Bicycle thefts and civil liberties in minor crime issues
A columnist discusses rising bicycle thefts as demand for 10-speed bikes outpaces supply. Police chief John Fabbri leads a four officer unit to verify ownership while balancing juvenile civil liberties. Registration at fire stations helps deter theft amid 200 bikes stolen in July, plus a tangential note on McDonald’s eight billionth hamburger PR stunt.
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Fremont
John Fabbri
Fabbria
Jesson
CHP
Fabbri
Marine breaks record for sit ups in seven hours four minutes
Marine Captain Wayne Rollings at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station attempted a 14 100 sit ups task then surpassed a prior limit by completing 17 00 nonstop in seven hours and four minutes despite an earlier error about the record. He and two helpers used a padded wooden platform, mats, and restraints while half-a-dozen supporters verified the result.
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Honolulu
Wayne
Rollins
Elforee
S.C
Rollings
FBI
Kancore Marine Corps Air Station
Police dog Tangie ends service after eight years
Tangie the Fremantle police dog retires after a career saving humans and aiding arrests. She located marijuana, narcotics, burglars, and a rapist, and became a show dog for service clubs and schools. Chief Fab bri credits her with earning respect and admiration from the community.
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Tangie
Fremart
Pellerin
John V. Fabbri
Fabbri
California welfare reform plan aims for summer enactment
In Sacramento lawmakers and Gov. Ronald Reagan hammered out a compromise welfare reform package over five days. It calls for July 1973 cost of living raises, an open end budget to cover overrun costs, job training and child care centers, work requirements for some recipients, and protections against ineligible people claiming benefits. The plan seeks roughly 250 million in total savings and faces Assembly approval before a possible session adjournment.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Bob ‘Morell
D-Van Nuys
Reagan
Anthony C. Boienson
Beverly Hills
Glasses major clue in sickle killings
Eyeglasses found at the scene of a July 42 slashing rampage linked to Clarence Otis Smith. Investigators reviewed prescription data as photos and a curved-blade knife were recovered from Smiths Auburn home. Victims were Don Simmons, Donna Fitzhugh, and two campers wounded. Simmons fired three shots in their final defense.
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Nevada City
Cali
UPI
Clarance Otis Smith
San Francisco Examiner
Nevada County Sherif
Smith
Ante Auburn
Calleys My Lai sentence may be reduced by officer
Newsweek reports Lt Gen Albert Connor expected to rule within weeks to cut William Calleys life sentence for the My Lai killings to 21038 years. The case then moves to higher reviews and finally to President Nixon for final decision.
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New York
William Calley
My Lai
Newsweek Magazine
Third Army
Albert Connor
Newsweek
Nixon
Calley
Ft Benning
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