Custodian releases hostage atop tallest West Coast bank building
A school custodian, Dolphin Lair, held a hostage at 859 foot United California Bank Building in Los Angeles for 212 hours prompting a major police response. He demanded TV coverage for an anti smoking protest and surrendered after a radio broadcast. The hostage, engineer Martin Hickey, was freed unharmed and the gun turned out to be a starter pistol.
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Los Angeles
Dolphin Lair
United California Bank
Lair
Martin Hickey
Hickey
Trial Opens as Marines Face Bar Raid Charges Outside
Courtroom activity centers on pretrial hearings for 14 black Marines charged with injuring six white Marines in a bar raid at Camp Pendleton. A fight erupted outside as Ku Klux Klan members clashed with anti Klan demonstrators and a woman struck Klan leader David Duke with a sign. Duke, unhurt, later sought a meeting with Maj. Gen. Carl Hoffman.
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Camp Pendleton
David Duke
Metaire
KKK
Committee To End
Duke
Carl Hoffman
Hoffman
Carter interviews Cabinet candidates in Atlanta trip
President-elect Carter travels to Atlanta to interview prospective cabinet members at the Georgia governor’s mansion. Mondale joins sessions amid weather delays and tight secrecy, with future visits planned to Washington and possible repeated stops in Atlanta. Carter says cabinet picks will require quick responsibility in policy planning.
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Atlanta
Carter
Washington
Walter Mondale
Georgia
A. L. Blanton
Billy Carter
Bomb found and defused at transition HQ
A package delivered to President-elect Cra Tite tees transition headquarters in Washington was screened by X ray. Police bomb squad removed and defused the device on the Mall. Sgt. Charles Collins said it appeared to be a capable explosive device.
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Cra Tite Tees
District of Columbia Police
Charles Collins
Police Department
Unfunded SURS segment jumps over nine years
The unfunded liability of the State Universities Retirement System rose more than fivefold in nine years despite a stabilization requirement. A board report blamed university administrators and state bodies, noting the need for shared responsibility and a broader solution to retiree funding problems.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Chicago
Illinois Board of Higher Education
State Board of Higher Education
Bureau of the Budget
General Assembly
Edward Gibala
SURS
IBHE
James Furman
Solu
Furmen
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T.V
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Go- 3
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