Bribery Case Opens Over San Francisco Mayor Battle
UPI report from Tacoma details the 1950s antitrust trial in Western District Court where government lawyers allege a conspiracy to bribe a public official, targeting Attorney General John J. O Connell and two former Washington officials. O Connell and associate George Kater sit trial before Judge Ray McNichols.
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Judge Re-Sentences Commune Founder Over Marriage Order
Superior Court Judge An drew J. Eyman, returning from retirement, resentenced Noonan and the commune founder after an appeal failed. The case centered on probation conditions requiring the members to legally marry, with Noonan arguing a legal certificate cannot compel marriage and questioning the judge’s authority.
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Five Convicted in Pot Smuggling Case Near Fresno
Five men were sentenced to prison for roles in smuggling seven tons of marijuana worth about 3.5 million through air shipments from Tijuana to the San Francisco Bay Area. Frank Tambe and his son Anthony, both Fresno residents, drew three-year terms after pleading guilty to conspiracy and receiving, concealing and transporting marijuana. Leroy Vonteheim Jr. of Fresno got a one-year sentence for conspiracy, with sentencing for others delayed. U.S. Attorney D. Dwayne Keyes noted the cross-border nature of the trafficking plan.
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Striking UC Employes Continue Walkout At Berkeley
About 2,000 craft union members from the Alameda County Labor Council and Building Trades Council, AFL-CIO, keep a four week strike against UC. A university spokesman cited 1,000 actually off the job and noted a 12 hour bargaining session produced a constructive exchange but raised grievances of pay scale reductions. The university sought a 10.4 percent pay increase for all school employees.
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Cat birth control pill to be tested in Marin County
A research firm plans to test a feline birth control injection on 20 cats in Marin County. The hormone pellet, implanted under the skin, has undergone nearly 10 years of testing at Syntex Research Corp and could last up to four years. The study will be monitored by the U S Food and Drug Administration.
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Sheriff undecided on haircut as jail break suspects fall
Redwood City dispatch reports Sheriff ree Hah contemplates a barber visit while pursuing remaining escapees. Southgate officers recaptured Ernest Lakey and Vincent Smith, with several others tied to a jailbreak and a police killing under investigation. Farther arrests and a recovered body linked to the case expand the hunt across California.
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Tougher gun laws eyed after Mabatia governor shooting
Washington AP report says the Mabatia governor George C Walthe may face new gun legislation as the Nixon administration weighs bills long delayed. A Hill source notes White House drafting of tougher controls, amid Senate subcommittee action and debate over handguns known as Saturday night Specials. The shooting of Wallace and injuries to others spurred calls for tightened gun control and faster tracing via the Gun Control Act.
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Connally resigns as Treasury chief Shultz to replace him
President Nixon names George P. Shultz as Treasury secretary after John Connally's departure. Shultz, a former University of Chicago business dean and Budget director, is expected to guide monetary policy and wage price controls amid ongoing economic challenges and currency reforms.
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Soviets Press for Mutually Beneficial U S Relations
Moscow issued a front page Pravda editorial stressing equal, mutually advantageous Soviet American relations. The piece urges progress in disarmament talks and SALT while avoiding harm to third parties, and notes continued Soviet support for Vietnam amid pursuit of a Nixon visit despite the Vietnam war.
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San Mateo budget proposal up for 1972 74
San Mateo County Manager M D Tarshes submitted a proposed 4127.8 million budget to the Board of Supervisors for 1972 74. He said the total is up 4 million from the current year, the smallest hike since 134s.
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Nixon rests up for Moscow trip after talks in Washington
President Nixon, resting at Camp David, prepared for Saturday departure to Moscow. He met Cardinal John Krol to brief on Polish history and joined Rogers and Kissinger for a Sequoia dinner, then returned to Western Maryland before confirming the trip remains on.
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Weinberger Named Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Caspar Weinberger, former San Francisco assemblyman, named to lead the Office of Management and Budget replacing George Shultz who will become Treasury secretary. The appointment ties to Reagan’s reshuffle in the federal finance and budget leadership.
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Sickle Cell Bill Signed by Nixon to Fund Cure Effort
President Nixon signed a measure allocating 115 million dollars over three years to fund sickle cell anemia research and aid victims. The program targets a disease that mostly affects African Americans, with an estimated 25,000 to 50,000 affected, and aims to advance toward eradicating the condition.
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Nixon provision jeopardizes antiwar bill in Senate vote
In Washington, key supporters threaten to vote against their own measure due to a White House backed ceasefire clause tying U.S. troop withdrawal to a halt in conflict. The 47-48 Senate tally marks the first war bill action since Nixon ordered mining of North Vietnamese ports.
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DDT Testimony Challenged by Pesticide Lawyer
A pesticide industry attorney accused four scientists and others of not telling the truth at an EPA hearing on DDT. Robert L. Ackerly said many witnesses for EPA and EDF were unreliable as the agency weighed a possible DDT ban due by March 15.
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Freshmen push to reform Congressional Record style
Freshmen Rep Bella Abarg of New York and Rep Ronald Dellums of California injected lengthy inserts into the Congressional Record May 2 and May 10 11 raising costs and prompting the Joint Committee on Printing to seek reforms. The committee plans to curb oversized remarks aiming to make the Record a truer account of House and Senate debate amid rising per page printing costs.
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