Chowchilla Kidnapping Ends With Safe Escape From Cavern
Twenty six children and their bus driver were abducted by three masked men near Chowchilla California and held in a quarry cavern. They escaped by digging through a blocked entry at night and were found unharmed after authorities rushed to the scene.
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Livermore
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
Chowchilla
Here
Frank Edward Ray Jr
Alameda County
Thomas Houchins
Houchins
Ray
California Rock & Gravel Co
Santa Rita
Julie Modersbach
Ford
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Bates
Santa Rita County
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Barney Maciolek
Kinap
Madera
California 152
Madera County
FBI fires no. 2 man over power abuses
Justice Department investigators pursue evidence that Nicholas P. Callahan, the FBI’s second-ranking official, abused office power. Kelley fired Callahan amid probes linked to improprieties among current and former FBI officials, with no financial wrongdoing alleged. The action marks a bold move by Attorney General Edward Levi and follows congressional questions about possible kickbacks in FBI eavesdropping device purchases.
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Washington
Justice Department
Nicholas P. Callahan
FBI
Department
Kelley
Callahan
Atty
Edward Levi
Robert Havel
Criminal Division
Martin Keyser
Spain proposes amnesty for political prisoners across nation
Spain's new government proposed a general amnesty for about half of the country's roughly 650 political prisoners, excluding terrorism cases, and urged cooperation from critics. Premier Adolfo Suarez seeks royal approval and a referendum on constitutional reform, with elections planned before June 1977 and a liberalizing push since Franco's death last year.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Juan Carlos
Suarez
Carlos Arias Navarro
Francisco Franco
Cortes
Cadiz
Murcia
Communist Party
Viking 1 preps for Mars landing with hazard check
In Pasadena AP reports Viking 1 will photograph the Western Slope of the Chryse Basin to spot boulders and potholes before its planned Tuesday touchdown. If terrain is clear, unmanned landing proceeds. weather and equipment checks remain the final steps.
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Pasadena
Viking 1
Martian
Viking
Chryse Basin
Mars
Equator
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
Skies remain fair tonight and Sunday with lows around 52 and Sunday highs in the low 80s. Rain chances are about 10 percent. The extended outlook shows mostly fair conditions Monday with a chance of showers Tuesday or Wednesday and 80s highs with lows near 60.
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Ed Bates
CHP
Mervyn Dymally
Dymally
Sam Barletta
Lisa
Pam
Santa Rita Correctional Facility
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Office of Professional Responsibility
Levi
Nicholas Callahan
Rome
Paul VI
Franco
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