Newark Police Raid Topless Club Leads to 26 Arrests
Newark police raided the topless In-Site Club on Jarvis Avenue arresting 26 people on charges from public indecency to liquor-law violations. Owner Gary D. Swartz and two dancers were among those charged with lewd conduct, Swartz also facing conspiracy charges. The raid occurred around 9:30 PM as about 10 patrons were inside. officers searched patrons, photographed individuals outside, and checked IDs, narcotics, and weapons during the operation.
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Jarvis Ave
Gary D. Swartz
Donna M. Smith
Amd
Ann M. Hutchinson
Swartz
Public Defender
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Broadway
Probation Department
Fires destroy two homes in Dublin and San Lorenzo
Fires yesterday damaged two homes in South Counties. In Dublin a Christmas tree ignition at 83 Dearvale Road caused $14,000 damage. two firefighters were treated for injuries. In San Lorenzo, at 17342 Via Flores, Dalton Wooton’s house suffered $6,000 structural damage with 75 percent of contents lost. the cause is under investigation and no major injuries were reported.
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Dublin
Joseph Lester
Dearvale Road
Valley Memorial Hospital
San Lorenzo
Flores
Dalton Wooton
Good Samaritan robbed near Fremont on freeway
Emil A. Bears 6, a retired Garden Valley resident, said a man and a woman flagged him for help on the Ninutz Freeway near Jarvis Avenue. After parking, the man flashed a gun and forced him to drive toward Newark. He was assaulted, his wallet and $45 taken, and his watch and an $8 ring with diamonds were stolen by the pair who fled on foot.
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Fremont
Rears
Bears
Teens Arrested For Car Stripping In Hayward
Hayward police arrested four teens from Hayward for burglary after they were caught stripping parked autos of stereo decks and cameras. About $3,000 in equipment was found in a car trunk tied to one suspect’s mother. The burglaries began Tuesday night in Newark with subsequent thefts in Cypress Avenue Tord Tennyson Glen Eden complexes.
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Hearing Set On San Leandro School Building Debt
A March 7 superior court hearing was scheduled in a suit filed by San Leandro Unified School District seeking relief from paying a state building loan for Halcyon School. The district seeks the state and Controller Houston Flournay to comply with the education code and stop deductions from San Leandro's school allotment. The district claims a $176,648 overpayment and outlines prior repayment of $422,439, with a reduced balance to $35,000 by 1968, then a $950,218 debt claimed after a new interpretation of amendment 10.
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San Lorenzo
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Houston
Flournay
San Teandro
Castro Valley man dies by self harm in home
Castro Valley sheriff reports a 97 year old man, Carl Liljenstalpe of 1711 Almond Road, shot himself in the head yesterday after a string of employment worries. Deputies say his wife had not feigned distress though his condition appeared despondent and he had shown little sign of serious depression.
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Sheriffs Department
Carl Liljenstalpe
Almond Road
Sheriff's Deputies
Woman hospitalized after Oakland woman in I-580 crash
Inez Bills, 34, of Oakland, was listed in satisfactory condition at Valley Memorial Hospital after her car rolled off Interstate 580 near the Rowell Lane exit, plunging down a four‑embankment divider. Bills told California Highway Patrol she braked as traffic slowed and lost control, suffering multiple fractures.
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Pleasanton
Oakland
Valley Memorial Hospital
Inez Bills
California
Rowell Rane
Two Girls Escape Gunman In California Car Ride
Rosemary Ancho and Lidia Ortega, both in their 30s, fled a car after a man hidden in the back seat pulled a weapon and demanded they drive. Ancho stopped the vehicle abruptly. the suspect fled with nine dollars on the front seat, and deputies consider a possible motive.
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Harny
Sheriff's Deputies
Was Weyl
Miss Anello
Grand jury urges county prison and juvenile reforms
The grand jury calls for Santa Rita and Alameda County jail changes including a recreation director, expanded library facilities, improved security, and a special attorney general investigation procedure. It also backs volunteer attorneys, women’s unit improvements, and extra education and counseling staff for juveniles and trainees.
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Santa Rita
Alameda County
Board of Supervisors
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Hunger strikes mark anniversary of Leningrad hijack plot
Jews imprisoned over the 1970 Leningrad hijacking plot staged hunger strikes in camps to protest prison sentences and conditions. The声明 listed demands for emigration, Israeli citizenship, sentence reviews, prisoner release, separate Jewish prisoners, and Red Cross access. About 60 demonstrators, plus a signed petition from 78 Soviet Jews to President Podgorny, marked the commemoration.
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UPI
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Riga
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Red Cross
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Five Children Die In Apartment Fire After Gas Heater Ignites Fumes
Neighbors recall flames racing up the stairs of a second floor apartment as five youngsters aged two to three perished. Witnesses report Sheldon Shepherd, 32, unemployed, tried to rescue his children after cleaning the stairwell with paint thinner and gasoline. A neighbor described a mother outside shouting for help as a man on a ledge tried to assist. Authorities identify the children as Vince, 2. Theyon, 3. Hart, 3. Verry, 4. Sedalla, 4.
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Edward Shiver
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Ag Vince
Theyon
Hart
Verry
Sedalla
Spared gas chamber for Grogan seeks life sentence
Steve Grogan, 20, a member of the Nawson Family, was spared the gas chamber yesterday as Superior Court Judge James G. Coll sentenced him to life imprisonment instead of the jury’s death penalty recommendation for the decapitation of Donald Shen, a Spahn Movie Ranch worker. The judge noted Grogan’s early influence by Charles Manso and questioned his intelligence, suggesting he barely functions above an animal level.
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Nawson
Spahn
Donald “Shorty" Shen
Superior Court
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Fife
Colt Waid Grogan
Charles Manso
Grogan
Wealthiest Woman Leaves Estate Worth 570 Million
The late Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce, once the wealthiest American woman, bequeathed a gross estate of 570,440,725 with about 60 percent to charity and public institutions. The Andrew Matthew Foundation, named for her father banker philanthropist, receives major support. Bruce died August 25, 1969 and was divorced in 1956 from David Bruce, former U.S. ambassador.
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UPI
Ailsabeth Bruce
United States
Manhattan
Andrew Methow Faundsnes
Bruce
Judge's satirical trial frees Scrooge in mock court
Philadelphia news recounts a mock trial where Scrooge is freed of all charges while Santa Claus is sentenced to “a place where there is no Christmas.” The jurors were orphaned children, and the event was arranged by the District Attorney with notable witnesses including former police commissioner Rizzo and mayor Longstreth.
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Philadelphia
Ebendzer Scrooge
Santa Claus
Cleus
Claus
State Supreme Court
John C. Bell Jr
Stern
Traffic toll passes 100 over festive weekend
United Press International reports the Thanksgiving weekend traffic toll topped 100 deaths within the first 24 hours as law enforcement tightened patrols. Officials expected about 6 billion vehicle miles of travel and urged caution amid ongoing crash counts across the United States.
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United Pad
United States
United Press International
Alioto Trial Delayed to January Third
In Vancouver Washington the Alioto OConnell Faler fee splitting civil suit recessed until January third after a motion for mistrial was denied. Defendants include John J. OConnell San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto and George Falers. Judge Donal d Gaines refused the mistrial request and allowed testimony from Robert J. Loran aide to OConnell during antitrust cases.
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Wash
Dand
John J. O'Connell
San Francisco
Joseph Alloto
George Falers
O'Connell
Washington
Donald L. Gaines
Robert J. Loran
Alloto
Gaius
Doran
Christmas gifts and amnesty stories across cities
Amnestied New York police officers await results after courts grant Christmas amnesty to about 100 officers facing minor infractions. In Philadelphia a Santa Claus hoax trial ends with Santa cleared and Justice Bell declaring a place with no Christmas. Separate items note Billy, a seven foot tall victim of giantism, receiving custom shoes after family hardship. Otis Whitaker’s large holiday gifts for nine children in Houston. and a Charlotte man driving with a three foot tall aluminum Santa on his lap to spread holiday cheer.
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Dennis
Memphis, Tenn
Mann
New York
Patrick V. Murphy
Philadelphia
Santa Claus
State Supreme Court
Tice
John C. Bell
Ebenezer Serange
Santa
Bell
Serange
Otis Whitaker
Houston
Charlotte
N.C
Ted Neighbors
Tem
Heir to fortune held for arson tale sparks RCA bid
The heir claimed an inheritance worth a million to be held as collateral for arson charges. Brady later pursued a short singing career and signed with RCA. He said drug influence led him to donate the funds.
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Nixon Undergoes Annual Medical Checkup
President Nixon had his annual medical checkup at Bethesda Naval Hospital near Washington. He traveled by helicopter from the White House, taking time during Christmas preparations to reach the facility about eight miles away.
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UPI
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Bethesda Naval Hospital
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