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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1969
Page
1
AP report says Craig R. Clark, 22, a College of San Mateo student, was shot and killed by reserve policeman William Heinze after Clark attempted to run him down with a car following a drag race. The vehicle crash occurred in a dead end as Heinze and Edward Simkele leaped from the patrol car. Clark was shot in the chest.
SAN FRANCISCO AP reports a fatal crash on the Golden Gate Bridge. William Lewis age 2 of Farriar died when a lunch truck he rode in lost control while avoiding a southbound car. Truck driver William Hall, 23 of Novato, swerved to miss the car, struck two vehicles, injuring four people who were not seriously hurt.
At Grace Cathedral Richard Dailer, 32, urged better treatment of homosexuals from the pulpit, saying he spoke without cathedral clergy backing. The rector C Julian Barnlett followed him to address the remarks, noting surprise that few knew of the push. Dailer has been active in cathedral affairs for five years and hopes to become a minister.
An unidentified man became the 371st Golden Gate Bridge death by own action. He jumped from mid span on Saturday as a toll plaza guard watched through binoculars. A passing motorist saw the poised jumper and alerted the guard.
PG&E tower shutdown widow maker incident caused a blackout Saturday night in Marin County. Police identified John Gary Wall, 30, as the death by own action victim. His body was found near the sealed 61 foot tower by U.S. 101 at Lomita. Crews restored service to Mill Valley and Hamilton AFB via alternate lines.
John Wayne Henderson, 20, was found guilty of first degree murder of salvage dealer William C. Marini, 41, during a July 3 West Oakland yard holdup. Superior Court Judge Harold Howe scheduled Thursday’s penalty trial before the same six man by six woman jury to decide death or life imprisonment. prosecution seeks the death penalty.
Fremont Recreation Commission and the Human Relations Commission will hold a joint public meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Niles Community Center to resolve conflicts over the commission’s scope of responsibility. The session at 470 School St. follows tensions over bypassing the commission on the Centerville Library issue and questions about airports and golf courses. The two panels seek council direction on continuing under the current ordinance and expanding the seven member Human Relations Commission to eleven, with requests for council approvals.
Hayward developer Aber Surdez will present a three story 35 unit apartment plan on Sleepy Hollow Avenue South to the Hayward Board of Adjustments seeking site plan approval and variances for density setbacks and open space. The board recently approved a similar plan on the same site but it was not built. The new plan seeks density allowances of 1.12 per unit versus a 1.25 maximum, and the meeting includes permit reviews for two non residential projects in Breakwater Avenue and Clawiler Road.
Nobel laureate Melvin Calvin was named president-elect of the American Chemical Society. He will serve as director of the University of California laboratory of chemical biodynamics and head the biodynamic division at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Bob Hope troupe performs for President Nixon at a White House Christmas party. The show featured jibes at the administration, Agnew jokes, and a new first time opening at the White House. Attendees included Agnew, Capp, Ford, Christina, Linda Bird Johnson, and Pentagon officials.
Romanian Communist Party leader Nicolae Ceausescu urged Bucharest to establish diplomatic relations with West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt. He lauded Bonn's gestures toward normalization with Eastern Europe, including talks on a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and moves toward recognition of East Germany. He warned of Warsaw Pact demands while signaling Romania’s support for a broader conference on European security.
Orient skipper Angel J. Oyong says the Fire pina tunaboat collided with the USS Furious after a sharp turn by the Navy vessel. The collision occurred in predawn darkness last Thursday west of here, leading to the sinking of the tunaboat and questioning fault.
The Pentagon plans to remove 33 obsolescent Mace B missiles and their crew from Kadena Air Base Okinawa, saying the action does not diminish U S ability to meet Far East commitments. Separately a naval collision involving the Orient tuna boat damaged the Orient but all 18 aboard were rescued by the Parsons.
Kent Christopherson and his wife demonstrated a Cessna at Salt Lake International Airport when the nosewheel failed to lower. The couple, considering no purchase of the private plane, landed with the main wheels only and nosed the craft over after touchdown. The $93,000 airplane sustained about $1,000 in damage, and Christopherson remained calm during the skidding emergency landing.
Search teams aided by dogs found the nude mutilated body of 11 year old Glenda Maine on a hillside near Lakeland Road. Coroner Dr W B Harris said throat injuries were present and animal activity likely damaged remains. Authorities say she disappeared two weeks earlier while walking to a friend's home for a school project. Sheriff Freeman Russell stated investigators suspect abduction and killed near the ridge where the body was found. Clothing scattered. one shoe recovered about 200 yards away.
A U S Air Force C130 transport plane crashed six miles south of Taiwan while on a training mission, exploding into flames near a sweet potato field. Eyewitnesses quoted police saying the heavy jet broke apart with no survivors. The 1st Air Force identified eight crew aboard from List Technical Airlift Wing based at Ching Chushkang, Taiwan.
Bandits methodically cut into the vault at Citizens Bank Alpha yetta Sunday night as a burglar alarm rang from the city clerk’s office nearby. Police rushed in when the men fled via the front door. An undetermined amount of money was taken.
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