Chowchilla Busnappers Move To Parole Fight
Three wealthy Chowchilla suspects, James Schoenfeld, Richard Schoenfeld, and Frederick Woods, plead guilty to 27 counts of kidnapping for ransom while preserving innocence on bodily harm charges. They face life with parole loss if bodily harm convictions stand, as district attorney Milner seeks prison terms. The 1976 case abducted 26 children and a bus driver, later buried in a quarry, and their fate rests on a Riverside judge's August 5 hearing.
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Oakland
Calif
Chowchilla
David Milner
Madera
Milier
Central Valley
Livermore
Superior Court
Leo Deegan
Riverside
California
Deegan
Ed Bates
Brown Ends Talks With S Koreans On Troop Withdrawal Plan
Defense Secretary Brown concluded two days of talks with South Korea on Washington’s planned phased pullout of 33,000 ground troops and a new military aid program totaling about 1.9 billion dollars over four years. The communique affirmed a combined command, reassured Seoul of U.S. defense bonds, and noted North Korea’s growing military threat. Brown and Suh Jyong chul stressed Korea’s defense readiness as negotiations with North Korea remain excluded from Seoul. The first group of 6,000 soldiers would depart by end of 1978 with a careful, multi-year withdrawal to follow while two brigades stay until the final phase.
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Seoul
South Korea
Harold. Brown
U.S
United States
North Korea
Carter
Congress
Korea
Brown
Republic of Korea
China
Taiwan
2Nd Infantry Division
University City Firemen Strike Triggers Police Escort
Riot police protected outside fire units as striking University City firefighters ignored calls. County officials declared a state of emergency while a court order urged an end to the strike. residents and officials condemned the actions as editors decry the situation as anarchy.
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University City
St. Louis
Gene McNary
Blast Damages Alaska Pipeline Exterior Near Fairbanks
A blast from an explosive device damaged insulation on a section of the trans Alaska pipeline about 17 miles north of Fairbanks. Oil flow remained uninterrupted. State Police and FBI on scene with Alyeska confirming no flow halt while crews moved debris to Fairbanks for analysis. Pump Station No 9 was activated to compensate for capacity lost after an earlier explosion that destroyed Pump 8.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
George Pol
Politt
FBI
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Pollitt
Prudhoe Bay
Births at Audrain Medical Center Shine in 4 Cases
A series of birth announcements from Audrain Medical Center reports Dorsey Shelton Horton Jr born to Mr and Mrs Dorsey Horton of Horton Buell at 4 24 am weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Cecila Marie Graves born to Mr and Mrs Bill Graves of Farber on Monday at 1 57 pm weighing six pounds 14 ounces. A son to Mr and Mrs Victor Wade of Paris born Monday at 10 25 pm weighing six pounds 12 ounces. Amber Dawn Rainwater born to Mr and Mrs William Rainwater of Truesdale on Monday at 8 11 am weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Ron Wade owns Wade IGA Store in Paris. The father is employed by Montgomery Manufacturing.
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Dorsey
Horton
Buell
Audrain Medical Center
Dorsey Shelton Horton Jr
Mostgomnery Manufacturing
Bill Graves
Farber
Cecila Marie Graves
Victor H. Wade
Paris
Wade
Wade I.G.A
Amber Dawn Rainwater
William R. Rainwater
Truesdale
Mr. Rainwater
MFA
Troop 35 Scouts Win Camp Trophy at Court of Honor
Troop 35 of St Brendan Scouts, sponsored by Knights of Columbus, held a court of honor at the Lawrence Shelter in Plunkett Park after a carry-in picnic. Scoutmaster Jim Faughn presented the Camp Thunderbird trophy for first place in camp wide games to 14 patrols and awarded eight scouts for merit badges and ranks including Dan Farnen John Hagan Brad Broemmel Chris Schrameck Chris Wilbers Pat McCarty Matt Rankin and Jeff Broemmel with various merit badges and titles.
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St. Brendan
Knights of Columbus
Camp Thunderbird
Cairo
Jeff Broemmel
Chris Wilders
Pat McCarty
Brad Broemmel
Jim Faughn
Dan Farnen
John Hagan
Matthew Rankin
Ledger
Richard Vance
Lawrence Shelter
Plunkett Park
Mr. Faughn
Maine Ends Mandatory Public Retirement Age
Maine ends compulsory retirement for state, county, and municipal workers including teachers. The Legislature overrode Governor Longley and enacted a law effective July 1 banning mandatory retirement. A study will decide if the rule should extend to private employers, with a 1979 decision on the extension.
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Maine
Augusta
Guy
James B. Longley
Longley
Foul Weather Dogs Weary Cleanup Crews
In Johnstown Pa heavy rains slowed flood cleanup as crews pulled 59 bodies from the seven county area in the first week of the disaster. Gov Shapp sent dam safety chief John Ellam to inspect amid rumors of dam failure. National Guard searched flood zones while authorities warned residents to seek higher ground and investigators probed an explosion at Royal Plate Glass Co injuring 14 workers.
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Johnstown
Cambria County
Milton J. Shapp
John Ellam
Civil Defense
John Comey
National Weather Service
American Insurance Association
Royal Plate Glass Co
Ford hits spectator with out-of-bounds shot at Vail Invitational
Former President Gerald R. Ford, playing with Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, and Hale Irwin, struck a spectator on a rock with a second shot near the Eagle-Vail course. Jessie Edeen, 26, felt a welt above the wrist as Ford apologized and handed back the ball. The Jerry Ford Invitational benefits Vail charities.
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Vail
Colo
Gerald R. Ford
Milwaukee
Ford
Bob Hope
Jackie Gleason
Hale Irwin
Eagle-Vail Golf Club
Jessie Edeen
Edeen
Strike Wins Okay as Bell Workers Prepare Walkout
Washington AP Union leaders announce nationwide strike authorisation for Bell System workers as contract talks stall. CWA president Glenn Watts says 500,000 members ready to walk out if no settlement by August 6. IBEW and the Telecommunications International could join, wage demands include 10 percent raises over three years, with no job-security guarantees.
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Washington
Bell System
Glenn E. Watts
The
Communications Workers of America
Watts
CWA
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telecommunications
International Union
Grossmans Open Used Furniture Antiques Store
Mrs. John Grossman opened a used furniture and antiques shop at 1525 E. Liberty St in the former railroad salvage building beside Beck Holtman s car business. The store operates 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and will buy as well as sell items with no emphasis on either category.
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John Grossman
E. Liberty St
Beck Holtman
Grossman
Washington St
Mexico
Arco Pipeline Co
Joyce
Government scrutiny targets oil overcharges and enforcer idea
Washington reports that the government says major oil firms may have charged consumers billions too much. Federal Energy Administrator John F. O'Leary backs a task force finding and proposes a specially appointed high profile enforcer akin to a special prosecutor to police price rules nationwide.
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Washington
John F. O'Leary
O'Leary
FEA
Prison Inmate Dies In Stabbing At Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City Missouri AP report states 18 year old Jerry King of St Louis was found strangled in his cell at the main penitentiary just before midnight. Warden Donald Wyrick said the death appeared to be caused by a sock strangulation in administrative segregation after King had stabbed another inmate earlier. No motive has been established.
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Jefferson City
Donald Wyrick
Jerry King
St. Louis
Main Penitentiary
Wyrick
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James Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
Richard
Frederick N. Woods
S. Koreans
Suh
Park Chung-hee
Park
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dorsey S$. Horton Jr
Wades
Celia Marie Graves
Chris Schrameck
Chris Wilbers
Matt Rankin
Robert Whorf
National Guard
Solomon Homes
Walnut Grove
Dale
Hornerstown
Herbert Pfuhl Jr
Sal Owet Lae Min
Des Arnaz, Jr
Rupert Carradine
Anne Lockhart
Melanie Griffith
Chuck Norris
Movielab
Bell
Grossmans Open
Karhoff
Highway
Kirk Structures, Inc
Don Johnson
Missouri
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