Backlog Drives Priority Shift in San Francisco Courts
In San Francisco the U S District Court plans to prioritize criminal over civil cases. Chief Judge Oliver Carter said about 320 Selective Service cases and 280 federal criminal cases clog the docket and new rules are needed. He proposed obtaining draft files before indictment and warned cases may be dismissed if records are unavailable.
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San Francisco
UPL
Oliver J. Carter
Carter
Reagan rescinds veto of Santa Cruz grant
Governor Ronald Reagan has rescinded his veto of a 308000 grant to the Santa Cruz Community Action Program. State antipoverty director Lewis K. Uhler cited Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors resolutions urging expanded services for the hardcore poor and greater poor participation, plus a committee to reorganize the area service center. The administration had argued the poor were not adequately involved previously.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Santa Cruz Community Action Program
Lewis K. Uhler
Uhler
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
Mea
Sures
Santa Cruz Area
Reagan won’t challenge Nixon for 1972 renomination
Governor Ronald Reagan disclosed at a weekly news conference that he personally assured President Nixon he would not run against him in 1972. Reagan said he told Nixon last week during a 90 minute Washington meeting that he intends to lead a delegation pledged to Nixon’s renomination, and he denied any interest in a 1972 bid. He left the door open to possibly seeking the Senate seat of Democrat Alan Cranston in 1974.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Reagan
Washington
Alan Cranston
Accreditation unit proposed for community colleges
Sacramento intro of a $150000 bill to form a nine member state accreditation commission for public junior colleges. Assemblyman Robert Cline said the panel would ensure objectivity and fairness in evaluating academic and vocational education in tax supported colleges, criticizing the private accrediting group for biases and resistance to change.
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Sacramento
UPT
State Commission For Accreditation of Community Colleges
Robert Cline
Canoga Park
Cline
Southern Pacific Reports 1970 Net Income Slips
Southern Pacific said 1970 net income was 76.85 million dollars or 2.46 dollars per share, down from 91.96 million or 3.41 per share in 1969. In Q4 the company earned 16.97 million dollars or 0.06 per share versus 20.52 million or 0.76 per share a year earlier. President Biaggini blamed the drop on a slow economy, GM strikes, California agriculture disruptions, and railroad traffic declines.
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San Francisco
UPI
Southern Pacific
Benjamin F. Biaggini
General Motors
California
Rancher fined for desert big horn trophy in Oregon
Keith Earl Thompson of Reedsport was fined 506 by U.S. Magistrate George Juba for unlawful possession of a desert bighorn sheep shot in Mexico and brought to Oregon. Investigators say he paid a Mexican guide 1500 for the hunt without a license or permit. Federal action signals a crackdown on illegal trophy hunting of desert bighorns, among North America's rarest species.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Keith Earl Thompson
Reedsport
U.S
George Juba
Mexico
Heedsport
United States
U.S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Thompson
North America
Younger urges crime prevention coalition in Beverly Hills
State attorney general Evelle J. Younger called for a broad coalition of crime and accident prevention agencies. He urged community support for legal agencies and voluntary safety groups, stating that the alertness preventing accidents also prevents crime and that crime prevention follows the same process. He spoke while accepting an award from the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the National Safety Council for outstanding service to the voluntary safety movement.
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Beverly Hills
UPI
Evelle J. Younger
Greater
Los Angeles
National Safety Council
Younger
Retail clerks vote on new pact in Northern California
Members of Contra Costa County Local 1179 Retail Clerks Union voted on a three year contract covering about 20 000 workers in Northern California super markets. The pact includes 75 cent hourly raises retroactive to January 1 and enhanced health welfare and pension benefits.
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Richmond
UPI
Contra Costa County
Retail Clerks Union
California
Local 1179
Richmond Auditorum
Alioto aims for 1972 party convention bid
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto says he will aggressively pursue either major party convention in 1972 and has started talks with national leaders. Los Angeles shows cautious interest amid fears of violent protests, while California touts itself as a logical site home to Nixon. Other cities weigh bids as costs and facilities rise, with Chicago and Miami Beach cited as precedent and San Diego ruled out by officials.
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Sacramento
UPI
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Waton
California
Nixon
Altoto
Tom Jardine
Yorly
Yarty
Chicago
Rafferty Accepts Dean Post at Troy State University
Dr. Max Rafferty, former California schools chief, has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Troy State University in Alabama at an annual salary of 35000 dollars. The 53 year old native of Louisiana returned to the South after losing his bid for a third term to Wilson C. Riles.
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Sacramento
UPS
Max Rafferty
California Schools
South
Rafferty
School of Arts and Sciences
Troy State University
Alabama
Louisiana
Wilson C. Riles
Santa Barbara oil moratorium lifted for offshore drilling
Two years after the Santa Barbara blowout the California Lands Commission lifted its offshore drilling moratorium. Standard Oil Co won approval to drill a new fail safe well from Esther Island off Orange County while officials warned against any future deviations. The panel’s action follows strict safety conditions and environmental safeguards as two counties urged denial.
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Sacramento
UPL
State Lands Commission
Santa Barbara
California
Standard O. Co
Orange
Houston J. Flournoy
Standard
Commission
Flournoy
Verne Orr
Ed Reinecke
F. d. Hartig
Esther Island
Orange County
Seal Beach
Hortig
Martin Levine
Santa Barbara County
Ron Caspers
Levine
California and the West oil spill containment dispute
California and the West faced a spill containment and recovery debate marking the two year anniversary of the Santa Barbara disaster. Regulators deemed the firms' request for another one year permit inappropriate and granted a three month extension after no firm representatives appeared. A further hearing was ordered to consider an additional extension.
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Santa Barbara
Foggy Capitol Park stroll amid valley fog extends
A young couple walks through Capitol Park in Sacramento as dense fog shrouds the valley. The National Weather Service warns the fog, formed by ground moisture and a high pressure lid, will linger into late today or early Saturday. Dense haze reaches Marysville to Bakersfield.
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Capitol Park
Sacramento
National Weather Service
Marysville
Bakersfield
First organic foods supermarket opens in Palo Alto
The San Francisco area reports the debut of New Age Natural Foods in Palo Alto as the world’s first natural foods supermarket. Fred Rohe leads a growing organic network, expanding from a single store to four towns with a 190-farmer supply base and a million-dollar operation. Prices remain high, but volume is expected to reduce costs, with plans to educate the public on natural foods and to help others start independent stores.
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Copley News Service
San Francisco
Palo Alto
Natural Foods
Fred Rohe
New Age Natural Foods, Inc
Rohe
Rohhe
Roche
San Francisco Bay Area
California
Organic Merchants
Hawaii
Alaska
Little One Tran
New Age
Wall Street
Dun & Bradstreet
Rolte
Litton Industries
Health Foods Bar and Delicatessen
Palo Alty
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