Heyns vacation urged amid UC Berkeley leadership strain
Chancellor Roger Heyns faces a proposed three month European trip as University of California officials cite mounting pressure and assert a respite is needed for effective leadership. UC president Charles J. Hitch backs the leave while regents previously rejected an interim plan for Peoples Park development. Police clashed with street people and students last May over the site before fencing for a sports field and housing.
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Berkeley school board cancels pad lease plan for youth hostel
The school board abandoned a proposal to lease seven Navy surplus buildings for a summer youth hostel to a group aided by the South Berkeley Model Cities Neighborhood Council Foster. Berkeley schools superintendent Susan Cady indicated more planning time was needed and acknowledged not exploring the group's needs.
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Open Air Ceremony Wedding In Park Turns Into Surprise
neighbors saw a park wedding on Independence Day as officers interrupted a tree decorating scene. Tony Sanger, 20, Millikan High School president, wed Susan Baldwin, 22, of San Marino, in a double ring ceremony with Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon passages.
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Millikan High School
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San Marino
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DeForrest Baldwin
Brooks Brothers
Stanford
Joseph Brooks
Hearts
Heartwell Park
Top Hat
Susan Baldwin
U S Approves San Pedro Beacon Street Renewal
Trimble announced Friday that the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency will begin with purchases of vacant property in the northwest corner of a 50 acre project. The plan funds low to moderate income housing and calls for restoration of part of San Pedro’s central business district including Beacon Street.
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Pair Charged With Slaying Informer
Raymond Graves Jr. 24 of 12322 Martha Ann Drive and an unnamed accomplice face charges in the slaying of federal narcotics informer Bruce Beck. Beck, 30, was abducted from a garage and died June 2. Graves ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing July 10. prosecutors seek joint trial of the two defendants. Police said Graves disclosed locations of 2008 amphetamine tablets and other Southland dope trafficking secrets.
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Venice Beach feed-in ends peacefully amid wary crowd
About 1,500 people attended a so called world s greatest free barbecue at Venice Beach Friday. Police credited calm to signs reading police trap on Venice Beach posted by the Free Venice Organizing Committee fearing a repeat clash from an earlier April 20 confrontation that led to over 100 arrests.
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Motorcade demands LA Diocese pay 10 million to minorities
Up to 100 concerned Catholics plan a Fresno motorcade to press Archbishop Manning for 10 million dollars to aid black and Mexican American communities. The group, drawing on 30 demonstrators from last Sunday, seeks funding for grassroots organizations and ongoing yearly allocations amid church criticism.
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Timothy Manning
Los Angeles
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
St. Basil's Catholic Church
Wilshire Boulevard
Gals Lead Puff Air Race From San Diego to Dulles
AP report describes the 23rd Powder Puff Derby with 92 planes piloted by 168 women aged 17 to 60. Flights depart Linbergh Field at 30 second intervals after fog delays, with mandatory refuelings in Salt Lake City Mt Veron Las Vegas and a finish at Dulles International and a White House brunch planned by Mrs Nixon.
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Missing Northridge girl sought in Sequoia campground
Irene Hofke, 9, vanished from a Dorst campground tent in Sequoia National Park during a July Fourth visit. Ranges, fire crews and volunteers used bloodhounds, a helicopter and a search plane to comb rugged pine and sequoia terrain near the 6700 foot site as night cooled to the 30s.
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Sinking of Guitarro blamed on Vallejo yard crews
UPI reports congressional investigators blamed civilian shipyard workers for the May 15 sinking of the USS Guitarro in Vallejo. Two civilian crews tested different sections for about three hours, unaware of each other, causing the submarine to sink and costing an estimated $15.2 million to $21.8 million, with estimates up to $30 million. The panel cleared the skeletal crew, urged clearer Navy responsibility lines, and noted the Navy faced most criticism for the incident.
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Samuel S. Stratton
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Stratton
William J. Randall
D-Mo
John E. Hunt
R-N.j
Vallejo
Westminster Man Indicted on Extortion by Mail
Chadwick Miller, 49, of 7561 Wyoming Street Westminster, is named in a federal grand jury indictment for a 50000 extortion by mail scheme against a former Las Vegas casino partner. Postal inspectors say he sent a letter to Robert Van Santen of Marina Del Rey threatening to damage his reputation unless the money was paid.
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