Police find SLA notebook foretelling Hearst kidnapping
FBI lab found pages naming 14 San Francisco Bay area executives as potential SLA targets. Documents seized in January list surveillance instructions and maps for neighborhoods. Names include a Colgate executive, a UC regent, a Safeway chair, a Bank of America director, and others.
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FBI Crime Laboratory
Washington
Hearst
SLA
San Francisco Bay Area
Harrises
John E. Countryman
del Monte
Colgate-Palmative
Standard Oil
University of California Regent
Safeway Stores
Bank of America
ITT
Patricia Hearst
San Francisco
Off-track bet vote drive kicks off in California
California Attorney General approves petitions to back a ballot initiative legalizing off-track betting while Los Angeles police warn against a state lottery. Police chief cites 1930s organized crime risks, as lawmakers discuss a 5 cent lottery ticket plan projected to gross $370 million yearly.
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Los Angeles
California Attorney General’s Office
California
Ed Davis
Davis
Poon
Ralph
Dwatts
Atty
Evelle Younger
Pair pleads guilty in kidnaping of boy
MODESTO AP Rob ert William and Marjorie Coffey pleaded guilty today to charges connected with the kidnapping of 11 month old Tommy Lawger on January 20 1973 in Stanislaus County. Coffey faces up to 25 years in prison while Mrs Coffey could receive up to five years as an accessory. Tommy was abducted after a knife wielding man forced Mrs Lauver to drive from a market and was recovered more than a year later.
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Modesto
Robert William
Marjorie Coffey
Little Tommy Lawger
Stanislaus County Superior Court
Jeremey
Francis Lauver
California gaming initiative aims for statewide ballot
Robert W. Wilson of North Hollywood, sponsor, said supporters will circulate petitions next week to gather the 621,000 signatures needed to qualify the measure for the November ballot across California and Nevada-style gaming areas.
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California
Robert W. Wilson
North Hollywood
Spon
Sor
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Joseph Remiro
Russell Little
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Marcus Foste
William and
Emily Harris
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Seagram Distillers Company
New York
Jcpenney
Rhod
Downey
Lakewood
Lith Straight
Gov't Report
Carlton
U.S
FTE Regal
FIC Aepan
Black and Decker
McLane
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