Sit-in arrests at Seabrook nuclear site in New Hampshire
Around 1,200 demonstrators were detained in jails and armories after peaceful sit-in at Seabrook plant site. No violence or trespassing charges noted. Arraignments ongoing. over 250 workers returned to the $2 billion project as authorities cleared the area. Governor Thomson praised state troopers and police kept protesters away from the fenced area.
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Paul Doyon
Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant
Carter Calls for Scrapping Welfare System Reform
President Carter urged scrapping the current welfare framework and unveiling a new system by August. He criticized the present programs as wasteful capricious and prone to fraud then ordered HEW Secretary Califano to assess options and outline goals prioritizing jobs work incentives and aid for nonworking needy families.
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Measles Shots Given as 51 LB High Students Remain Home
Fifty one high school pupils in the Long Beach area were sent home for lacking required measles immunization or school authorization. The district spokesman said students from five high schools were affected while others with authorization received injections. Additional elementary and junior high counts were not yet available.
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Downey Bank Siege Ties Up Officials as Robber Barricades
A gunman held Bank of America managers Marshall Alison and Richard Torres hostage at the Downey branch on Imperial Highway. Police and FBI SWAT surrounded the single story building as negotiators failed to reach the suspect, later identified as 22 year old Albert Powers. Mother and sister entered the bank to appeal, but the standoff continued after sundown with police and fire crews outside and a helicopter overhead.
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Albert Powers
Linda Gingaue
Supreme Court reverses sale sign ban on private property
A unanimous ruling holds that communities cannot prohibit display of for sale signs on private property. The decision upholds First Amendment free speech rights, striking down local bans as unconstitutional.
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Thurgood Marshall
Nixon transcripts feed revived Watergate drama in media
Transcripts of unpublished Nixon tapes surface in New York Times Washington Post Time and Newsweek ahead of David Frost interview. Reports say Nixon received $600000 plus share of profits and that the White House aimed to contain the scandal for political reasons rather than cover up a crime. Time notes key moments kept secret.
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Richard M. Nixon
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David Frost
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California
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Time Magazine
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White House
Weather Tonight and Tuesday Outlook
Tonight and Tuesday LB area have a chance of rain with a low around 55 and a high near 60. Desert regions report cloudy skies with a low of 60 and a high of 85.
Federal crime code overhaul would curb penalties and aid victims
A sweeping reform plan would decriminalize small marijuana possession at federal level, compensate innocent victims up to 50000 dollars, and create a unified code to end duplication. Senators McClellan and Kennedy, with Atty. Gen. Bell, seek to modernize laws and drop death penalty restoration provisions from earlier bills.
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Atten
John L. McClellan
Ark
Edward. F. Kennedy
Boat operator saves diver in emergency at sea
A quick action by the San Pedro boat operator saved a diver who ran out of air and surfaced too fast. The chaotic incident highlights dangers at sea and the crew’s rapid response.
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Pedro
Talks fail to avert Ireland strike in Belfast
In Belfast, talks to stop a planned general strike by Ulster Unionist Action leaders failed. The British government sent 400 more troops to Northern Ireland as the strike, set to begin at midnight, loomed. Leaders Revan Paisley and Ernest Baird spoke after the meeting with Secretary Roy Mason.
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Revan Paisley
Ernest Baird
Ulster Unionist Action Committee
Roysson
Plane crash kills GM ex president Edward Cole
Former General Motors president Edward Cole, 67, died in a two engine plane crash near Mendon Township, Michigan, while en route from Pontiac to Kalamazoo. Cole led GM from 1967 to 1970 and later chaired Checker Motors Corp in Kalamazoo, a firm known for taxi sedans.
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