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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1971
Page
3
Bay Area brief reports a 12 week walkout by Cemetery Workers Union ends with promise of ratification by Monday or Tuesday. San Francisco mortuaries held over 1600 bodies as 235 workers struck since June 3. Wages sought ranged from 24.20 to 46 dollars daily plus overtime and a one year contract.
Negotiators for the striking Longshoremen and PMA return to bargaining in San Francisco with a path toward settlement on a key issue. Teamsters head Frank Fitzsimmons announced support for binding arbitration on container cargo handling after a meeting with ILWU leader Harry Bridges. The strike has tied up 140 ships across 24 West Coast ports and about 25 000 longshoremen remain on picket lines.
John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook, sailing from San Francisco toward Sydney, report mid Pacific progress one third across. They row in 15 hour shifts averaging about 44 miles daily with favorable winds, planning a stop at Christmas Island for water and supplies.
Sen George McGovern on a three day California swing called slain Black Panther George Jackson a victim of society and the life he was forced to lead He urged an immediate full investigation of the San Quentin prison escape attempt in which Jackson three guards and two white convicts died He spoke at Jones Methodist Church noting questions about the day Lenne Jackson was shot and killed
A Santa Ana man Kenneth P. Rose age 5 and Wendy Loreen Halzworth 22 of Paciuca were arrested by FBI agents and brought before a U S magistrate on a federal charge of Interstate flight to avoid prosecution. The case relates to a kidnapping in August in Mahoney City Pa where David J Rowlands was later freed and a double slaying linked to the Red din home where a car disappeared.
A California man, George Joseph Carrigan of Sunnyvale, died in a one car accident Saturday near Red Desert along Interstate 89 after his vehicle slid on rain slick pavement. Carrigan, about 38, per the report, was declared dead at the scene.
A wandering horse led to a fiery collision killing Daly City woman Jonesina Wire schell 40 and Texans Criada Jupe Gutierrez 26 and Wylie Drummond 58. Horst Hirschell and Mrs Drummond plus Raymon Villarte were hospitalized in the crash near Arlington after one car swerved to avoid the animal.
San Francisco Supreme Court Justice Douglas refused to halt a court ordered school busing plan affecting about 6,500 Chinese American students in Chinatown. Chinatown groups oppose the integration as a threat to cultural heritage and community life, while legal actions continue in recess until October.
About 750 firefighters finally gained control of a 2000 acre Los Padres National Forest brush fire after three days of effort. The blaze was driven by Santa Ana winds up to gusts of up to a0 Tiles an hour with six aerial tankers and three helicopters aiding ground crews. Forest Service said containment could take a week and no structures were damaged though two firemen reported minor injuries.
Eight days after a deadly escape at San Quentin, prison life returned to normal with privileges restored and guards pulled from gate duty as protesters failed to reappear. Investigators pursued clues in Sacramento and San Francisco bombings tied by anonymous messages to reactionaries defending George Jackson.
A four month old infant died after a Sunday fire trapped in a rear bedroom of a third floor Alameda shoreline apartment complex. Firefighters rescued the baby but he died later at a hospital. Thirteen guards have quit San Quentin since the August escape attempt that killed three guards, with a major reason being safety concerns at the maximum security prison.
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