Death sentence given for Hollywood murder case
Chester Allen Johnson, 22, was sentenced to death in the gas chamber by a Superior Court jury for the murder of Loren Silliphant, 18, son of screenwriter Stirling Siliphant. The jury convicted him of first degree murder on December 1 after eight hours of deliberation.
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Couple charged with nudity at UC Berkeley Frisbee game
Reginald Gulick 21 and Della Striker 19 were found guilty of exposing themselves during a Frisbee game in Faculty Grade at the University of California. The municipal court jury, however, Aquitted on a second count of disturbing the peace.
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University of California
Garry to press high court over Seale extradition
SACRAMENTO AP The Black Panther party attorney says he will seek the U S Supreme Court to halt the transfer of party chairman Bobby Seale to Connecticut on murder charges. Charles Garry urged post extradition hearing that Reagan will send Seale to face murder, kidnap and conspiracy charges tied to Panther Alex Rackley’s death.
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Reagan
Alex Rackley Tast
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Chicago
California
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Herbert Ellingwood
Ellingwood
Rackley
S F school head pledges quality education for all
San Francisco city school Superintendent Robert K. Jenkins promised integrated and quality education for 9 000 youngsters at a Board of Education meeting He outlined an ambitious plan to integrate 20 elementary schools in the Richmond District and southeast of Golden Gate Park and raise schooling quality The plan would cost about 2 8 million more to implement with September 1950 as the target start and about 1 million sought from outside funds for full execution.
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Nixon Administration backs Ft Point historic site move
SAN FRANCISCO AP The Nixon Administration supports turning Ft Point into a national historic site. Rep Phillip Buyton and others filed Hills bills with Sens. Murphy and Cranston backing the plan. Russell Train signaled Interior approval, a key step for congressional passage next year by the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. If approved, title would transfer from the Army to Interior. Built 1854-1861, the fort has four foot thick walls and 149 guns never fired in combat.
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Alan Cranston
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Train
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Department of the Interior
San Francisco Bay
Burial rites for Adi Spruance at Golden Gate Cemetery
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, famed for Midway victory, is buried beside his wartime commander Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Golden Gate National Cemetery. Joined by two other WWII leaders Admiral Charles A. Lockwood and Admiral Richard K. Turner, the ceremony drew mourners as Mrs Nimitz recalled the four old sea dogs. Spruance died Saturday at age 83 from arteriosclerosis.
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Hayakawa urges service corps amid jeers at Cornell
Hayakawa told Cornell students to join a national service corps for two years as urban teachers aides and hospital helpers. He called young people a great underused resource and urged non revolutionary effort despite jeers and a live chicken thrown on stage.
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UPI
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Double death by own action pact in S F
Police said a 30 year old lab technician and a 1 year old nurse were found dead in their San Francisco apartment after an apparent overdose of barbiturates. They were lying face down, with the woman’s arm around the man. A suicide note to her father expressed inability to face life. Co workers at Langley Porter clinic said the woman had talked of ending her life.
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Tedavis Lyle
Queens
N.Y
Langley Porter Clinic
Miss Mostov
Episcopal Diocese backs Alcatraz gift to Indians
The Episcopal Diocese of California urged the federal government to transfer Alcatraz Island to American Indians. In Grace Cathedral, the diocesan council passed a resolution urging the island, once a penitentiary, be given to Indian tribes for their use forever. The Rev. Richard Byfield presented the resolution. Tribesmen have occupied Alcatraz for three weeks aiming to use it as a cultural center.
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Alatraz Island
Grace Cathedral
United States
Richard Byfield
All Saints Church
Palo Alto
San Francisco Bay
Mr. Byfield
Big price tag in pollution fight
San Francisco AP report notes economist Walter W. Heller warns that public demand for pollution control will require billions of dollars in the 1970s. He cites his Kennedy-era council role and Minnesota professorship, predicting a slow 1970 start with uptick later and annual inflation around 3 percent over five years.
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Walter W. Heller
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Council of Economic Advisers
University of Minnesota
Alioto attorneys investigate libel suit evidence
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto’s libel case against Look magazine proceeds with depositions of Bank of America Sacramento officials Avco Thrift Co. and Eagle Ford Sales of Stockton. The questioning aims to show mafia figure Jimmy Fratianno could obtain loans without influential help. Trial set for next April.
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Fourth Terror Terrace murder victim dies in San Francisco
Kristine Peterson, 17, who escaped from a foster home, died at San Francisco General Hospital eight days after being raped and beaten on Terror Terrace in Haight Ashbury. Horace Mixon, 27, an escapee, is jailed for murder as police trace a blood trail from the alley. The block has seen multiple violent crimes this year, prompting grim remarks from Officer Guglielmino. Fisher visited daily until her death.
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Fisher
Union Man Shot At Tim Richardson in Civic Center Ambush
Tim Richardson, 12, business manager and recording secretary of Teamsters Local 85, told San Francisco police that two shots were fired at him from ambush early yesterday in a Civic Center parking lot. He said he was getting into his car when the shots narrowly missed him.
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