California voters may vote on marijuana legalization in November
Attorney Robert Ashford, coordinator of California ena pie Bald Sunday, aims to decriminalize marijuana via a ballot measure. The proposal requires the attorney general's approval and 350,000 signatures. Ashford targets 500,000. The plan would remove criminal penalties for users, owners, and growers and argue legal home cultivation reduces hard drug escalation.
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Bomb graveyard to be dismantled near Hamilton AFB
A Navy disposal squad will dismantle a bomb graveyard dating before World War II. About 175 bombs, some live, lie in mudflats of a San Pablo Bay range near Hamilton Air Force Base. A boy found three bombs including a live 40 pounder. The area will be cleared in about two weeks, a spokesman said.
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Hunger strike ends at San Quentin Additive Center
San Quentin inmates at the Adjustment Center ended a hunger strike that began last Monday. Two of the fasting men resumed eating on Saturday while two holdouts, unnamed by officials, stopped by Sunday. They sought paper plates, ice cream with pork, visiting rights without shackles, commissary access, church services, minority literature, and correspondence courses. Associate Warden James Park said most requests could not be granted for security reasons.
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Safecrackers loot San Francisco press store
Safecrackers used a sledge hammer and a drill to open a downtown press store safe Sunday. They escaped with about $7,500 in cash. Police found the tools at the space where the downtown store is located.
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Franklin to fight Stanford firing in court action
Stanford University fired H Bruce Franklin after a faculty panel recommended dismissal for inciting violence on campus. Franklin, a Marxist and Melville expert, plans to sue, saying he will continue teaching a literature and revolution course, with hearings and injunctions shaping his contested ban from central campus.
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UC Senate Rejects Funds for Antiwar Group
In Berkeley California the UC student senate voted 14 to 1 to deny a $2700 grant to the Student Mobilification Committee to End the War. Kathy Christian urged the rejection saying the group's marches and demonstrations were ineffective toward halting the war.
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AWOL sailor given 30 days confinement
Richard Latson, 19, from Hedland Michigan, was convicted of unauthorized absence from the USS Midway and sentenced to 30 days confinement. He was fined 192 dollars and reduced one rank to fireman recruit. He began serving the sentence at Treasure Island and will be assisted in filing for conscientious objector status.
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Hayward Resident Mrs. Jorgine Anderson Turns 101
Mrs Jorgine Anderson aged 101, resident of Majestic Pines Convalescent Hospital in Hayward, is celebrated at a birthday party. Hospital spokesman says she has lived in Hayward for many years and remains alert and active in local Danish organizations. Relatives and patients attend the party at the hospital.
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Dock talks near as West Coast strike lingers
SAN FRANCISCO AP The West Coast dock labor dispute may see renewed talks on or before January 3 as the ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association consider resuming negotiations to end a 24 port shutdown. Federal mediation chief Erwin W Scott says no talks yet while Congress weighs Nixon’s arbitration plan. The 13 000 ILWU dockers walked out January 1 amid a 100 day strike that began after a five year contract expired. The dispute centers on taxing non ILWU carrier goods and the bidders theorem to settle it at the bargaining table.
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Funeral for John Sr Kearney Fireman with long service
Funeral scrivens are set for Tuesday for John Sr Kearney a city fireman who earned many medals and rescued numerous people during his 40 year service with the department Kearney died Friday at age 88 and joined the Fire Department in 1909 serving in Chinatown and North Beach with Engine facilities and steam purper duties in his earlier years.
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Nixon seeks Medicare premium cut and aging aid
President Nixon urged Congress to eliminate the Medicare monthly premium for about 2.1 million seniors, offset by higher payroll taxes to cover a $1.5 billion gap. He touted a $50 billion aging budget, expanded home care and nutrition services, and welfare reform changes to boost Social Security and welfare benefits.
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Nixon defense budget centers on ships and missiles
President Nixon asked for a 1973 defense budget of 76.5 billion dollars focused on naval and aerial forces to counter the Soviet threat. The plan includes building a larger U S fleet with new submarines and aircraft carriers, expanding missile programs, and accelerating land based weapons modernization amid SALT concerns and unemployment linkage.
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Nixon proposal funds to fight venereal disease
President Nixon asked Congress for 2.4 million to combat a national venereal disease epidemic, saying the plan aims to expand VD testing and teenage outreach while acknowledging the issue remains largely a state and local concern. HEW plans quadrupling VD control spending to 248 million for 1973 amid scrutiny of underfunded federal VD efforts.
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Wilderness plan called success in California forests
Regional Forester Doug R. Leisz said the Forest Service wilderness permit system was a gratifying success. Permits were required for campers entering wilderness areas and four primitive areas across about two million acres in California's National Forests, and the program was well received by the public.
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