Baby death in ditch linked to stillbirth findings
San Leandro police shifted the case after the coroner report said the infant was a white stillborn male, probably two months premature, making homicide unlikely. The body was found yesterday morning partly submerged in a water filled ditch on Doolittle Drive near the city limits. investigators probe the disposal misdemeanor while detailing severed body parts.
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Philip Mathis
Arrests after drag strip melee near Fremont Bar
Police say seven arrested after a confrontation outside Fremont Bar Gate area as a lone Black man Bryant Jones was attacked by Edward and Louis Combs and Judith Combs. Jones reported racial slurs and car damage while officers stopped the fight and arrested four bystanders for interfering with police. Edward Combs faces battery assault and resisting arrest charges. Judith Combs charged with interference and Louis Combs with assault and resisting arrest.
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Hayward
Combs
Edwards
Diane Combs
Edward
Louis Combs
Edward Combs
Mrs. Combs
Innes
Decate School Custodian Dies At 62 In Union City
George R. Fletcher, custodian at Decate Elementary, dies Saturday at 62. A Hawaii native, he received the Honorary Service Award from Decate School PTA and held honorary and union memberships. Survived by wife Cora and six grandchildren. Mass set for Thursday at Our Lady of the Rosary in Union City. rosary recited tomorrow night at Sorensen Brothers Chapel.
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Norma Hudson
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Frank Pletcher
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Gil Fletcher
Arizona
John Fletcher
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church
Sorensen Brothers Chapel
Hmb St
Stayward
Berkeley Researchers Claim Cheap Alloy Steel Breakthrough
UC Berkeley researchers announce a new three-element alloy made from iron chromium and carbon that they say could transform the U.S. steel industry by lowering costs while improving strength and durability. Professor Gareth Thomas states the alloy’s simplicity drives its low cost and potential broad impact.
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UC Berkeley Material Science and Engineering Department
Thomas
San Jose court backs council on police chief censure
State Court of Appeal ruled that a City Council resolution censuring Police Chief Robert Murphy did not interfere with the San Jose City Manager’s duties. It reversed a lower court order to rescind the Oct 12 1972 resolution. Murphy had defended officer Rocklin Woolley, later cleared in the John Henry Smith shooting.
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UPI
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Thomas W. Caldecot
Mexican Navy chases U S shrimp boat off Yucatan waters
The Mexican Navy pursued the American shrimping trawler Warrior after claiming it trespassed into Mexican waters near the Yucatan Peninsula. Owner AJ McGinn denied the charge saying the Navy fired on the vessel and tried to sideswipe it. a Coast Guard spokesman said the Navy pursued after the Warrior refused to leave. The Coast Guard sent an observer plane to the scene.
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UPL
Yucatan Peninsula
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Coast Guard
English rock singer and escort convicted in interstate prostitution case
John Holdsworthy-Higgs, 32, and Lynn Dudgeon, 27, Reno, were found guilty by a federal court jury of transporting two 19 year old Fairfield cocktail waitresses across state lines for prostitution. The witnesses said Higgs met the women at the Acacia Club in Fairfield and took them to the Mustang Ranch near Sparks, Nevada, where Dudgeon testified she worked as a prostitute.
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Therm
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Wounded Knee encircled by federal forces again
Federal marshals and FEI agents tightened lines around Wounded Knee Pine Ridge S D increasing manpower and armor. Reported no overnight incidents as authorities patrolled all approaches and maintained a blockade amid continuing Indian resistance and arrests.
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Indian leader from area Means linked to Wounded Knee events
Russell Means, born on Mine Ridge Reservation, rose from a San Leandro High student to AIM coordinator in Cleveland. He drew attention as a potential political leader amid Wounded Knee protests, with teachers recalling his troubled academic past and wire service accounts noting his emergence at the Lakota uprising site.
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Tokyo commuters mob railway halt after go slow protest
UPI reports 10,001 angry commuters mobbed a Tokyo area station fifty miles north, forcing hours of train service suspension amid go slow tactics by rail workers. Several arrests followed as rioters smashed windows and drivers fled. a motorman fled after being overwhelmed, with trains left unmanned.
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Means
Pine Ridge Reservation
Viet Cong to release 32 POWs amid cease-fire terms
The Viet Cong says 32 prisoners including 25 military personnel and seven civilians will be turned over to U.S. authorities under the Jan 2 cease-fire, as Washington cites that all American troops must be repatriated by March 23. Maj Gen Gilbert Woodward, lead U.S. delegate, says no more troops will depart until the final release and a definite date are set.
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Mystery POW case stumps officials after Thai pilot claim
A Thai pilot allegedly flew an American civilian to North Vietnam in September 1970 and landed on a beach there. Officials dispute the tale while the missing American remains unsolved. State Dept says the pilot was a privately acting individual. the civilian's fate and whereabouts are unknown.
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Letters praise Nixon for POWs endorsements
Washington officials said President Nixon has received over 100000 letters praising him for winning freedom for American prisoners of war. Messages from former POWs families and other citizens were sent with promises of personal notes and White House invitations when all return.
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UPIP
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Alameda County Strives to Halt Mosquito Invasion
District workers focus on eliminating standing water to curb larvae in Alameda County. The program uses mosquito fish in creeks and backyards, then relies on pesticides while monitoring species and warning residents. Officials anticipate two weeks for mosquitoes to appear, with efforts aimed at preventing the salt marsh gray mosquito from emerging.
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Burglars Hide in Ceiling at Yardy's Store
Four San Bernardino police, aided by an ultrasonic alarm, surrounded Yardy’s Department Store early Monday as three burglars, believed hiding in a maze of false ceilings, eluded capture after a daylong search and tear gas. Cordon Marais surrendered after triggering a silent alarm and turning over a sawed off shotgun.
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Marais
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Yaxdy
Hadyoot
USC
Pat Cannamela
Hokhip
Texas lawmakers praise Johnson after death comfort Lady Bird
In Austin Texas UPI report says resolutions praising President Lyndon B. Johnson passed in the Texas Legislature after his death. Lady Bird Johnson told lawmakers the state legislature was part of Lyndon’s life through his father and through his lineage. Her letter, read to legislators, expressed comfort from the resolutions.
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