Antismat Law Proposed Would Ban Classic Literature
Sacramento bills target obscenity and juvenile access to explicit material. Sen. Tom Carrell seeks to drop social importance test, risking works like Lady Chatterley’s Lover Shakespeare Aristophanes and Ibsen. Assemblyman Knox introduces a separate bill banning pandering to youths. Topless waitress regulation clears Assembly.
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Aristophanes
Shakespeare
Ibsen
Sacramento
Tom Carrell
Lady Chatterly
Carrell
de Maupassant
John T. Knox
Richmond
Knox
Stanton Council Considers Police Review Board Action
Council members pressed for names, places and times after a party delegation described reports of police cars converging on Mexican Americans, brandishing shotguns, and insulting them. Spectators reacted as Mrs. Elizabeth Freze urged soul-searching and a review mechanism.
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Elizabeth Freze
Dale St
Bandits Shorted by Girl Teller in Hollywood Bank Robbery
A Hollywood Bank of America teller handed over 1308 dollars to two bandits who demanded 3000. One robber approached with a note while another fled after the teller complied. The incident followed by public comments on outsiders and local politics at a council meeting.
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Hollywood
CNS
Hollywood Bank of America
Carmelita Sorino
Peace and Freedom Party
Fog over Southland coast fuels weekend deaths surge
The siege of fog caused or contributed to at least 14 weekend deaths along the Southland coast as gloom endures through midweek. Officials log seven drownings with five servicemen among the victims, including Navy hospitalman apprentices Ashley and Sinklier, and Marines Sindelar and West. Weather hazards persist with clouds and dangerous surfing, forecast to last several days amid scattered sunshine late week.
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Weather Bureau
James G. Ashely
Fresno
Michael Sinklier
Bakersfield
Navy
Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base
Oceanside
Gregory Sindelar
San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Seeman Richard West
St. Paul
Jesus Alvarez
Cajon
Bryant Hermanson
el Cajon
Salesman Guilty of Manslaughter in California
Joseph R. Caming, a hearing aid salesman, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by Superior Court Judge Vernon P. Spencer. He allegedly fled to a Big Sur hippie colony to escape prosecution after Fatally shooting 33 year old aircraft engineer Singh Jain on July 3, 1967, following an argument at Jain's estranged wife's apartment.
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LOS_ANGELES
CNS
Joseph R. Caming
Superior Court
Vernon P. Spencer- Caming
Big Sur
Singh Jain
Jain
Caming
Dart guns for riot control near practical use
Emory University psychiatrist Dr. William C. Conner says dart gun delivery of apomorphine may calm rioters, yet not replace a police revolver. He describes a five-dart revolver prototype and a demonstration where a subject felt chilly after 25 seconds and was nauseated within three minutes. The CO2 powered weapon is effective to about 35 feet.
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Atlanta
Emory University
Willaim C. Conner
Conner
California Supreme Court rules man must support test tube child
The court held that a husband is liable for child support from a wife’s artificial insemination, ruling the legal father includes social and consent-based ties. J. Sorenson of Stockton area was ordered to pay along with prior Sonoma County support. The decision notes the father’s active participation and consent are key to establishing paternity.
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California Supreme Court
Sonoma County
J. Sorenson
Stockton
Sorensons
Sorenson
San Joaquin County
State Supreme Court
Beard Memorial Becomes Hairy Contest Highlight at Cal State Fullerton
The First Annual James Whetmore Memorial Beard Growing Contest will feature on the Day of the Titan on April 26 at Cal State Fullerton. The event honors controversy stirred by a November student play, which drew a state senate inquiry and calls for faculty dismissals. Senator Whetmore, a critic of the play, may judge the contest.
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James Whetmore Memorial
Titan
Cal State Fullerton
Lowing
State Senate
Sen. Whetmore
R-La Habra
Ex-Solon Seeks Seat in Congress
Ex-Solon Joe Holt, a former Republican congressman, announces a challenge to Democrat James C. Corman for the 22nd district seat in Los Angeles. Holt attacks Johnson era Vietnam policy, calling it a snow job and accusing advisers of career wrongness. He singles out McNamara, Rusk, and Rostow, and supports a Fulbright-style reassessment, saying the U.S. has no winning, negotiating, or exit policy and is losing the war.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Joe Holt
James C. Corman
Johnson
Holt
Sén
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Biltmore Hotel
Rejection Phenomenon Not Solved For Transplants Yet
Dr Thomas C Moore of Medical College of Virginia says the rejection phenomenon in kidney transplants remains unsolved though progress is shown. He notes tissue typing and anti lymphocyte globulin ALG offer promise, with some patients thriving after multiple transplants and two female recipients later becoming pregnant with normal babies.
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Thomas C. Moore
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Moore
Harbor General Hospital
Torrance
Dr. Moore
Spending Clash Over State Education Budget Projections
Lawmakers hear Post and Unruh assign blame for underestimating school costs. Post says shortfalls require gaps of 32.3 million this year and 143 million next, plus 219 million if Reagan vetoes welfare cuts. Mulder and Veneman discuss Medi-Cal costs and reforms, while Crawford notes near parity with administration estimates.
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Post
Reagan
Smith
Mulder
Veneman
Medi-Cal
Angus L. Crawford
Coates, Herfurth and
England
San Francisco
Mayor Challenged on Interlocking City Roles
At the ABC Unified School District board meeting Lee Ware questioned Mayor Venn Ferguson’s simultaneous service on the city council and the ABC board. The board voted unanimously to obtain an official county counsel opinion and report next month. Ferguson, a longtime ABC trustee, previously served on the Hawaiian Gardens city council and Bloomfield Elementary District board. The board also approved Dr Murrell M. Miller’s four year contract at $25,306 starting July 1.
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Ferguson
Hawaiian Gardens
ABC Unified School District
ABC’ Board
Lee Ware
Ware
Murrell M. Miller
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