Campaign to repeal hitchhiking law after slaying of Katherine Devine
Seattle police report a 15 year old, Katherine Merry Devine, was last seen hitchhiking Nov 25 at a North Seattle intersection. Her body found two weeks later in a state park south of Olympia with her throat slit. Her family launches a campaign to repeal the 1972 hitchhiking law, needing over 117,000 signatures to submit a voter initiative next year.
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Four charged in Mendocino burglary and theft
Four suspects, three adults Timothy McKenney Michael Day and Philip Simos and a 17 year old from Fort Bragg, were arrested Sunday on burglary and grand theft charges for a break in at a Mendocino home last month and theft of three rifles. A 25 year old Willits man James Edman was also jailed on possession of stolen property after stereo gear stolen from a Willits home was found at his residence.
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Snowstorm Halts City Amid Widespread Delays
New York area roads and transit ground to a halt as heavy snow disrupted power and transport. About 1000 commuters on two Long Island Rail Road trains were stranded over ten hours after departure. A Mather Memorial Hospital generator failed as power cuts hit Port Jefferson. Residents struggled with outages, slush, and delays while some found humor in the snow.
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Rockefeller resigns as New York governor in noon ceremony
Albany reports Gov Nelson Rockefeller formally resigns and Malcolm Wilson becomes 50th New York state chief executive. Wilson, longtime lieutenant governor, drew a modest Capitol Red Room swearing in attended by family and Republicans. He previously chaired key Assembly committees and ran with Rockefeller in 1958. Wilson had just left a White Plains law firm. Duryea faces an election law charge as candidate for GOP nomination.
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Governor hopeful urges fair gasoline rationing
Sacramento Secretary of State Edmund G Brown Jr says rationing is the only fair method to meet the urgent need to conserve gasoline. He warned low income persons would be the only segment harmed if a large price hike occurs and wrote to energy czar William Simon.
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Women appeal for help before drug sentencing in Portland
Two young women held in a Turkish prison for over a year on drug smuggling charges appeal for public help as sentencing nears. The case, tied to UPI dispatches, draws attention to their plight and seeks support from authorities and the public.
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Jumbo jet crash at Logan Airport injures none
An Iberia Airlines DC10 carrying 168 people crashed on landing in fog at Boston Logan, struck runway lights, and stopped near Boston Harbor. All 154 passengers and 14 crew escaped without serious injury, with three hospitalized and thirteen treated and released. National Transportation Safety Board investigators will study the wreckage.
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