Richmond guard shot at Certain Teed plant in senseless killing
Richmond police said the killing of 62 year old plant guard Paul E. Brown appeared senseless. Brown, a Pinkerton employee at Certain Teed Products Co, worked as a fire guard and punched time clocks while unarmed. A spent .223 cartridge was found about 50 feet away, with investigators citing an AR-15 rifle as the probable weapon.
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Richmond Police Department
Paul E. Brown
Teed Products Co
Pinkerton, Inc
Vietnam
Bay Area Smog Seen But Not Recorded
In San Francisco Bay Area, observers could see yellowish air from Northern California brush fires Monday, but the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District reported instruments failed to record the pollution. District information officer Ted Mellugh said the smoke was visible yet too high for ground sensors, unless measured from a plane.
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San Francisco
UPI
Bay Area
Ted Mellugh
California
Suit Filed Against San Francisco Integration Plan
A lawsuit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court by Quentin L. Kopp on behalf of 14 parents to halt the San Francisco School District's so called equal opportunity integration plan in the Richmond District. The suit contends the program violates the Wakefield Act which prohibits bused schooling without parental consent. Kopp also submitted a brief to the state supreme court.
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SAN Francisco
UPI
San Francis
Richmond
Superior Cour
Quentin L. Kopp
Kopp
State Supreme Court
Deaths Tied in Pacifica Double Slaying Mystery
Police found the bodies of Joyce Strach a 92 year old woman and William Goggins a 52 year old National Guard master sergeant in Strach s Pacifica home. A .38 caliber pistol lay at the scene. Strach had two children aged 11 and 6. neighbors were alerted by the son. Authorities planned an autopsy through the San Mateo County coroner s office before ruling on the shootings.
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Pacifica
UPI
National Guard
Joyce Strach
Cervantes Way
William Goggins
Cervantes
Dame Judith Anderson Plays Hamlet at Geary Theater
Dame Judith Anderson after 45 years on stage finally played Hamlet Monday night in San Francisco. The 72 year old exhausted star said the opening night challenges were outweighed by the thrill and called the role the greatest mic in the world. She previously played Hamlet's mother 34 years ago.
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San Francisco
Judith Anderson
Hamlet
Geary Theater
Public opinion split on voting age in California
A UPI survey of 1018 Californians shows 53.7 percent favor keeping the voting age at 18 while 43.5 percent oppose lowering it. Four percent did not comment. The poll, conducted by Decision Banking Information Inc in Los Angeles, used random telephone sampling.
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Oakland
UPI
Ion
Decision Bsaking Information, Inc
Los Angeles
DMI
People Speak Foundation
Richard D. Johnson
Pacific quake logged near Solo Mon Islands area
The UC seismographic station in Berkeley recorded a southwest Pacific earthquake about 3,700 miles away Sunday night. A spy report states it registered 5 on the Richter scale with an epicenter in the Solomon Islands New Hebrides region at about 11 15 p m.
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Berkeley
Calif
Upethe
University of California
A Spiesman
Solo Mon Islands
New Hebrides
Berkeley Plans Delayed Vote On Community Police Proposal
The California Court of Appeal refused to hear a Berkeley initiative to form three community police departments. Berkeley council postponed the vote to next April after Superior Court backing. The plan targets areas around the UC campus and specific residential communities, with boundaries noted.
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San Francisco
UPD
Calfornia
Court of Appeal
Berkeley
National Committee To Combat Fascism
Gordon Minder
Alameda County
University of California
Private bus commute plan draws 84 members in San Rafael
AP reports 84 residents joined Custom Commute Club founded by W F Sorenson. The Marin County group operates non profit buses from home to San Francisco with a Friday night stop at a liquor store for cocktails or beer. Sorenson touts loyal service and an iron hand in running the program. They started four years ago after a Greyhound route dissatisfaction and expect a possible third bus pending Golden Gate Bridge plans.
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San Rafael
Custom
Shipping Company
W.F. Sorenson
Marin County
San Francisco
Orenson
Greyhound
Golden Gate Bridge
Bridge District
Sorenson
Gussom
Nornhound
Realtor's kidnapping tale declared unfounded by Berkeley police
Berkeley police said the Sept. 10 disappearance report by Jack Setzer, a 1969 Berkeley Board of Realtors president and anti rent strike figure, was unfounded. Investigators found no evidence of kidnapping after Setzer guiding authorities to a Susanville home, and no further action was planned.
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Berkeley
Lassen County
FBI
Setzer
Mayors Back Clean Water Bond Plan
Mayors of Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego and Sacramento endorsed a 250 million clean water bond measure Prop 1 on the November ballot. They said it would cut local shares from 67 70 percent to about 20 percent with state funding covering 25 percent and federal grants rising to 35 percent, saving communities up to 500 million as they meet state water quality mandates.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Sacramento
Sam Yorty
Joseph L. Aliita
Frank Curran
Richard Marriott
Honolulu duo sails for U S in tiny raft Shark Bait
Bea Benham and Ronald Souze set sail from Honolulu toward San Francisco in a 10 foot yellow rubber raft named Shark Bait. They carry food and water for more than two months, aiming to become the first to cross 2,800 miles of Pacific in such a craft. Souze previously attempted a Japan to California voyage in a 16 foot boat in 1966 but was halted by a storm.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Bea Benham
Ronald Souze
Souze
W.R. Wood
Japan
California
Parole Board Plans Transfers for First Offense Marijuana Offenders
FRANKFORT Ky AP The state parole board will move a number of first offense marijuana offenders from reformatories to hospitals for treatment up to one year. This program targets offenders in rehabilitation, signaling a shift in handling minor drug infractions within the state system.
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Frankfort
State Parole Board
Motorola recalls 1500 Concept 0 radios over shock hazard
Motorola says it has recalled 1,500 Concept 0 Model TC76 GU clocks due to a potential shock risk. Owners can have units modified at Motorola distributors or return them to the Frankin Park Wisconsin headquarters for information. The firm notes the Concept 30 AM FM radio shows time in digits rather than on a clock face and the TC70GU label appears on the radio bottom.
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Chicago
UPI
Motorola
Franklin Park
Justice Dept weighs Oh Calcutta obscenity case
The Justice Department awaits reviewers’ word on whether promoters of the closed circuit Oh Calcutta TV show could face federal obscenity charges. Cancellations occurred in six of 86 cities, with viewers including agents. Colormedisa plans $150 million suit. a drive in Proria, Illinois, faced an injunction.
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Justice Department
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Proria
Ill
Circuit
Robert Hunt
Colormedisa Corp
Atlanta
Oklahoma City
Syracuse
N.Y
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Lexington
Rodney Ericson
Colormedia
Charles Kealing Jr
Cincinnati
Commission On
Ericson
Healing
Trial set for three in San Rafael strike case
The Nov 1 trial date was set for Dennis J. Crowley, James R. Brocato, and Grant W. Anders in cases tied to the San Rafael Independent Journal strike. Deputies found slingshots and a list of advertisers in a car the trio rode in. They are charged with conspiring to break windows of San Rafael and Novato businesses.
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UPS
San Rafael Independent Journal
Dennis J. Crowley
San Jose
James R. Brocato
Santa Rosa
Grant W. Anders
Pleasant Hill
Marin County
Independent-Journal
San Tafael
Novaty
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