Angela Davis guns case sparks campus and state inquiry
Faculty and officials from UCLA and California lawmakers scrutinize Angela Davis amid allegations she provided guns to associates for protection after threats during her rehire controversy. Officials report two purchased weapons in Los Angeles and Sacramento records show a carbine purchase.
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Miss Davis
Jonathan Jackson
Montgomery Furth
UCLA
San Rafael
Furth
Angela
Los Angeles
John Plimpton
Brass Rail
State Office of Criminal Investigation
West
Huey Newton
Oakland
Jackson
Arnold S. Kaufman
American Federation of Teachers
Sacramento
H. L. Richardson
Richardson
Senate
Subcommittee
California
John Birch Society
Marin shootout linked to Black Panther cartoon
A cartoon in the Black Panther paper shows black prisoners freed by gunmen against pig-faced guards. The Aug. 5 image preceded an Aug. 7 Marin County shootout in which a judge, two prisoners, and a 17 year old accomplice died. The caption praised prison walls and liberation through violence.
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San Francisco
Black Panther
Marin County
Babylon
ABM vote shapes Safeguard as arms talks leverage
The article notes Anderson shifting from against to for the amendment before voting against it, Pearson’s stance tied to ongoing Vienna arms talks, and Jackson’s view that Safeguard could entice Soviet concessions. Opponents warned Cooper-Hart left Safeguard strong for bargaining with Malmstrom and Grand Forks sites cited.
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Pearson
Safeguard
Vienna
U.S
Sen
Jackson
ABM
Cooper-Hart
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Mont
Grand Forks Afb
N.D
Nixon
Welfare reform bill clears Senate committee headed for finance panel
A major welfare reform bill by Assemblyman Gordon Duffy moves toward a final committee hearing after passing the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. The plan would raise dependent child grants by 24.2 million while trimming 19 million from other welfare programs. Fire crews contained a six acre brush fire near an abandoned dump in Industry City. The incident involved 15 firefighters 12 engines and 3 helicopters. Separately a Legislative proposal to exempt art sales from state sales tax was killed by the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee.
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Sacramento
Senate
Gordon Duffy
Ranford
Senate Health and Welfare
Senate Finance Committee
City of Industry
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Judge Orders Reinstatement in Poetry Teacher Case
In Los Angeles the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Robert Patton faced over 100 calls after he ruled Deena Metzger, a freshman English teacher at Los Angeles Valley College, could not be fired for reading her poem Jehava's Child to students. The judge condemned the firing as illegal but described her judgment as execrable.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Robert Patton
Patton
Deena Metzger
Los Angeles Valley College
Jehava's
Community College District
Teamsters Restore Seniority After Strike Arbitration
An arbitration ruling on Wednesday restored full seniority to most of the 12 000 Teamsters fired for a spring wildcat strike. Most rehired after the walkout ended in June but lost seniority. the decision preserves seniority unless another wildcat strike occurs under the current contract. San Francisco attorney Sam Kegel mediated the dispute between the union and the California Trucking Association.
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Wildcat
San Francisco
Sam Kegel
California Trucking Association
Burglars Loot Home of Everett Halt
Burglars looted the home of Everett Halt at 1209 St. Louis Ave. Furniture and appliances valued at 924 dollars were taken after burglars forced open a bedroom window, police reported Wednesday.
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Everett Halt
St. Louis Ave
Riot in Chicago courtroom leaves two hurt
In Chicago a courtroom brawl during a contempt hearing for campus trespass defendants left a sheriff's deputy unconscious and a police officer wounded. Judge Mayer Goldstein jailed six for contempt and ejected a crying infant accompanied by a witness, triggering the melee.
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Chicago
UPI
Mayer Goldstein
Goldstein
Carol Care
Jlpersons
University of Tinois
Miss Caref
Plans Revived for New State Capitol Building
The California Legislature revived plans for a new state Capitol at an estimated cost of 65 million dollars to be built within the next decade on a four-block site opposite Capitol Park. The old dome would pass to the executive branch. Sen. Randolph Collier proposed a three member Senate committee to study the plan and keep the matter alive, with Collier expected to chair.
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Sacramento
California
Capitol Park
Randolph Collier
D-Yreka
Senate
Collier
Airline Extortionist Demands 25000 Ransom On Flight
An anonymous caller identifying as Bob Bennett claimed a pressure sensitive bomb on Western Airlines Flight 722 and demanded 25000 to reveal bomb location and detonation safeguards. He promised further calls but did not return after the ransom was handed to a bank messenger in Anchorage.
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Serling
Western Airlines
Denver
Ray Silvius
Western
Anchorage
Flight 722
Bob Bennett
Silvius
Valley Students Bid to Nullify Budget Denied
Superior Court Judge Richard Schauer denied the bid by the Associated Students of San Fernando Valley State College to nullify the $190,769 1970 71 budget. Newly elected officers sought a preliminary injunction claiming predecessors forced an 11th hour budget and broke a campaign promise to cut athletic funds. The court ruled outgoing officers traditionally draft next year’s budget.
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Valley
Superior Court
Associated Students of
San Fernando Valley State College
Richard Schauer
Doctors OK Protest to Reagan at Metropolitan State Hospital
A staff meeting at Metropolitan State Hospital voting without opposition to draft a letter to Governor Reagan and the state mental health department criticizes actions by Dr Galione. The doctors report alleged insults and pressure on drug programs while hospital officials attended.
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Doctors OK
Reagan
Ciass
Metropolitan State Hospital
Rodd Reagan
State Department of
James V. Lowry
Norwalk
Delimer Gahone
DMI
Metropolitan
Dr. Galione
George Abe
George Maculens
Vernon Bugh
Camarillo State Hospital
Mexican American group blasts Nixon over implied insult
Abel Tapia leader of the Mexican American Political Association in Los Angeles condemned President Nixon’s July remarks about hiring Mexican Americans for federal posts as insulting. He urged Nixon to repudiate the stereotype that Mexican Americans lack qualifications and said the president’s stance was unacceptable.
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Gary Nash
UCLA
Miss Davis
Nixon
Association
Abel Tapia
Los Angeles
Tapiao
Fragmented carrier delivery rates and Sundays listed
OCR text shows inconsistent figures for daily and Sunday rates including $2.50 and $42.00 daily, $4.00 and $48.00 Sunday day, 1.75 and $21.00, and a single Cary Sunday only 150 18.00. The exact items and dates are unclear.
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Cary
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