Harrises block Hearst testimony in LA court
William and Emily Harris used a trial tactic to prevent Patricia Hearst from testifying against them. The prosecution announced Hearst would testify as a rebuttal witness, but the Harrises rested their case no opening statement, suggesting jurors will decide their fate by week’s end. Weinglass said Hearst could have helped but jurors may doubt her after past actions. Hearst testified in San Francisco on bank robbery charges last winter and is jailed in San Diego for ongoing tests.
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Linda
Miss Hearst
San Francisco
Harris
Bill
Emily
Patricia Hearst
Harrises
Weinglass
Sporting Goods
Symbionese Liberation Army
Hearst
San Diego
Earthquake Hits China Shocks Northeastern Coast
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports a powerful pre dawn quake in Tientsin and Peking with 8.2 and 7.9 magnitude shakers causing heavy damage. Whitlam described collapsed buildings and debris while officials provided no casualty totals. The tremors were described as potentially massively damaging with limited official confirmation.
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Barry J. Shlachter
Associated Press
TOKYO
China
Tientsin
Peking
Gough Whitlam
Japan Broadcasting Corp
Tangshan
ANSA
Hopeh
Hsin Hsiao
Peking Hotel
Whitlam
Charges filed in affray case and related actions
Additional charges have been filed in the investigation of a Monday afternoon affray. Mark and Matt Williamson filed complaints against James Conway and a minor, who were charged with criminal mischief. The Williamsons say a loaded pistol was taken and used to break a car windshield and headlight. Acting police chief Charles Smith said the Williamsons were charged with disorderly conduct by rudely displaying a weapon and fined $17.50 each. The minor faced possession of narcotics paraphernalia after permitting a car search.
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Mark
Matt Williamson
James Conway
Williamsons
Charles Smith
Marfa lights and a Pecos illusion in the sky
Gene Douglas weighs theories of Marfa lights and compares them to a Pecos transit illusion seen from Stockton to Pecos. He questions air density refraction as cause, notes repeated light paths suggesting car headlights, and ponders a distant origin with shifting air layers.
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Gene Douglas
Everbody
Marfa
Oklahoma City
Here
Fort Stockton
Stockton
Pecos
Prague to Bratislava air crash leaves many dead
CTK reporting ongoing rescue efforts confirms a Czechoslovak CSA airliner with about 76 onboard crashed on a Prague to Bratislava domestic flight near the Golden Sands lake area. Unconfirmed reports suggest a Soviet Ilyushin 18 with an experienced pilot at the controls.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
CSA
Bratislava
CTK
Zlate Pisky
Golden Sands
Feeble cool front stirs up turbulence in Texas Panhandle
A feeble cool front stirred up occasional thunderstorms as it moved through the Texas Panhandle, with little overall effect on the state’s weather. Pecos reached 103 and the night low was 68, while upper Texas Coast saw light showers between High Island and Sabine Pass. Skies were mostly clear elsewhere as light southerly winds shifted to the Panhandle’s north winds.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Pecos
Texas
Galveston
High Island
Sabine Pass
Panhandle
Midwest
Minnesota
Mississippi
Atlanta
Florida
Iowa
Russelville
Ala
Oslo
North Dakota
Hettinger
New England
Atlantic Coast
Great Basin
California
Mississippi Valley
FCC expands CB radio channels to forty amid rules
The FCC announced an expansion from 23 to 40 CB channels effective January 1, with new sets including rules, a license form, and a 60 day permit. Enhanced radiation suppression targets TV channels 2 5 and 7 to curb interference while banning add on devices that boost range.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Raymond Spence
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Cantaloupe
Stephen Bates
C.J. Small
Peking Time
Guatemala
Carol Stark
Carol
Holiday Inn
Marfa Lights
Communist Party Central Committee
Central Committee
Lower
Kent Cotton
David Hinz
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