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San Francisco Sniper #501854

NBC Evening News for Saturday, Oct 06, 1979
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(Studio) Downtown section of San Francisco said terrorized by sniper.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch

(San Francisco, California) Details of incident given. Sniper said to call himself Chief Cherokee and to hold at least 1 hostage. [Mayor Dianne FEINSTEIN - describes sniper's demands.]
REPORTER: Rick Davis (KRON-TV newstape)

Reporter(s):: Savitch, Jessica
Duration:: 00:01:30

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