California to Allow Conjugal Visits for Inmates
California prisons will offer weekend conjugal visits for minimum custody inmates at San Quentin with private family apartments on prison grounds. The plan follows Tehachapi and Soledad pilots and aims to expand statewide, with eligibility varying by facility and security level.
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UPI
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Tehachapi
Soledad Prison
Department of Corrections
Sacramento
Felsom Prison
Louis Nelson
Soledad
Corrections Department
Inmate Leads Way to Missing Girl Grave
Indio, UPI reports jail inmate Frank P. Kretz led detectives to a desert grave four miles north of Indio containing remains believed to be 15 year old Joyce Ramsey missing for 12 years. A sweater matched the woman’s clothing from the night she disappeared after a party with Jesse Work. Detectives pursue a murder complaint against Kretz who is jailed for a parole violation. Work’s boyfriend remains sought.
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Indio
UPI
Frank P. Kretz
Shaldow
Here
Hemet
Joyce Ramsey
Riverside
Jesse Work
Kretz
Riverside County
Try the Magic of a Want Ad to Sell Your Item
A compact newspaper notice urges readers to use a want ad to sell items no longer needed. It highlights dialing HE 2-5959 for easy placement and quick results.
Prison Posts for Japanese and Negros in California
California DOC announced first Negro and first Japanese prison superintendents. Bertram Griggs will lead the California Institute for Men at Chino. Jiro J Enomoto will head the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi. A snowmobile and mini bike registration bill was introduced by Assemblyman Leo J Ryan to limit use to marked trails.
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Sacramento
UPI
State Department of Corrections
California
Bertram Griggs
California Institute For Men
Chino
Jiro J. Enomoto
Soledad
Leo J. Ryan
D-Burlingame
UC Regents vote to raise nonresident tuition to 1500
A UC Regents Finance Committee backed raising nonresident tuition by 300 to 1500 a year, effective fall quarter if full board approves. Current 1220 rate last set in 1968. Regents Education Policy panel also discussed allowing voting at departmental faculty meetings and ROTC programs at UCLA Berkeley Davis Santa Barbara to continue with minimal changes after last year’s protests. A Santa Barbara ROTC building fire caused about 40000 in damage.
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California
Charles J. Hitch
Board of Regents
Los Angeles
Regents
Regents’ Educational Policy Committee
John Canady
Keith Schiller
UCLA
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Hitch
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Berkeley
Davis
Santa Barbara
U.S
Southeast Asia
Intruder Bear Found After Warehouse Noise in San Francisco
Three patrol cars and two police dogs chased a rustling noise in a San Francisco warehouse early Thursday. Officers shined a light and discovered the intruder was a three foot brown bear. No owner identified in initial report.
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San Francisco
Two Alameda deputies acquitted in People’s Park shotgun case
A federal jury in San Francisco acquitted deputies Leonard Johnson and Lawrence Riche on civil rights charges tied to the 1969 People’s Park riot in Berkeley. The verdict absolves 12 Alameda County officers, as prosecutions are dropped. Rector’s death and Blanchard’s injuries figure in the trial, which ended after 11 hours of deliberation.
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San Francisco
UPI
Alameda County
Leonard Johnson
Lawrence Riche
Johnson
Dymally Proposes Prison Reform Commission
Sen. Mervyn Dymally proposes a 14 member commission to study all problems in California’s penal system. He stresses the panel would not be limited to investigating incidents or individual institutions.
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Mervyn Dymally
Los Angeles
California
Dymally
Senate
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