It Was 20 Years Ago Today
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A federal appeals court upholds Patricia Hearst’s 1976 conviction for armed bank robbery. * Sav-On offers a Soundesign portable 8-track tape player (including volume control and program indicator light) for $29.88.
* A Burbank jury awards Perry Como $257,509 in damages for injuries sustained while taping a 1971 Christmas show for NBC. Como, claiming negligence, had asked for $1 million.
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