Kidnap Victim Rescued From Post After Four Days
Sheri Linda Jaffa, wife of a Jacksonville land developer, was bound to a six foot post in a wooded area for four days. Police arrested Jack McWilliams on kidnapping charges with a $750,000 bond as Edith Burton led investigators to the site after breaking down under questioning. Jaffa was hospitalized in good condition, while her husband planned a possible European vacation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Sheri Linda Jaffa
Matt Touchton
Jack McWilliams
Jaffa
Wayne Ellis
Touchton
Ocala National Forest
Ford vows top priority to anticrime legislation
President Ford pledged that if elected he would press for new federal anticrime laws in the first 100 days of the next term. Speaking to police leaders in Miami he urged strict gun controls and tougher penalties to curb political terrorism. He highlighted nationwide campaigning across the South with Democratic rival Carter and Alabama Governor Wallace in attendance at rallies.
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Miami
Ford
International Association of Chiefs of Police
South
Jimmy Carter
Mississippi
Alabama
Biloxi
Miss
Mobile
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Carter
RTD Contracts Settled End Bus Strike Moves Forward
The 36 day RTD bus strike ended at 11 20 a m as directors voted 6 4 to approve a three year contract with mechanics and yard service workers. An earlier settlement with 5 000 bus drivers had been approved, and arbitration was set for future yard wage scales.
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Southern California Rapid Transit District
RTD
Baxter Ward
State officials decry federal pressure on Alaskan terminal choice
California energy leaders denounce Frank Zarb and the federal push for Long Beach as the Alaskan oil terminal. They demand a released FEA study comparing sites in California, Washington, and Canada and label last week’s coercive remarks as blackmail.
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Long Beach
Federal Energy Administration
California
Washington
Canada
Hyatt International Hotel
State Energy Commission
Richard Maullin
Federal Energy
Frank Zarb
Tom Quinn
Air Resources Board
Leonard Ross
Robert Batinovich
ARB
Alvin Gordon
SOHIO
Maullin
Quinn
Hill
Los Angeles
Zarb
Four tornadoes lash Indiana counties and trigger deaths
A rash of tornadoes tore through Jackson Bartholomew Decatur and Jefferson counties injuring at least 24 and killing one. Seymour suffered the worst damage with a $1 million estimate as a Sky Haven trailer park collapse killed Lavina Arnold. Tornadoes also hit near Westport Columbus and Jefferson County with various damages. A tropical depression formed in the Atlantic could become a tropical storm named Gloria, with potential hurricane strength if winds rise.
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Indiana
National Weather Service
Jackson
Bartholomew
Decatur
Jefferson
Seymour
Jackson County
Lyman Gaben
Sky Haven
Lavina Arnold
Jackson County Hospital
Louisville Kyl General Hospital
Westport
Ind
Columbus
Jefferson County
Texas
Texas Gulf Coast
Bay City
McAllen
Alvin
Gatesville
Atlantic Ocean
National Hurricane Center
Depres
Sion
Bermuda
San Pedro Purse seiner sinks with 11 saved
Coast Guard reports the 80 foot Lucy Ann capsized and sank five miles south of Platform Heidi in the Santa Barbara Channel. The Liman crew were rescued Sunday night after another fishing vessel recovered eight feet of the stern. Owner Antonio Pisano was in a skiff overnight awaiting salvage and the crew sailed to San Pedro aboard a different purse seiner.
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Coast Guard
Liman
San Pedro
Carpinteria
Dan Elliott
Point Judith
Ventura
Platform Heidi
Santa Barbara Channel
Lucy Ann
Antonio Pisano
Seehe
Woman shoots at rapist amid dramatic Chicago assault
Denise Dozier, 22, escaped death when a 16th floor fall was broken by a canopy after a man allegedly raped her friend Angela Winslow, 25, at a South Side apartment. Winslow was arrested for unregistered gun charges and discharging within city limits.
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Chicago
Denise Dozier
Angela Winslow
Miss Dozier
South Side
Visi
Carter blames Ford Nixon for rising poverty in U S
In Portland Oregon Jimmy Carter charged that government data show a 10.7 percent rise in poverty last year the largest since records began He warned the nation is moving toward an American underclass he termed the New Poor revealing 2.5 million more people fell below the poverty line of 5500 amid Ford administration criticism.
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Portland
Ore
Jimmy Carter
Ford Administration
Carter
America
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau
PATTY HEARST TESTIFIES BEFORE GRAND JURY IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Patty Hearst appears before a grand jury to testify against her kidnaping. The report notes surrounding coverage across pages and references related events including hospital security incidents and political campaign context.
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Patty Hearst
Grand Jury
Harrises
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