San Francisco Mayor Opposes Southern Crossing Plan
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto condemned California’s decision to proceed with a Southern Crossing Bay bridge as influenced by the automotive lobby. He scheduled a Tuesday strategy meeting to mobilize efforts to block the project and sought legal options to defer construction until BART proves its capacity. Fortified by progress in BART, Alioto urged delaying the bridge and blocked freeways that could carry its traffic. Attendees at the meeting included Dianne Feinstein, Thomas O’Connor, and Thomas Melton.
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Dianne Feinstein
Board of Supervisors
Thomas O'Connor
Thomas Melton
Six Fresno State professors fired in 1960s case heard
A three judge federal panel took under submission the case of six Fresno State College professors fired Nov. 3 by President Norman Baxter. Plaintiffs allege terminations linked to antiwar protests and civil rights picketing. The group includes Frost, Tony, Dutton, Hall, Mabey Jr., and Ruhl.
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UPI
Fresno State College
Norman Baxter
Mark Himelstein
Everett Calvin Frost
California
Himelstein
Frost
Joe David Toney
Edward P. Dutton
Ellen A. Hall
Rendell Noel Mabey Jr
Irving C. Ruhl
State PUC inquiry to probe utility rate hikes
Sacramento unveiled plans for a March inquiry by the Senate Public Utilities and Corporations Committee into the operation of the Public Utilities Commission. Sen Alfred E Alquist cited $240 million in rate hikes granted since 1987 and $421 million more requested, with hearings to begin in San Francisco.
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San Jose
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Crewman Fatally Stabbed Aboard Ventura Near Samoa
A crewman aboard the US Merchant vessel Ventura was fatally stabbed 800 miles northeast of American Samoa. The injured man was taken to the Honolulu bound liner 85 Mariposa, where a doctor confirmed the death. The suspect, a Honolulu resident, is in federal custody.
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Man says he was stabbed buried alive on hillside
Dennis Saylor 21 of San Jose told deputies he was stabbed and buried alive on a remote Santa Cruz mountains hillside near Boulder Creek. He knocked on a house door after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, had multiple wounds, and was taken to a hospital in fair condition. Investigators were unable to question him extensively. searchers found a shallow grave and no motive was disclosed.
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LAPD Marathon Relay Sets World 1000 Mile Record
A 12 member LAPD relay team completed a 1000 mile loop from Compton to San Leandro and back setting a world record. They ran 10 mile shifts and finished about 160 miles ahead of a Compton PD team. The English record 860 miles was surpassed.
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Oil leak study bill approved in California Senate
The Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee approved a $50,000 study of natural and man-made oil leaks in the Santa Barbara Channel. Sen. Robert Lagomarsino sponsored the measure, sent to the Finance Committee, funded from California's Environmental Protection Program Fund, with prior ecology-related studies given first call on the fund.
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UPI
Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee
Santa Barbara Channel
Robert J. Lagomarsino
R-ojal
Medi-Cal Coverage Limited to Welfare Recipients Proposed
Senator Clark L. Bradley introduced a bill in Sacramento to restrict Medi Cal to welfare recipients. The plan would exclude about 230000 medically needy nonwelfare individuals from Medi Cal, reducing total beneficiaries from roughly 24 million.
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Clark L. Bradley
San Jose
Reagan asks joint meeting for welfare and Medi-Cal reform
Governor Ronald Reagan has asked Democratic leaders to convene a joint Assembly and Senate session on March 3 to unveil his welfare and Medi-Cal reform plan. Letters seeking the meeting were sent last week and leaders are expected to agree. State officials say the reform will be announced at the session, highlighting overhauls to public assistance as a priority.
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George C Scott May Refuse Oscar After Nomination
Hollywood report notes George C Scott, nominated for best actor for Patton, may refuse the Oscar again as he did when nominated for The Hustler ten years earlier. The 43rd Academy Awards include other nominees such as Melvyn Douglas James Earl Jones Jack Nicholson Ryan O Neal and Jane Alexander Glenda Jackson Ali MacGraw Sarah Miles Carrie Snodgress. Best directing nominees include Federico Fellini Arthur Hiller Robert Altman Franklin J Schaffner and Ken Russell.
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Robert Altman
Franklin J. Schaffner
Ken Russel
California debate stalls on 18 adulthood and voting age
In Sacramento the Assembly Judiciary Committee postponed action on bills by John Vasconcellos and John Briggs to lower adulthood age and voting age in one ballot measure. Democratic critics warned the plan could delay reductions for nonvoting rights and cut benefits to veterans survivors after 18. The panel will revisit the issue at a future special meeting.
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Fullerton
Edwin Z'berg
Walter Karabirn
Monterey Park
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Assembly
Karabini
Z’berg
Gaming board studies action in casino probe
Clark County liquor and gaming licensing board plans a March 10 meeting to decide if show cause action should be taken against Lums Inc or Desert Palace Inc over Caesars Palace. The inquiry stems from a December 1970 FBI raid that seized 1.5 million from Jock boxes, involving ex executives Zarowitz Waterman Price Rosenthal and clerks.
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Frank Rosenthal
Ralph Lamb
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Jay Sarto
Stanley Maflin
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Pope urged to canonize Father Serra as California patron
Sen Jack Schrade of San Diego introduced a resolution on Monday urging Pope Paul VI to canonize Father Junipero Serra and declare him the official Patron of California.
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UPI
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San Diego
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California
Deputy shoots teen amid grocery burglary in Santa Cruz
In Santa Cruz a deputy killed 18 year old Gary Neil with a pellet gun during a burglary attempt at Albertson’s opposite the sheriff’s office. Deputy Clifford Bond fired after Neil allegedly aimed the weapon at him. Aaron Gross 2 and Ron Neil 20 were arrested for burglary and conspiracy.
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Washington, D. C
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John Olsen
Heart transplant patient dies at Stanford
Albert Rupp, 34, of San Jose, died February 18 after a heart transplant on January 5 at Stanford University Medical Center. He was the center’s 27th heart transplant patient and one of 2 living patients from 2 transplants, with two survivors beyond two years.
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Witness describes murders in Pacific Coast Highway case
The sole survivor testified in the murder trial of Herschel Gay about luring a Van Nuys youth and a New York girl from a car near Santa Barbara. He described a dirt-road ambush, a hidden heroin cache claim, and the moment a shot ended one life and left another man groaning.
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Tiny quake near Santa Cruz records 2.5 on Richter scale
A minor earthquake measured 2.5 on the Richter scale was detected Monday ten miles north of Santa Cruz near Glenwood, according to the University of California seismographic station.
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