California Supreme Court Allows Death Penalty Ballot Measure
San Francisco reports that the State Supreme Court refused mandamus to block a proposed constitutional amendment restoring the death penalty. The ruling followed a suit by Victor B. Levit and the ACLU arguing the initiative would waste public funds amid a U.S. Supreme Court decision. Justice Peters dissented.
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Donald R Wright
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Baby airlifted for medical hold at Stanford Center
A premature newborn was transported by Coast Guard helicopter from Amanuel Medical Center to Stanford Medical Center in fair condition. Dr. Nancy Edwards led a five member Stanford Transport Medical team. The baby girl’s identity was not released and she was believed to suffer a respiratory ailment.
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Magee Is Ordered Out Of Court Twice In San Francisco
Convict Ruchell Magee, co defendant of Angela Davis, was removed from a tightly secured Marin County Superior Court room twice for bad conduct. He refused to address the court on his motion to dismiss his attorney and later called the judge insane. The 1970 Marin County Courthouse shootings case involves murder and kidnapping conspiracy.
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Marin County
Magee
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State colleges overcharging tuition under state rule
A California education official said state universities have been overcharging students in violation of a law. Dr Durward Long of the Select Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education cited campus charges from $78 to $? per year as material end service fees.
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S F Airport Tightens Security Before Sept Start
San Francisco International Airport will implement new hijack prevention measures next month including moving patrols and more fencing. The tightened security begins September 24 in line with an FAA directive. Security chief Edward Nevin says coded IDs will be issued to all staff.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Edward Nevin
British prisoners strike spreads across jails
More than 1,000 inmates in British prisons walked out in a strike led by PROP Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners. At Lancaster 60 sat in a tailor shop, at Birmingham 205 in a workshop, at Liverpool 210 in a metal recovery shop, and Havering 400 in exercise yards, with inmates refusing to work across sites.
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Merchants sue city over riot window damage in Berkeley
Merchants file damage claims totaling 142000 in Berkeley city clerk’s office. The suit, filed Thursday by Citizens for a Safer Berkeley, alleges city officials failed to halt antiwar demonstrators after President Nixon announced the mining of North Vietnamese harbors last May. Attorneys Henry Poppick and Arthur Clarris represent the group.
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Arthur Clarris
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Hanoi
Xuan Thay
Porter
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Man shoots family and himself in Los Angeles
Police reported that John Dziegiel after drinking vodka shot his estranged wife Judy in the living room, wounded his two daughters Marvel and Time Elizabeth, then killed himself at a nearby home. Marvel crawled to a neighbor for help as the tragedy unfolded.
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South Viets claim victories near Quang Tri and An Loc
South Vietnamese forces report gains north of Quang Tri and at An Loc as Highway 13 nearing reopening. U.S. air strikes totaled 230 that day but avoided areas near the DMZ due to bad weather. Marines drive into Quang Tri City and target extensive North Vietnamese bunkers while Hue and battlefield near An Loc see heavy combat and shelling.
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Doves seek Albert's help with antiwar bill in House
In Washington UPI reports Democratic doves seek Speaker Carl Albert to back an antiwar amendment to the foreign military aid bill. The plan would halt all U.S. military actions in Indochina and withdraw forces by Oct 1 with limited cease-fire and prisoner releases. Albert signals indecision while Morgan and Boggs urge support to resist deleting the amendment.
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Mental test ordered for hijack suspect Goodell
Francis M. Goodell 21 of Manassas Virginia, charged with hijacking a PSA jetliner, must undergo mental examination at the federal hospital in Springfield Missouri. District Judge William Sweigert ordered the test to be completed in 30 days to assess competency for trial.
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FEPC to Probe L A Times Hiring Practices
The Fair Employment Practices Commission orders an investigation into the Los Angeles Times hiring after complaints by two women’s groups. They allege few women editors, no women or minority editors, and unequal pay. Times manager Frank Haven cites low turnover and ongoing policy reviews.
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Albany pig feed ban on unauthorized hotel garbage case
Albany County Judge Marlin Schenck issued a temporary restraining order against Charles McKinney of Selkirk barring him from feeding pigs unauthorized garbage from downtown Albany hotels. The Department of Agriculture and Markets warns untreated waste may spread cholera and dysentery. inspectors say McKinney threatened them with a shotgun during a May 8 farm visit.
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Marlin Schenck
McKinney
Cub Scout Attacked by Alligator Near Naval Base
In Jacksonville Florida a four year old Cub Scout, David Wayne Abbott, was bitten by an alligator while near a pond by a Naval Air Station golf course. He required thirty stitches but escaped serious injury after others intervened and the animal released him.
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Leonard F. Abbott
Malar Promised Federal Help in Gary Narcotics Fight
Gary Indiana mayor Richard G Hatelier said on Thursday federal authorities promised assistance in tackling gangland control of illegal narcotics. The statement comes amid heightened violence and a push to curb drug trafficking in the city.
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Richard G. Hatelier
Reds Demand Thieu Ouster Hinders Vietnam Peace Talks
In Paris a Saigon official said private Vietnamese groups have held talks with the Communists, who demand Thieu’s ouster as a condition for any settlement. The official noted no concession from Hanoi, while U.S. negotiators pressed for a path to a coalition government excluding Thieu.
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