Klan Border Watch Begins Patrol on California Border
Ku Klux Klan members start a private border watch along the California fence line with Mexico using listening devices and radios. David Duke announces up to 230 members patrolling Southern California with others in Texas and New Mexico as officials condemn the plan amid no aliens found on the first night.
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Culzura
Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Buffalo Bill
KKK
David Duke
Metairie
The
Knights of the
Duke
California
Mexico
David Campbell
First Campbell
Detroit
Campbell
Jim Shea
Vista
Shea
United States
Cammorrow
Klan Border Watch
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
U.S. Border Patrol
Red Adair arrives to battle Elk Hills oil blaze
World renowned hellfire fighter Red Adair reaches Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve to lead efforts against a massive well fire that exploded, sending three trapped workers to their deaths. Fire officials warn of gas emissions as crews deploy 500 barrel water tanks and contend with an unstoppable oil flow.
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Red Adair
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Na Hon
Alaska
Los Angeles
Charles Conor
Kern County Fire Dept
Adair
John Wayne
Houston
Con- Hor
Kern County Fire Department
Ron Marshall
Marshall
Kern County
Richard Gervais
George Vanheezen
Mark Morvant
Bobby Fuqua
Louisiana
Hydraulic Workover, Inc
Bakersfield
Senate rejects bus ban to save energy
The Senate refused to ban busing of schoolchildren for desegregation as energy saving measure. Senator Jesse Helms argues up to 8.1 million barrels per year are wasted by transporting pupils beyond their neighborhoods. He proposes adding the busing loan to a $10 billion, eight year energy tax package.
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Washington
Senate
Jesse Helms
R-N
Eir
Helms
Senate Finance Committee
Cart
House
House of Congress
Carter
Conference Committee
Downey suspect surrenders in girlfriend's murder case
Mark Spencer Brooks, 21, of Downey and his brother in law attorney Frank Nauman surrendered at about 6 am. Brooks was arrested on a murder warrant after police traced the body of Sherry Sue Johnson, 21, found in a car near Woodruff Ave. Downey. A caller claimed the killing to radio station KFWB on Saturday. Autopsy results were reported by the coroner.
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Mark Spencer Brooks
Downey
Brooks
Angell St. Downey
Frank Nauman
Sherry Sue Johnson
Woodruff Ave
Woodruff
KFWB
Space Shuttle passes final test with Prince Charles watching
Edwards Air Force Base witnesses the fifth and final test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. Prince Charles views the bumpy 1 minute 55 second glide as the shuttle lands on a concrete desert runway, then lifts off again and settles safely. NASA plans the orbital test early 1979, with subsequent vibration and stability checks at Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Prince Charles of
England
Earth
Prince Charles
California
Los Angeles
Desert Air Force Base
NASA
Prise
Fred Pete Haise
Gordon Fullerton
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Halse
Fullérton
Trince Charles
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Weather Tonight And Thursday For The Area
Area fog tonight with a low 58 and high 76. Tonight remains clear in places with a low 30 and high 70. Desert areas expect clouds with a low 45 and high 80.
Armed street bandit kills Long Beach man in broad daylight
A 21 year old Long Beach man Steven Grant Perez was shot and killed outside his home as he moved a car with his girlfriend. Detectives described the gunman as a black man in his early 20s wearing a blue knit cap and brown jacket. He fled on foot without taking Perez's wallet.
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Long Beach
Steven Grant Perez
Pine Ave
Pacific Hospital
Terry Walton
Bob Keeran
Perez
Pérez
Mother vanishes from Eastern festival mystery widens
A mother disappears from an Eastern festival leaving a sorrowing husband and five children. The brief notice notes ongoing mystery and coverage on page A-2. The item signals local concern and prompts readers toward continued reporting.
West Orange man wins $12,000 in Ford car case
Joseph Lemaldi, 30, testified his imported Pantera bought in 1973 needed repeated repairs and Ford’s limited production car from Italy failed to satisfy. An eight member jury awarded $8,000 for pain and mental anguish and $4,000 for breach of warranty in Newark New Jersey.
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N.J. Jap
West Orange
Ford Motor Co
Joseph Lemaldi
Ford
Italy
Lemaldi
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NBC
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Press-Telegram
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Congress
Pillsbury Co
Long Beach Convention Center
Sylvia Porter
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