Union City council flags confusion stirs chaotic meeting
In Union City a missing American flag sparked a mayoral outburst and staff panic as the council prepared to open with the Pledge of Allegiance. The borrowed banner was later found at the community center amid jokes and local lore about the old flag.
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California to reexamine Pacific Tel rate hike
The California Public Utilities Commission began hearings to reconsider a 13 million dollar annual rate increase granted last summer to Pacific Telephone. Treasurer Resert M. Jones testified as the company defended depreciation methods used in the rate rise, based on accelerated depreciation with normalization, which critics say could be passed to customers. The state Supreme Court had overturned the increase and ordered new hearings.
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UPI
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Capris
California Supreme Court
Stanford grad charged in copycat hijack attempt
Stanford 1963 graduate Stamey H Speck, charged with air piracy in a copycat hijacking aimed at a PSA Boeing 727, was tackled by PSA president and FBI agents as he descended for maps to fly to Miami. He denied his identity at arraignment and faces a sanity hearing.
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UPI
Stanford University
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Miami
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Speck
Robert Russo
Calif
FBI
Lindbergh International Airport
Epeck
J. Floyd Andrews
Steve Gardella
Andrews
Stanford
Miriam Halford
San Francisco
Provo Hijacker McCoy Tied to United Flight Ransom
FBI traced a major ransom for the United Airlines hijacking to Vietnam veteran Richard F. McCoy after a Provo search found most of the $500000 payoff in his home. Investigators recovered cash in card board boxes with weapons, a parachute, and flight gear.
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United Air
Colorado
San Frusco
Provo
Here
4000 Feared Dead in South Iran Quake
A powerful earthquake struck Fars Province in southern Iran at dawn, with 2000 to 4000 feared dead and dozens of villages flattened by the tremor. Rescue planes, helicopters, and troops were dispatched as survivors and farmers searched rubble for relatives amid widespread devastation.
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Iran
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Fars
Shah of
Tran
Mahmoud Reza
Pirouz
Fremont teachers unions unite to negotiate with district
For the first time in Fremont history two rival teachers associations form a united front to negotiate with the Fremont Unified School District board. They plan a joint effort through the Certificated Employers Council in a mediation session Thursday night, with 48 proposals including smaller class sizes, prep periods, dental coverage, and more counselors and reading specialists.
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Fremont Unified Teachers Association
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Edica Fon
Employers Council
Hal Christey
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Manhood Law Claimed Fatal to Teen in Motorcycle Sketch
In San Carlos UPI report, 18 year old John Cayatas defied his parents and bought a motorcycle after declaring he would be a man. He died on a test ride when his bike veered on a winding hill road. The boy’s father blamed a new law making 18 the age of majority, saying it robbed them of a chance to celebrate his birthday and guide him.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
Jim Robbins
San Carlos
UPI
Young
John
Waklo
Pastor seeks forgiveness for murderer in wife's death
In Oakland a grieving former Hayward pastor Doniakd E. Waldo urged forgiveness for his wife's killer. Sharon Waldo was strangled in their Oakland home. Waldo, directing Concordia College admissions, called for rehabilitation over punishment, saying society owes help to offenders. Memorial services were set for 2 pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Hayward.
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Hayward
Doniakd E. Waldo
She Ife
Sharon Waldo
Grace Lutheran Church
Waldo
Concordia College
Esolf
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Michigan freeing inmates held on unconstitutional pot law
Jackson County judges opened a makeshift court in the prison library to release 28 prisoners whose possession sentences were ruled unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court. John Melson, 23, Pontiac, was the first freed after serving 16 months. observers included John Sinclair, ex White Panther leader.
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UPI
Jackson County
Tom Allen
Sterling Heights
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Michigan State Prison
State High Court
Ers
John Melson
Pontiac
Melson
John Sinclair
White Panther Pary
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