Rampage in Los Angeles Leaves Six Dead and Sixteen Shot
A two hour outburst by William R. Bonner left 16 shot and six dead at six locations in Los Angeles. Bonner, 25, wounded in a gunbattle with police, faces murder charges. Victims include Mrs. Levitt and several others at homes and service stations. Authorities say Bonner knew many victims. security guard Versell Bennett died after being shot in the head.
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Los Angeles
UPI
William R. Bonner
Otha Levitt
Bonner
USC
Versell Bennett
Levitt
Raleigh Henderson
Jevi Thompson
Thompson
Edie Mae
Alfred
Robert L. Smith
Roosevelt Jenkins
Smitty Sneed
Daly Oscar Bennett
Diane Lore Andrea
All Points
Suspected Nob Hill rapist caught after 500 mile flight
John P. Bunyard, 28, sought for rape and linked to two killings and multiple kidnappings across Northern California, was shot and captured in the Sierra foothills after a struggle in which a police sergeant fired. Two women, Nancy Chalburg and Helen Cramer, were killed in Mariposa as Bunyard demanded keys and a vehicle.
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Bunyard
Mariposa
Nancy L. Chalburg
Tenaya
Helen Cramer
Fremont
Mariposa County
Norman Garrett
Elusive kidnaper arrested in Idaho after five-day chase
Robert Kennedy 41 of New Meadows was captured after a zigzag pursuit through rugged forests. He wounded deputy Duane Tullis an hour before capture and had posed as a deputy during the hunt. Kennedy, armed with a high powered rifle, was found hiding in underbrush by deputies. Tullis received treatment for injuries and is in fair condition. Kennedy was questioned in Council.
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Tamarack
Idaho
UPI
Robert Kennedy
New Meadows
Kennedy
Duane Tullis
Adams County
Jim Hileman
Tullis
Boise
California lawmakers weigh tax surplus rebate and death penalty
After recess California legislators confront returning surplus rebate plans and a death penalty bill. Bagley urges quick action on returning the surplus to taxpayers or face costly new tax forms. Senate debate centers on SB450 to apply Prop 17 with Deukmejian backing a gas chamber provision.
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UPI
California
William T. Bagley
Bagley
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Reagan
Ken Cory
Garden Grove
Senate Judiciary Committee
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Meat boycott showed little impact on prices says Rosenthal
Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal of New York concedes the weeklong meat boycott had almost no effect on prices but notes consumer groups may try it again in May if federal action occurs. He cites exports and farm subsidies as drivers of high food costs and says cattlemen raised prices due to high feed costs after reducing production.
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Washington
UPI
Benjamin Rosenthal
Dn.y
Rosenthal
ABC
Bill McMillan
American Cattlemen’s Association
McMillan
Senate probes grape feud in Coachella fields
Senate investigators arrive to study the clash between Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers Union and the Teamsters over control of labor in California's grape region. Chavez followers held an Easter mass as two inspectors announced a weeklong inquiry into contracts and growers backing the Teamsters.
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United Farm Workers Union
Chavez
UFWU
California
Cease-fire violations drop in 24 hours amid Vietnam conflict
Saigon reports 64 cease-fire violations in the 24 hours to noon, the lowest since the January truce. A rural Easter pageant near Phan Rang left 12 dead and 81 injured, possibly due to an accidental grenade mishandling. Hue area mortar fire wounded two. Mekong Delta clashes near Hong Ngu suggest the North Vietnamese pullback pattern.
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Saigon
UPI
Phuoc Thien
Phan Rang
Hue
Indians protest site for California governor mansion
Six armed Indians including a juvenile were arrested on assault and trespass charges as they attempted to occupy the 11 acre American River site in Sacramento where Gov Ronald Reagan planned a new California governor mansion. A shot was fired and officials said the group also faced assaulting a police officer and malicious mischief charges. The demonstrators linked to AIM argued the site, once Maidu village territory 3 000 years ago, would destroy burial grounds and relics.
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