L A accused of water spills in Owens Valley
In Sacramento AP report, L A Department of Water and Power allegedly wastes Owens Valley water by spilling it. Bishop attorney Leland Bray showed photos of two large spills, about 24 miles around the Owens Valley Lake and 50 miles south. DWP attorney Ken Downey cited repairs after an October bomb blast and a crew inspection as causes. He quantified north spill at 400 to 500 acre feet and south at about 13 acre feet, noting one acre foot feeds a family for a year. Bray urged using state law to curb reservoir releases during drought, arguing regional water use burdens others in California.
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Committee To Save
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Bray
Department of Water Resources
California
Women with dope cache held at LAX
Customs agents arrested two women at Los Angeles International Airport early Thursday and seized 1.6 pounds of cocaine worth about 350000. Vickie McCullough a 29 year old waitress of Santee and Susan E Ertl 3 of Lynwood Wash were jailed on suspicion of smuggling with bail set at 10000. Police also detained an 11 year old Northern California girl found with cocaine strapped to her body arriving from Lima Peru. The earlier seizure was valued at 1 million.
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Santee
Susan E. Ertl
Lynwood
Wash
Sybil Brand Institute
Lima
Peru
California
Man hangs self after arrest at Westminster station
A 2 year old Pomona man, George Ruben Blakesley, hanged himself in a Westminster police holding room after his estranged wife filed an assault charge. He was alone in an empty room for about 30 minutes before officers found him at 3 a.m. The belt was attached to a doorknob. Authorities noted prior assault charges had been filed and dropped.
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Clien
George Ruben Blakesley
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Orange County
Sothe
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Daylight payroll heist and multiple burglaries hit Long Beach area
Police report a noon hour bandit snatched 15000 in payroll checks from a Butler Johnson Corp courier in the firm lot at 6325 Downey Ave and fled in the employee’s car after signaling with a pistol. In separate incidents a burglary at R Howard Strasbaugh inc. yielded four electric typewriters valued at 3360 and other thefts included radios, tools, and an antique plate valued at 600.
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Hell's Angels to bring rock to Folsom Prison concert
The Hell's Angels, led by Sonny Barger, receive permission to play a rock concert inside Folsom Prison for 1,915 inmates. Prison officials note such groups visit 5 to 10 times yearly, with Johnny Cash as a famous prior performer, and recount past birthday stunts by visitors.
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Cold snap linked to birds invading chimneys across California
reports from Visalia and San Luis Obispo describe swifts roosting in chimneys amid unseasonable cold and rain. experts cite food shortages and weather driving birds to roost indoors, with incidents in Tulare County and Los Gatos. local officials note hundreds of birds observed, some lingering in chimneys overnight.
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Ned K. Johnson
University of California At Berkeley
Laurence Benford
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco
California
Shasta County
Los Gatos
the Birds
Arron Grande
Santos Saldivar
Two Rescued After Mountain Storm Freezes Teens
Happy to be alive manente Hospital in Panorama City. The two had driven to the mountains Saturday night and were caught in the storm. They spent four days in their disabled car with out food and only one sleeping bag. Bland's feet were frostbitten Tuesday. Lehrbach’s toes frostbitten. she was released Thursday and expects to return to her grocery checker job in a few days.
Deputies end week-long green flu sickout in San Diego
The 660 member Deputy Sheriff's Association halts the week long protest over a 6.8 percent pay offer. About 20 percent of deputies on a shift called in sick, as the group resumes bargaining with the county for a new contract to replace the expired one. Sheriff Duffy urged restraint to avoid losing public support. The department seeks 18.8 percent now plus 10 percent next fiscal year to address 1978 1977 raises. In a separate note, R L Burns Co. donated 120000 to support San Diego cultural programs and Balboa Park organ pavilion restoration.
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Duffy
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Obscure Tide Calendar From a Fragmented Page
A damaged OCR excerpt shows mixed words, numbers, and names including tides, temperatures, and various garbled items. It reads like a weather and event listing with times and places but is largely unreadable, offering little coherent facts beyond a noisy snapshot of a page segment.
Zoo cuts water and shames City Hall
San Francisco reports April water use shows Fleishhacker Zoo cutting 51.7 percent, well above a 25 percent goal. City Hall, by contrast, records a 43.7 percent increase as officials cite cooling needs and planned well water cooling system changes.
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Corey Bushh
George Moscone
Gene Kelleher
Fresno district to bus 3000 students in 1978 plan
Fresno Unified School District will base about 3000 students in the fall of 1978 to meet desegregation guidelines and reorganize junior high schools into middle and freshman schools. The plan includes forced bus transportation for 2000 students and an additional 1000 under the restructured system.
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Fresno Unified School
Federal
Department of Health
Lynwood Deputies Arrest Man in Home Rape Case
Lynwood sheriff's deputies arrested 41 year old Herman Lee Waltes after intervening in a rape and robbery at a Lynwood area home. The 15 year old victim was left robbed of $5 and was taken to an undisclosed hospital. Deputy Lt Charles Elliott provided the details and identified no address for Waltes.
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Charles Elliott
Lynwood-area
Eliott
Herman Lee Waltes
Ford defends firm stance during NYC crisis
Former president Ford says his firm stand during New York City's financial crisis helped the city, noting Beame could balance the next budget. He spoke at USC praising the White House and Congress for eventual aid, while also calling the situation better now. Also reports disciplinary actions filed for Susanville prison staff tied to the Feb. 12 inmate strike that injured 10 inmates.
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State Personnel Board
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