Informal history of California town Decato in the 20s
In Decato the 1920s are recalled as a baseball town with games at 1:30 pm on Sundays drawing crowds. Players included Louie Brazil the pitcher and a mix of Spanish or Portuguese surnames. The piece details local figures, boxing beginnings, social spots like the Decoto Hotel and ice cream parlors turned gymnasiums, and community life including dances and theaters.
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Yano
Vepa
Fateh
Railroad Avenue
Whipple Road
Tana
Baynard
Tennyson
Valle Vista
Dr. Billings Mnchal Niles
Decota
Wiles Townes
Decoto
Niles
Louie Brazil
Louie
Midwest
Oakland Oaks
Brazil
Deculo
Alameda County
Alvarado
Pancho Villa
Deroto
Decato
Young Duperay
Old Park Athletic Club
San Francisco
San Francisco Boys Club
Mission
Oakland
T and D
Seventh Street
Rose Room
4Th Street
Mission and
Dry Creek Road
Devoto
Talevant
Chito
First Street
Decote
Ist
Tenth
Vith
G Street
Mary Janiera
Garcia
Loth Street
Hillview
Joe Pepitone
Chicago Seven face contempt case anew in Chicago hearing
The Chicago Seven and 1968 disruptionists return to U S District Court in Portland Maine for contempt proceedings led by Judge Edward Gignoux after Judge Hoffman’s 1970 71 verdicts were voided. Attorneys Kunstler and Weinglass accompany the defendants as government and defense teams clash on trial length and jury requirements.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Seven
Lay. Y
William Kunstler
Leonard T. Weinglass
U.S. District Court
Edward T. Gignoux
Portland
Maine
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Kunstler
Weinglass
David Dellinger
Jerry Rubin
Renae Davis
Thormag Hayden
Abbie Holfus
John Fromnes
Lee Weiner
U.S. Court of Appeals
Musician questioned after cocaine strapped to back in Mexico City
UPI reports an American musician arriving from Peru carried over three pounds of cocaine strapped to his back. Investigators questioned him after a customs inspector noticed something unusual. A spokesman said the cocaine was melted into plastic bags and the musician claimed he was offered money to transport it from South America to the United States by a man he met in a Hawaiian hotel.
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John SA
Alex Duperroir
Niles
Galarte
Eddie
Keddie
Charlie Hernardez
Steamroller
Gus Vegas
Oakland
Frankie Nieves
San Jose
Jack Thompson
Recota
Pancho Villa
Paul Ammaraso
Decoto
Bay Area
Los Angeles
Addie Galarle
San Jose Arena
Mexico City
UPL
Mederal
Peru
Barton
Sputh America
United States
Hiwainn
Tax cut proposal in California sparks intense debate
In Sacramento Calif a ballot initiative by Governor Ronald Reagan would cut state income taxes and limit total state tax receipts over 15 years. Supporters say it empowers voters and trims the tax burden while opponents warn of reduced services and higher local taxes. Key figures include Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti and groups such as the California Taxpayers Association and California Chamber of Commerce.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Reagan
California
State Assembly
Bob Moretti
Los Angeles
Moretti
French police theft case shocks Nice squad
In Nice a court charged a special police burglary squad with theft while investigating robberies at shops. A policeman caught robbing a tobacco shop named 18 other officers as involved in stealing merchandise, prompting the investigation into the unit’s conduct.
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Nice
France
Nice Police
Ping
College credit Law course attracts Fresno area turnout
About 850 residents in the Fresno area enrolled in a five college TV law course titled Law for the Seventies broadcast at 6 30 a m on KMJ TV Fresno The program features Donald P Lyden with guest lecturers and offers three transferrable college credits after midterm and final exams JohnsConley COS instructor notes the course aims to give practical legal awareness rather than full detail The five colleges in the consortium include College of Sequoias Fresno City Merced Reedley and West Hills The effort follows a prior art history class and a spring TV offering is planned.
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Fresno
UPI
Sandraquit Valley
Gan
Five Valley Community Colleges
California
Kmj-Tv
Tecturer
Donald P. Lyden
Los Angeles
Richard Conley
College of ‘Sequoias
Visalia
Att Attorney
Conley
Conely
COS
The
Central
Lous
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Deeuto
Swig’s
Juliafluid
Dezato
Decola
Catuno
Santiago
Joe
Phillippl Ruz
Domingo Parry
Alfred Perrier
al Filette
Manuel Fausting
al Clunchy
Leroy
Louie Wraail
Gary Starkman
Robert Martin
Morton Stavis
Doris Peterson
Center For Constitutional Rights
New York
Gignous
Rubin
New York City
Bellinger
Hayden
Jane Forxla
Pacific
Dle
Bay
Novis
Maharaj Ji
Weiner
Framnes
If College
Vernon
Alma College
Alms, Mich
Alma
Michigan State University
Most
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wilson C. Riles
County Supervisors Association
League of Women Voters
National Association of Social Workers
California Taxpayers Association
State Chamber of Commerce
California Heal Estate Association
College
Genoa
Mary
Italy
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