Oakland kidnapping trial recalls 1976 bus abduction
A 12 year old Chowehilla girl testified through tears about being buried in a moving van for 27 hours during the mass abduction of 26 children and their driver on July 15 1976. She described fear numbness and a sense of doom as she and others cried for their mothers and fathers.
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Oakland
Chowehilla
Jodi Heffington
Superior Court
Leo Deesan
Jolti
James Schoenfeld
Richard Schoenfeld
Prod Woods
Jodi
Chargal
Mike Marshall
Marshall
Ed Ray
Ray
Hay
Infant found to be victim of kidnapper in Chicago case
An 8 month old girl kidnapped from Chicago and found safe at Holy Cross Hospital Salt Lake City identified as Malikah Cox through infant footprints. Donna Green, the mother, planned to fly to Utah. Authorities will release the child only by Juvenile Court order. FBI noted a hearing likely and two men and a woman took the baby at gunpoint on Oct 7. The kidnapper demanded the father’s return of an old lady. Publicia Hearst case also noted by AP.
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Chigaago
Salt Lake City
Donna Green
Utah
Elaire
FHI
Wastington
Fuesday
Malikah Cox
Holy Cross Hospital
Chicago
Green
Regnal Gari
FBI
Malikah
Robert Cox Jr
Cox
Sturgis tied to JFK case taints probe in Texas
Former CIA contact Lorenz faces scrutiny as police reveal a chaotic Dallas episode involving Sturgis, Lorenz’s daughter Monica, and a staged meeting at Lorenz’s New York apartment. Investigators say Sturgis aimed to pressure Lorenz to alter statements to House investigators.
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JFK
Texas
CIA
Tells Probe
Miss Lorenz
Miami
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswalt
Gaeton Fonzi
al Gonzalez
House Assassinations Committee
Lorenz
New York
Monica
Terrance McSwiggin
Brian Smith
Mathew Rosenthal
James Rothstein
Dallascia
Mall extension sought amid downtown retail struggle
City officials pursue a mall extension with premier developer Perini Sheraton hotel group, eight months into lease talks. Hankla stresses downtown decline did not happen overnight while Vertue hints at forthcoming detailed pact with council to review first.
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Hankla
Perini
Vertue
Oily Council
Span climber talked down from Vincent Thomas Bridge
A 44 year old patient from Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk was talked down from the Vincent Thomas Bridge west tower by LA police. Edwin Gage Wi, spotted by a passing motorist around 10 pm, climbed about 50 feet above the roadway as officers sealed the bridge. He said he climbed for peace and quiet and was booked for an outstanding traffic citation before returning to the hospital.
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Metropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
Vincent Thomas Bridge
West Tower
Los Angeles
Chay- Tain
Michael Landsman
Jerry Jelenie
Edwin Gage Wi
Robert Semmler
Tollhouse
Highway Patrol
Gage
Palies
Semmler
Oodelenic
Fitzsimmons and Kleindienst Insurance Testimony Conflict
Senate hearing on a $24 million insurance contract dispute focused on contradictions between Frank Fitzsimmons and former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. Fitzsimmons denied pressuring for the award to Old Security Life Insurance Co., countering Kleindienst’s claim of using a friendship to secure the deal and premiums from union members.
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Washington (Ap
Teamsters
Frank EB. Fitzsimmons
Tox Firm
Fitzstratans
Richard Kleincienat
Old Security Life Insurance Co
Kansas City
Fitzsimmons
Senate
California
Joseph Hauser
Hauser
Subcommittee
Kleindienst
Old Security
Washington
Vie
Houser
Switzerland
Last Marel
Los Angeles
Khiendienst
Mauser
Otter
Washingon
Publi
Panel denies Watson bid on pension dispute and hearings
The panel rejects Watson's bid for a pension claim and outlines appeals to the full retirement board. A hearing officer would hear testimony, then the board would uphold or reject findings. If rejected, Watson may seek court action, with board members citing heart condition aggravated by job stress.
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Watson
Full Retirement Board
Norman Shaffer
Shaffer
Pachtman
Paul Strohman
Ray Lee
Packiman
Jack Wood
Mary Ann Hollibaugh
Donley Brady
Lax
HLB
Alvord
Board of Supervisors
Five dead as Columbia hotel fire, arson arrest in Syracuse
A Miller Hotel blaze in Columbia Kentucky killed four men by smoke and burns and a fifth from a heart attack as occupants were counted. In Syracuse New York a Holiday Inn wing burned, a volunteer firefighter Raymond Hoffman 19 was arrested on arson and related charges after guests fled by bedsheets.
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Columbia
Syracuse
N.Y
Lauisville
Miller Hotel
Abs
Tke Hiazes
Raymond B. Hoffman
East
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Frank Fiorini
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Oliver 3. Carter
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