Moonshine's reach and risks stretch across the Southeast
A nationwide survey details the illicit moonshine trade with 9 222 stills seized last year and 23 607 000 gallons. Moonshine drains taxes, poisons many batches with lead solder, and fuels violent revenue clashes as lawmen face deadly confrontations. The industry spans a 12 state Moonshine Belt, with one third sold locally and two thirds shipped to other regions, while officials warn of deaths and poisonings from illicit distilling.
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Law and Order
Equar
Treasury
United States
Ilicit
Midwest
LBI
Virginia
Marin County shootout tape enters evidence in Davis trial
A second recording of the Aug 7 1970 Marin County shootings was played in Angela Davis’s trial. James Brown described feeding the tape during a gun battle on the courthouse floor, with shots audible and a shotgun blast from a nearby loading dock.
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San Jose
Marin County
Angela Davis
James Brown
Marin County Hall of Justice
Rummage Sale Set by Scouts at Fremont Center
Scout Mike Marciel and Scoutmaster Alvin Robinson organize a rummage sale Sunday from 4 to 4 at Fremont Community Center 40204 Pasco Padre Parkway. Sponsored by Handicapped Boy Scout Troop 105, proceeds fund the first summer camp outing for about 30 scouts and camp supplies.
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Mike Marciel
Alvin Robinson
Fremont Community Center
Pasco Padre Parkway
FAA probes two hijackings over passenger screening failures
FAA will investigate United Air Lines and Pacific Southwest Airlines for allegedly failing to screen passengers on two hijackings. Each airline faces up to $1,000 per violation. FBI arrested suspects, ransom of $500,000 recovered except $40. The incidents involved a Denver Los Angeles flight and a San Diego bound flight from Oakland.
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UPI
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Oakland
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FBI
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Provo
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Cadet Robert R. Bist Jr Graduates CHP Academy
Fremont native Robert R. Bist Jr. recently graduated from the California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento and will serve in the central Los Angeles area after 18 weeks of cadet training. Critics say airlines invest in screening tools and behavioral profiling to improve security at airports and boarding gates, including potential electronic devices to detect weapons.
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Fremont
California Highway Patrol Academy
Sacramento
Los Angeles
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Fremont youths warned as powder sold as THC linked to poison
Evans Parker of the Community Drug Council reports a spike in youth acutely affected after using a white powder sold as THC. The analysis confirms milk sugar, POP, and a near fatal strychnine dose in the substance.
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Fremont
Evans Parker
Ey Community Drug Council
Iie
Voter signup deadline extended for June 6 primary
California voters face a extended registration window for the June 6 primary and related elections after a Supreme Court ruling on precinct residence. Eligible voters 18 and older may register, with absentee ballot applications due by May. The November 7 general election deadline is September 4.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Elec- Gon
Kindergarten Signups Underway in New Haven District
Kindergarten registration in the New Haven Unified School District is underway with hours from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday. Children must be five on or before December 2 to enroll, register at a nearby elementary, and bring birth or baptism records plus immunization proof for measles, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough.
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New Haven Unified School District
McGovern backs April 22 antiwar protest
Senator George McGovern endorsed the April 22 antiwar demonstrations planned in New York and Los Angeles. The National Peace Action Coalition sponsors the event and urges large peaceful rallies worldwide as part of a sustained effort to end U.S. involvement in Indochina.
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UPL
Sen
George
McGovern
Ds.d
New York
Los Angeles
National Peace Action Coalition
Thanks for Life girl dies at age nine
A nine year old girl described as a fine, life loving student died after a two year secret illness. Her poem Thank You For Life found in her diary revealed she sensed her days were numbered. Her family, including father Gary Hagen, a fire department lieutenant, requested simple services and a memorial scholarship fund by friends.
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Charmichael
UPI
Tom Hagen
Toml
Bee Kamla
Mary Corton
Wall
Gary
Carmichael Fire Department
Tom
Anita
Temi
Tami Hegan
Aggressiveness blamed for teen girl crime rise
A UPI report cites rising delinquency among girls aged 10 to 17, doubling the rate of boys from the late 1960s to 1970. Courts nationwide logged over one million cases. rural areas showed a 13 percent rise, cities and suburbs 6 percent. The study notes girls becoming more aggressive and independent, with increases in running away and drug use alongside shoplifting and robbery.
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UPI
Itis
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Althhough
Jervis Leonard
Law Eenforcement Assistance Administration
Reagan taps Ashby for 2nd District Court of Appeal
Gov Ronald Reagan named Ashby of Carmichael as associate justice on the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles. The appointment by the governor follows the resignation or vacancy noted in Sacramento. Ashby will join Chief Justice and colleagues in the appellate court.
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Sacramento
APS
Ronald Reagan
Herbert
Ashby of Carmichael
2Nd District Court of Appeal
Los Angeles
Ballet Students to Demonstrate at Queen of the Holy Rosary
Ballet students from Queen of the Holy Rosary School of Music will perform in a free demonstration lecture in the auditorium at 42326 Mission Blvd at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Beginning students up to 14 years old will join advanced concert dancers under director Tricia Kaye in the hour-long event, a program the school has offered since September.
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Fremont
Queen of the Holy Rosary School of Music
Mission Blvd
Tricia Kaye
School of Music
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