Community Center Fire Sparks Police Riot in Vallejo
About 150 youths attacked police and firefighters at Thompson Park Community Center as a string of five arson fires destroyed the $22,000 frame building. Tear gas dispersed the crowd after rocks and bottles were thrown at responders and cars. One juvenile arrested. several officers treated for cuts. The incident followed a recreation department decision to close the center.
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Po- Moe
Thompson Park
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Southern Pacific expects normal service today in seven western states
San Francisco AP reports Southern Pacific says local commuter and western services should be back to normal after an eight hour strike ended Friday. The United Transportation Union members walked out over new switch jobs given to brakemen, opposing the restraint order that blocks further job removals but signals renewed negotiations.
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Southern Pacific
Spakestrait
United Transportalian Union
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George Leclner
Tragic Boat Mishaps Offshore Bay Leave Three Missing
Two separate San Mateo County boat accidents claim lives and leave three missing. Oakland contractor Tabby Trujillo, 48, was pulled from the surf near Devils Slide. his son Tim and two others are also missing. A second wreck off Pillar Point near Half Moon Bay left four aboard, with Opel Harvey 59 and Lander Jolson 39 rescued, Agrippa Cramer 43 hospitalized, and a woman found on Cramer’s wife’s body recovered by helicopter. Coast Guard searched but found no wreckage along the cliffs.
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St Marys students stage protest over budget and layoffs
MORAGA AP More than 1,000 black and Mexican American students at St Marys College launch a water only fast in the campus chapel to press demands. Spokesman Hector Sandoval reads a statement as students vow not to leave until concerns about minority faculty, enrollment, and an ethnic studies program are addressed amid budget cuts and contract renewals. Chicano leader Alejandro Contreras echoes calls for protections for minority staff and expanded programs. Four black basketball players walk out Feb 25 in protest of Johnsons layoff and are suspended pending a hearing.
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Tran
Odell Johnson
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Cyclists Attend Concord Wedding Parade
About 300 cyclists from around California gathered in Contra Costa County to attend the wedding of Air ail Mes. Charles Gregory. After the ceremony they were escorted by Concord Police through the town as the couple departed on a motorcycle.
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UPI
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Radical rabbi joins Glide church in landmark residence
Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg, 72, becomes the first rabbi in residence at Glide Memorial Methodist Church, described as a haven for street people militants and homosexuals. He addresses about 40 parishioners with an aid from a nine piece band, praising Angela Davis and pledging to work for gray power alongside Glide’s elderly members.
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Ho Chi Minh
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Angela Davis
Feinberg
Temple Israel
New York City
Gray Power
Gllde
Zoo train mishap injures nine at San Francisco Zoo
Nine people including six children were injured Sunday when a miniature train derailed on a trestle at the San Francisco Zoo. The final car fell over the side while the engine and two cars continued. Injured were taken to Alemany Emergency Hospital. none seriously hurt. Authorities noted it was the first accident since the zoological society began operating the train in 1960. The 41 passenger steam train has served the southwest corner of the zoo since 1025.
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UPD
San Francisco Zoo
Alemany
Zoological Society
Four Die As Wrong Way Driver Collides On Freeway
An Interstate 6 incident near Williams, involving Daniel Merrick, 39, who traveled the wrong way, killed him and three Sacramento residents in another car. The Sacramento family members, a 44-year-old wife, a four-year-old daughter, and a woman, were killed. The husband in the second vehicle was critical and hospitalized in Colusa. Names withheld pending notifications.
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Colusa Hospital
Ford accuses Anderson of hearsay in ITT charges
Washington Republican leaders clash over ITT matters as Senate investigators question former Attorney General Mitchell. Gerald Ford attacks Jack Anderson for using multiple hearsay to allege illicit deals, while Dita Beard's health prompts tentative panel meetings. Kennedy faces charges of political conspiracy as the probe tightens.
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Edward Mr. Kennedy
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Cook
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Six days at sea as tanker San Nicolas sinks
The Liberian tanker San Nicolas sank March 5 or 6 in the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion or bang, leaving two survivors from Trieste among the 30 crew. Giorgia Gagliardo and Danilo Pizziga endured six days on a raft with no water or food, while others died from exposure. Coast Guard and rescuers searched a vast Gulf area as two rescued men were treated for exposure at a U.S. Public Health Service Hospital.
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Hearing on wage and price controls sparks GOP concern
Rep Reid of Tennessee told union leaders that Congress will soon hold hearings on what he calls a double standard in the wage and price control program. He cited differing treatment for workers and powerful interests and urged even handed enforcement to curb inflation.
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FTC proposes national system for quick consumer complaints
Washington DC FTC official Robert Pitofsky urges a national, inexpensive method to handle consumer complaints. He favors conciliation and arbitration over costly lawsuits and outlines reforms to improve responsiveness and focus on remedial law to impact the marketplace.
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Robert Pitofsky
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Bureau of Consumer Protection
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Three Daughters Share Same Birthday in Portland
Three of Lawrence Buchan's daughters blew out candles Sunday to celebrate their 40th 58th and a day birthdays in Portland Oregon Beaverton Beaverton residents Jean Mathews Joyce Xalser and Mary Maes all born March 12 in 1882 1931 and 1939 respectively each marked the date with family gatherings
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Lawrence Buchanen
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Jim Matthaws
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Don Xalser
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Ron Maes
Boring
Theft puzzle puzzles Decatur burglars ignore cash haul
Decatur Illinois AP report: Sheriff's deputies investigate a weekend burglary at Harald Catlin's rural Decatur home. Thieves entered the residence and took two Tollar bowls valued at about 50 dollars and a 91.50 light ball, while leaving 140 dollars in cash untouched on a nearby table. The motives remain unclear as investigators comb the scene.
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Decatur
Harald Catlin
Bomb threats disrupt airline offices and flights coast to coast
Air carriers nationwide faced bomb threats prompting searches and delays in New York Los Angeles Albuquerque and other cities. No bombs were found. An anonymous caller claimed explosives aboard a New York to Miami jet and demanded 860000 in ransom at a remote beach. National Airlines and Texas International Airlines reported similar threats affecting several flights and terminals.
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Pat Nixon to Celebrate 60th Birthday Quietly
Washington UPI report says Pat Nixon will be 60 on Thursday and the First Family will mark the occasion with a small family style gathering, likely at Camp David, while avoiding an extravagant celebration. Connie Stuart notes a cake is planned and next weekend may be spent at the outdoor retreat.
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UPI
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Renard Winch Cox
Jack Lyzele
Rug industry urged to meet new carpet standards
Consumer Affairs adviser Virginia Knauer urged federal action urging comprehensive rug and carpet standards. She said FHA will set minimum acceptable standards for rugs in homes with federally guaranteed mortgages and predicted broader rules if industry rejects grading again. Standards would classify rugs by traffic tolerance and use in households.
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