Threat charge fails Watergate burglar
New York police say Frank Sturgis 52 of Miami was arrested for aggravated harassment and coercion after allegedly threatening witness Miss Martia Lorenz about testifying to House investigators. Sturgis, linked to Operation 40, appeared via complaint and faced arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.
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Carter signs bill to raise minimum wage to 2 65 by 1981
President Carter signed a law increasing the federal minimum wage from 2.30 to 2.65 an hour on January 1 with staged rises through 1981 reaching 3.95. The move, expected to boost purchasing power for about 4.5 million workers, drew praise from labor leaders and the White House despite inflation fears.
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Energy tax breaks foreseen in Senate plan
Washington AP report notes a Senate energy package with dozens of tax breaks to promote conservation and higher US production. It faces a conference committee likely to merge with the House tax plan, potentially pushing up prices for domestic goods. House and Senate talks meanwhile defer car mileage rules, weighing a tax approach against a Senate ban after 1980.
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Orange County Supervisor Schmit accused of campaign loan falsification
Woodrow W. Butterfield, a Garden Grove businessman and political financier, says Orange County Supervisor Lau rence J. Schmit overstated loans to his 1974 campaign by claiming $54,000 when he lent only $17,500. Butterfield calls for Schmit’s removal and plans to sue.
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Court strikes down 10 percent minority work quota in L A County
A federal judge in Los Angeles declared unconstitutional a 1977 Public Works Act provision requiring 10 percent of funded projects to be done by minority businesses. The injunction is permanent but not retroactive to $4 billion in contracts already awarded. The ruling weighs the program's public impact against contractors harmed by the quota.
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Heavy loss in Lakewood Plaza blaze
Fire scorched the Lakewood Plaza Shopping Center at 6522 to 6518 East Spring Street early today damaging a sporting goods store and a delicatessen. Ten Long Beach fire units with 50 firefighters battled the major alarm blaze for over an hour, with no injuries reported. Flames and smoke spread between the Plaza Sporting Goods and Subway Delicatessen, while smoke damaged two adjacent stores. Cause under arson investigation.
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Youth shot at North Long Beach Halloween party
A 1- year old boy Randall John Maestas was wounded at 9 42 p m at 260 E Harcourt St in North Long Beach He was in stable condition at Dominguez Valley Hospital in Compton after being shot once in the chest with a small caliber rifle A 48 year old man Joseph Henson was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon The incident stemmed from a dispute at an informal teen party Nearby law enforcement reported an unusually quiet Halloween night with two other incidents including an egg throwing spree in Valencia and a disturbance outside Rampart Los Angeles with a false report of a prize at a cemetery Fire and rescue crews logged 27 calls from 6 to 10 p m no costumed children were reported injured in traffic incidents
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Halloween treats elude DC event as nation tours warns
In a Capitol tour feature readers learn Halloween curbside scenes on who’s who in Washington with scant confections for costumed revelers. Marijuana use flagged in one of four driver stops by California DOJ. Alan Cranston shifts to favor delaying a federal anti-trust style breakup of large irrigation farms.
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Error in Libel Case Report on New Trial
A Sept 3 article on Daugherty vs Independent, Press Telegram, libel suit misstated a memo from the Long Beach Police Intelligence Division. Judge Ernest Kelly granted a new trial citing the memo, but a Sept 30 correction notes the memorandum did not reference the plaintiff Jon Daugherty or his name.
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Weather Tonight and Wednesday in the Mountains and Deserts
Tonight and Wednesday forecast shows fair conditions across the area. Mountains report windy weather with a low of 35 and a high of 65. Deserts expect fair skies with a low around 45 and a high near 66.
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