Petris backs Oakland Black Caucus on education goals
Oakland State Sen. Nicholas Petris told the Oakland Black Caucus at New Hope Baptist Church he is committed to their effort for better education. The meeting drew 33 organizations including the Congress of Racial Equality the Black Panthers Filipino Chinese American and Mexican American groups. Delegates will report back to their organizations.
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UPI
Nicholas Petris
Black Caucus
New Hope Baptist Church
Petris
Congress of Racial Equality
The
Black Panthers
Filipina
Nick Delara
Filipino Coalition
Caveus
Paul Cobb
Draft dodger's mail case labeled obscene claim
SAN FRANCISCO AP The Post Office Department refused to consider a longhaired youth's complaint that he received obscene mail from his draft board The complaint filed by Robert Blanch 20 of San Rafael asserts federal law permits citizens to stop delivery of mail they deem obscene Blanch says a letter ordering people to be trained to kill is obscene
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San Francisco
Post Office Department
Post Office
Charles Harper
Robert Blanch
San Rafael
Blanch
Crab season in San Francisco starts with a poor haul
AP reports the official crab season opened with a weak catch in San Francisco. Fishermen described the first day as the worst yet, with many bringing in meager loads and prices near one dollar per pound. Some blame pollution and chemicals for the scarcity as Oregon holds a larger crab supply.
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San Francisco
Tammy Manzali
Walee
Oregon
Fire equipment not for kittens in Redwood City
Redwood City fire officials refused a stranded cat rescue on a utility pole as a costly setback. Battalion Chief Clifford Ashby asked if a $50 000 piece of gear should be used to rescue a cat while noting the department has not handled a stranded cat call in six years and advised calling the humane society.
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Redwood City
Fire Department
Clifford Ashby
Ashby
The
Humane Society
Bank of America Rehires Protester Over Demonstration Absence
Bank of America offered to rehire stenographer Margo Pelton after firing her for taking time off for an antistar moratorium protest. The bank later learned she found another job and may not return. A Superior Court suit seeking an injunction to allow participation in a second demonstration was dropped after the offer.
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San Francisco
Bank of America
Margo Pelton
Antistar
Teamsters Picket San Francisco Container Plant
Teamsters union picketed Sea-Land Service container operations in San Francisco and Oakland, protesting staffing by postal clerks after objecting previously to ILWU and Warehousemen's Union. Pickets withdrew after company agreed to meet next Monday with union representatives.
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San Francisco
Sea- Land Service, Inc
Teamsters Union
Oakland
Teamsters
International Longshotermen's and Warehousemens Union
San Francisco Murder Victim Left at Fire Station
A 26 year old man, James Walker, was dumped in front of a fire station by two men and a woman who fled in a brown car. Walker died at San Francisco General Hospital, becoming the city’s 130th homicide of the year, with 83 homicides by this time last year. Fireman Donald Taistenberg recalled one assailant saying, This man's been shot.
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San Francisco
James Walker
Donald Taistenberg
Jire Station 42
Themen
Walker
Si Francisco General Hospital
Moonlighting cop shot and killed man in bank dispute
The May Area Urban League calls it outrageous that Patrolman William D Taylor, moonlighting at Bank of America in Market and Geary, shot Charles Brumfield 24 of Oakland after a bank check dispute. Brumfield, previously convicted of robbery and petty theft, was killed as he fled. A police probe is underway with no details released. The league urges citizen investigations into banks hiring off duty armed officers and lethal force rules.
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William D. Taylor
Bank of America
Market and
Geary Streets
Charles Brumfield
Oakland
Brumfield
Bers
Police Department
League
Percy H. Steele Jr
Taylor
Chemical warfare study rapped by Berkeley symposium
The former government scientist Theater Rosebury, a retired bacteriology professor from Washington University, urged that chemical and biological warfare research be driven by political pressure rather than scientific debate. He warned of worldwide revulsion and urged moving away from this form of war on humane grounds. Defense officials countered that research is needed to match Soviet capabilities.
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Berkeley
Theater Rosebury
Washington University
St.Louis
Defense Department
University of California
Stanford coeds may gain birth control access change
Stanford University health center director and the dean of students urged policy change to allow unmarried coeds to receive contraceptives. They argued the health service should reflect standard medical practice and not impose prohibitions, noting current referrals to private physicians and Planned Parenthood.
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Stanford University
University Health Center
Peter Bulkeley
James McCleaghan
Stanford Daily
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Bulkeley
University Center
McClenahan
Stanford committee calls for abolition of draft
A 14 member Stanford group headed by Prof. Alan Coleman urged ending conscription in a report to President Kenneth S. Pitzer. They argued the draft strengthens the military establishment and distorts constitutional checks and balances while acting as a hidden tax on poorer students. They favored returning to voluntary service and noted Nixon’s proposed changes would only work in extreme emergencies.
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Kenneth S. Pilzer
Nixon
Congress
Alan B. Coleman
Graduate School of Business
Pitzer
Santa Cruz mayor rips Viet Cong flag on Veterans Day
Santa Cruz Mayor Richard Werner a World War II veteran removed a Viet Cong flag from the porch of Larry E Beil a substitute teacher in Santa Cruz after receiving multiple telephone complaints on Veterans Day.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Richard Werner
Werner
Larry E. Beil
Publishing Deity Including Sundays Circulation Audit
A notice indicates the publishing entity conducted a Sunday circulation audit covering the weekday and weekend editions. Details outline audit scope and potential adjustments to reported readership figures for the publication.
Riots End As San Bernardino Declares Civil Disaster
Police broke up a disturbance on the west side of San Bernardino public order restored after 11 people involved. Mayor A Ballard declared a citywide civil disaster and curfew enforcement continued with 70 officers patrolling. No civilian injuries reported though rocks and bottles were thrown and some windows damaged.
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San Bernardino
Calif
A. Ballard
Vandals protest changes at Fresno State College
Apparent reaction to campus administrative changes at Fresno State College sparked vandalism, a telephone protest and a teach-out. Incidents included cement in toilets, a bonfire scare, and a $4,300 grand piano destroyed in the Music Building. Leaflets urged disrupting calls to Falk’s former employer and holding classes outside rooms to emphasize students and teachers over buildings and leadership.
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Fresno
UPI
Fresno State College
Karl Falk
Bonn
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Falk
FSC
Frederic Ness
Marvin X
Jackman
Ness
Jackson
Astronauts lounge on beach before moon flight
Apollo 32 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon spend leisure time at Cape Kennedy planning sunbathing if weather allows Conrad also flew a 40 minute T38 sortie amid final prep for the Moon mission Weather forecasters predict partly cloudy skies and moderate winds for Friday's launch with President Nixon and Vice President Agnew expected in attendance Police testified Gerry Curtis shaved at 52 mph through a built up area and with hands off the wheel receiving a 15 pound fine
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Fla
Pthers
Dyday
Moon
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Conrad
Hardy
Nixon
Spira T. Agnew
Weather Bureau
Bean
Lunar
London
Gerry Curtis
Curtis
Student storms rostrum at Indiana University lecture
Indiana University student Pamela Gockley, 21, of Westport Conn was arrested for disorderly conduct after attempting to seize the rostrum from Dr Clark Kerr former UC Berkeley president During the fifth and final lecture in IU series Kerr noted Armistice Day hopes and warned of a turning point in higher education Several audience members joined the seven on stage as police escorted them away The incident followed a pie attack on Kerr during a previous appearance four months earlier by another student
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Pamela Gockley
Westport
Conn
Hubert Heffner
Patten Foundation
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