1 Dead 3 Injured After 120 mph Southland Chase
A highspeed freeway pursuit ended in four crashes with one woman dead and her boyfriend jailed on manslaughter charges. Three others were injured, one critically, as Hunter Shidey Jr. lost control near Orange County after a long chase from the San Diego Freeway. A motorcyclist was struck as traffic slowed. Investigators found a loaded .22 rifle and a 3mm pistol in Shirley's car.
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San Diego
Lawndale
Orange County
Hunter Shidey Jr
Air Force
Angel Krassowski
James Richmond Jr
Westminster
Richmond
Shirley
Sides 28
Cone Drive
Beverly Hills
Little Rork
Ark
Gary Stevens
Califano signs anti bias rules for handicapped
HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr signed a regulation to implement a four year old law barring recipients of federal funds from discriminating against the handicapped. The rules trigger a minirevolution in access and employment, with buildings made accessible and programs opened to disabled people. This regulation enforces the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and promises free tuition and facilities for handicapped students where placement requires special settings.
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HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Education and Welfare
Jim
San Francisco
Don Johnson
Johnson
Nork
Califano
U S Cuba reach coastal fishing pact and 200 mile boundary
Washington and Havana announce a preliminary maritime boundary and an agreement allowing Cuban fishermen to take surplus catches within 200 miles of the U S shoreline. Talks occurred in New York and Havana with a joint State Department release outlining terms and noting Cuba’s proximity 20 miles offshore.
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United States
Cuba
New York
Havana
State Department
U.S
Soviet Union
Tax court seeks back taxes from prison inmate Hollie
Willie Lee Hollie, imprisoned at Attica State Prison for heroin offenses, is in a tax dispute with the IRS over 1973 back taxes totaling 135,370 dollars. The IRS claims 216,000 dollars of narcotics profit was taxable income while Hollie contends he earned none that year. The case proceeds after a New York City trial date is set.
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Willie Lee Hollie
Internal Revenue Service
Hollie
Atlica State Prison
Ork
New York
IRS
New York City
Measles shot lack stirf polio, diphtheria fears
Fresno AP report warns immunization levels are dangerously low as measles outbreaks rise statewide. Dale Kay cites about 70 percent coverage and 5 000 cases this year, with Los Angeles County most affected and thousands of children facing school exclusions without immunization proof.
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Dale Kay
Kay
Los Angeles County
Kern
Merced
Contra Costa
Ventura
Riverside
San Diego
Lake Tahoe
Residents push open Catalina land amid Wrigley clash
Catalina residents calling themselves Citizens for Property Tax Relief asked the Board of Supervisors to reopen about 41 000 acres as open land. They call the Wrigley organized conservancy a $50 million ripoff and allege a 1974 grant to create a park was mishandled, with low visitation and high fees. The group plans to spur the Island Youth Motorcycle Club and accuses officials of misleading disclosures.
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Atenndon
Wrigley Empire
Robert Berton
Fry
Griffith Parks
Wrigley
Catalina Island
Berton
Universal Life Church
Modesty
Island Youth Motorcycle Club
P.K. Wrigley
James Hayes
Seymour Greben
Department, of Recreation and Parks
Los Angeles Press Club
Greben
Phil Watson
Conservancy
Rites held for victims of worst air disaster
Interdenominational services at Westminster Memorial Park honored 114 victims of the Tenerife collision tragedy. Six ornate caskets stood among white vaults while 75 unidentified Pan Am victims were flown to Dover and El Toro for identification. Survivors were few, and mourners prayed for families from Long Beach, Laguna Hills, New York, and beyond.
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Canary Islands
Westminster Memorial Park
Sam Douglass
Willam A. Sanderson
Beverly Hills
Santa Cruz Tenerie
Pan Am
el Toro Marine Air Station
Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
California
Long Beach
Laguna Mills
New York
Oil spill team fails to cap Bravo offshore well
American-led troubleshooters failed in three cap attempts to stop the Bravo offshore oil well in the North Sea. Norway ordered a temporary halt to production at surrounding platforms due to fire risk as Phillips Petroleum workers assess blowout gear and pressure readings amid rising spill concerns.
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Norway
North Sea
Phillips Petroleum Co
Perialiss
Robert Archambeault
Phillips
Midsea
Ekolisk
Biertmar Gjerde
Cerns
Exofisk
Archambeault
Water and crime notes from Los Angeles area pages
Los Angeles pages report a proposed water plan to reduce usage by two percent per setting and discuss energy conservation measures while crime coverage notes a government package aimed at making the area safer. County budget talks and hearings extend into June, with army recruit quality dipping and more women likely to enlist as concerns about equal rights amendment candidates rise.
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Los Angeles
County Energy Panels
Weather Tonight And Friday In The L E Area
Tonight and Friday forecast for the L E area calls for cloudy skies with a low around 7 and a high near 72. Mountain regions expect fair conditions with afternoon winds and a low of 35 and high of 72. Deserts stay fair and windy with a low around 5. Night time conditions noted.
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