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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1975
Page
1
Russell Little and Joseph Remiro were found guilty of the cyanide bullet killing of Oakland schools chief Marcus Foster and the attempted shooting of his aide Robert Blackburn. The 11 day California trial ended with life in prison potential on first degree murder and attempted murder.
Assemblyman Curtis Tucker, recovering from open heart surgery, flew to Sacramento to cast the crucial 54th vote approving an $11.6 billion state budget and a tax measure easing business taxes. Despite a two thirds margin, the Senate later rejected the budget, sending it to a conference committee. Tucker later backed the tax measure again remotely from McCarthy's office as Republicans considered a reconsideration.
President Ford said he would forward the Rockefeller commission report on CIA abuses to the House and Senate select committees and to Attorney General Levi while keeping the conclusions on past presidents’ involvement confidential for now. He declined to judge former leaders and spoke of an improving economy with inflation easing and hopes for 1976.
Three inmates at British Columbia Penitentiary held 15 hostages in a vault demanding safe passage and a plane to a foreign country. The crisis began Monday with a long knife pointed at a female hostage's throat and ended without injuries.
Sun Oil Co and Gulf Oil Co hike wholesale gas prices by two cents a gallon amid OPEC talks to abandon the dollar as the oil pricing basis. Delegates expect a 30 to 35 percent rise when the price freeze ends, with SDR linkage and higher costs for US producers and consumers. Interior Secretary Morton suggests possible tariff reductions if prices rise.
Strikes by teachers in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley school districts enter a third day with a large volunteer and substitute effort. About 450 of 805 HB district teachers were off, 200 classrooms staffed in Fountain Valley, and 300 substitutes plus 73 lecturers filled the void. Attendance ranged 75 to 80 percent as district leaders praised smooth operations and planned graduation Thursday.
About 200 police from three departments confronted a 1,500 strong bottle throwing crowd in Tujunga. More than 150 youths were arrested after a two hour disturbance near Foothill Boulevard as officers tried to disperse the riot and secure a bus overturned attempt and mass arrests were booked for disturbing the peace.
A convict set a mattress ablaze in the Seminole County jail in Sanford Florida, turning part of the facility into a bake oven. Ten inmates and one guard died from smoke inhalation and at least 39 others were hospitalized in good or fair condition. The dead guard was identified as Robert C. Moore 40, with the fire starting at 12 12 p m on Monday.
Susan Saxe, noted antiwar radical and militant feminist, pleads guilty to a bank robbery charge. The note accompanies other brief items from the same source, including regional notices and court decisions.
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