Bereaved Mother Witnesses Husband Die in Fire After Funeral
In Berkeley a widow and her son returned from the funeral of Lee Woods, 45, to find Beatrice Johnson’s husband dead in an apartment fire he started after a cigarette. Terry Johnson, 24, said the family stayed distant after Woods’s burial in San Mateo. Authorities note the wife and son witnessed the man’s last moments as the couch fire spread.
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Judge rules writers need not reveal sources in Mafia article
U S District Court Judge Bruce Thompson ruled two free lance writers for Logic Magazine need not disclose informants names in the article linking Mayor Joseph Aliata to the Mafia. Aliata sues for 12.5 million dollars and the trial is set for April 13. The judge said sources can be obtained without exposing the writers to contempt. Carlson and Brisson claim informants fear for their lives if named.
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Logic Magazine
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Rick Carlson
U.S. District Court
Bruce Thompson
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Brisson
Youth in Hippie Attire Found Dead in San Francisco Park
Firefighters found a charred body in Buena Vista Park after responding to a small grass fire. Authorities say the teenager, wearing a striped shirt and fringe jacket, apparently set a gasoline can alight and killed himself. identity pending.
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Three Priests Among 16 Arrested at San Jose Theater Site
Sixty protesters led by La Raza disrupted access to a downtown San Jose construction site over alleged minority hiring. Sixteen people were arrested across two days, including three Holy Cross priests and a construction superintendent. Most charges centered on blocking driveways and impeding vehicle passage.
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Panther Lawyer Attacks Alioto Over Hilliard Indictment
Black Panther attorney Charles Garry accuses San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto of orchestrating the case that led to David Hilliard being indicted for threatening President Nixon. Hilliard, 27, Panther chief of staff, held on 30000 bail after a federal grand jury charged him with threatening Nixon’s life. An antiwar rally in Golden Gate Park drew about 85000. Secret Service agents arrested Hilliard earlier this week amid the indictment.
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Joseph S. Alioto
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Nixon
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Skeleton identified as missing World War II airman Frank Beanland
A skeleton found in a World War II bomber wreck on Celebes Island Indonesia has been identified by the Velerang Administration in San Francisco as Army Air Corps Spt. Frank Beanland, reported missing in 1945. The dogtag provided the identification. The wreck was located on a 12,000 foot peak about 200 miles north of Jakarta by local peasants last month.
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Flarriet Beanland
South Gate
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Jakarta
New chemical helps addicts kick the habit
San Francisco report on a methadone maintenance program shows many heroin addicts remaining clean for six months. City savings from reduced addict days total about 200000 with ongoing weekly gains. Ramer cites addicts holding jobs, resuming study, paying debts, repairing families, and caring for children. Critics urge legislative change to expand treatment and address other drugs while some judges oppose substituting one addictive drug for another.
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Suit seeks release for Winnie Ruth Judd from parole board
A Superior Court suit asks the Arizona board of pardons and paroles to recommend Winnie Ruth Judd's release. Los Angeles trunk murder figure, convicted of killing a friend, seeks credit for time in the State Hospital and argues the board acted arbitrarily in denying release.
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San Franciso
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Man jumps to death from burning Oakland hotel
A four alarm fire at the Clark Hotel on 241 San Pablo Avenue in Oakland killed 46 year old El Richardson who leaped from his third floor room. Four other residents were injured as firefighters battled the blaze with an estimated $75,000 in damage. The fire started in a rear room and the cause was not determined.
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Clark Hotel
San Pablo
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Army searches for nine escapees from Ft Ord stockade
The Army hunted nine of ten prisoners who escaped a Ft Ord minimum custody block by breaking a window and cutting a chain-link fence. Pvt Robert Tickett surrendered. remaining fugitives listed include Bo Power Jr Kenneth Long Ronnie Collins Steven Proctor Richard Fabiana Steven Nadriaga Gary Pierce Leroy Powers and Harvey Olsen. Offenses ages and hometowns were not released.
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Ft. Ord Stockade
Robert Tickett
Bo Power Jr
Kenneth DB. Long
Ronnie G. Collins
Steven P. Proctor
Richard Fabiana
Steven Nadriaga
Gary Pierce
Leroy L. Powers
Harvey Olsen
Campus confrontations erupt at Stanford and SJSU pickets
At Stanford University about 80 SDS members and supporters protested General Electric recruiters while Free Campus Movement members photographed. At San José State College 12 demonstrators confronted recruiters from GE, General Dynamics and Lockheed Missiles and Space Division, forced closure of a building, with minor scuffles and no arrests.
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San Jose State College
Tom Bell
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San José
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Ganeral Dynamics
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Space Division
Student Radical Action Movement
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Ferry service for shoppers to run Tiburon to San Francisco
The Golden Gate Bridge District will operate a mid day ferry between Tiburon and San Francisco for the next three Saturdays to test demand. The transportation committee approved a $55,000 study by Philip F. Spaulding Associates to assess full scale service and asked Kaiser Engineers to present a long range rapid transit plan for Marin County. No contract or funds were named in this action.
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Golden Gate Bridge
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Philip F. Spaulding
Dentists Awarded Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
Dr James R. Hayward of Ann Arbor Michigan received the Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal at the American Society of Oral Surgeons annual meeting in San Francisco. Maj Gen Robert B Shira presented the honor citing Haywards 15 years as consultant to the Army Dental Education programs at Walter Reed and his contributions to dental education and oral surgery.
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Robert B. Shira
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