From 1976: An Idaho State Police Officer fatally shot John Randolph Robertson, 27, at his Rathdrum home after Robertson tore his own house apart and aimed a .44 at a Rathdrum city policeman. It all began when Robertson's wife and three children burst into... See more
From 1976: U.S. Border Patrol agents launched 'a series of stunning raids,' in which they rounded up and deported '600 illegal alien fruit pickers,' in Oregon's Hood River Valley. Now, orchardists in Washington's fruit growing districts were bracing for s... See more
From 1976: Theodore 'Ted' Bundy was charged for the first time with murder, in the case of a young Michigan nurse near Aspen, Colorado. Bundy was serving time in Utah for kidnapping a young woman in Salt Lake City but had not previously been charged with ... See more
From 1976: The city of Spokane 'launched its antipornography attack' by going to court against Emery 'Shorty' Barnhill, the owner-operator of the Adult Entertainment Center at 164 S. Browne. The city filed a complaint for 'abatement of a nuisance.' It sai... See more
From 1976: The Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce was alarmed about 'pornographic activities in the Spokane Valley.' The chamber was evidently unhappy with the Dishman Theater, which was about to open 'The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann' and 'Sleepy He... See more
