Rafferty Leaning to Seek Re-Election as State Schools Chief
California state superintendent Max Rafferty said he is leaning toward seeking another term though opponents loom. He faces questions over his past campaign for a partisan post and his role in removing books from San Francisco high school programs. Rafferty tied his decision to completing 27 education proposals, including textbooks and tenure reforms, unlikely to pass in 1970.
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Sacramento
Max Rafferty
Rafferty
U.S. Senate
San Francisco
Eldridge Cleaver
LeRoi Jones
S. I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
Richard M. Clowes
Los Angeles County
J. Graham Sullivan
Los Angeles City
Paul B. Salmon
Pasadena
William L. Cunningham
Newport-Mesa
Orange County
Leon Lessinger
San Mateo County
Charles BR. Garrigus
Reedley
Gordon H. Winton Jr
Merced
Garrigus
Doctor’s $10,811 Fee for Sirhan Case Scrutinized
Dr. Seymour Pollack, the prosecution psychologist in Sirhan B. Sirhan’s murder trial, received $10,811 from Los Angeles County for services. County officials reviewed the bill after Supervisor Kenneth Hahn questioned the fee, while the district attorney called the figure modest and noted Pollack worked at $40 an hour.
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Sirhan B. Sirhan
Los Angeles County
Pollack
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Kenneth Hahn
Mark H. Bloodgood
Hahn
Evelle J Younger
Younger
Ambulance Birth Delivers Baby Girl In North Long Beach
Clifford Richards rushed his wife to Pacific Hospital when labor started near Market Street and Cedar Avenue. An ambulance crew led by Michael Watts delivered the eight pound two ounce girl on the curb outside a Bowers Ambulance before transporting mother and child to the hospital.
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Clifford Richards
Market Street
Cedar Avenue
Long Beach
Bowers
Michael Watts
Pacific Hospital
Richards
Autry Ave
Lakewood
Frokowsky Ashes Flown to Poland in LA massacre case
The ashes of Voitych Frokowsky, a 32 year old immigrant linked to the Benedict Canyon massacre, were sent to Poland for burial in Lodz. Police say no suspect has been named and investigations into possible drug related motives continue as detectives question friends of the victims.
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Benedict Canyon
Poland
Voitych Frokowsky
St. Josef
Lodz
Frokowsky
Roman Polanski
Los Angeles
Polanski
Sharon Tate
Border City Ban Not Final Says Pentagon Amid City Off Limits Talk
The Defense Department says no final decision has been made on declaring Mexican border cities off limits to U S military personnel to curb narcotics traffic. The 11th Naval District in San Diego has said Tijuana will be off limits for 30 days. In Santa Cruz, a volunteer fireman and reserve deputy sheriff, Robert W. Robinson, 25, Aptos, is indicted on 38 counts of arson and attempted arson. He is held on $25,000 bail.
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Defense Department
U.S
11Th Naval District
San Diego
Tijuana
Pentagon
Department of Defense
Jerry Friedheim
Santa Cruz County
Robert W. Robinson
Aptos
Six-Car Pileup on San Diego Freeway Kills Mother and Baby
A Corona del Mar woman Linda Doehring 24 and her two-month-old daughter Jodie Sue died in a six car chain reaction crash on the San Diego Freeway in Carson. Donald Eccles 31 from Torrance also died after his car veered into the southbound lanes. Fred Doehring 31 in critical condition and John Puccinelli 22 treated and released. Eccles reportedly drove into the center divider before crashing into the Doehrings’ car.
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Torrance
San Diego
Carson
Linda Jane Doehring
Altura St
Jodie Sue
Donald Eccles
Eccles
Wilmington Avenue
Doehring
California
Felon Escapes Soledad Prison After Early Friday Incident
Frank Jefferson, 27, Los Angeles, serving five years to life for armed robbery, escaped from Soledad State Prison early Friday. Four other cars collided in the wreckage with minor injuries. several drivers and passengers from Covina Costa Mesa Balboa Island Anaheim Ontario Canada La Habra Pasadena Newport Beach were named. Jean Nixon, 26, was killed on Laguna Road. her mother June Nixon, 61, was critically injured along with other drivers and passengers.
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Soledad
UPS
Frank Jefferson
Los Angeles
Soledad State Prison
Jean Nixon
Laguna Road
del W. Christiansen
la Habra
Miss Nixon
June
Pasadena
Eugene ©. Taylor
Newport Blvd
Newport Beach
New LAPD Chief Promises Patience and Courtesy
Edward Michael Davis was sworn in as Los Angeles police chief at Parker Center. The 52 year old veteran vowed to lead with courtesy and friendly humor across colors creeds and economic lines and to use force only after persuasion and advice have failed.
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Edward Michael Davis
Los Angeles
Parker Center
William Parker
Davis
210000 Pill Haul at Border
San Diego police and U S customs seized 210000 benzedrine tablets from Mexico in two spare tires. On the illicit market the pills were worth 21000. Suspects Walter L Higbee and Thomas G Smith, both from the San Jose area, jailed for investigation. Tablets recovered Thursday night in a San Diego motel after surveillance of a border vehicle and tire transfer.
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San Diego
U.S
Mexico
Walter L. Higbee
Thomas G. Smith
San Jose
San Ysidro
Walter A. Gates
Airline Clerks Reject Western Pay Offer
About 4,000 Western Airlines clerical workers rejected a 34 percent wage increase over three years. They plan a strike vote next week after calling the offer inadequate amid rising living costs. The union cites wages from 2.56 to 3.50 per hour for starting clerks to station agents and notes the company would have raised about $1.20 hourly on average.
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Ical
David Ligon
The
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
Afl-Cio
Western
Bandit Gang Robs Downey Market For $5000
An armed six man gang robbed Beach's Market at 7900 Imperial Blvd Downey at midnight taking 5000 from cash drawers and the safe after forcing the manager to open it. The thieves escaped in a reportedly stolen car and are tied to a similar January Downey robbery.
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Beach
Imperial Blvd
Richard Heroux
Los Angeles
Von's Market
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