Reagan Defends Police and Guards in Berkeley Skirmishes
California Governor Ronald Reagan defended police, guardsmen, and gas used at Berkeley during clashes over People’s Park last month. He asserted officers faced deadly assault on May 15 and that gas at May 20 could have sparked greater tragedy, urging a tenure study for professors and noting regents recent authority changes.
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Reagan
Berkeley
San Francisco
UPI
National Guard
People’s Park
Commonwealth Club
Wiretap orders target government surveillance case logs
The article notes that orders involved in the case may have been targets of government wiretaps and discusses the risk of introducing overheard conversations as evidence while prohibiting unauthorized disclosure of information in the logs.
Center asks resignations at Pike Institute
The center for the Study of Democratic Institutions announces it has asked for the resignations of most leaders including former Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike. W.H. Ferry Hal Lock Hoffman John R. Seeley and Dr. William Gorman are also ousted as the institution undergoes re evaluation and program revisions causing staff realignments. No criticism is aimed at those departing officials says Vice President Frank Kelly.
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Frank Kelly
Robert M. Hutchins
Kelly
Graduation Protest at UC Planned
Berkeley dissident seniors announced Friday they will hold a counter commencement Sunday after noon during the university graduation exercises. Others speak, some seniors will rise turn their backs on the ceremony, leave and hold a celebration outside.
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Berkeley
University of California
Two Yorty Aides Quit Key Posts
Mayor Sam Yorty announced that two aides, Jack B. Brown 43 and Willard Murray 38, will leave soon. Brown a former Los Fire Department reporter and Murray a former deputy to Councilman Billy Mills joined the mayor’s office in 1965 and with Economic and Youth Opportunities work. No immediate replacements planned as duties will be absorbed by existing staff.
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Yorty
Jack B. Brown
Willard Murray
Wilard Murray
Brown
Los Fire Department
Murray
Billy G. Mills
Smut Bill Advances in Assembly to Reagan Desk
The Assembly approved a two house conference committee report 44 1 on a measure by Sen Robert J Lagomarsino to bar youths under 18 from obscene literature and movies. Reagan aims to tighten the state anti pornography law and law enforcement hopes for easier prosecution of smut peddlers to youngsters.
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Robert J. Lagomarsino
Suppliers Pickets Called Off in Los Angeles
Local 770 AFL-CIO Retail ClerksUnion has removed lines from six grocery and meat distributors halting pickets. The move should ease shortages caused by the retail strike lockout while over 100 markets reached contract agreements. Suppliers serve independent stores and those in the strike.
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Los Angeles
Afl-Cio Retail Clerks Union
Bellflower Child Killed Near Home
A Bellflower toddler Bryan Anthony Hawkins 2 died after running into a street in front of a parked car near 9244 Cedar Ave. Lakewood sheriff deputies said the collision occurred Friday at about 6:10 p.m. John Sweeton 34 of 17706 Libbetson Ave. Lakewood was not held.
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Lakewood
Bryan Anthony Hawkins
Donald Hawkins
Cedar Ave
Woodruff Community Hospital
John Sweeton
Ibbetson Ave
Gandhi to Visit Tokyo for Six Day Official Tour
India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi will arrive in Tokyo on June 23 for a six day official visit at the invitation of the Japanese government the foreign ministry announced Friday.
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Tokyo
UPI
Indira Gandhi
India
X. Yon Esinistry
Assembly Won't Hike Salary If Vote Split
Sacramento news brief on a closed assembly caucus where Democrats and Republicans agreed not to raise salaries without strong cross party support. The bill would raise pay from 16 000 to 19 200 and become effective after the next general election. It also notes a pending conflict of interest bill by Jess Unruh and details current compensation.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly
Robert T. Monagan
Tracy
Monagan
James Q. Wedworth
D-Hawthorne
Jess M. Unruh
Unruh
Senate
Governmental Efficiency Committee
Goof Frees Suspect From Met Hospital in Norwalk
A 22 year old murder suspect, Robert Willard Liberty, who fled Metropolitan State Hospital on May 30, was said to be discharged in a clerical error. Liberty, arraigned for the 1966 strangulation of Mrs. Marcella Landis, remains at large as authorities pursue him after a Santa Ana court questioned the discharge notation.
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Metropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
Robert Willard Liberty
Marcella Landis
Westminster
Santa Ana Superior Court
Orange County
Atty
al Wells
Liberty
Wells
Fred Linder
Metropolitan
Atascadero State Hospital
Rested Arguments in Noguchi Coroner Case Resume June Hearing
Los Angeles County rests its case against ousted coroner Dr. Thomas T. Noguchi as Civil Service Board hearings resume June 23. Over five weeks of testimony covered petition origin, office conditions, and Noguchi’s alleged drug use and temper, with six charges withdrawn and defense rebuttals expected.
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Los Angeles County
Thomas T. Noguchi
Civil Service Board
Periood
Dre and Con
Martin Weekes
Russell Henry
Noguchi
Henry
Lindon S. Hollinger
Richard H. Kottke
Ethel Field
Kottke
Field
Odelia Hambler
Board of Supervisors
Robert F. Kennedy
Ranchers navigate flooded Kern River to San Francisco
Kenneth Wedel of Wasco and Herb Spitzer of McFarland with their two 14 foot aluminum craft began a Inland waterway voyage from Bakersfield to San Francisco. The group aims to reach the Bay by midweek as floodwaters fill the Tulare Lake basin connecting Kern Kings and San Joaquin rivers. They may call wives if stalled and say the trip is for leisure, not publicity.
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Lost Hills
Kern County
Bakersfield
San Francisco
Kern River
San Francisco Bay
Sierra
Kenneth Wedel
Wasco
Herb Spitzer
McFarland
Tulare Lake
California
Kings
San Joaquin
Delta
Bay
Spitzer
Wedel
Drunk Driving Tests Highlight Breathalyzer Readings
Reporters under controlled drinking conditions showed breathalyzer results around .10 for nine drinks in 90 minutes. Police lab expert notes alcohol burn rates vary by body weight, with tests using screwdrivers and light meals beforehand. The proposed law would treat BAC at or below .05 as presumed innocent, while .05 to .10 shifts the burden to authorities.
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G. L. Schultz
W. Craig Biddle
R-Riverside
L A Parade for Astronauts
Los Angeles hosts a parade honoring the Apollo 10 astronauts and their families after their spacecraft flew 577000 miles to within 10 miles of the moon earlier this month.
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Los Angeles
Moon
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