Winter storm socks Sierra and East coast travel hubs
Snow packed regions from the Sierra Nevada to West Virginia caused highway closures for hours and led to chain requirements for motorists. Reno reported rapid snow, Lake Arrowhead saw heavy drifts, and southern California schools reopened after closures. West Virginia faced blizzard conditions, and the Northeast received light accumulations with rain forecast.
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United Press International
Sierra Nevada
West Virginia
Nevada
San Francisco Bay Area
Reno
Nev
Truckee
Calif
California
Lake Arrowhead
Crestline
Running Springs
Perris
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Beckley
Washington
New York City
New York Metropolitan Area
New Jersey Turnpike
Turnpike
The
Weather Service
Panhandle
Wheeling
W.va
U.S
U.S. 52
Roanoke
Princeton
Colorado
Felons may be jurors in California landmark ruling
A California Superior Court judge ruled that a convicted felon, John Hunley Abbott, may serve as a juror. The ACLU called it a landmark decision, suggesting it could pave the way for ex convicts nationwide unless the county appeals and overturns the ruling.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
American Civil Liberties Union
Thomas W. LeSage
John Hunley Abbott
ACLU
Abbott
California Supreme Court
Mark Rosenbaum
John Farrell
Publicity Seekers Impersonate Skid Row Slasher in LA
Police investigate a wave of false claims as a transient and a Van Nuys man confess to killings that cover two months. A tape claimed by a killer and a bar surrender attempt triggered nationwide manhunts, but authorities say none of the suspects are the slasher. Meanwhile a separate case in New York involves Sir Winston Churchill's daughter Sarah named in a federal lawsuit over rights to reproduce her paintings.
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Los Angeles
Calif
UPI
van Nuys
Theodore Lane
Lane
James Cullen
Knbc-Tv
Paul Moyer
Cullen
Moyer
Herald-Examiner
Slasher
The
Voice
New York
Winston Churchill
Sarah
Long Island
Governor appoints Pearl S West to California Youth Authority Board
United Press International reports in Sacramento that Governor appoints Pearl S West to the California Youth Authority Board. Other items note SCRTD seeks an elected board for Los Angeles transit, and SB proposals include abolishing illegitimacy distinctions, restricting government pension stock investments, and criminalizing unauthorized copying of song recordings.
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Sacramento
United Press International
Pearl S. West
California Youth Authority Board
Senate
Public Utilities, Transit and Energy
Los Angeles
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Robbins
van Nuys
Beilenson
State moves cut Medi-Cal costs by tightening Valium use
Sacramento officials terminated a statewide pilot allowing wide open Valium prescriptions to curb Mediat Cal costs. Last December about 83 000 Valium prescriptions were paid by the state, angering psychiatrists who say the change limits a key treatment tool for anxious or tense patients.
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Sacramento
UPI
Harvey Dondershine
San Francisco
Jay Gould
Gould
Nader group calls for end to milk ads and marketing orders
A Ralph Nader sponsored consumer group urged repeal of marketing orders seen as industry cartels. Roy Alper cited the 1970 Canning Cling Peach Board actions destroying 200 000 tons of peaches and uprooting 20 000 acres, while critics warn against limiting access to Valium under prior authorization.
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Sacramento
UPI
Roy Alper
California Citizen Action Group
Legislature
Congress
Alper
Canning
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Appalachian
Atlanta
New Bern
N.C
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Upper
Great Lakes
Missouri Valley
Oklahoma
Superior Court
Malena de Esquivel
el California Trial Lawyers Association
Espanol
UN Automobil
la Ley de California
Llenar
Baja
la Sociedad de Ayuda Legal Local
Para Informacion
Llame al California Rural Legal Assistance, de
la Escuela Nacional Preparationa
el Dia
Jose Sarmiento Valladares
Moctezuma
Sale de
Cuba
Mexico
Color Anaranjado Amarillento
la Autoridad
Motorista de Carro
Department of Food and Agriculture
By Barnes
Wedworth
D-Hawthorne
Assembly
Antonovich
Glendale
No. H St
Goodyear
Lompoc Plaza
Nader
Roche Laboratories
Roche
Reagan Administration
Reagan
Dondershine
Linnett’s
Iingis
Fabric Sale
MasterCharge BankAmericaid
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Broadway
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