14 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1977
Page
1
In Sacramento, Assembly committee advances AB 3296 granting California's 120 legislators a 10 percent salary raise from $23,232 to $25,585 effective December 4, 1978. The Legislative Analyst's Office estimates annual cost to taxpayers at about 448,760 for salaries and retirement benefits.
Two doctors told a congressional subcommittee that many nonprescription sleep aids contain methapyrilene, a chemical linked to cancer in animals. They urged tests and removal of daytime sedatives from stores, citing potential nitrosamine formation and safety concerns amid FDA panel debates.
Negotiators for 1500 physicians at Harbor General Torrance Martin Luther King and County USC Medical Center reached a agreement on a fiscal 1977 18 contract with county management after marathon talks. Interns and residents threatened a work action at 9 a.m. if negotiations failed.
The Senate Rules Committee backed public financing for Senate campaigns 5-4, with Democrats for and Republicans opposed. Senator Baker warned of a filibuster, predicting failure to pass. The measure sets a cap of 250,000 dollars or ten cents per eligible voter per candidate and excludes certain union dues uses.
President Carter unveils the HIRE program aiming to provide about 100000 jobs for veterans with priority to disabled veterans, then Vietnam veterans, and families of veterans. He spoke in the White House Roosevelt Room with Eizenstat and Cleland present, noting numbers while a Labor Dept official clarified the goal.
Douglas Shelton, 32, the final escapee from Brushy Mountain State Prison with James Earl Ray, was captured after wrecking a stolen van in Beech Fork Tennessee. He seized the van owner by the neck, threw him out, then wrecked it. The capture ends a major Tennessee manhunt and preserves the prison’s record of no successful escapes. Ray, Hill, and others were believed to have planned the break, using a makeshift ladder.
Vice President Mondale and House leaders agreed to revise President Carter's voter registration bill to establish special registration offices and allow a June vote in 1978 elections. The plan aims to remove registration as a voting obstacle, with states to adopt the system, and emphasizes preventing fraud through positive identification. House leader Jim Wright predicted passage by the House.
A House Science and Technology Committee vote backed continued work on the Clinch River breeder reactor near Oak Ridge Tennessee approving 150 million dollars to start construction. The move contrasted with White House calls to end the project and follows mixed signals as Senate leaders hint at potential restoration of funds. James Schlesinger stressed industrial conversion to energy sources as the true lever for Carter’s plan amid calls to curb natural gas price controls.
A 10 year old girl sleeping at a Locust Grove Oklahoma camp heard middle night screams as three Girl Scouts aged 8, 9, and 10 were found murdered. Authorities believe a lone assailant killed them after dragging bodies 150 yards from tents. A reward fund is set by First National Bank of Pryor for information leading to the slayer.
Jan Gray, 26, a California Highway Patrol officer, is believed to be the first female CHP officer to kill a person in the line of duty. She and partner Daven Morey, 31, confronted a transient from Texas who had threatened an elderly couple at a rural Barstow gas station. The man grabbed Morey’s gun and pointed it at Gray before she fired, killing him. The couple from Ogden, Utah, and the officer’s actions are under CHP investigation.
A woman, who claimed misreadings of street lights and confusion over her residence, confessed to living in a home she has occupied for 22 years. The report notes inconsistencies in her assessment and the surrounding confusion.
Tonight and Wednesday forecast shows area low near 38, high around 62. Mountain region expected fair with low 45 and high 75 while deserts stay fair with a low of 5 and a high of 102.
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