Peripheral canal bill turned down by Senate panel
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. saw SB346 fail 5-4 in the 13 member Finance Committee on an initial vote. A second vote was planned when four absent members could attend, with the measure seeking permit for the Peripheral Canal at a total project cost of 7.1 billion and serving north state water to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
Ruben Ayala
China
Ayala
Dennis Carpenter
Newport Beach
Carpenter
Brown Administration
Water District
San Joaquin Valley
California
Jordan reports 28 new cholera cases in Amman
Jordan reports 28 new cholera cases in the past 24 hours as officials push to curb the outbreak that has affected more than 2,400 people across 10 countries. Syria leads fatalities with 70 deaths and 2,100 non fatal cases while France and Mexico impose precautionary measures.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Middle East
Europe
France
Mexico
Abdulrauf Rawaddeh
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
West Bank
Kuwait
Italy
West Germany
Great Britain
Holland
Iraq
Turkey
French Health Ministry
Air Force plane crashes on Manzano Mountains. 20 presumed dead
An EC135 flying command post carrying 20 personnel exploded on the Manzano Mountains near Albuquerque after takeoff from Kirtland AFB. Rescue teams report no survivors. Wreckage scattered across pinon pine terrain as officials with Seymour Johnson AFB investigate potential nuclear-weapon storage links in the area.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Upi
Manzano Mountains
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
North Carolina
Kirtland Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
Air Force
8Th Tactical Deployment Control Squadron
Seymour Johnson
Tactical Air Command
Ben Orrell
Pinon
Cliff Arbogast
Kirtland
Air Force Special Weapons Center
Mark Rudd arraigned on battery charges
Mark Rudd leader of the Weatherman group was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on misdemeanor counts connected to 1960s student protests and bail jumping. He surrendered to Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau with attorney Gerald Lefcourt and is due to appear next month for hearings.
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New York
UPI
Mark Rudd
Radical Weatherman
Rudd
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
Illinois
Chicago
Morgenthau
Gerald Lefcourt
Lefcourt
District Attorney's Office
Fort Hare students detained at Biko memorial service
Police arrested more than 1,000 Fort Hare students during a memorial for Steve Biko, who died in detention after an eight day hunger strike. Riot police with dogs surrounded the field as students sang God Bless Africa, and women refused to leave. The arrests were made under the Riotous Assemblies Act.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
University of
East London
King Williamstown
Biko
Africa
Flood floodwaters devastate Kansas City area causing casualties
Rain and fog hinder cleanup and rescue as flash floods in Kansas City area push flood death toll to 23. Victims named include Harris Yale Barbara Wickware Brenda Bronson and the Rev Harold Thomas. Carter declares disaster area. many refugees take food, clothing, or shelter with Red Cross notes.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Kansas City
Harris A. Yale
Blue Springs
Barbara Wickware
Independence
Brenda Bronson
Edwardsville
Kan
Harold A. Thomas
Fairway
Red Cross
Aqueduct clog imperils Southern California water supply
Southern California faces possible water shutoffs as the Colorado River Aqueduct remains blocked by mud and rock. About 200 homes near Fallbrook and numerous in northeast San Diego County face shortages as storage tanks risk running dry in 3 to 7 days.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Fallbrook
San Diego County
Metropolitan Water District
Lake Mathews
Riverside County
Woodcrest
Gavilan Hills
Assembly backs measure to reorganize health department
The California Assembly approved SB363 by Sen. Arlen Gregorio 54 to 13, sending the plan to the Senate for amendments. The bill would split the Health and Welfare Agency into five departments and create an Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, with a July 1, 1979 target to move the Department of Corrections and Youth Authority out.
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Arlen Gregorio
San Mateo
Senate
Gregorio
Health and Welfare Agency
Department of Corrections and Youth Authority
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Boy Scouts
Ronald E. Boggs
Glenn E. Starkweather
del Rio
Lompoc
Vandenberg
Boggs
Starkweather
Vre Saan Te
Eotes Mees
Rexall Drugs
North
H’’ Street
Orrell
Glidden
H&h
Paints
W’ St.—Lompoc
Central Coast
Tiffans Keepsake
Carter
Salvation Army
Mo- Kan
East
U.S. 40
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
al Kessinger
Southland
Sun City
Edgemont
Aqueduct
Department of Health
Assembly
Marilyn Hains
PHONI
W. Ocean Ave
Owens
Pennsylvania House Gallery
Colonial
Pennsylvania House
Martha Washington
Linden’s
Linden
United States
Drexel
Heritage
Lompoc Record
Calif
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