Soledad Brothers murder trial recessed for New Year
In San Francisco the Soledad Brothers murder trial recessed until next Tuesday after a two hour session. Prosecution presented evidence including a uniform cap and tie found on the third floor of Soledad Prison and a battered flashlight linked to beating guard John Mills. Defendants John Clutchette and Fleeta Drumgo, with George Jackson killed last August, face charges of beating Mills and throwing him to his death.
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Veterans seek jury trial over South Vietnamese Consulate sit in
Eighteen members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War pleaded innocent to trespassing after a two hour sit in at the South Vietnamese Consulate in San Francisco. The case was continued to Tuesday as police halted the peaceful protest aimed at President Nixon’s bombing of North Vietnam.
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San Quentin Seeks Guards In Immediate Openings
San Quentin prison invites applicants for correctional officer posts. Age 21 to 35, high school diploma and two years work experience required. Applications due by 3 pm today at personnel offices. Starting salary $651 monthly. Warden L Nelson notes outreach to Black and Hispanic communities to reflect prison population.
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UCSF Receives 830000 Grant For Organ Transplant Center
The NIH awards $830 009 to University of California San Francisco the world’s largest organ transplantation center for four years. Dr Samuel L Konitz says funds advance organ transplant knowledge and address dialysis patient needs with over 20 Californians awaiting kidney transplants.
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Asphyxiation Victims Identified In San Francisco Apartment
The San Francisco coroner's office tentatively identifies Lee Fon of San Francisco as one of two people found dead in an apartment from asphyxiation. A female companion about 40 lay on the floor. both were discovered shortly before midnight Wednesday after investigators said gasping healers exhausted the oxygen in the room.
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San Francisco Named Persistent Unemployment Area
The U.S. Labor Department classified San Francisco as a persistent unemployment area with 7.3 percent jobless rate last May, enabling greater eligibility for public works funding and priority in federal contracts. Alameda Contra Costa Marin and San Mateo counties also received substantial area designations.
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Faulty equipment blamed in dentist office fire
Santa Clara County fire marshal Alan B. Carder said faulty den tal equipment caused two fires tied to nitrous oxide units. He noted a nylon valve overheated under oxygen pressure, blasting flames and killing dental assistant Frances Graham. Dr David Roberts faced critical injuries in Los Gatos office. The second blaze hit the Plaga Medical Dental Center in Redwood City.
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Oakland Linen Gas plant gutted by fire
The Certified Linen Gas plant in Oakland was gutted by a three alarm blaze reported at 10:21 p.m. and brought under control about 25 minutes later. Assistant Oakland fire chief Robert Costa said arson is under investigation.
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Prof wins job back after 21 years
California Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of professor Albert Manyoe fired 21 years earlier from Larranciseo Hale College for refusing to sign a loyalty oath. Monroe then chaired the college language arts division.
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Frazier regrets Santa Cruz mansion murders in court
John Linley Frazier, on death row at San Quentin, told reporters he regrets the Santa Cruz mansion killings “very much” but said explaining his actions would take thousands of words. He spoke as the 25 year old former mechanic awaited execution after being found guilty of murdering Dr Victor Ohta, his wife, two sons, and a secretary. The murder scene bore a tarot note declaring war on environmental destroyers and the mansion burned as fire and police blocked entrances. He declined to elaborate on sanity, saying his view is based on natural values rather than material ones. A judge prepared to sentence him to death after motions for a new trial were discussed.
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Japan and China to resume diplomatic ties in 1972
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato announced at a New Year press conference that Japan and Communist China plan to establish diplomatic relations in 1972. He noted the Taiwan issue remains a point of difference but expressed hope for normalization and peaceful coexistence based on independence and nonintervention.
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Five-Child Marin Burglary Ring Busted
Marin County authorities halted an apparent burglary ring centered on a family from Mill Valley and San Francisco. Sylvia St Andrew, 30, was arrested and released on $2,000 bail after being caught in the act. her five children were taken to grandparents. Officials searched for Theodore St Andrew, 35, the reportedly missing father.
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Three men rob Hibernia Bank in San Francisco
Witnesses say three men, one wielding a sawed off shotgun, burst into the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco on Thursday and escaped with 930,000 in cash from a vault after shoving the door open and shouting freeze. The gun was held on five customers and five employees during the heist.
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Ex-candidate held in murder probe in Oakland
Former Oakland council candidate Bev Lindsay Becknell aged 30 was wounded in a West Oakland pool hall shooting. Curtis Lew Baker, 37, owner of the gun, was arrested on investigation of attempted murder after the incident. Baker had led local neighborhood groups and poverty council roles.
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Inmate Recaptured After San Quentin Escape
Quentin inmate David Lee Dumler, 39, fled a work crew near San Quentin on Thursday but was recaptured within two hours. He was serving a 10 year minimum for two LA County robberies and had arrived at San Quentin in March 1967. He reportedly crossed the bridge to Richmond before capture.
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Oakland marks 103rd murder this year
Oakland police report Larry Lee Tucker aged 28 as the citys 103rd murder victim of the year. Tucker who had narcotics and burglary arrests was shot three times in the back of the heart and once in the neck with a .45 caliber pistol. Police said the shots came from about four feet.
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One survives Muslim deaths in Richmond shooting
A 20 year old man was seriously wounded by a sniper in Richmond while four men identified as Black Muslims were said to be marked for death by rivals. Police and investigators are not naming the rivals and are pursuing leads in the case.
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