Mayer bribery trial Nome entangled in Long Beach plans
In Los Angeles Superior Court former Long Beach planning director Ernest Mayer Jr faces a bribery trial as architects Ballance and Coppedge testify about work on Long Beach projects including the Paciffic Terrace and Marina Pacifica. Eight taped conversations with Mayer are to be introduced as witnesses recount Mayer's rise and alleged leverage in securing city contracts.
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Los Angeles
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Donald Eastman
Arcadia
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Death toll rises in Georgia plane crash and cyclone impacts
A Georgia plane crash amid a severe storm left 68 dead after engines failed from hail ingestion and a windshield crack. Tornadoes touched down 30 miles away, injuring and killing people as the weather system unleashed widespread floods. Passengers and responders described the wreckage and near-misses, while officials investigate the cause and morgues opened in Dallas, Georgia.
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Rudy Rackley
Southern
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Huntington
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Senate panel OKs 7.4B for international affairs budget
The Senate Budget Committee approved a 7.4 billion dollar foreign aid budget for fiscal year 1978 on a 9 to 7 vote despite objections to cutting international aid. The panel rejected proposals to limit spending to 7.3 or 7.2 billion.
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Washington
Senate Budget Committee
U.S
Cuba basketball diplomacy and U S team visit
South Dakota State sophomore Hob Hayner says the United States team will strive hard in Cuba while Abourezk and McGovern frame the trip as sports diplomacy. They hope this visit opens doors similar to Ping Pong diplomacy and aids normalization despite uncertainties about Fidel Castro’s schedule.
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United States
Dixie storm leaves death havoc hurt across states
A severe Dixie storm spawned at least a dozen tornadoes across New Jersey, southeastern New York, and New Hampshire. In Georgia a trailer park was flattened injuring two. up to 100 evacuees fled a nursing home after a tree collapse. Kentucky Governor Carroll canceled an aerial tour as snow arrived, while Cumberland River flooded in Harlan to over 18 feet. Virginia reported washed roads, outages, and trapped rescue units in Grundy and St Clemb er.
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New Hampshire
Floyd County
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Susie Evans
Harlan
Tom Little
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National Guard
Cumberland River
Sai Everett Jones
Harlan County Civil Defense
Virginia
St. Clember
Grundy
Food stamp reform sparks partisan push in 1975 debate
Lawmakers weigh cutting cash payments while shifting to stamps. Dole and McGovern push broader reforms, Talmadge resists, arguing for preserved cash and better benefits. Critics say funds, already limited, could be redirected from aid. The plan targets recipients with varying income levels and eligibility rules.
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Robert* Dole
Kan
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Carter
Bert Lance
Dole
McGovern
Nantucket Votes 41 Sececion Referendum In Nonbinding Plea
Nantucket residents approved a nonbinding 41 referendum urging secession from Massachusetts by 1,725 to 404 after town meetings. Wayne Holmes, town meeting moderator, called the move plainspoken and serious as islanders fear losing legislative representation under a reapportionment that could merge their two island counties with the mainland district.
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