Power outages hit NYC area amid wide blackout
July 13 reports describe a massive power failure affecting New York City and surrounding areas. Leon Jaworski is named to lead a probe into South Korean influence peddling. The First North Slope reaches Port Valdez via the Alaska pipeline. CIA mind control experiments from the 1950s and 1960s are disclosed. The Federal Department of Energy is created with James Schlesinger as head.
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1977 Summary of Major Global Events
The year features David Berkowitz arrest labeled Son of Sam in New York. Panama Canal treaty talks progress. Park Tong Sun indicted for bribery of congressmen. Steve Biko dies in police custody triggering protests. Vietnam joins the UN. Bert Lance resigns amid probe. Bakke case arguments reach Supreme Court. Concorde flights resume after ban lift. West German commandos free 86 hostages in Mogadishu hijacking.
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Park Tong Sun
Supreme Court
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Kennedy Airort
Palm tree lady fights San Diego palm removals
Theresa Yianilos, the San Diego palm tree lady, battles local officials over palm removals. She lobbied the Port Commission to halt cutting 102 palms along San Diego Bay, urged Coronado to include palms in a new park, and campaigns against 40 removals in Chula Vista Civic Center. She cites aesthetic and city character concerns and seeks replacements rather than fines.
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World events snapshot from December 4 to 14
A plane believed hijacked crashes in Malaysia with about 100 dead. Arab leaders meet in Tripoli to freeze relations with Egypt as Sadat severs ties. Farmers protest in Washington and other cities over low prices. Winston Churchill’s widow dies at 92. Cairo conference opens.
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Woman convicted of voluntary manslaughter in newsman killing
Lupe Margaret Garcia, 25, ex-wife of slain newsman Joel Garcia, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in his Memorial Day death. She testified self defense after he allegedly slapped her and threatened to kill her and their daughter. sentencing set for Feb. 1 with potential 15 year prison term. Garcia was a KCET producer-reporter formerly with KTTV and Valley News.
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