Americans Said Safe in Highlands Detained in Pleiku Camp
Reports from Saigon say eight Americans and four foreigners captured during March’s Viet Cong offensive remain alive and well in Thanh An district Pleiku Province. Detained since Ban Me Thuot fell, they are fed decently, allowed letters, and keep scarce possessions including Bibles and Anthony Adverse.
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UPI
Central Highlands
United States Agency For International Development
Thanh An
Pleiku
Ban’ Me Thuot
Jay Scarborough
U.S
Ban Me Thuot
Paul Struharik
Richard and
Lillian Phillips
Betty Mitchell
John
Carolyn Miller
Luanne
Norman and
Joan Johnson
Peter Whitlock
Enrique Tolentino
South Vietnam
James Lewis
Nha Trang
Phan Rang
Luanne Miller
Anthony Adverse
Vietnam
Struharik
America
Bangkok
Democrats to negotiate with GOP on state budget
In Sacramento lawmakers plan to dispatch a group of Democrats to meet Republicans to locate negotiable items in the GOP demand for 128 million in state budget cuts. Speaker Leo McCarthy said the talks aim to identify what the GOP is serious about and a floor vote is still expected by week’s end.
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Leo T. McCarthy
McCarthy
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Senate
Jurors Make Progress in SLA Trial in California
Jurors in the murder case of Russell Little and Joseph Remiro, two alleged Symbionese Liberation Army members, reported methodical progress but no verdict after hearing more testimony. They plan to review witnesses Christopher Thompson Spiro Vasos and Bill Brennan. The case concerns the 1973 cyanide bullet murder of Marcus Foster and attempted murder of Robert Blackburn in Oakland.
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Sacramento
UPI
Christopher Thompson
Spiro Vasos
Bill Brennan
Father guilty of poisoning son in Halloween case
Ronald Clark O Bryan was found guilty of capital murder in the poisoning death of his 8 year old son Timothy with cyanide laced candy. Prosecutors urged the death penalty while outlining alleged motive to collect life insurance. The jurors deliberated 46 minutes before the verdict.
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Houston
UPI
Ronald Clark O’bryan
O’bryan
Timothy O'Bryan
Mike Hinton
O'Bryan
Elizabeth Lane
Timothy
Vic Driscoll
Driscoll
Abraham
Richard Harrison
Marvin Teague
Georgia crash of WWII bomber loaded with marijuana
A World War II B25 bomber crashed in Dawsonville, Georgia, after being loaded with about one ton of marijuana. Two people were killed in the wreck, and authorities noted the plane appeared unmodified and still carried camouflage paint. Investigators described possible neutrality violations and noted 40 bags of marijuana scattered in the debris with an estimated street value of $500,000.
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UPI
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Rockwood
Tenn
Robert McCracken
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
McCracken
U. S
Jim Dingfelder
Customs Department
Miami
Unruh urges delaying Sirhan parole to 2050 or later
State Treasurer Jesse Unruh calls for pushing back Sirhan Sirhan’s 1986 parole date to prevent his release, criticizing the Adult Authority’s handling and urging Gov. Brown to consider replacing Chairman Raymond Procunier. He notes Kennedy’s assassination and the upcoming presidential election while pressing for deterrence.
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UPI
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Sirhan Sirhan
Unruh
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
America
Kennedy
U.S. Senate
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Adult Authority
Raymond Procunier
Authority
Newsmen Ordered Out of Vietnam Amid Expulsion Move
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam ordered three American correspondents to leave within 48 hours. Paul Vogle Chad Huntley of United Press International and George Esper of Associated Press must depart by chartered plane to Vientiane. The action aims to reduce foreign press presence as visas to Saigon are halted. About 400 North Lake Tahoe residents protested in the state Capitol seeking a $30 million regional sewage plant, pushing for hearings to end. Sierra Club filed for another hearing before the state Water Resources Control Board on June 18.
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UPI
South Vietnam
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Chad Huntley
United Press International
Associated Press
George Esper
PRG
Vientiane
Vietnam
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North Lake Tahoe
State Capitol
The
Sierra Club
State Water Resources Control Board
Smog Tests Conducted Quietly at Three Southern California Refineries
Air Resources Board Chairman Tom Quinn confirmed clandestine smog detection tests were run last week at three Southern California refineries, including Standard Oil in El Segundo where he joined an early morning inspection. Tests aimed to test ground monitoring gear showed emissions were detectable but not extraordinarily high. no reliable data was obtained.
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UPI
Air Resources Board
Tom Quinn
California
Quinn
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Standard Oil
el Segundo
Political Animal Newsletter
Arca
Union
Postcard Registration Bill Advances to Senate
California lawmakers move an Assembly drafted system for voter postcards to register, move, or change party at supermarkets banks and through civic groups. Senate committee backs AB822 sending it to Finance as SB374 dies 14 none of the above proposal fails on party and judge races while AB591 also seeks None of the Above within different limits.
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United Press International
Lancaster
R-Covina
Senate
Vasconcellos
San Jose
Assembly
Meade
D-Berkeley
UPI
Finance Committee
John Nejedly
Walnut Creek
Ways and Means Committee
William Campbell
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