the Texas Panhandle while Arizona reports a foot of snow at Hawley Lake. Blizzard conditions loom in Montana and Wyoming as frost risk threatens fruit crops. Lubbock endures winds to 60 mph with sand, rain and hail. Authorities move mobile homes in Mississippi to aid flood victims.
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United Press International
Texas Panhandle
Arizona
Hawley Lake
White Mountains
Warren County
Miss
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Montana
Wyoming
Continental Divide
Pep
Tex
Lubbock
Canyon
Texas
High Plains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Dakotas
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SLA
Lompoc
Crisis Center
McDonnell-Douglas
John F. Kennedy Space Center
McKay
Lam Thach Huyuh
Sam
Yul Brynner
Jacqueline
Boston
E. Ocean Ave
W. Ocean Ave
May Bros
Monterey Jack
Mimiane Williams Bros
McDonnell-Douglas State Mediation Meeting
Starbuck
North
Omer Rains
Dventura
Senate
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Tom Quinn
Brown
Quinn
Air Resources Board
Warren
South Coast Air Basin
By Barnes
Mrs. Ford
Sadie
St Bernard
Security Pacific Bank
RRA
Tional Bank
FUL
Calif
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