Death Row 65 ponder new fates
Death Row inmates at San Quentin reacted with initial joy to a state Supreme Court ruling striking down the 1974 capital punishment law, then faced uncertain futures as they awaited reclassification and possible transfers to other facilities or different security levels.
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SAN Quentin
Bill Merkle
Merkle
Sen
Deukmejian
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Sparta
Charles Riley
Mny
Jill
Riley
Ite
Ron. Turner
Dave Pederson
San Bernar
Pederson
New Mexico
Edward Conover
Donald Barnard
Woman in Wheelchair Mugged Again in San Francisco
San Francisco resident Valerie Yohe, a 23 year old paralyzed I person, was mugged on Fifth Street taking $102 and her house key. Earlier robberies and a thwarted assault with a wheelchair foiled a transit robbery. Police have stepped up street crime fighting with more officers and bus deployments.
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Valerie Yohe
San Francisco
Lawrence Kelley
Raine
AD Wrens
Valerie Yobe
Fifth Street
Miss Yohe
Vivian Lorraine
Alaska Senator and California official clash over Long Beach tanker plan
In Los Angeles during Senate hearings, Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska and Tom Quinn of California’s air resources board spar over the proposed Sohio Long Beach facility to move excess North Slope oil. Stevens threatens to withhold oil unless distribution is settled, while Quinn argues about pollution impacts and tanker purging emissions. The debate, before a Commerce panel also including Sen. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Mike Gravel, centers on distributing a 500,000-barrel-per-day crude surplus.
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California
Los Angeles
Senate
Soutio
Long Beach
Midwest
Ohio
Alaska
Sen
Ted Stevens
North Slope
Stevens
Tom Quinn
State Air Resources Board
Sohio
Pele
Quinn
Senate Commerce and Insular Affairs Committee
Adlai Stevenson
Dill
Quin
Southland
Stevenson
Mike Gravel
Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Hit and Run Driver Kills Long Beach Woman
A middle aged Long Beach woman, Helen R Fisher, was killed as she crossed Alamitos Avenue at Fifth Street in a marked crosswalk by a large brown sedan. The driver fled the scene, and Raymond M Cooper was later arrested for stealing from the dead.
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L.B
Bone Beach
Hitrun
Helen R. Fisher
Fifth St
Alamitos Avenue
Fifth Street
Alamitos
Memorial Hospital
Jesse B. George
Long Beach
George
Raymond M. Cooper
Orange Ave
Cooper
Seventh St
Weather Tonight and Thursday Across Regions
Tonight cloudy with a low of 48 in the area. Mountains expect cloudy skies with a low of 25 and a high of 68. Deserts show cloudy conditions with a low of 35 and a high of 70.
West Germany blocks U.S. radar plane sale
West Germany halted a $2.5 billion sale of airborne early warning radar planes to NATO. U S Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said allies generally agree on the system’s necessity, with a meeting set to resolve remaining issues before Bundestag and cabinet reorganization delay final approval.
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West Germany
U.S
Brussels
Belgium
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Donald Rumsfeld
Mit
Helmut Schmidt
Rumsfeld
Bundestag
Schmidt
Carter Meets Cabinet Prospect Candidates in Atlanta
President elect Jimmy Carter held interviews with five prospective cabinet appointees at the Georgia governor’s mansion in Atlanta. Harold Brown and SueTet Young were among those meeting Carter, with candidates including Sune Cahill Pfeiffer Brock Adams Michael Blumenthal and others reported as under consideration for defense commerce trade and related posts. Rex Granum said some names were not released in advance.
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Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
Air Force
Harold Brown
Defense
Bee
SueTet Young
D-Ga
Kapsier
Carter
Brown and Young
Plains Las
Brown
Pentagon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Caltech
Rex Granum
Governor’s
Georgia
George S. Bushee
Young
Candi
Rape Case Called by Solomon Like Judge in Philadelphia
Police say a joint hearing next week will determine the fate of Carl Butler charged with rape and related crimes, and Earl Patterson charged with kidnapping and assault for interrogating the suspect at his home. The case involves Patterson’s wife Maxim Patterson who was raped last January.
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Philadelphia
Solomon
Daniel Hill
King Solomon
Earl Patterson
Carl Butler
Common Pleas Court
Thomas Shiomos
Patterson
Maxim
Buller
Butler
Butter
FBI
Long Beach Couple Rides Two Person Motorcycle Bicentennial Tour
A Long Beach couple easily rode a tandem motorcycle built for two during a Bicentennial U.S. tour. The feature appears on Page B6 with details of their journey and the bike used.
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Long Beach
U.S
Health plan for children draws blast
A House subcommittee chairman threatened to kill a controversial health plan for poor children arguing the program is useless if it does not provide care. Rep. John E. Moss criticized HEW Secretary David Mathews and cited a Southern regional report calling the Medicaid early periodic screening program a national disgrace and waste.
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Washington
House Subcommittee
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Moss
Southern Regional Council
South
House Commerce Oversight and
David Mathews
Southerner
Mathews
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