Two nurses guilty of killings at VA hospital in 1975
Two Filipina nurses Narciso and Perez were found guilty by a federal jury in Detroit of poisoning patients at the Ann Arbor VA hospital in 1975 with Pavulon. One nurse was acquitted of a murder charge. The verdict covers five poisoned patients with potential life sentences for the nurses and up to five years plus a fine for conspiracy.
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Filipina
Narciso
Leonora Perez
VA Hospital
Detroit
Veteran Administration
Ann Arbor
Filipina Narciso
Ypsilanti
United States
Miss Narciso
Thomas O’brien
O'Brien
U.S. District Court
Philip Pratt
Perez
Radical OPEC members resist oil price freeze move
In Stockholm AP reports radical nations within OPEC oppose Saadi a and Iran backed attempts to freeze oil at 12.70 a barrel. Libya's Ezzedin Mabrouk warns of a new split if Saudi policy persists, as Algeria and Venezuela voice mixed views while Yamani seeks broader OPEC support and praises Carter’s peace efforts.
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Stockholm
OPEC
Saadia
Iran
Libya
Ezzedin Mabrouk
Venezuela
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Middle East
Carter
Mideast
Weather Tonight and Thursday in L B Area
Forecast shows morning low around 46 with fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Desert regions expect a low around 64 with daytime highs light and fair. Plan for mild, dry weather with no major changes through Thursday.
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L.B
Find It Section Sparks Spelling Flub and Notes
A misprint labeled Find It prompts readers to locate a spelling error in the local paper with items on county clerk Parks and Recreation, a Carter administration plan to subsidize carpool commuting, and other brief items.
Downtown mall plan approved in Long Beach vote
The Long Beach City Council approved a regional mall and parking garage in the downtown core with an 8-0 vote, pending redevelopment agency approval. The plan targets clearing six blocks and building the enclosed mall by October 1, 1980, with developer Ernest W. Hahn under binding city terms.
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Long Beach
Renee Simon
Ernest W. Hahn
Third Street
Pine Avenue
Sixth Street
Long Beach Boulevard
Ernie Kell
Hahn
Queen Mary Purchase
Boondogeles
California
Kelp
California Unemployment Drops to 6.9 Percent in June
California’s jobless rate fell to 6.9 percent in June the lowest in three years and below the national rate for the first time in 17 years. Total employment rose to a near 9.3 million, with gains across construction and services as layoffs tied to national policy concerns emerge.
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Sacramento
California
Martin Glick
Carter
Glick
Senate panel cuts BI funding amid bomber production clash
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to cut more than 1 billion dollars from the 1978 defense budget amid President Carter’s decision not to produce the BI bomber. The panel backed freeing funds by shifting defense priorities while promising offsets through faster cruise missile programs and B52 upgrades. Carter had surprised lawmakers by supporting deployment of the BI warplane, altering expectations that a limited production would proceed.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Carter
Senate
Pentagon
White House
Companison
Congress
Defense
Harold Brown
Bois
United States
Long Beach approves European style shop cafe complex
The Community Development Agency okayed a 236,000 square foot mixed use project west of the Home Savings site in downtown Long Beach. Great Lakes Properties Inc. plans a two to three story sidewalk cafe and specialty shop complex called Grand Prix Place linking to a future boardwalk and nearby developments. The project aims to draw leisure shoppers to a central six block retail area north of Ocean Boulevard, distinct from Ports O Call and Seaport Village.
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Community Development Agency
Long Beach
Edward Parr
Great Lakes Properties Inc
Torrance
Home Savings and Loan Office
First Street
Locust Avenue
Ocean and
Parr
Convention Center
G. William Dunn
Ports O'Call
Seaport Village
Queen Mary
James Hankin
Hahn Center
Ocean Boulevard
Hankln
Hahn
Civic Center
Two Injured In Nu Pike Ride Fall At Long Beach
Two men fell more than 30 feet to the pavement from the Double Wheel ride at Nu-Pike in Long Beach. Ronald Young, 36, Los Angeles, remained in serious condition. Frank Mauricio, 30, San Pedro, was treated and released. The gate opened as the ride stopped after passengers rocked the seats.
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Long Beach
St. Mary Medical Center
Ronald Young
Los Angeles
Frank Mauricio
San Pedro
William Fedel
Fedel
Compton
Bonita Fuller
Lakers Sign Former UCLA Star Wilkes
Jamaal Wilkes, 24, a former UCLA All American, signed a 3 multiyear contract with the Los Angeles Lakers after opting out of his deal with the Golden State Warriors. He stands 6 foot 6 and could fill forward duties for the Lakers.
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Jamaal Wilkes
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers
Wilkes
UCLA
Lakers
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Yamani
Press-Telegram
Comiss
Ombudsman
Parks and Recreation Department
CIA
Air Asia Ltd
Taiwan
Sylvia Porter
Wes Carrall
Environmental Quality Committee
Financial
Olice Beal BS Shipping
James Hankln
Kell
Frank Springer
Margot Bergman
Haho
U.S
Associated Press
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