Police chiefs call live terrorism TV coverage dangerous
A UPI survey of 32 large city police chiefs led by Dr. Michael Sommer finds 93 percent believe live TV coverage of terrorist acts fuels further terrorism and over half see a great threat to hostages. Sixty percent favor delayed or taped coverage and 27 percent oppose televising such acts.
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Northridge
Calif
UPI
Michael Sommer
Sommer
California State University
Mary Ford Hospitalized in Serious Condition
Mary Ford, 52, half of the 1950s pop duo with Les Paul, was admitted Aug. 8 to Arcadia Methodist Hospital in serious condition and reportedly in a coma. A hospital spokesman provided no diagnosis, while a family source cited a diabetic coma. The couple married in Milwaukee in 1949 and divorced in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1963.
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Arcadia
Calif
UPI
Mary Ford
Les Paul
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Paul
Milwaukee
Hackensack
New Jersey
Governor shifts stance on California unitary tax
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. reversed his earlier opposition to California’s unitary tax for multinationals, saying data was flawed. A Senate panel deferred action on two bills to eliminate the tax until next year, as Brown reassessed figures and warned of potential revenue shifts affecting foreign and domestic firms.
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Sacramento
UPS
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
England
California
Franchise Tax Board
Revenue and Taxation Committee
John Holmdahl
Castro Valley
John V. Briggs
Briggs
California Weekend Extended Forecast by Region
San Francisco and Northern California expect fair skies with coastal fog at night and morning. Temperatures near to above normal with coastal highs in the 60s and inland 90s to 102. Central California stays fair with possible regional storms in Sierra Nevada and similar coastal fog patterns overnight. Southern California remains hot and mostly fair with high desert reads from 98 to 118 in Owens and low desert zones.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Sierra Nevada
San Joaquin Valley
Owens Valley
High Desert
Assassination Plot Foiled as Spain Fears Threat to Democracy
Premier Adolfo Suarez said police uncovered a bomb near Palma de Mallorca as he and King Juan Carlos traveled with Queen Sofia. Authorities suspect leftist guerrillas aimed to disrupt Spain's move toward democracy. He warned the attack would threaten Spain's peaceful consolidation of democracy.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Adolfo Suarez
Juan Carlos
Palma de Mallorca
Sophia
Suarez
Cifra
Majorca
Yacht Club
Marivent Palace
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