California voters reject Prop 1 in tax limit showdown
Democrats hail the Prop 1 defeat as proof Californians are not easily fooled and frame the result as a personal setback for Governor Reagan. Reagan calls the loss a first step against rapid government growth, while GOP leaders call the campaign a learning moment and a focus on spending.
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Gunmen kill Oakland Negro schools chief in ambush
Three young black men armed with a shotgun and pistol fatally shot Marcus A. Foster the Oakland schools superintendent and wounded associate superintendent Robert Blackburn in a parking lot near their offices. Detectives hunted the slayers as Blackburn received emergency surgery at Highland Hospital with serious injuries. Officers guarded the victims' homes and homicide inspectors questioned Blackburn before his operation.
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Nation's weather hit by major snowstorms across U S
Weather service reports heavy snow in Syracuse Rome and Montana towns with many inches on the ground. Winter conditions spread to North Dakota and Oregon with blizzards and high winds causing injuries and missing hikers.
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Great Falls
Missoula
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Missing graveyard found in Nortonville restores 1880 memorial
California historians locate Jane Oliver's headstone buried near Concord and plan reburial in Nortonville churchyard. The 1880 death notice confirms she died March 17 at age 39 in Contra Costa County. The stone, found by a CHP officer, links to Jane Oliver wife of Thomas J. Oliver, Welsh coal mine worker.
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Calif
UPI
Jane Oliver
California
Oakland Tribune
Oliver
Contra Costa County
Jane
Thomas J. Oliver
Merthyr Tydfil
Glamorganshire
South Wales
Soviet Unveils Light Tank Parade Marking Bolshevik Anniversary
In Moscow the Soviet Union showcased a new light tank during a Red Square parade with troops and missiles to honor the Bolshevik Revolution. Lenin’s mausoleum watched as leaders urged a Middle East peace settlement.
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UPI
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Demos win New Jersey and GOP hold Virginia governorship
Voters split outcomes in two major state contests as Democrats captured New Jersey with Brendan Byrne pledging reform and a landslide win while Republicans kept Virginia with Mills Godwin edging a party switcher for stability. The results widen the governor party split to 32 Democrats and 18 Republicans amid nationwide Watergate shadows.
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Virginia
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Mills Godwin
Michigan
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Detroit
John Nichols
Raleigh
N.C
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Ohio
Abraham Beame
New York City
John V. Lindsay
Minneapolis
Charles Stenvig
Law and Order
Nationwide strikes roil cities as workers walk out
Strikes sweep the nation with 140 Milwaukee firemen reporting for duty amid a court injunction. New York firemen staged a five hour walkout. United Steelworkers strike Kellogg Idaho mines and smelters. TWA flight cancellations continue as crews walk out.
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Cost of Living Council
Milwaukee
United Steelworkers
Bunker Hill Co
Kellogg
Idaho
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