Walnut Creek Police Emphasize Smart Cops in Modern Force
Walnut Creek police aim to shatter the dumb-cop stereotype as officers, many with bachelor or master degrees, pursue higher education. Chief Swanson notes the need for intellect to handle complex crime amid evolving societal challenges.
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Cail
Brice Cockubium
Cockerham
Karel Swanson
San Francisco Bay
Ziluvalion
Swanson
Policerman
No relief in sight for crowded prisons
Federal figures show rising inmate totals and longer sentences as overcrowding grips prisons. LEAA reports 248,145 inmates in federal and state prisons in 1974, up 12 percent from 1973, with over 7,700 prisoners in local jails due to state facility overcrowding.
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Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Prisos
LEAS
Hidden cameras found in massage parlor rooms raise blackmail fears
Chicago police say hidden ceiling cameras at Harem Leisure Spa could be used to blackmail patrons. During a raid last week four women and two men were arrested. officers found cameras in eight bedrooms and recovered tapes with patron information.
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Chicago
James Kiely
Spanish American War veteran dies at 93 in Memphis
MEMPHIS Tenn AP Fred Bauer believed youngest Spanish American War veteran has died at age 93. He ran away at 14 to shine shoes for soldiers at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. He stowed away to the Philippines and joined the Army after eight months there. He served as trumpeter and interpreter with the 1th Infantry until his retirement.
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Tenn
Fred Bauer
Bauer
Veterans Hospital
1Th Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Philippines
Baner
Army
Lth Infantry
Key votes set nationwide in four major races
Voters face decisive choices in four states as Mayors race in Los Angeles shapes up with Tom Bradley seeking a second term. In Washington a Seventh District primary pits Wyche Fowler Jr. against John Lewis for the seat vacated by Brock Adams. Georgia officials brace for election turmoil as Wyche Fowler Jr. and John Lewis contest a Deep South Black representation niche. Lewis, 37, heads to his first campaign after leading SNCC in the 1960s. Bradley opposes busing but would back court ordered integration.
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Tom Bradley
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Wis
Jess ‘Hanf
Georgia
Wyche Fowler Jr
John Lewis
Voter Education Project
Young
Deep South
Lewis
Martin Luther King
Fowler
Bradley Ami
Alan Robbins
Bradley
Hobbins
Castro Arafat visit Moscow amid Cold War shifts
In Moscow Castro and Arafat were hosted by Soviet leaders with a red carpet welcome. Tass reported Castro met Brezhnev Podgorny Kosygin and Gromyko. Nouira met Kosygin and discussed Arab Israeli settlement and Tunisian Soviet ties. Arafat’s arrival was noted with no activities disclosed.
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Fidel Castro
Hedi Nourra
Yarir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tass
Castro
Kreslin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhney
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexsi
Africa
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Brezhnev
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Gromyko
Rhodesia
South Africa
Astro
Angola
Portugal
Zaire
Cuba
Shaba
Tanzania
Mozambique
Zambia
Lottery results and postal details from a Maryland paper
AP reports Maryland Number Game drawing 45 in Baltimore while Pennsylvania daily lottery numbers issued 1.45. The Daily Mail Telegraph notes postal route details and holiday closure dates in Magocetown, Maryland.
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Baltimore
Maryland
BURGH
Mfony
Pennsylvania
Sadat presses for broad U S arms and Palestinian role
President Anwar Sadat urged the Carter administration to supply extensive U S arms to Egypt including fighters and anti-tank missiles and pushed for Palestinian inclusion in peace talks. He met with Defense Secretary Brown and President Carter, while stressing that Palestinians should be heard in any settlement and praising Carter's homeland remark as a positive signal.
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Prees Witter
Washington
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Carter
Middle East
Hla Attex
U.S
Sadat
White House
Defense
Harold Brown
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Jerusalem
Israel
Tarsel
Eli
Palestine Liberator Organization
United States
Basie
Tils
Jordan
Bol Sadat
Syrian guns aid Palestinians in new Lebanon clashes
In southern Lebanon artillery and rocket duels continued for a second day as Syria warned it would not permit Lebanese Christians to drive Palestinian guerrillas from the Israeli border area. Palestinian and Lebanese leftist allies gained ground with Syrian artillery backing, while Israel warned it would act to protect its frontiers along the Litani River amid the mounting regional confrontation.
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Israel
Christian Phalange Party
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Litani
Misrael
Iguerrilla Movement
Lennon
Damascus
al Baath
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