UC grad dies by jumping from San Francisco Bay Bridge
A recent University of California graduate leaped from the San Francisco Bay Bridge near Yerba Buena Island on Tuesday, leaving her car on the span. The California Highway Patrol reported it as the first known death by self harm on the bridge.
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Jury panel seated for Binck Hilliard trial in Oakland
A tentative jury of eight whites, three blacks, and two Chinese Americans is chosen as Binck Hilliard faces charges of attempted murder and assaulting a police officer stemming from a 1988 shootout. Hilliard’s attorney challenged the district attorney’s impartiality. the judge urged a fair trial. About sixty jurors were summoned as the selection process continues over several days.
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Garbage collectors in Vallejo postpone strike
Union Local 490 represents Val lejo Fairfield and Napa workers delaying a midnight strike as talks with garbage firms and federal mediator Jerry Finley show progress. The Teamsters seek a $2.65 hourly raise from $3.43 while rejecting a $1.02 increase offered in a three year contract.
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City Board Rejects Street Closure for Fair in June
San Francisco officials canceled plans to close Upper Grant Avenue for a street fair to be held June 19 20. Police Captain Jeremiah Taylor said residents opposed the event citing traffic problems and higher narcotic and criminal activity. Crowds and crowd control were cited as costly and difficult.
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Desegregation plans for San Francisco schools debated
In San Francisco the Guineas Advisory Committee forwarded three desegregation schemes for elementary schools. One three zone plan would divide the city into six and three zones, but would involve school busing. A federal court order requires submission of an integration plan by a specified deadline.
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Unchecked Red Advance Threatens Cambodian Capital
Turmoil near Phnom Penh as North Vietnamese divisions push toward the Cambodian capital. Cambodian forces counter the assault in multiple sectors, with heavy fighting reported around Kompong Chamlang and near Aricerg. U.S. command notes several American helicopter losses and casualties amid a widening Indochina clash.
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Berkeley City Attorney Charged With Conflict Allegation
Berkeley councilman D Arny Bailey accuses City Attorney Robert Anderson of a serious conflict of interest due to private practice work. Anderson defends by citing a Los Altos Hills housing case and says no conflict exists between his city role and private clients. Mayor Widener and the council majority backed the coalition that backed him.
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Release bid filed for antiwar activist Leslie Bacon
Leslie Bacon asks the Ninth Circuit to order bail while she appeals contempt of court for refusing to answer questions about the U S Capitol bombing. The 1 year old, from Atherton California, was held as a material witness in Seattle and later questioned by a grand jury, with immunity granted but no further cooperation given.
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Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr dies in Massachusetts
Reinhold Niebuhr, renowned Protestant theologian and political thinker, died Tuesday night at his summer home in STOCKERRINGE Massachusetts. He was 78 and had retired recently after a career spanning ministry at Behel Evangelical Church in Detroit and a long tenure at Union Theological Seminary.
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Bliss On Bus Wedding in East Phoenix Street
Delita Carroll and Wiss Carroll wed aboard a chartered city bus on East Phoenix Street. The ceremony lasted about 15 blocks with an official from a marriage chapel officiating. The groom, a mechanic at Lake Air Force Base, aimed to honor an uncle who had driven a million accident free miles. only the minister, a vocalist, a news photographer, and the bus driver witnessed.
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Magee Defense Seeks Clarity On Judge Killing Wound
Magee and Davis face murder, kidnapping, conspiracy charges in the failed escape that killed Judge Harold Haley and others. Attorney Ernest J. Graves asks the district attorney to specify which wound killed the judge, arguing Magee could be charged only if the fatal shot was fired by him. A pathologist testified both chest and head injuries could be fatal. Graves seeks a ruling from Superior Court Judge Richard E. Aragon with a motion scheduled for Tuesday.
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South Vietnamese to release 13 sick POWs amid refusals
Saigon announced plans to release 13 ill and wounded North Vietnamese prisoners from Da Nang aboard an American ship and hand them over at the DMZ. Officials cited 647 POWs who refused repatriation, saying many preferred South Vietnam’s treatment and security. The Red Cross surveyed 660 sick and wounded prisoners, with 98 percent preferring to stay south, complicating Hanoi’s stance.
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Veterans group forms to support Nixon policy
A new veterans organization Viet Veterans for a Just Peace formed in Washington to back Nixon Vietnamization and draw US troops from Vietnam. Ten veterans announced at a news conference that the group has 5000 supporters and aims to counter Viet Nam Veterans Against the War led demonstrations. Bruce Kessler of Brooklyn and Jon O Neil of San Antonio spoke urging media fair treatment and debate with Kerry’s group.
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Hero says he'd rather go to jail for war protest
Nicholas W. Schoch, a 23 year old Oakville native and former conscientious objector, received the Distinguished Service Cross in San Francisco. He said in an interview that with his knowledge today he would have chosen jail over Army service, recalling Hamburger Hill action with the 61st Airborne in Vietnam.
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