State highway package approved by California officials
The Brown administration's 6.4 billion six year highway program won endorsement from the lame duck Highway Commission despite reservations about spending levels and inflation reducing actual construction. The panel urged adding projects including I 15 in Southern California at 224 million and I 580 and 980 in Alameda County at 122 million.
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Sacramento
UPI
Brown
Lame Duck State Highway Commission
Commission
California Transportation Commission
Jack Brito
San Jose
California
Alameda County
Federal judge Willis Ritter fights critics in Utah
In 30 years on Utah's federal bench Willis W. Ritter, now 78, defends his tenure as chief judge amid attacks by Congress, the Justice Department, Utah officials, and the press. Critics say he is biased. supporters call him a civil rights champion. A Justice Department move seeks to bar him from government cases.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Utah
Willis W. Ritter
U.S. Senate
Ritter
Truman
Senate
Post Office
Congress
Legal Profession
Justice Department
State of Utah
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
State Attorney General's Office
State Bar Association
Hearst lawyer warns of prison danger after SLA ruling
Patricia Hearst faces potential reprisal in prison due to cooperation with authorities against the Symbionese Liberation Army. Albert Johnson argues no U.S. prison would keep her safe and plans a rehearing of her bank robbery conviction, possibly to the Supreme Court. The 1974 Hibernia Bank holdup followed her abduction by the SLA. She is free on 1.2 million bail.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Albert Johnson
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Miss Hearst
U.S. Supreme Court
Hibernia Bank
SLA
Berkeley
Calif
Discharged principal holds faculty at gunpoint in Durham
A discharged Durham principal held his faculty at gunpoint for four hours threatening to kill them before surrendering to negotiators. Superintendent Frank Yeager described the tense hours and his belief the situation could have escalated dangerously.
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Durham
N.C
UPI
Secret Service
John F. Kennedy
Durham County
Yeager
Clarence Carl Blanton
Bethesda
Blanton
Alexander Gerald
Duke Medical Center
Nominated caretakers sought for governor mansion in Sacramento
Department of General Services identified two retired couples to staff the 12 000 square foot Sacramento governor's residence. If approved, they will earn 800 dollars monthly for 20 hours weekly, performing lawn care and security duties while allowing access to visitors.
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Schenectady
N.Y
General Electric Research and Development Center
Sacramento
UPI
Taxpayers of
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Department of General Services
Department
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