Hillside Strangler suspect charged in murders
Los Angeles police booked 37 year old Beverly Hills maintenance man Peter Mark Jones for investigation of murder in two Hillside Strangler killings. His childhood friend George Shamshak, jailed in Massachusetts, testified he watched Jones kill three women in a Ford van, with one stabbed, one strangled, and one struck with a blunt object.
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Los Angeles
Daryl Gates
Gates
Beverly Hills
Peter Mark Jones
George Shamshak
Shamshak
Boston Herald American
Jones
Quake rocks Puget Sound region
A moderate earthquake of 4.2 struck the Puget Sound area early today, felt within a 50 mile radius. Officials at Newport Reanalytic Observatory said the quake centered roughly midway between Tacoma and Bremerton, with no damage or injuries reported. The Alaska quake prior that night measured about 5.0 on the Richter scale.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Frank Baldwin
Newport Reophysical Observatory
Washington
Tacoma
Sound
Bremerton
Baldwin
Anchorage
Alaska
U.S. Geological Survey
Washington, D.C
Don Kelly
Millions face higher electric bills after coal strike
Washington AP reports millions of Americans will see higher electricity charges in the coming months as utilities in 12 states were forced to buy up to 60 percent of their supply following the 16 week coal strike.
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Washington
Poolesville
Nancy Fost
Potomac Edison
Donald Whipp
Department of Energy
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Tennesse
David Vincent
The
Public Service Co
Paula Summers
Indianapolis
Fritz Wiecking
Citizens Action Coalition
Joel Price
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc
EPA says VW Rabbit best in fuel economy
EPA finalizes 1978 model year mileage with the Volkswagen Rabbit achieving top fuel efficiency at 45 mpg overall, beating Honda Civic and Daihatsu B210. The list reflects tests not actual driving and may be the last under current procedures as EPA studies new ranking methods.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Volkswagen
Honda
EPA
United States
International Harvester recalls school bus and truck chassis
The International Harvester Co. recalls 30,000 school bus and Loadstar truck chassis built between Sept 1975 and Aug 1977 due to loose rear spring bolts risking rear end fishtailing. Affected are single rear axled vehicles with optional Variable-rate rear springs. No injuries reported. Owners will be notified and dealers will supply free repairs.
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Chicago
International Harvester Co
Harvester
Pupil Transportation
U.S. Department of Transportation
Goodrich recalls up to 2775 tires for endurance flaw
B F Goodrich Tire Division announces a voluntary recall of about 2775 passenger tires including 2265 units of F60-15 belts and 510 units of 67 14 four ply belts with various brand names. Known customers will be notified to visit dealers for free replacement and balancing within 60 days. DOT evaluation links reduced endurance to possible tire separation and rapid air loss with a thumping noise as a warning.
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Akron, Ohio
B.F. Goodrich Tire Division
Goodrich
Brunswick
Diamond
Hood
Miller
Department of Transportation
Man survives 29 story plunge from Transamerica shaft
Harold Brown 22 plunged 300 feet inside the Transamerica pyramid in San Francisco at up to 98 mph after breaking thighbones kneecaps and a heelbone. He survived with serious but stable condition at San Francisco General Hospital while shouting whoopee and later asking for water.
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San Francisco
Harold Brown
Brown
Camptown
San Francisco General Hospital
Tom Griffin
Mine construction workers urged to halt picketing
Leonard Cox president of UMW construction Local 1582 at Marmet in Kanawha County urged an end to picketing after construction miners without a contract shut mines. He said the offered contract is better than construction miners could have hoped for. Regular miners ratified a contract last week and returned to work while construction workers remained out. About 9,000 miners in Kanawha and Boone counties were affected as the union and contractors pact faces a rank and file vote Tuesday.
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United Mine Workers Construction
Leonard Cox
UMW Construction
Marmet
Kanawha County
Union Brothers
Kanawha
Boone Counties
UMW
Association of Bituminous Contractors
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Hillside Strangler
Miami Beach
Fla
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Goodrich Tires
Donegan’s Liquors, Inc
E. Patrick St
H. B. Duvall, Inc
East Patrick ST
Michael Silveira
Marco Gomez
Noor
Silveira
Associated Press
Bondel Corporation P.O. Box
Reisterstown
Westminster
Frederick
Travel Center
Your &.V
By Bendix
Layton
By Skyline Bolen
Bendix
Hagerstown
Hagarstoyn
Maugens Ave
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