Schoenfeld captured. 3rd Chowchilla kidnapping suspect possible
James Schoenfeld was detained after being spotted driving a van south of San Francisco. His brother Richard had surrendered earlier. Authorities examined a decomposed body found near Los Gatos, speculated to be Frederick Woods IV, though sheriff said the claim is unconfirmed. The case centers on the Chowchilla bus kidnapping of 26 children and a driver in July.
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Madera
Calif
Chowchilla
AB Wirestein
James Schoenfeld
San Francisco
Wader Way
Sit
Frederick N. Woods IV
Woods
FBI
Santa Clara County
Wes Johnson
Fhve Wildly Company
Los Gatos
San José
Richard
Alameda County
Oakland
Chowehilla
San Mateo County
Renwood City
William Gagen
Edward Merrill
House reprimands Sikes over financial misconduct vote
The House voted 81 to 2 to reprimand Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes for two counts of financial misconduct. The ethics panel found stock profits and a land deal created conflicts of interest while he chaired the House military construction appropriations subcommittee. The action stops short of removing him from his post.
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Washington
House
Robert L. F. Sikes
Sikes
Military Construction Appropriations
McGuire
John Flynt
D-Ga
Floyd Spence
South Carolina
Flynt
Yellen
Democratic Caucus
D-Fla
First Navy Bank
Pensacola
Naval Aly Station
Fairchild
Jury told not to be swayed by sympathy for Harrises
Deputy District Attorney Sam Mayerson urged the seven women and five men in a Los Angeles courtroom not to let sympathy for the Harris siblings influence their verdict. He noted the defendants, though young and attractive, must be judged strictly on the evidence in counts of kidnapping robbery and assault.
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Harrises
William
Emily Harris
Indaye
Atty
Sam Mayerson
Los Angeles
Harrisos
Symbionese Liberation Army
Traffic control slowdowns and airport delays flagged
Summary of disparate items from front pages including ALR traffic slowdowns at major airports described as minor early acts, a Cal State Fullerton death described at a preliminary hearing, a Texas governor comment to Jimmy Carter about John Connolly’s voting impact, an agent testimony on 40 break ins at Socialist Workers Party headquarters, Social Security concerns, calls for tighter bank oversight, women at West Point with Annapolis critique, student loan curbs, a Secret Witness case summary, and U S Olympic medal prospects fading.
Tangshan Quake Raises Alarm Over City Wiped Out
Reports from Peking and Tokyo describe Tangshan as devastated after a major northeast China earthquake. Survivors in a Tangshan hotel report buildings collapsing, while officials warn of great losses in Tangshan and surrounding areas east and southeast of Beijing.
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China City
Tokyo
China
Tangshan
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Hsinhua
Tangshan- Fenghan
Tientsin
Smog fears block big Long Beach oil depot plan
California smog chief Tom Quinn warns tightened federal rules on tanker vapor emissions threaten a proposed Sohio oil terminal at Pier 1 Long Beach. The project would include three berths unloading 700000 barrels daily with storage for up to 5 million barrels. Emissions from purge and vapor release could be severe, possibly requiring vapor recovery or offshore unloading. Coast jurisdiction, not federal, governs tankers. solutions include tanker designs or unloading far at sea.
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Ohio
Long Beach
Tom Quinn
Mr Resources Board
Pew
Sohio
Boczills
Midland
Quinn
Mickey Cohen Dies at 62 in Los Angeles Hospital
Associated Press reports Mickey Cohen, famed head of West Coast gambling in the 1940s, died at UCLA Medical Center at 9:35 am from stomach cancer complications. He had been admitted on Monday.
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Associated Press
Mickey Cohen
Ucla Medical Center
Cohen
Judge urged to lift bar to food-stamp rules
The Justice Department asked a federal judge to lift a preliminary injunction against new food-stamp rules. If lifted, 1.29 million families could lose benefits while about twice that number might gain, with 0.38 million facing at least 85 less per month. The ruling could affect appeals timing and the overall program cost.
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Washington
Ijustive Department
Ford Administration
Agriculture Department
Nathan M. Norton Jr
U.S
Otm Lewis Smith Jr
Puerto Rico
U.S. Conference of Mayors
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John Connolly
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Pier 1
Hower
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