Berlin Wall pact opens access for West Berliners to East Berlin
Eastern and Western negotiators signed two long sought agreements granting West Berliners access through the Berlin Wall and allowing limited East Berlin visits. The package implements the Sept 3 accord among the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union and marks a cautious step toward unity while granting the East German regime unusual recognition. For two million West Berlin residents this begins a restricted but steady flow eastward for visits.
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Berlin
East Germany
Sex bias dominates most complaints at state fair employment
SAN FRANCISCO AP. Sex discrimination powered more than 400 of 2126 complaints filed last year with the State Fair Employment Practice Commission. Executive director Paul A. Meaney said women are increasingly aware of inequities and know they have rights under the Fair Employment Practice Act of 1970. Nine of ten complaints were filed by women.
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San Francisco
State Fair Employment Practice Commission
Commission
Paul A. Meaney
Angela Davis petition denied by state court of appeal
The State District Court of Appeal denied Angela Davis's petition without comment, keeping her trial in San Jose starting July 3. Davis, a former UCLA philosophy instructor, faces conspiracy kidnapping and murder charges related to the Aug 7, 1870 shootout in Marin County and was transferred Dec 2 to the Palo Alto jail from Marin. Her lawyers argued prejudice in Santa Clara County to move the trial to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
State District Court of Appeal
Angela Davis
Marin
Clara County
San Jose
Santa Clara County
Ucla Philoso
Braich
Palo Alto
Marin County
Tax cut trims 1972 car price increases for buyers
Repeal of the 7 percent excise tax will offset most of the model year price hikes on 1972 cars. Buyers since Aug 15 will receive about 200 dollars in rebates. Ford, GM and American Motors had announced price increases before the tax repeal.
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Detroit
Nixon
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
American Motors Corp
Hawaii trip approved for Lineegin High School students
Four dozen physically handicapped students from Lineegin High School won a Hawaii field trip after a year of fundraising and study. A California law blocked trips outside the state, but a bill to permit held trips to other states passed, though not active until March, prompting an appeal to Governor Reagan's office for final approval.
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Ran Jose
Calif
Hawaii
Judy Davin
Lineegin High School
California
Canada
Mexico
Merch Fong
Jury Deliberations Begin in Panther Trial Melee
In Los Angeles twelve Black Panthers face charges including assault with intent to murder after a courtroom brawl led by chief defendant Ebner Pratt. Pratt, once deputy minister of defense, is allied with Eldridge Cleaver, while others follow co founder Ivey Newton.
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Los Angeles
UPT
Manile
Fendant
Ebner Pratt
Pratt
The
Panthers
Eldrige Cleaver
Panther
Ivey Newton
Police Officers Vote Against Stricter Gun Rules
The Police Officers Association in San Francisco unanimously rejects Chief Donald M. Scott's proposed tighter gun restrictions for officers. The chief seeks limits on firearms only in extreme cases after exhausting non lethal options, while current practice relies on State Penal Code convictions. The association will survey members for a possible compromise ahead of a Wednesday meeting.
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San Francisco
UPN
Police Officers Association
Donald M. Scott
Scott
Sion
Santana Band Deported From Peru After Lima Stop
A dozen members of the San Francisco rock group Santana were forcibly deported from Peru after a planned benefit concert at the University of Lima for earthquake refugees. Peru's military regime cited customs violations and morality campaign offenses as reasons and seized band equipment worth about 400000 dollars.
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San Francisco
UPI
Band of San Francises
Peru
University of Lima
Lima
Dozens Survive as Danish Freighter Sinks Near Hawaii
Thirty one survivors and five missing after the Danish freighter Heering Kirse sank. Montana and Puna ships aided in rescues amid 24 foot seas and heavy rain. Nineteen men survived from a lifeboat after 48 hours. twelve others were saved from a life raft earlier. The Montana relayed updates to Honolulu while Coast Guard intensified search efforts.
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UPI
Heeriig Kite
Coast Guard
U.S
Montana
Earier
Heering Kirse
Jooking
Preven Kamph
Kirae Omer
Copenhagen
Ones
Puna
North Vietnam Hardens Stand on American POWs
U.S. officials say Hanoi has dashed hopes for improving prisoner conditions amid rising tensions. Signs include few prisoner letters or broadcasts, limited visits by activists and journalists, and no recent Son Tay camp discoveries after the November 1970 raid.
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Nixon
Peking
North
Vietnam
Prischer of War
North Vietnam
Sim Tay
United States
Son Tay
Subsidy complaints fault Kern County farmers in USC probe
Sen. Henry Bellman cites USDA memos alleging California farmers in Kern County misclassified cultivated land as uncultivated to collect federal crop subsidies. USDA inspectors probe 457 farms. Bellman asks Senate Agriculture Committee to investigate. alleges land and crops shifted to nonproductive use while cotton fields appeared underclaimed.
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Washington
Henry Ballman
Ageiculture Department
California
Oklahoma Republican
USDA
Kern County
Bellman
Bellmen
Sabor-State
Usda Swams
Senate Agriculture Committee
Judge bars welfare cuts without hearing in California
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking California welfare regulation allowing termination or reduction of benefits without a prior hearing. U S District Judge Oliver J Carter ordered protection for the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation until a three judge panel can hear the case.
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SAN Prancisco
California Department
U.S. Dist
Oliver J. Carter
San Francisco
Welfare Department
Bay Bridge Carpool Plan Extends At Least A Week
Nat Marks, assistant information officer for the Bay Bridge, said carpooling will continue for at least a week as citizens urge relief from traffic. The plan aims to ease congestion ahead of possible voting on the Jay and Southern Crossing project.
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San Francisco
UPT
Bay Bridge
Nat Marks
Itate
Marks
Plo
Jay & Southern Crossing
Bomb shutters Irish furniture store in Belfast death toll rises
In Belfast a bomb damaged the Balmoral furniture store on Shankill Road trapping several people as UK troops, police and fire crews dig through debris. Earlier a deadly clash left one man dead and six others wounded as soldiers fired on a Roman Catholic dance hall crowd amid gun battles in the Ardoyne district.
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Northern
Trex Land
UPI
Toby's Dance Hall
Catholic Ardoynd
W dl P.m
F105 Thunderchief Downed Over Laos in Friday Fight
Report says Soviet missiles hit and downed an American F105 Thunderchief over Laos. One crew member rescued, the other listed as missing amid heavy enemy antiaircraft fire. US air forces aided by search planes but hampered by ongoing attacks.
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Saigon
UPS
Dow
Laos
Lwo
Legal Notice Superior Court OF the State OF Calatornia Quinty
Alameda
U.S
Air Forcs
Robbery Foiled at Cincinnati Restaurant by Two Suspects
Two men attempted a restaurant robbery in Cincinnati but were thwarted when a gun misfired and the cylinder fell to the counter. Both suspects exchanged surprised glances as the weapon failed and fled the scene.
Dad advertises for a family to share Christmas
Paul Harris of North Little Rock seeks a two parent family to share Christmas with his widowed son Ted nine, after his wife died six years ago. The ad offers turkey and gifts and aims to involve another family so they can experience together the joys of giving and companionship on Christmas morning.
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North Pane
Ark
Turkey
Paul Harris
North Little Rock
Gon Ted
Harris
Ted
Phosphate leak kills fish along Peace River in Florida
A dike breach at the Cities Service chemical plant upstream near Fort Meade caused a phosphate slime flood that killed fish for miles on the Peace River. EPA official calls it the largest phosphate kill on record with a potential $1 million blueshiell crabmeat industry loss and ongoing investigation by Cities Service Co.
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Fort Meade
Jack E. Ravai
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
U.S
Cities Service
Peacs
Charlotte County
Une
Punta Gorda
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