California justices uphold state employee pay raises
The California Supreme Court ruled that the federal Cost of Living Council cannot regulate state employees salaries and ordered the 1978 pay raises paid. The 4-3 decision held Congress did not intend to intrude on state internal finances and allowed California to proceed with the raises for about 80,000 workers.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court Today
Federal
Cost of Living Council
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Louis H. Burke
Marshall
Raymond K. Sullivan
Donald R. Wright
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Council
Congress
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Mass murder trial moved to new site in San Antonio
Houston AP reports Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, was granted a venue change and the mass murder trial was moved to San Antonio. In an eight minute hearing he answered affirmatively when asked if he wanted the transfer, and he faces charges in six of 27 deaths of teenage males.
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Elmer Wayne Henley
San Antonio
Henley
Scottish MP urges emergency session over arms to Chile
Labour party backbench Jim Sillars calls for an emergency Labor meeting to tackle what he calls a sickening arms trade with Chile. Workers at Rolls-Royce East Kilbride stopped eight Aven jet engines destined for the Chilean air force as the Chilean military era began after the coup that toppled President Allende.
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Labor Party
Chile
Rolls-Royce
East Kilbride
Scotland
Labor
Britain
Jim Sillars
Sillars
Salvador Allende
Wisconsin bomber jailed for 10 years in 1970 blasts
Karleton Armstrong, already serving a 23 year state term, received a 10 year federal sentence for bombing at the University of Wisconsin plus an attempted bombing at Baraboo munitions plant. The Wisconsin campus blast damaged Sterling Hall and killed physicist Robert Fassnacht.
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Karleton Armstrong
University of Wisconsin
Baraboo
Armstrong
U.S. District Court
James Doyle
Sterling Hall
Robert Fassnacht
Vietnam
Woman photog joins Mountaineers on K2 assault
SEATTLE, Wash. (UPI) A woman photographer will accompany eight Mountaineers including the first American to climb Everest in an assault on K2. Jim Whittaker said Pakistan granted permission for a 1960-era team to attempt the second highest peak next year. The party totals 9 with L. Dianne Roberts, 28, the only woman. Weather is critical and July to August are best for high altitude climbing.
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Wash
UPI
Everest
Jim Whittaker
L. Dianne Roberts
Karakoram Range
Whittaker
Karakoram
Forty prisoners flee Rio jail in bold raid
Rio de Janeiro authorities report forty inmates escaped a downtown prison after a dawn raid by armed prisoners with knives revolvers and submachine guns. Police launched a sweep and search for the fugitives as officials reassessed security.
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Brazil
Rio
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