Hoover Ordered 1970 Tap on Huey Newton Home
Alameda County prosecutor says FBI director J Edgar Hoover personally ordered a telephone tap at Huey P Newton’s Oakland apartment in 1970. The tap started November 1970 and ended July 1972. Newton faces charges in a 17 year old’s murder and a pistol whip assault.
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Oakland
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Huey P. Newton
Alameda County
Tom Orloff
Orloff
Newton
Hoover
Thomas Cahill
Pacific Telephone Co
Sting operations do not spur crime, LEAA study finds
An independent study by Westinghouse National Issues Center for the LEAA reports no pattern of increased property crime during eight urban sting operations. Undercover agents and local police bought stolen goods to boost cases, with most criminals pleading guilty later. Separate notice: Air California gains fare increases averaging 3.14 percent, adding about 1.5 million yearly. Oakland to San Diego $31.50 to $32.30, Palm Springs to San Francisco $35 to $35.90, Lake Tahoe to Bay Area $19 to $21.
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Washington
UPI
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
FBI
San Francisco
California Public Utilities Commission
Air California
Oakland
San Diego
Palm Springs
Lake Tahoe
Bay Area
Stateline, Nev
Park-Tahoe
U.S. District Court
Robert Battin
League
Save
Lake Tahoe, Inc
The
Sierra Club
Park Cattle Co
Tahoe
Boy on Tracks Triggers Freight Derailment Near Portland
A 15 or 16 year old boy sitting on railroad tracks forced a freight engineer to dynamite the brakes. The derailment damaged several thousand dollars worth of equipment as 23 cars derailed east of Portland. The boy walked away unharmed, offering no explanation for his actions.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
Union Pacific Railroad
Portland
Modest meat price rise predicted for next year
The Agriculture Department forecasts retail meat prices will be modestly higher in the first half of 1978. It expects continued high beef demand, increased per capita consumption of beef pork lamb and poultry, but notes fed beef supplies may rise 3 to 4 percent from January to June 1978.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Omaha
Champagne Ricky in prison writes of decent life at FCI
Ex Brinks guard Richard Rees, 27, who fled with cash in 1976, spent a year drifting before being captured in 1977. He pleaded guilty to theft and received a 10 year term at Lompoc Federal Prison where he now works in Safety and Sanitation earning a dollar a day. He calls the prison a “Country Club” and compares it favorably to military life.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ricky
Richard
Ricky” Rees
Brinks
San Mateo
Calif
Rees
Southwest
Lompoc
Federal Prison
Robert Haldeman
San Francisco Chronicle
Herb Caen
Herb
Hoffman Buys Nixon Photo at Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction
Dustin Hoffman paid 325 dollars for Philippe Hofsman’s Nixon jumping photo at Sotheby Parke Bernet in New York. The auction also sold 405 lots for 142545 dollars including a Lincoln photo, a Doris Ulmann 1920s album, and a Halsman Marilyn Monroe image. The National Portrait Gallery bought a Thomas Eakins self portrait for 3000 dollars. In Beverly Hills the March of Dimes awarded George Burns the Jack Benny Memorial Award as Bob Hope hosted and Frank Sinatra presented the honor.
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New York
UPI
Dustin Hoffman
Richard Nixon
Hoffman
Philippe Hofsman
Nixon
Sotheby Parke Bernet
Abraham Lincoln
Matthew Brady
Doris Ulmann
Roll Jordan
Appalachia
Halsman
Marilyn Monroe
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Eakins
Pennsylvania Academy of Arts
Beverly Hills
Calif
Bob Hope
Frank Sinatra
Burns
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U.S
John Barg
CIA
Courtland Arne
Barg
James Gregg
Westinghouse Corp
National Issues Center
PUC
Judge
Tahoe Hotel
Joe Lash
Lash
George Skorney
Skorney
VOGUE
Mecalls
Dunne's
Colleen Gowin
Lincoln, Neb
Kodak
FCI
March
Mission Federal
Special Services
North H Street
Mission Drive
Solvang
Lompoc Record
Lompoc, Calif
Mission Federal Savings
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