Satan references appear in Chowchilla kidnapping papers
Investigators found documents on the Woods estate with strange references to Satan and a coded Sanskrit note in the Chowchilla kidnap case. The trio Fred N. Woods James and Richard Schoenfeld face kidnapping and robbery charges. bail stands at 1 million each. A gag order on evidence details was extended.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Fred N. Woods
Woods
Livermore
Alameda County
James Schoenfeld
Richard
Atherton
Schoenfeld
Vancouver
B.C
Menlo Park
Justice Court
Howard C. Green
Judge rules breaking up AT and T not right remedy
FCC hearing judge David Kraushaar says Bell Telephone does not require drastic action to boost competition. The ruling addresses the AT and T investigation begun by the FCC in 1971 and notes telecoms as financially strong relative to the Postal Service and railroads during a government-involved era.
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At&t
Washington
UPI
Bell Telephone
Federal Communications Commission
David I. Kraushaar
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
Bell
At&t Sabry
FCC
Western Electric
Bell Laboratories
Prac- At&t
Kraushaar
Carterfone
Post-trial juror hearing eyed in HarrisHearst case
Los Angeles UPI reports juror Ronald Pruyn faced a possible post trial hearing on prejudice after remarks about the trial were cited by defense in a bid to halt the proceedings. Judge Brandler denied motions but left open a later inquiry if guilty verdicts occur.
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Los Angeles
UPI
William
Emily Harris
Ronald Pruyn
Harrises
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Pruyn
Brandler
Hearst
Hansen
Barton
Postcard voter registration system rolls out in California
California’s postcard registration program starts in major counties with plans to mail 15 million postcards to youths and new voters. Secretary March Fong Eu aims to reach 1 million new voters by November, using DMV lists and outreach by campaigns, unions, and parties.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
March Fong EU
Department of Motor Vehicles
Ms. EU
Caren Daniels
Jimmy Carter
San
Daniels
Los Angeles Alican Central Committee
Last dependents of American envoys evacuated from China
UPI reports the final American diplomat dependents left Peking today for Tokyo while others fled via Canton and Hong Kong. The exodus reduced the U S Liaison Office staff by one third to 20, amid makeshift shelters for hundreds of thousands of Chinese homeless after the Tangshan quake.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Peking
United States
Tokyo
Canton
China
Warren Duncan
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Tangshan
Refugees flee Uganda as Amin troops beat and harass
Thousands cross into Kenya reporting beatings by Ugandan troops under Idi Amin. Relief officials note growing arrivals, with many describing wounds and harassment while a British espionage denial stirs diplomatic concern.
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Uganda
Amin
Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
John Rogers
Tran- Rogers
Graham Clegg
Jack Tulley
Congress probes Nixon arms sale offers
The State Department defends arms offers at end of Nixon presidency while Congress questions them. Two cases involve a 1974 proposal to sell Egypt and Israel nuclear reactors and a 1972 order to sell Iran unlimited arms. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold closed hearings.
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UPI
State Department
Congress
Egypt
Israel
Iran
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Israal
Richard M. Nixon
Middle East
United States
International Atomic Energy Agency
Foreign Relations Committee
Albert Atherton
John Sparkman
U.S
California Governor Brown urged to fill hundreds of vacancies
Assembly Republican Leader Paul Priolo blames Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. for delaying California government by not appointing 565 boards commissions and posts. Brown counters the figure at about 250 with some terms expiring yet ongoing service. Priolo calls the vacancy slowdown unacceptable and urges action to end the stalemate.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly
Paul Priolo
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Jerry Brown
California
Priolo
Pacific Palisades
Brown
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