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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1977
Page
6
Moscow reports a 1976 grain harvest of 223.8 million tons, surpassing 1972’s record. Agriculture Minister Mesyats says stockpiles meet needs and imports from the United States will fall to a minimum under the 1975 agreement.
Beverly Ribaudo of St. Clair Shores Michigan leads a coffee boycott against near $3 a pound while Barbara Shuttleworth of Vernon Connecticut joins the fight. Camilo Calazani of the Brazilian Coffee Institute counters fears as both women bring experience from prior consumer protests against sugar and meat prices.
Richard C. Rees, a Brink's guard who vanished with $500,000 after the February 12, 1976 heist, reportedly spent the loot on Texas women, Fort Worth night clubs, horse race bets, cars, and lavish gifts. FBI fingerprints authenticated a 17 page letter to columnist Herb Caen.
Billy Carter pleads no contest to Georgia Revenue Department charges that beer was sold illegally at his Plains service station on a Sunday. An undercover agent bought an eight-pack from a part-time employee on December 12, Carter said the boy was mistaken and the sale was routine with no intent to evade liquor laws.
In San Francisco, 87 year old Helen Hansen, a retired teacher, was found beaten and raped with her cane near a street she walked daily. Police say the assailant killed her after days of trusting a street family she believed to be her friends. Hotel staff recall her fearless routine and reliance on downtown acquaintances.
Linda Kasabian, 27, agreed to testify again in the Leslie Van Houten murder retrial under heavy security. Prosecutor Stephen Kay said she seeks privacy and fears for safety due to remaining Manson followers. Judge Edward Hinz Jr scheduled the trial tentatively for late January or early March with Kasabian released on her own recognizance.
An icy storm pummeled the region with thunder, rain and snow with a DC10 en route to Tahiti making an emergency landing at LAX after lightning strike. Power outages affected about 1 200 customers in Mar Vista and 750 more in south central Los Angeles as spouts and cold air collided with warm coastal air.
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