Woman recounts torture of three in Mexican jail
Hayward woman Sheryl Lynn Bush describes three fellow Americans tortured in Guadalajara Mexico by police in a basement jail using an instrument like an electric prod called a chicharra. The judge deemed the confessions coerced and invalid. The three men Robert Edwards Charles Heard and Delmar Heck remain in a federal penitentiary while Bush was released after ten days.
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Eric C. Raimy Hayward
Guadalajara
Mexico
Sheryl Lynn Bush
Federal
Guadala
Bush
Jose Maria Lopez Macias
Third Federal District Court
Caefernse
S*thicharra
Wade
Mexico City
State Department
Washington
Lockwood
Children Toss Firebombs in Saigon Hue Pre election Violence
Protests against President Thieu in Saigon and Hue escalated with youths hurling Molotov cocktails at a Buddhist pagoda and vehicles. Police used tear gas as veterans joined rioters and over 200 reinforcements were deployed under shoot to kill orders.
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Saigon
VPT
Nguyen van Thien
Hue
Nixon
Thieu
Iue
Imperial Citadel
Commounists
University of Hue
An Quang
Gas leak at San Leandro plant endangers workers
A valve on a 2000 gallon chlorine tank at the San Leandro sewage treatment plant sprang a leak. A plant employee and a nearby wrecking yard worker were exposed to fumes and treated at San Leandro Memorial Hospital. Quick repair avoided evacuations as fumes drifted through the area. The incident occurred as officials planned ceremonies for air pollution control week.
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San Leandro
Davis Street
Gale Casterton
George Koons
San Leandro Memorial Hospital
Tire Department
San Leanden
Weekend camera weather forecast and clear skies
The weekend brings continued fair weather with clear visibility according to the weatherman. South County highs will reach the 70s after chilly lows tonight and into tomorrow.
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Fromarrow
South County
Senate calls for total Viet Nam pullout within six months
Washington APS reports Democratic Leader Mansfield urges end to the war with a six month U. S. withdrawal from Indochina. Senate vote 53 to 34, House doubts passage. Earlier draft extension amendment won 138 to 0 last June but failed in the House. Mansfield’s tied amendment to a 21 billion defense bill faces Senate action next week.
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Washington
APS
Mike Mansfield
Senate
U.S. S
Indochina
House
Charles W. Whalendge
ReGhle
Mansfield
Sulta Ba
Two Oakland youths killed in Hayward rail crash
A Southern Pacific train hit a car at Dunn Road killing driver Melcert Swan 18 and passenger Relena Ivy 16. The crossing, disputed for years, has stop signs on both sides and private westward access. Engineer David Houck Jr. 54 was at the throttle and witnesses cited failure to slow or stop as factors. Residents demand safer crossing measures amid past fatalities.
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Hayward
Oakland
Southern Pacific
Dunn Road
Highway Patrol
Melcert A. Swan
Relena Denise Ivy
St. Rose Hospital
David B. Houck Jr
Center St
Castro Valley
Noble F. Heaton
San Leandro
Dunn
Public Utilities Commission
Trudy Venegas
East Coast dock strike expands, ports idle
East Coast longshoremen walkout halts Atlantic ports while Gulf ports stay open. Nixon weighs Taft-Hartley 80 day cooling off and coast-to-coast action. White House downplays immediate use. Labor mediators meet after late talks, no binding arbitration agreed. Gulf crews vote to strike as Beaumont Port Arthur weigh further action.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Ports
Nixon
West Coast
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Portland
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Washington
Labor Department
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Beaumont- Port Arthur
Twyload
Leandran designs Yule seal wins national contest
San Leandro resident Jim Clarke, 1413 Dayton Ave, Fremont graphic artist, won the national 1971 Christmas seal design contest. Clarke has entered since 1963 and created a scene with a Christmas tree, angel, candle, and trumpeter to be sent to millions of homes this December.
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San Leandro
Jim Clarke
Clarke
Dayton Ave
Fremont
State high court grants welfare setup reprieve
Sacramento AP reports California's welfare program received a last minute reprieve from a court order that could have halted checks for 2.5 million recipients. The amended order allows a partial continuation of checks using the old schedule while the court reviews the case. Welfare chief Robert Carleson said two thirds of benefit cuts would not go into effect as initially planned under Governor Reagan's form law.
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Sacramento
State Supreme Court
California
Robert Carleson
San Francisco
Carleson
Ben
Reagan
Bvutle Younger
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