Cops guard BPA towers as extortion threat sparks scare
Bonneville Power Administration asks Oregon State Police to ride shotgun aboard BPA helicopters patrolling a 40 mile Portland corridor after an extortionist calling himself J Hawker claims 11 bombings since Oct 4 and demands 1 million dollars. BPA rejects payoff and offers 100000 dollar reward. security tightened.
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UPI
Bonneville Power Administration
Oregon
BPA
J. Hawker
Dan Schausten
Pacific Northwest
Don Hodel
Seattle
Wash
United States
Hodel
FBI chief urges more minority women agents to curb crime
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley told a Chicago luncheon the bureau needs more black and Latino agents and women, noting a backlog of 3,000 applications. He said only 32 of 8,500 agents are women and urged recruiting 350 more agents, though immediate payroll expansion seems unlikely.
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Chicago
UPI
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
Chicago Crime Commission
Court to hear care case and school funding actions
The Supreme Court agreed to rule on whether the state has a duty to provide professional care to inmates held for psychiatric reasons. It also let stand a lower court ruling requiring public hospitals to permit abortions, and affirmed Missouri’s拒al of bus transportation for parochial students while striking down California tax credits for nonpublic school parents. The rulings affect several Midwestern states and set a lead for others.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Missouri
Arkansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
California
Judge Orders Delay in Nixon Tapes Custody Ruling
UPI reports federal judge Charles Richey barred final turnover of White House tapes and documents to Nixon. The ruling permits Nixon to copy materials for testimony in the Watergate trial while delaying disclosure and transfer under a Sept. 6 GSA agreement.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Charles R. Richey
Nixon
J. Herbert Miller
Richey
San Clemente
Calif
John J. Sirica
The
American Historical Society
Mack Thompson
General Services Administration
GSA
Su Nas
Peter Kreindler
Herbert J. Miller
Miller
Kent State trial jurors start selection in UPI report
Judge Frank Battisti says eight former National Guardsmen face trial for the May 4 1970 Kent State shootings and cautions jurors not to treat the indictments as evidence. Two jurors chosen. trial could last six weeks with strict burden of proof on prosecutors.
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Cleveland
UPI
Kent State
National
Battisti
Consumer prices rise 1.2 percent in September
The Labor Department reports September CPI up 1.2 percent led by higher costs for food clothing and mortgage interest. The 12 month CPI increase reached 12.1 percent the highest since 1947. Real weekly earnings fell 5.2 percent after taxes.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
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