Fleece of the Year Award Critics Treasury Tax Breaks
Senator William Proxmire denounces the Treasury for backing a $400 million a year foreign living tax loophole. He prizes the “Fleece of the Year” to highlight what he calls waste as Congress considers delaying the change to January 1, 1978. Proxmire says most benefits go to high earners while abroad. He notes foreign residents’ exemption dates and argues the burden remains on lower income Americans at home.
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War on rapists by Los Angeles women calls for self defense courses
The Los Angeles County Commission on the Status of Women urged immediate self defense training for women across schools and communities after a wave of rape strangulation murders in Glendale and Highland Park. Chair Sally Martinez said the group aims to expand courses to raise alertness and deter assaults while planning six months of public hearings and safety measures including mace education and better-lit stores with escorts.
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Los Angeles County Commission On the Status of Women
Glendale
Highland Park
Commission
Sally Martinez
Avery
Los Angeles
Ms. Martinez
Mary Conrey
California State University
Conroy
Long Beach Man Found Stabbed Near Wrigley Garage
A 71-year-old Long Beach man, Jack Stubbs Allen of 2411 Earl Ave, was found stabbed to death in the garage doorway of his home just before 2 a.m. by his wife. Police say robbery is possible as no wallet was found. No witnesses or weapon were located. this is the third Wrigley area murder in a month with two other killings on Pine Street and West 25th Street.
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Long Beach
Jack Stubbs Allen
Earl Ave
John Miller
Allen
Marjorie
Miller
Wrigley
20Th Street
Pine Avenue
West 25Th Street
New smog rating system to warn public on air quality
The South Coast Air Quality Management District unveils a 0 to 500 PSI scale to describe air quality with terms like good and hazardous. Los Angeles is the first to adopt, with coastal PSI 75, metro 118, and inland valleys 127. Officials say a 500 hazard alert remains remote, but could trigger indoor precautions.
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South Coast Air Quality Management District
Los Angeles
Bill Falkner
California
Jeb Stuart
Stuart
Seven women die as Providence dorm fire rages
A four story Providence College dorm fire on the fourth floor killed seven women and injured at least 15. Investigators linked the blaze to a hair dryer left on, with two victims jumping to the ground before rescue. The three alarm fire was contained within about an hour. sprinklers and fire escapes were absent.
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Providence
R.I
Providence College
Aquinas Hall
Iti
Michael Moise
Moise
Sansinena Blast Source Theorized By CG Panel
A Coast Guard panel concludes the Sansinena explosion was likely sparked by an electric pump in a vapor cloud from open vents while the ship unloaded Indonesian crude. Nine sailors died, Italian crewmen among them, with a security guard missing. Investigators discount sabotage. a 100 foot hull fragment fell onto a terminal building. Weather and area forecast follow.
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Sansinena
Coast Guard
Robert I. Price
11Th Coast Guard District
Adore
Union Company
Barracuda Tanker Company
Long Beach Grand Prix poised for April 2 return
Promoter Christopher Pook says the Long Beach race, long noted for a checkered history, is financially sound and ready to go again on April 2. Other items note a Mexican Mafda probe, AFL CIO leadership, trade talks, police actions, a lottery split in Michigan, and mental health coverage discussions.
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Christopher Pook
Long Beach
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