California Voters Face Fight Over Rapid Transit Funds
The author of a proposed constitutional amendment to end a 32 year ban on highway construction funds for rapid transit predicts a tough battle with oil companies for voter approval in November. The measure would allow 25 percent of highway funds to be used for mass transit and smog control, with counties able to reroute freeways if approved by voters.
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Reagan Optimistic Despite Senate Drive To Kill Tax Plan
Thirteen lawmakers vowed to defeat Gov. Ronald Reagan's 1 billion tax revision package as the Legislature races to adjourn. Reagan remains optimistic as a final Senate showdown looms this afternoon, with the plan proposing property tax relief funded by new taxes and withholding of the state income tax.
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Girl testifies suspect seen in building before shooting
Barbara Gunderman a 16 year old from Santa Ana testified she led officers to a skid row apartment where two Mexican nationals were killed and saw Danny Gorotiza 22 looking out a window He had warned of a big shootout if anyone entered and later surrendered while charges in a separate San Leandro murder were dropped.
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Santa Ana
San Leandro
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Gorotiza
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Bruce boycotts N. Viet peace talks in Paris
U.S. Ambassador David K. E. Bruce stayed away from the 80th session of Vietnam peace talks in Paris. Deputy Philip Habib said Bruce would not attend to press for a conciliatory atmosphere and no unacceptable preconditions, with no illness implied. Habib noted no decision yet on Bruce attending next week.
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North Vietnam
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Davis case car a decoy in Panther home front
A UPI report says Angela Davis may have used her 1959 Rambler as a decoy placed before a Black Panther leader Franklin D. Alexander in Los Angeles. Police searched the area with 50 officers and the FBI but found no sign of Davis, noting sightings were inconsistent and likely aimed at diverting attention from the hunt.
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All Points
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Calif
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Che-Lumumba Club
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Los Angeles International Airport
U.S
Pentagon study finds no impairment of Vietnam unit readiness
A Pentagon task force reported no evidence that drug use among U.S. troops in Vietnam impaired unit readiness. It stressed a broader national drug problem, urged treatment access for offenders, tighter screening for enlistment, and support for an all volunteer Army.
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Collins Convicted in First Degree Murder Case
Loretta Collins and John Norman Collins's mother react as a jury finds Collins guilty of first degree murder in Ann Arbor. The case involved seven murders tied to EMU area between 1967 and 1969. defense sought venue changes amid alleged community fear.
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Grand Rapids
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Roland Beineman
Neil Fink
Karen Sue Beineman
Eastern Michigan University
Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti
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Linda Kasabian free after Tate-Sabaria trial press conference
Linda Kasabian, 21, was freed after 18 days of testimony in the Tate-Sabacia murder case and held a press conference to outline her plans. She will live with her two children as a hippie, vows never to take drugs again, and hopes to work with children while avoiding Manson and his codefendants.
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