Immunity granted witness in Brand theft trial case
Stockton the key prosecution witness John Barkett received immunity after refusing to testify on grounds of self incrimination in the Leonard Pores case. Pores, ex president of Bank of Agriculture and Commerce, faces charges tied to the Aveo thrift investigation including a $12000 loan and related bribery theft allegations. The trial proceeds amid ongoing Aveo probe indictments against 11 individuals.
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Avco Thrift Co
Peres
Barkett
Aveo
Same crimes yield lesser sentence for Daniels in LA
Gene Daniels, 35, was sentenced to 13 years to life for rape and related felonies after his fourth trial, despite an earlier death sentence in the gas chamber. The case stemmed from 1966 kidnappings tied to robbery and rape involving a USC student and a deputy sheriff’s wife, with Archie Simmons also charged and sentenced to eight years to life in a retrial.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Gene Daniels
Daniels
State Supreme Court
Archie Sim
Mons
Simmons
USC Coed
Bank robbery suspects nabbed in Berkeley following Maine case
FBI and Berkeley police announced the arrest of two youths, Christopher Everett King and Ronald Victor Matt, at a Berkeley address after fugitive warrants tied to an armed bank robbery in Portland, Maine on November 9, 1970. A third suspect, Charles W. Moors, was arrested in New York City. Bond amounts were set.
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San Francisco
UPI
FBI
Berkeley
Maine
Christopher Everett King
Ronald Victor Matt
Portland
Kittery
Casco Bank and Trust Co
Charles W. Moors
New York City
Firebomb tied to racial tensions near Pomona
Police linked a firebomb attack to racial tension as the Camp Fire Girls headquarters suffered about 75000 dollars in damage after a Molotov cocktail and window strikes. The one story building sits opposite Pomona High School where clashes between black and white students have flared this week.
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Pomona
UPI
Camp Fire Girls
Beiling
Pomona High School
Charges dropped against two police officers in jail beating case
SACRAMENTO UP I charges against two police men Alvert Plesniarski and Leon Williamson accused of beating jailed M anon Cherry Dee were dismissed by Superior Court Judge William M Gallagher. The officers were off duty when indicted on assault under color of authority, with a potential appeal by Deputy District Attorney Ronald Tochterman. If upheld or appeal fails, the case could proceed as misdemeanor assault. Dee allegedly stole a purse and wig from Mrs Plesniarski.
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Sacramento
UPI
Superior Court
William M. Gallagher
Alvert Plesniarski
Leon Williamson
Ronald Tochterman
Third District Court of Appeal
Plesniarski
Williamson
Manon Cherry Dee
Low bid awarded for Slausen-Marina Freeway segment
State Division of Highways opened an apparent low bid of 3,044,444 for 1.8 miles of the Slausen Marina Freeway in Culver City. Oberg Construction Co. of Simi Valley submitted 477,636 for California 210 near Sunland. Sally Miller Contractors of Oxnard bid 995,894 for signals on California 232 in Ventura.
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Los Angeles
State Division of Highways
Slausen-Marina
Culver City
Oberg Construction Co
Simi Valley
California
Sunland
Sally Miller
Oxnard
Ventura
Oil spill spreads over slough near river junction
The Coast Guard reported that 10,000 gallons of oil from the Norwegian freighter Hoag Belmar spread over a slough at the Sacramento San Joaquin River junction. Crews prepared cleanup operations, while the specific oil type and cause remained undetermined.
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Pittsburg
UPI
Coast Guard
Sacramento-San Joaquin River
Hoag
Amador board reverses 40 percent raise plan
Amador County Supervisors voted a 40 percent pay raise last year to take effect January 1 but a petition gathered 49 signatures from 4250 registered voters. The board then restored salaries to the $460 scale.
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Jackson
UPI
Amador
San Quentin inmate stabbed in prison yard
Leon Gilbert a 27 year old San Quentin inmate serving a robbery term was stabbed in the prison yard shortly after noon Thursday. He was listed in good condition at the prison hospital. Officials investigated with no suspects available and there was no indication the stabbing was connected to the prior day’s fatal stabbing of Harvey C Forner at the prison.
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SAN Quentin
UPI
Leon Gilbert
Gilbert
Hospi
Daring 33 hours solo after plane crash on Angel's Peak
James W. Brown, 42, a former Navy jet pilot, crawled 34 hours to safety after his twin engine plane crashed on December 21 near Angel's Peak in a snow covered mountain. He spoke at Naval Hospital of frostbite and a compound foot dislocation and said he kept slugging it out aided by a sense someone up there was helping him. He left the cockpit around 10 am after the crash following a descent and impact that spared him further injury.
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San Diego
UPS
James W. Brown
Brown
Navy
Naval Hospital
Palm Springs
Bank of America
Burbank
Federal Aviation Administration
Angel’s Peak
Lake Henshaw
Bill Webb
UC newspaper seeks off campus move for financial independence
The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley student paper, eyes independence to move off campus while retaining campus ties and possible student fee support. Regents will consider new guidelines at the January 21-22 meeting in San Francisco, creating a student-majority board and a critique committee for review.
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Berkeley
UPI
Californian
University of California
San Francisco
Radioactivity Drifted To Canada From Nevada Nuclear Test
UPI reports environmental scientist Dr. Melvin Carter said fallout from the Dec 18 Nevada Test Site nuclear blast was detected as far as the Canadian border, with snow in International Falls Minnesota showing levels and milk samples in Idaho Utah California and Wyoming also testing positive. Officials note exposure remains within federal limits and pose no immediate danger.
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Las. Vegas
Nev
UPI
United States
Melvin Carter
Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory
International Falls
Minn
Carter
US Environmental Protection Agency
Nevada
Federal Radiation Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Idaho
Utah
California
Wyoming
Oregon
Washington
Missour
Montana
North Dyakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Reagan administration accuses CRLA of harassing citizens
The Reagan administration charged the California Rural Legal Assistance with intimidating witnesses in an investigation of the group. CRLA denied the accusation while acknowledging efforts to contact informants to verify quotes. The dispute followed Reagan’s veto of a $1.8 million federal grant citing alleged legal mandate violations.
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Sacramento
UPI
Reagan
California Rural Legal Assistance
Lewis K. Unser
State Office of Economic Opportunity
QEO
CRA
Mip
For
CRIA
Washington
Martin Glick
CRLA
Ronald Reagan
Vbler
Angela Davis
Smoking threat symposium highlights health warning
Commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Report to the U S Surgeon General on Smoking and Health the TB and Health Association of Alameda County held a physicians symposium at St Rose Hospital Hayward led by Dr Joel H Richert chair of the Alameda Respiratory Disease Committee The event noted plans for further sessions by Dr Donald Frederickson in Alameda County March 15 and 16 focusing on Methods of Smoking Withdrawal National Education Week on Smoking January 19 46 will be observed nationwide with seminars to aid quitting and deter youth from starting Information and educational materials are available from the local TB office funded by Christmas Seal donations.
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U.S
TB and Health Association
Alameda County
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward
Joel H. Richert
Fremont
Alameda Association
Richert
California Thoracic Society
Fis
Donald Frederickson
New York City
Inter-Society Committee For Heart Disease Resources
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Ubler
Unser
Uber
Harris
Salinas
Robert Gnaizda
Soledad
Glick
CRUA
CRO
Frank Carlucci
Monterey County
Anti-Poverty Coordinating Council
CALA
Francisco Bravo
Imperial Valley
Karen Kascher
Miss Ranchor
Castro Valley
Ins TB and Health Association
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