Americans in Mexico City Press Prisoner Exchange Talk
A group of American inmates in Mexico City started a telephone campaign on Wednesday to press for a prisoner exchange treaty. They planned calls to Sen. John Sparkman and hoped to speak with Sen. Jacob Javits that afternoon. Caller James Ridley Douglas of Austin, Texas initiated the action by dialing Sparkman’s administrator Bob Barton.
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Mexico City
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
James Ridley Douglas
Austin
Tex
Bob Barton
Sparkman
East Area Rapist Terror Sweeps Sacramento
Sacramento residents fear rising crime as the East Area rapist targets midle and upper-middle income neighborhoods. A citizen group offers over 10000 dollars for tips, while vigilante talk grows amid porch lights burning all night.
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Sacramento
Calif
East Area
State Capitol
Wealthy California woman to be buried in blue sports car
Sandra Ilene West died in Beverly Hills on March 10 and left a handwritten will to be buried in her blue Italian sports car beside her husband. The ceremony in Texas aims to be discreet and dignified as part of a private grave near her spouse.
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San Antonio
Tex
California
Sandra Ilene West
Beverly Hills
Calif
Begin forms coalition search after Likud victory in Israel
Menahem Begin seeks coalition partners to secure a Knesset majority after Likud wins the election. He plans talks with defeated Labor and supports direct Arab-Israeli negotiations without conditions, while U.S. moves to reassure Israel and avoid externally devised peace plans.
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Frank Crepeau
Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Israel (Ap
Menahem Begin
Likud
Knesset
Israel
Hisc
Shimon Peres
Labor
Begin
Labor Party
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
Laborites
United States
Bevin
Carter
U.S
Samuel W. Lewis
White House
Jody Powell
Housing Price Surge Reflects Rising Demand
The Commerce Department notes an average new single family home now costs 52800 up from 24600 in 1967, a jump over 100 percent in a decade. Census Bureau data show a 4.3 percent quarterly rise in early year, the strongest since 1972 73.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Adren Cooper
Census Bureau
Cooper
Heaven smiles on grade school play in New Jersey
Apple blossoms fill Old Tappan as a grade school play unfolds under clear spring skies. The AP report highlights young performers, their families, and the community mood as the children stage a charming production praised by spectators.
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Heaven
Charles de Wolf
Carmen Boscia
Old Tappan
Ford auditions for democritic Ford auditions for democritic
President Carter faces criticism from within his party as Gerald R. Ford headlines the GOP congressional fundraising dinner in a bid to influence party leadership. Ford’s remarks reportedly attack the Carter administration while he remains noncommittal about seeking formal leadership.
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Don McLeod
Washington
Carter
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Ford
George Jackson Brigade resurges with pipe bombs in Pacific Northwest
The group, labeled dangerous by the FBI, claims responsibility for two pipe bomb attempts at Redmond and Bellevue banks. One exploded without injuries. the other was defused. They say the acts support prisoner complaints at Walla Walla prison. The Left Bank Collective backs the brigade, saying media ignores inmate voices.
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Seattle
George Jackson Brigade
FBI
Redmond
Bellevue
Washington State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Seattle Times
Times
Left Bank
Mexican Workers Do Dirty Jobs Say US Bosses Hire Them
Anthony Tex reports Domingo Manriquez a Mexican national jailed in La Tuna Federal Prison says Americans reject hard labor jobs leaving dirty work to immigrants. Officials note most inmates are immigration violators. some labor in furniture refinishing and dairy. Martinez laments prison vs field work and lists family in Monterrey.
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Texas
Manriquez
Jerry Edwards
la Tuna
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Hilario Martinez
Martinez
Monterrey
Fraser heads UAW in era of new leadership
Douglas Andrew Fraser, a 60 year old Scottish immigrant and former metal finisher, was elected president of the United Auto Workers at the national convention. He vows to groom a new generation of leaders as Woodcock moves to a U.S. China envoy role and Reuther era succession unfolds. Fraser stresses the need to prepare successors before 1983 when he reaches retirement age.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Andrew Fraser
United Auto Workers
Detroit
UAW
Fraser
Leonard Woodcock
U.S
China
Walter Reuther
Reuther
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