Trial date set for 17 Black Panther members in LA
In Los Angeles a trial date of April 1 was set for 17 Black Panther party members charged with conspiracy to murder and assaulting police. They were arrested during December 1969 raids on Panther headquarters. Defendant Elmer G Pratt, 23, former Deputy Minister of Defense, faced an additional charge for the December 1968 Santa Monica teacher killing. Pratt was extradited from Texas last week.
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Los Angeles
UPL
Black Panther Party
Black Panther
Elmer G. Pratt
Panther Party
California
Santa Monica
Pratt
Texas
NAACP backs Angela Davis trial by black judge and jury
The Long Beach NAACP endorsed a trial for Angela Davis by a black judge and jury. Davis, 26, a former UCLA philosophy instructor, faces charges as an accessory in the August 7 1970 San Rafael courthouse kidnapping that led to the death of Superior Court Judge Harold H Haley. The group also urged changing venue to a local black community and said jurors should be acknowledged members of her peer group.
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Los Angeles
UPL
Angela Davis
Long Beach
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Miss Davis
UCLA
San Rafael
Harold H. Haley
NAACP
Marin County
Jim Swan
Swan
Murder charge against teen dismissed in Santa Cruz
A 15 year old girl had murder charges dropped by a juvenile court judge after a motion by District Attorney Peter Chang found insufficient evidence to prosecute. She had boasted of killing Larry Smith, 19, in a November 1969 incident at a Santa Cruz restaurant involving Hell's Angels and black youths.
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Santa Cruz
UPI
Peter Chang
Toni Lynn Skelton
San Mateo County
Two Killed as F4C Jet Crashes Near Willcox Arizona
Two Davis Monthan Air Force Base officers Lt Col Richard P Guidroz 41 and Lt David B Osborn 23 died in the crash of their F4C jet near Willcox Arizona. The Air Force board of inquiry investigates the cause. Guidroz a 1951 West Point graduate and Korean and Southeast Asia veteran led the 4456 Combat Crew Training Squadron. He is survived by his wife Jacqueline and five children. Osborn was a student pilot and is survived by his wife Jeannie and his parents.
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Tucson, Ariz
UPI
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Arizona
Willcox
Richard P. Guidroz
David B. Osborn
Tuscan
Air Force Board of Inquiry
Guidroz
West Point Military Academy
Davis Monthan
Jacqueline
Osborn
Jeannie
John. V. Osborn
University of Michigan
Hughes must move Spruce Goose by March 1973
Time is nearly up for Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose Hercules. The Long Beach Harbor Commission offers a one year hangar lease extension only if Hughes removes the plane six months after the current lease ends, by March 3, 1973, with eviction set for September 3 if he refuses to cooperate. Hughes has until March 1 to respond to the proposal. The eight engine laminated birch flying boat has been under guard since its 1947 test flight.
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Long Beach
UPI
Howard Hughes
Harbor Commission
Hughes
Hercules
Prince Philip to visit Pitcairn Island in Pacific
Great Britain’s Prince Philip is expected to arrive at Pitcairn Island on Sunday February 21 aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. He will land in a longboat at Bounty Bay and meet the island’s administrative council before a tea time and entertain 93 residents aboard the Britannia.
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Glendale
UPI
Great Britain
Prince Philip
Pitcairn Island
Pacific
Pitcairn
Tom Christian
Voice of Prophecy
International
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Britannia
Bounty Bay
Philip
Acting UOP President Named After Regents Move
The University of the Pacific named Dr. Alistair McCrone acting president after the death of Robert Burns. A 14-member committee including administrators, faculty and alumni will recommend a permanent head to the regents. UOP has about 5,000 students across Stockton Sacramento and San Francisco campuses with four colleges and eight professional schools.
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UOP
Regents
Stockton
Sacrameno
San Francisco
Ranch hand killed in struggle near Millville
Mi chael L. Pool, 18, died from a .22 caliber rifle wound after a struggle with his aunt and uncle at a Shasta County ranch owned by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wages. Deputies said no arrests were made and the investigation will go to the district attorney in Redding.
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Millville
UPI
Shasta County
Michael L. Pool
Donald Wages
Paol
District Attorney’s Office
Redding
Pesticide treadmill fuels pest resistance says UC entomologist
UC Berkeley entomologist Dr. Carl B. Huffaker told a Sacramento symposium that repeated chemical sprays drive pests to develop resistance while killing natural predators. He warned the approach can boost pest reproduction and worsen infestations on crops such as grape vines, with resistant minor pests becoming serious threats.
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Sacramento
UPS
University of California
Carl B. Huffaker
UC Berkeley
Afher
Huffaker
UC Riverside
George P. Georghiou
quake frightful for L A children
The Los Angeles quake left many youths aged 4 to 14 distressed and refusing to sleep alone in their bedrooms. Over 600 children have attended group therapy at the San Fernando Valley Guild Guidance Clinic with their parents, as aftershocks receded the fear persists of another quake.
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Los Angeles
UPI
San Fernando Valley Guild Guidance Clinic
Margaret Naiditch
San Fernando Valley
Veterans Hospital
Caltech Seismology Laboratory
Pasadena
Property owners sue S.F. Airport over jet noise
A group of 30 South San Francisco property owners filed a $300,000 damage suit against San Francisco International Airport. They allege low flying jets cause loud noises, disturbing vibrations and obnoxious odors when approaching and departing the airport.
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Redwood City
UPI
San Francisco
San Francisco International Airport
Government to foot quake bill in Los Angeles
Federal funds will cover all public property damage from the recent quake. President Nixon signed a law in December authorizing reimbursement to local governments for repairing roads schools hospitals reservoirs power facilities sewers and public buildings. Estimated public property damage stands at 232.5 million with private property at 140 million and loans or grants available to homeowners and businesses.
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Ralph D. Burs
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Nixon
Burns
Los Angeles
Beilenson Blames Reagan for Higher Abortions in California
Sen Anthony Beilenson accused Governor Reagan of raising abortion rates by vetoing state birth control programs and tightening access for minors. He argued reduced abortion access increases welfare costs and births to unwanted children, urging expansion of voluntary birth control as public policy.
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Mountain View
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
Anthony C. Beilenson
Reagan
Santa Clara County
Beilenson
USC scientist links Santa Barbara oil spill to long term decline
Dr Bernard Q Abbott of USC says Santa Barbara Channel life has deteriorated over 90 years due to population growth industry and pollution. He notes a heavy runoff a century ago deposited sediment with oil coating, while sea life exposed to seepage may be more oil tolerant. The two year study funded by Western Oil and Gas Association totals 800 pages.
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Los Angeles
UP1
University of Southern California
Santa Barbara Channel
Bernard Q. Abbott
Abbott
USC
Allan Hancock Foundation
Santa Barbara
Western Oil and Gas Association
Bay Area Recycling Center Aims to Boost U S Can Reuse
Four leading U S can producers with the California Anti Litter League announce a Bay Area Recycling Information Center to start March 1 in Northern California. The program adds 12 new plants and a free brochure detailing center locations and item preparation guidance for cans bottles paper and metal containers.
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San Francisco
California Anti-Litter League
Bay Area
California
Norvell Gillespie
United States
Nate
Bay Area Recycling Information Center
Bush St
Calif
California Anti Latter League
H. M. Blinn
Continental Can Co
Fenton J. Dowling
American Can Co
Ron Seager
National Can
Oregon
Washington
New York City
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Mari Goldman
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Mari
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Beverly Hills
Coordi
Kok
Gillespie
Alameda
Contra Costa
Marin
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Bay Aves
National Can Corp
Hee
Ken Can Co
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