Hurricane season begins with 24 hour watch
The 1977 hurricane season starts with 24 hour operations by the National Hurricane Center to track storms across the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Atlantic. Forecasters note patterns in major hurricane hits and emphasize uncertainty in predicting storm strength and exact landfall locations.
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John Hope
United States
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Khaalis and Hanafi Muslims begin trial in siege case
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis and 11 Hanafi co defendants face a 32 count indictment over the March siege of three buildings that held 149 hostages. Jury selection begins with 650 potential jurors questioned as heavy security and a weapons ban mark opening day in the court of Judge Nicholas Nunzio. Khaalis wearing blue denim sat with followers at an enlarged defense table in a packed courtroom recalling a prior Black Muslim family murders case linked to earlier retaliation.
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Dane County
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State Crime Laboratory
West High School
Simonson
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Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
Superior Court
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Nunzio
Khaalis
Philadelphia
High Court Actions Draw A Mixed Labor and Civil Rulings
Supreme Court actions include upholding union seniority agreements despite potential civil rights concerns, affirming that states may deny unemployment compensation to workers laid off during strikes, and denying a stay for Mitchell and Haldeman in the Watergate case. The court also addressed reapportionment, juvenile rights, and free speech, among other items. Cesar Chavez sought NLRB action over alleged abuse of strikers at a Stockton ranch, with two organizers injured and jailed.
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East Point
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Dallas
Missing link owner sues magazines over mating claim
Los Angeles attorney Michael Miller, owner of Oliver the missing link, sues Oui and National Lampoon for 1 million dollars each alleging reports portray him planning to mate Oliver with Hiroko a 19 year old Japanese waitress and actress. The suit cites claims of immoral conduct and sensationalism.
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Oliver
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Oui
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Grandmother wins fight to halt zoning law at Supreme Court
A 63 year old grandmother, Inez Moore, won her fight to overturn a local zoning ordinance that barred extended families from living together. The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, struck down the law saying it criminalized a grandmother’s choice to live with her grandson.
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UPI
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Cleveland
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Supreme Court
America
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Byron White
Potter Stewart
William Rehnquist
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Moore
Stewart
Rehnquist
Van Houten’s Mental State Linked to Manson Influence
Dr. Leigh Roberts testified Leslie Van Houten suffered a mental illness during the Leno and Rosemary LaBianca killings and could not tell right from wrong due to shared delusions with Manson followers. He cited a paranoid, group mindset formed under Manson’s influence and described her as in a paranoid state during the 1969 interview and trial.
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UPI
Leslie van Houten
Charles Manson
Manson
Leigh Roberts
University of Wisconsin
Miss van Houten
Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
Leslie
Roberts
Governor proposes tax relief boost and rebates plan
The Governor signals an expansion of property tax relief to exceed 1 billion dollars with an additional 200 million in one time rebates for homeowners and renters. Desert welcomed 200 persons from 34 nations to a conference on reclaiming the desert organized by the United Nations and state water resources. The Senate pushed to add arson to the FBI's major crimes list while the Assembly asked for a study into rising Salton Sea water levels.
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State Department of Water Resources
Senate
Salton
Department of Water Resources
Salton Sea
Dannemeyer
Fullerton
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