Passat Detained by Cubans Released at Key West
U S sailing vessel Passat, a 53 foot ketch, arrived in Key West after 42 hours of detention by Cuban military intelligence. Skipper Paul Box said the crew faced interrogation for alleged violation of Cuba's 12 mile limit while other national freighters were unmolested. Crew members include Steven Vital, 24, Cambridge Mass Ivan Sears, 21, Cambridge England and Michael Lawrence, 25 Dominica West Indies.
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Key West
Fla
UPI
U.S
Coast Guard
Paul Box
Rio Vista
Calif
Cuba
Box
Cayo Verde
Steven Vital
Cambridge
Mass
Ivan Sears
England
Michael Lawrence
Dominica
West Indies
Sears
Lawrence
Burglars Steal Jewelry Worth 300000 From Ritz-Carlton Suite
Chicago police say jewels valued at about 300000 were taken from Vivian Bravos's Ritz-Carlton suite. The theft, described as a professional job, left behind an unlocked closet and a pillow with a hidden case. Bravos and her husband, visiting from Los Angeles, detected the loss late Monday.
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Chicago
UPI
Ritz-Carlton
Vivian Bravos
First Commercial Bank
Los Angeles
Gould
Howard K. Hurwith
Assessments soar in Los Angeles area markets
LA area homeowners face steep tax increases after the county revaluation. Topanga Canyon resident Larry Ell sees a 200 percent rise due to new solar installations and room additions. Walnuts, Malibu, Hermosa Beach, and other communities show double digit to triple digit gains as 170,000 residential and 175,000 commercial properties are reassessed.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Larry Ell
Topanga Canyon
Ward Laren
Sycamore Park
Malibu
Jack Golden
Reseda
Golden
Walnut
Watson
Hermosa Beach
Manhattan Beach
Monrovia
Pasadena
South Pasadena
Bell
Commerce
Cudahy
Huntington Park
Lynwood
Vernon
Inglewood Forum
Assessment Appeals Board
Board of Supervisors
Farm land values rise 16 percent to 495.5 billion
UPI reports the Agriculture Department says farm real estate value rose 16 percent in the year ending Feb 1, reaching 495.5 billion. About 17 percent of the total value came from farm buildings, with 80 percent of lands sold kept in farming for at least five years and 63 percent bought to enlarge existing farms.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Editor Guilty Under Blasphemy Law in Gay News Case
A Bri tain Old Bailey jury convict ed Gay News and editor Denis Lemon of blasphemous libel in the first such trial in 56 years. After five hours of deliberation the 10 to 2 verdict cites a published poem deemed vile, with sentencing set for Tuesday.
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London
UPI
Britain
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Denis Lemon
Lemon
J.J. Smyth
Heroin ring leader gets 10 year term
Jose Gomez DeLeon 23 of Fresno labeled head of a large San Joaquin Valley heroin ring received two concurrent 10 year sentences for heroin selling and conspiracy in U S District Court Judge M D Crocker ordered at least three years of probation after release He was convicted of selling 20 ounces to a federal undercover agent Ballesteros also faced sentencing for his role and received three years in prison
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Fresno
UPI
Jose Gomez DeLeon
San Joaquin Valley
U.S. District Court
M. D. Crocker
DeLeon
Crocker
Michael Ballesteros
Fresno Air Terminal
Ballestros
Texas seeks testimony on Hughes drug use for residency proof
Texas asks a California court to compel Howard Hughes aide John Holmes to answer about Hughes drug use to support residency for inheritance tax. Holmes cited doctor patient confidentiality and repeatedly refused to discuss how Hughes obtained medicines or his injections.
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Texas
Hughes
Los Angeles
UPI
Howard Hughes
California
John Holmes
John Hill
Superior Court
Holmes
Hill
Houston
Nevada
Neil Lake
Clarence Waldron
Questionnaires May Aid Fair Trial Decision in Bolles Case
Prospective jurors in Phoenix filled out lengthy questionnaires to aid Judge Howard F. Thompson in deciding if Max Dunlap and James Robison can receive a fair trial over the Don Bolles killing. The 120 panelists were told the forms aim for honest answers to streamline jury selection.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Don Bolles
Phoenix
Maricopa County
Thompson
Dunlap
Robison
John Harvey Adamson
Adamson
Bolles
Youngster dies after train accident in Lynwood
An eight year old girl Holly Kline died from injuries after four children walked onto a freight train in Lynwood California. Two sisters and two friends were killed instantly in the crash last Friday. Holly died at St Francis Hospital after family members were nearby.
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Lynwood
Calif
UPI
St. Francis Hospital
Holly Kline
Holly
Julia
Jason Lack
Amanda
Cudahy
Spain Devalues Peseta To Aid Tourism Boom
Spain devalued the peseta by 25 percent raising the rate from 70 to 87.30 per dollar as tourism remains the main foreign currency source. Premier Suarez’s cabinet called it a realistic move to counter 30 percent inflation and payments deficit, with prior devaluation in 1976 noted.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Bank of Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Suarez
Democratic Center Union
Lefebvre barred from entering Mexico amid Vatican split
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, leader of a traditionalist Catholic movement, was declared persona non grata by Mexico and denied entry. He had been in Texas to dedicate the Queen of Angels chapel as the North American headquarters of the Society of St. Pius X.
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Dickinson
Tex
UPI
Vatican
Mexico
Marcel Lefebvre
Paul VI
Texas
Queen of Angels Chapel
Society of St. Pius X
Mexico City
Chapel
Carlita Brown
Lefebvre
Bogota
Colombia
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