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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1977
Page
3
A Seattle housewife won a precedent setting case against Old Line Life Insurance, getting a $200,000 life policy plus partial costs. Judge George H. Revelle ruled the firm discriminated on sex and state law, noting she was not the primary breadwinner.
West German authorities seek Eduard Roschmann known as the Executioner of Riga for the murder of about 40 000 Jews in 1941 43. Argentina signaled a favorable ruling while conflicting reports leave his custody status unclear as authorities weigh extradition. The case forms part of decades of Nazi fugitive rumors tied to Argentina including figures like Bormann.
Thomas Aquinas Malloy, who bought the presidential yacht Sequoia for 286000, protested as the vessel arrived at Providence. He claims furnishings were stripped and seeks return of specific items while envisioning a traveling museum with a $2 tour fee centered on Watergate era moments.
George Mahon, veteran Texas Democrat and longtime Appropriations Committee chair, will not seek re election in 1978. He will be 80 before the end of his next term, leaving Capitol Hill after 43 years in the House and a career as a fiscal conservative. The retirement is expected to spark a fight for the Appropriations chair with contenders Jamie Whitten and Robert Sikes.
Mauritanian Ambassador Ahmed Ould Ganahallah was seriously wounded by two gunmen on a Paris street. He survived emergency surgery and was reported out of danger. Police described the attackers as in their mid twenties and linked the raid to Sahrawi independence factions.
Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co. argues in a petition to the 5th U.S. Circuit that the Interstate Commerce Commission exceeded its authority by ordering an average 19 percent rate reduction for the Trans Alaska Pipeline. The ICC had reduced rates for seven of eight owners after suspending existing rates without a full evidentiary hearing.
Environmentalists and officials urge Congress to pass a four point emergency bill to speed water cleanup by 1983. They seek eight billion dollars over two years for sewage plant construction and relief on deadlines and charges amid stalled projects and seventeen states at risk of losing grants. The letter, signed by 29 groups including the Sierra Club and Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, argues for rapid action despite bicker and differing views.
Five prisoners died and 62 injured in a fast spread fire at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury Connecticut. Fire officials say cause undetermined but smoke inhalation listed as death cause. an estimated 80 inmates were trapped and rescued with aid from police and fire crews. A prison guard and a fireman were among the injured.
Los Angeles Rep. Glenn Anderson outlines a bill to fund a 4 billion subsidy via 2 percent of the current 8 percent airline ticket tax to retrofit or replace aircraft for federal noise standards. The plan also includes a 400 million local land use package and would spur 23,600 construction jobs and 22,000 indirect roles from 1978 to 1987.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat warned that if Israel uses an atom bomb in a new Middle East war Israel could be finished. He said Egypt would respond to protect its 39 million people, while noting the Geneva peace talks resume date of Oct 10 and Israel’s policy limits.
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