Fresno abductors case linked to SLA figure sought by police
Police in multiple states search for a Mexican man about 30 who abducted Norma Milligan and Christina Alcorne from a Fresno shopping center, drove them to San Diego for four days of captivity, with one girl harmed during sexual assaults and the kidnapper claiming SLA ties. The youths were later released and reunited with families.
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Fresno
UPI
San Diego
Norma Milligan
Santa Cruz
Christina Alcorne
Reedley
Christina
Milligan
Symbionese Liberation Army
Riverside double arrest linked to string of killings
Two suspects, Patrick Kearney and David Hill, 37 and 34, both Redondo Beach, are held on serious charges after admitting possible links to up to 43 slayings. Authorities search for up to 35 more bodies across four Southern California counties as arraignments loom. Victims aged 16 to 28 were found head struck, often unclothed. four were found in trash bags.
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Riverside
Calif
UPI
Patrick Kearney
David Hill
Redondo Beach
Riverside County Authorities
Imperial County Sheriff's Department
John
Jane Doe
Kearney
Hill
Sheriff's Department
California
Tear gas used as Soweto mourners attend Black teen's funeral
In Soweto South Africa police teargased thousands of mourners and students at the funeral of 18 year old Johanna Rathebe shot June 23 during police Black clashes. Police report no arrests and calm by evening as riots near the burial site were dispersed.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Soweto
Jan Visser
Nancefield
Johanna Rathebe
Oil spill cost to taxpayers rises from Argo Merchant disaster
The Argo Merchant spill off Nantucket Island spilled 7.5 million gallons, the worst on the U S Atlantic coast, costing taxpayers 5.2 million with no recovery yet from responsible parties. GAO report cited by Rep. Leo Ryan links cleanup costs to energy dependence and national preparedness.
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Washington
UPI
Argo Merchant
Nantucket Island
Mass
Leo Ryan
House
Congress
General Acounting
Nantucket Shoals
U.S. Atlantic
Georges Bank
Ryan
GAO
Washington hardball turns on Congress vote over gas price controls
Freshman Rep. Marc Marks faced calls from both President Ford and President Carter as lawmakers weighed federal regulation of natural gas prices. Carter won round one with a 22 to 21 vote after Marks sided with regulation, saying the stance served the country. Ford had pressed for deregulation earlier, signaling a tough, high-stakes campaign for support with many hurdles still ahead.
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Washington
UPI
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Marc Marks
R-Pa
House Commerce Committee
Ford
Carter
Marks
FDA chief warns of cancer victims if saccharin ban delayed
FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy warned Congress that delaying the saccharin ban could cost lives. He urged strong warning labels and advertising restrictions, noting Canadian rat studies linked high saccharin doses to cancer and federal law requires banning cancer-causing substances.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Donald Kennedy
Kennedy
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