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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1971
Page
3
In Richmond police seek a red car seen leaving a remote area where the body of Linda Lee Ve20, a 2h year old divorcee, was found early Wednesday. The fully clothed body, discovered on Giant Road, had neck puncture wounds. Autopsy pending to determine method.
Judge R J Reynolds schedules a preliminary hearing for Lawrence Wile moth 23 who pleaded innocent to beating a black prisoner in a patrol wagon. Rivers Boyd 33, a 22 year Delta Airlines employee at San Francisco International Airport, filed the assault charge. Boyd was found not guilty of rape suspicion and was working at the time. Wile moth faced treatment for a fractured cheekbone after arrest.
Charles Gould publisher of the San Francisco Examiner told the Speech Communications Association that the press participates in the dissent and discord that strengthens the United States. He noted divisions prove strength, and editors reporters and publishers speak in many tongues, adding that they are not omnipotent and collectively speak with variety.
State Senator Peter Behr a Tiburon Republican announced he will run again if current reapportionment proceeds He would seek reelection from a western San Francisco Marin County and part of San Mateo County district Behr said the choice comes amid redrawing pressures and he would serve in Sacramento as a one-man district under the new map Behr’s current district covers Marin Sonoma and Solano counties
Guards and prisoners at San Quentin should hold group sessions to ease hostility, the Marin County Grand Jury urged yesterday. The report cites a bloody August 22 escape attempt that left six dead and backs Gov. Reagan’s commission to phase out the prison, urging steps to reduce violence until closure.
David Packard, who resigned as deputy defense secretary, will transfer 92.6 million to Stanford University as part of 18 million he must dispose of. He places 300 million dollars of Hewlett Packard stock into a trust established when he joined the federal post in 1989. The stock’s value rose after his resignation. Proceeds will support educational and charitable institutions. Packard, Stanford alumnus and former trustee, lives with Lucile in Los Altos Hills.
A six or %-year-old father of six was critically wounded by a rifle bullet fired into his second story apartment as he watched television. Bobbie Dean Nichols, a cook who recently arrived from Chicago, was struck by one of two high velocity bullets that shattered a window and door. His wife and children were at home. Police said there was no suspect and no motive identified for the Tuesday night shooting.
George K K Mata of the Business Management Association urged the Public Utilities Commission to order payment of 230 million dollars in interest on charges he says telephone companies collected from customers. He won a class action against Pacific Telephone Co. and General Telephone Co. Mata contends prepaid charges and deposits created million daily float profits. He seeks either a hearing on interest or assignment of jurisdiction to San Diego Superior Court.
The Florida White House confirms Nixon ordered intensified bombing of North Vietnam, while the President remains silent. Press Secretary Ziegler dodges direct comment as Saigon reports the campaign ended after five days. Nixon meets Brandt to discuss Europe and Asia, pledging no troop reductions in Europe and consultation with allies.
Mars images from the Mariner 9 orbiter show parallel ridges likened to elephant hide, stretching hundreds of miles with valleys between. Scientists note potential volcanic activity but dismiss canals, as dust storms reveal subsiding conditions and rover-like terrain uncertainty.
The prosecution contends George Jackson used karate on guard John Mills in January 1970 at Soledad, arguing Mills was pushed to a courtyard railing before his death. Jackson, shot by a San Quentin guard last August, faces a murder trial with Clutchette and Drumgo under venue change. Medical testimony notes calloused knuckles and hands suggesting feritation or pressure.
The California State Supreme Court ruled the City of Santa Ana must pay back wages to Clarence M. Boyd a 20 year Santa Ana Police sergeant fired over a case that caused his ulcers. The ruling covers back pay from April 7 1989 to July 1 1969 and six months of wages during a pre disability leave. Medical evidence linked his ulcers to the stresses of police work and shows improvement after leaving the force.
The California State Court of Appeal upheld the 17 year old Mic hal Rigmaiden's murder conviction for the beating death of teacher Susan Jamieson at a rural Salinas area school. The panel rejected claims of insufficient evidence and error in trial procedures.
In Indochina last week one American soldier was killed, the lowest U S death toll since late February. US command data show total American casualties at 25 wounded and one dead, tied to reduced Viet Cong activity during a three day Communist Christmas ceasefire. South Vietnamese losses fell to 287 killed and 838 wounded, down from 405 dead and 723 wounded the prior week. Non battle field American casualties declined, while five servicemen were killed in row hostile action. No U.S. casualties were reported in Laos, but American missing or interned rose to 1 485 with four prisoners taken by North Vietnam and two pilots missing after a plane was shot down. Communist casualties rose to 1 095 after two weeks at 1 026. The figure reflects heightened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses.
UPT report claims a “super bomb” in Vietnam that would destroy everything within 3280 feet is scientifically impossible. Ty W. E. Baker, Johns Hopkins professor, says no airframe could lift such a mass even if real. Biologists Pfeiffer and Westing dispute the numbers and say the bomb, intended to clear jungle, would function as an antipersonnel weapon.
Sacramento AP reports the California Committee for McCarthy filed with the secretary of state to enter a Democratic delegation in the California June primary. It marks the first of the required notices of intent.
North Vietnamese spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le criticized the pause in U S air raids on North Vietnam. He called the U S bombing policy banditry and aggression and warned Nixon could resume strikes. He noted the halt was tied to stalled Paris talks with representatives in Paris awaiting a fourth year of deadlock.
Pentagon spokesman said North Vietnam refused about 900 gift packages for American prisoners of war. Friedheim noted the rejection occurred before last weekend’s U.S. bombing and marked the first major bulk return of POW gifts. He called the action inhumane and uncivilized with no reason given.
Eighteen Vietnam Veterans Against the War protesters were arrested in San Francisco after barricading inside the South Vietnamese Consulate and demanding an end to bombing North Vietnam. Police gave a one minute warning before forcing entry. suspects were booked for trespass investigation.
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