Psychiatrists Link Army Brainwashing in San Francisco Prison Court
Psychiatrists testified at a court martial in Fort Ord that stockade conditions at the San Francisco Presidio resembled brainwashing used in China during the Korean War. Dr. Samuel Nelken described a temporary mental derangement in Pvt Richard Stevens. 27 prisoners face mutiny charges after a sit down strike over overcrowding, sanitation, and a recent death. Dr. James Lamm defended Pvt Richard Duncan, noting preexisting emotional issues aggravated by the stockade’s tense environment.
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Richard Stevens
Samuel Nelken
San
Francisco Poe
Stevens
Stockade
Stockade Yard
Nelken
China
San Francisco
James Lamm
Richard Duncan
Duncan
Army trims sentences for two Presidio mutiny cases
The Army Judge Advocate General reduced the prison terms of Privates Louis S. Osczepinski and Lawrence W. Reidel from earlier longer sentences to two years each following a Pentagon review. The two had faced mutiny charges after a sit down protest at the Presidio Stockade in San Francisco.
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Army
Presidio Stockade
San Francisco
Louis S. Osczepinski
Florida
N.Y
Lawrence W. Reidel
Medford
Ore
Osczepinski
Reidel
Stanley R. Larsen
6Th Army
Pentagon
Health Chief Says VD Out of Control
Sacramento AP report quotes Dr. Louis F. Saylor stating gonorrhea is out of control in California with 24 745 cases reported to April 26, up from 21 651 last year. He blames sociological factors and an unwillingness to prevent exposure, contrasting it with effective syphilis control through intensive follow up.
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Sacramento
California
Louis F. Saylor
Saylor
Claremont Names New College President
Dr. Howard Neville provost of Michigan State University was chosen Friday as president of Claremont Men's College a 750 student private liberal arts school. He will assume duties Sept 1 succeeding Dr George C S Benson who has led the college since its founding 23 years ago Benson may remain to teach political science
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Claremont
Howard Neville
Michigan State University
Claremont Men's College
Neville
George C. S. Benson
Benson
Claremhent
Marines Say Fugitives Are Deserters
Two service members received symbolic sanctuary at the Whittier Unitarian Church on March 27 and were declared deserters 30 days later. Marine Pvt. Jackie L. Lunsford, 20, of Tulsa Oklahoma, and Navy Hospital Corpsman E C Robert Hamberger of Cincinnati were designated fugitives from justice as of the Friday statement from Camp Pendleton. The FBI and civil authorities were expected to remove them, but no action had occurred.
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Whittier
The
Marine Corps
Jackie L., Lunsford
Tulsa
Okla
Navy
E. C. Robert Hamberger
Cincinnati
Whittier Unitarian Church
California higher education weighs tuition shifts after bond loss
Sacramento says the Coordinating Council for Higher Education will study university and state college tuition with a July report due. Gov Reagan's 1967 plan faced opposition but rising costs and a bond setback push talks forward. UC regents and the legislature must approve any new charges as Rearwin proposes targeted aid remains a goal.
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Sacramento
California
Ronald Reagan
Kenneth Bearwin
la Jolla
Rearwin
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
Los Angeles
University of California
Charles J. Hitch
Hitch
UC Regents
Coordinating Council
Post Sees Triple Taxes for Poor in Reagan Plan
Legislative Analyst A Alan Post said Reagan tax reform would triple the income tax bill for those earning 5000 or less while those earning 10000 or more would face a 2 to 11 percent cut. He noted figures rely on limited data and press releases.
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Sacramento
A. Alan Post
Reagan
Biddle
Franchise Tax Board
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Riverside
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
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