Taxpayer groups unite for sweeping property tax reform
Four taxpayer organizations join forces led by Paul Gann to push a state property tax initiative. They seek to cap taxes at one to one and a half percent and curb inflationary growth, with over a million petition signatures pledged to qualify the measure for the ballot.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Paul Gann
Peoples Advocate
United Organization of Taxpayers
California
Ray Saucedo
Santa Barbara
Lyle Cook
Fresno
Gann
Quake Strikes Northeast China Area Near Tangshan
A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck the northeast China region near Tangshan. Tremors were felt in Peking with light shaking reported and a 30 second sway observed. Tangshan, wounded by last year’s devastation, lies about 100 miles southeast of Peking.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Peking
DPA
Winho
Tangshan
CPR
Pan Am and four others explore settlements in Canary Islands crash suits
Edwin Green said Pan Am, KLM, the Spanish government, Boeing, and Royal Cruise Lines are negotiating with relatives of Canary Islands disaster victims. Insurers will fund anticipated claims as pre-trial talks occur before Judge Spencer Williams regarding suits filed for 18 of the 580 killed in the March 27 collision.
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San Francisco
UPI
Pan American World Airways
Edwin Green
Pan Am
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Boeing Airplane Co
Royal Cruise Lines of
Green
Spencer Williams
Canary Islands
Shapp to Return 300000 in Federal Campaign Funds
Gov Milton Shapp said he was appalled by illegal fundraising connected to his presidential bid and will return 300000 in federal funds. He denied any knowledge of the scheme and refused to discuss the federal report.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Milton J. Shapp
Ilegal
Shapp
Federal Election Commission
Woodcock chosen to head U.S. liaison office in Peking
Leonard Woodcock, retiring UAW president, is President Carter's pick to head the U S liaison office in Peking. Carter says no China timetable but expects Woodcock to be ambassador when the time comes. Woodcock will hand over UAW leadership to Douglas Fraser at the convention in Los Angeles.
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Detroit
UPI
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Carter
U.S
Peking
Woodcock
Washington
China
Peoples Republic of China
Los Angeles
UAW
Douglas A. Fraser
Georgia
Democratic Party
Vietnam
Van Houten testifies on role in La Bianca killing
Leslie Van Houten testified she stabbed Rosemary La Bianca in the back after she was already dead and said Charles Tex Watson gave her the knife. She described leading La Bianca into a bedroom with Patricia Krenwinkel while Watson held Mrs La Bianca's husband in the living room.
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Los Angeles
Leslie van Houten
Rosemary la Bianca
Stephen Kay
Miss van Houten
Mrs. la Bianca
Patricia Krenwinkle
Mrs la Bianca
Watson
Pat
Mr. la Bianca
Congress Battles Loom Over Cuba Vietnam Aid and Energy Plan
Congress moved a 1.7 billion foreign aid package amid a Cuban Vietnam trade clash. The House backed limits on food and medical shipments to Havana and Hanoi while Senate debate loomed. A separate energy bill of 6.5 billion sought Oak Ridge reactor funding, with White House negotiations ongoing.
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House
Senate
U.S
Cuba
Vietnam
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House International Relations Committee
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Havana
Hanoi
Senate Rules Committee
Carter
Mark Hatfield
Rore
GOP
White House
House Science and Technology Committee
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Congress
America
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Lyndon Johnson
Pair held in S B bombing case initials
Santa Barbara authorities arrested Mrs. Art Corbell and Douglas Clayton Ingram on suspicion of grand theft in connection with the April 19 jewelry store bombing. Investigators found firearms and dynamite at Ingram’s home and linked the theft to a property dispute linked to building owner Ann McDonough. Both suspects held on 250000 bail.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
Art Corbell
el Dorado Hills
Sacramento
Douglas Clayton Ingram
Folsom
Charles Thompson
Corbell
Ann McDonough
Jewlery
Thompson
Stanley Roden
Sacramento County
Ingram
Jimmy Cagney Hospitalized Amid Privacy Rules
Hollywood icon Jimmy Cagney 77 was hospitalized with reports saying he has transient ischemic anemia due to an inner ear infection. Producer A C Lyles confirms the condition is serious though Cagney can walk in his room and receive visitors.
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Hollywood
UPI
Jimmy Cagney
Cagney
Good Samaritan Hospital
A.C. Lyles
Folger Cuts Coffee Wholesale Price In 1970s Market Move
Folger Coffee Co cuts its wholesale ground coffee price by 25 cents to 4.18 a pound citing lower green bean costs. The move follows a March 30 25 cent increase and aims to shield consumers from prior price hikes while industry reacts to a volatile market amid USDA Brazil crop estimates and political scrutiny.
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Folger Coffee Co
Folgers
Brazil
United States
Folger
General Foods Corp
White Plains
N.Y
General Foods
Maxwell House
Hills Bros
San Francisco
Consumer News Service
US Department of Agriculture
Brazilian Coffee Institute
CNS
New York
USDA
Fred Richmond
Dny Richmond
Richmond
Tobacco lawyer harassment described at ACS meeting
Dr Ralph D Parks testified that tobacco industry lawyers pressured his office to release medical records of a New Mexico cowboy with emphysema interviewed for Thames Television. He said staff were told to get lost and he refused permission, with no clear notice of who the firm represented. The film aimed to show smoking harms despite outdoor masculine images. Alton Ochsner urged acceptance of lung cancer smoking links and criticized government actions.
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Denver
UPI
New Mexico
Ralph D. Parks
American Cancer Society
Albuquerque
Parks Parks
Thames Television
Parks
Tobacco Company
Alton Ochsner
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