U S official warns of disaster over Angola policy
Sen. Dick Clark accuses the administration of courting disaster by sharing Angola related information with South Africa. Ford and Kissinger met on Angola as Sen. Tunney claims pilots lift weapons into Angola from Zaire. Clark cites potential Soviet alignment and Congressional secrecy limits on details. State Department denies coordinating policy with South Africa.
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Washington
Clark
Senate
United States
State Department
South Africa
First day in Lompoc's Municipal Court marks transition
Judge Terrill F. Cox began as Lompoc Municipal Court judge with an old robe but a new redwood burl gavel after a swearing in on Monday. The court opens amid limited facilities and no guaranteed funding for a new courtroom. Civil cases rise to $5,000, while annual costs exceed $150,000 plus marshal expenses.
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Lompoc
Vaughn Proctor
Terrill F. Cox
Robert Chilson
Chilson
Cox
Justice Court
Ann Sweet
Lompoc Justice Court
Lompoc Municipal Court
Lynn Cady
Walter Livingston
Francis H. Beattie
Beattie
Claude Bowman
Old Justice Court
Dennis Higgins
Anne Proctor
Board rejects Solvang Lompoc court merger plan
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors quickly voted to file a proposal to consolidate Solvang Justice Court with the Lompoc Municipal Court, while delaying action on Guadalupe’s court with Santa Maria amid opposition from Judge Robert Stewart.
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Solvang Court
Lompoc
Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
Solvang Justice Court
Justice Court
Guadalupe Justice Court
Robert Stewart
Guadalupe Court
Santa Maria
Stewart
Guadalupe
Harrell Fletcher
Fletcher
Solvang
James M. Slater
State Judicial Council
Carpinteria
First District
Frank J. Frost
California
Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara
Marxist victory claimed in Angola siege
Marxist forces backed by Soviet and Cuban troops say they have captured Uige, northeast of Luanda, and cut the National Front supply route with reports of a nearby Negage airbase seizure and heavy civilian casualties in Malanje. Radio Luanda cites two American aircraft destroyed and thousands dead. The report follows months of fierce fighting over the northern stronghold.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Angola
Radio
Luanda
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
National Front
Zaire
Popular Movement
Malanje
Uige
Four Watergate conspirators seek new trials
Lawyers for John Mitchell Robert Mardian H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman told the U S Circuit Court of Appeals that Nixon testimony could exonerate them and that prejudicial publicity and judge Sirica errors warrant reversal. A special prosecutor urged upholding convictions noting overwhelming proof and a massive conspiracy. Nixon was ill to testify.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
John N. Mitchell
Robert Mardian
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
White House
John Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Mardian
Ehrlichman
William S. Frates
The
United States
Battle erupts near Beirut amid siege of refugee camp
Fierce fighting with mortars and machine guns erupts between Palestinian guerrillas and Christian forces near the Tal Zaatar camp on Beirut outskirts. Violence spreads across the capital as roadblocks appear. police report 12 killed and 75 kidnapped in 48 hours amid a civil war toll around 8,050 dead and 17,150 wounded.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Tal Zaatar
Appeals court bars using lawmakers votes as evidence in bribery cases
A Chicago based U S Appeals Court panel ruled federal prosecutors may not introduce legislators votes or official speeches as proof in criminal bribery trials. The decision, written by Judge Walter J. Cummings, marks a landmark shield for state lawmakers in federal court and may prompt review by higher courts. Judge Philip W Tone dissented, saying official actions are not protected by federal law.
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Chicago
API
Appeals Court
U.S
Samuel K. Skinner
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Skinner
Supreme Court
James Holderman
Illinois
Holderman
U.S. Appeals Court
Walter J. Cummings
U.S. Court of Claims
Robert L. Kunzig
Philip W. Tone
New California Alphabet Revamp For Ballot Ordering
California state officials redraw ballot order starting with k and ending with r to comply with a new law eliminating surname alphabetical listings on general law city election ballots. The random drawing by the secretary of state's office produced the sequence and will inform county and city clerks and registrars to adjust election materials.
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Sacramento
UPI
Secretary of State’s
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