First SLA members found guilty of murder in Foster ambush
In a nine week trial in Sacramento, SLA members Joseph Remiro and Russell Little were found guilty of first degree murder in the cyanide-bullet death of Oakland schools superintendent Marcus Foster. They were also convicted of attempted murder for wounding Foster aide Robert Blackburn. Judges set sentencing for June 27.
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Sacramento
Calif
Oakland
William Sprague
Remiro
Edward Merrill
Sprague
California
Little
Foster
State Supreme Court Superior Court
Elvin Sheehy
SLA
Magazine Told Readers How To Make Free Long Distance Calls
A Pacific Telephone suit seeks more than 100000 damages over an Amateur Radio 73 article that explained building a blue box to bypass billing. Plaintiffs name writer Spenser Whipple Jr editor Wayne Green Virginia Londner Green and 73 Inc as defendants. The case asks to halt further publication and seeks punitive damages and toll losses from readers using the device.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Amateur Radio 73
Superior
Spenser Whipple Jr
Wayne Green
Prostitutes Cleared From Paris Churches in Protest Strike
Paris and other French cities moved to remove about 200 women and male transvestites from churches where they occupied sites to press demands for recognition of prostitution as a job and social benefits. The Interior Ministry ordered church clearances citing public order concerns.
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Paris
St. Bernard
Lyon
St. Nizier
St. Didier
Avignon
Interior Ministry
Champs Elysees
Pigalle
Rue St. Denis
France
Daily Cryptoquote Puzzle Preview and Example
A cryptogram puzzle explanation shows how to decode by substituting letters. It explains letter A mapping to L and X to O among others and notes each day uses a different cipher. Yesterday's cryptogram about a passport photograph appears as a sample clue.
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Longfellow
Senate confirms Moynihan and four ambassador picks
The Senate confirmed Daniel Moynihan as U N ambassador and approved Malcolm Toon to Israel Galen Stone to Laos Andrew Steigman to Gabon and John Murphy and Charles Cooper to international bodies. In Moscow Brezhnev attended a soccer match appearing fit amid illness rumors. President Ford joked about his wife pushing him down an Austrian ramp. Pope Paul VI welcomed Maori Queen Te Atairangikaahu praising traditions. Ingrid Croce sues the federal government for 2.5 million over her husband Jim Croce death blaming runway tree hazards.
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Daniel P. Moynihan
U.S
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Senate
Moynihan
Harvard University
India
Malcolm Toon
Israel
Galen L. Stone
Laos
Andrew L. Steigman
Gabonese Republic
John T. Murphy
Ohio
Board For International Broadcasting
Charles A. Cooper
Virginia
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Ford
Salzburg
Austria
White House
Rose Garden
Vatican City
Paul VI
Te Atairankikaahu
New Zealand
Los Angeles
Jim Croce
Croce
Louisiana
Ingrid Croce
San Diego
Adrian
Federal Aviation Administration
Natchitoches
Northwestern State College
Sherman, Tex
Ford veto showdown over strip mining bill in House
Prospects fade for overriding President Ford's veto of a bill to curb environmental damage from coal strip mining. The House, facing a second veto in six months, prepares a vote amid conflicting head counts and estimates of potential job and production losses.
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Washington
House
Ford
Frank G. Zarb
Congress
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