Hoover on criticism and Mrs Mitchell ties at Shoreham
Hoover dismissed criticism as old pressure after four decades in the FBI and recalled social visits with the Mitchells in Washington and Florida. He joked about being pictured as FBI emperor, teased by reporters, and praised Martha Mitchell as gracious. Oakland police reported no clues in the Bank of America bombing at the airport branch.
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FBI
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Mitchells
Washington
Florida
Mrs. Mitchell
Life Magazine
FBT
Battle
Mont
Oaklani
Bank of America
Oakland Airport
Wast Bay
Magee stalls Angela Davis trial in courtroom clash
The case against Angela Davis stalled for the 193rd day in jail as Magee demanded the sixth presiding judge be withdrawn and attacked Davis' counsel as a Ku Klux Klanner. Judge Arnason recessed to consider disqualification while outside judges may be brought in. Davis, held on charges tied to the Marin County shootout, seeks bail as pretrial motions mount.
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IPL
Ruchell Magee
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Richard J. Arnason
Arnason
UCLA
Marin County
Magee
California
Ernest Graves
Los Angeles
Howard Moore Jr
Atlanta
Albert W. Harris Jr
Henderson recalls My Lai duties and Peers inquiry impact
The testimony focuses on Major General Samuel W. K. Henderson recalling his role during the My Lai massacre. He describes the investigation obstacles, his switchover in duty, and his stance against civilian killings while noting he did not expect charges. The remarks touch on Lt. Calley and the Peers inquiry.
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Henderson
Army Inspector General
My Lai
Ft. Meade
Army
Chrysler closes plant as 1200 workers face reassignment
Chrysler announces closure of a plant affecting about 1,200 employees who are offered jobs elsewhere with the company. A UAW local official described emotions as high and noted many workers have long tenure, while the union spokesman could not say how many would accept transfers.
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Chrysler
Chet Laindstrom
UAW
Convair plans 350 new assemblers at Bearny Mesa plant
Convair division of General Dynamics will hire 350 aircraft assemblers after already employing 250 mostly displaced Southern California aerospace workers. Production of Douglas NCO jet liner fuselages at Bearny Mesa is expected to run through 1975. Union election at local plant has been called off. plant layoffs totaled 1,000 last year with training and job-placement aid offered.
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Convair
General Dynamics
Southern California
Bearny Mesa
Lundstrom
Union 1
Air Force
Los Angeles
Australian white shark caught off Oxnard shores
A 16 foot, 2 500 pound Australian white shark was hooked by Oxnard fisherman Marty Block on a 26 foot boat near Oxnard while targeting halibut and rockfish. The shark was towed to Channel Island Harbor and iced for possible sale or burial, marking California’s first sighting in a decade.
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Oxnard
Marty Block
Marty Boy
Bob Foucek
Channel Island Sport Fishing Corp
Foucek
California
San Francisco
Block
Channel Island Harbor
Black
Three jailed in death of USC official
Three persons were booked for investigation of murder in the shooting death of 55 year old George Maurer Jr. USC administrative assistant to a vice provost. Maurer was found Saturday in northeast Los Angeles with a single gunshot wound to the neck. The arrestees are Enrique Gonzalez 30 and Mario Kazarin 19 of Los Angeles, and a juvenile suspect.
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USC
George Maurer Jr
Los Angeles
Enrique Gonzalez
Mario Kazarin
Would be GI returns from Vietnam at Travis Air Force Base
Wesley Storer a 22 year old ski instructor from Yarmouth Maine replaced his brother in Vietnam and arrived at Travis Air Force Base on a chartered civilian airliner. He waved off reporters and said he did not want to talk about the experience.
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Travis Air Force Base
Vietnam
United States
Wesley Storer
Yarmouth
Maine
UC staff elects new editor at Berkeley paper
Toni Martin, a 20 year old junior and former managing editor, was chosen as editor in chief as part of a tentative settlement with the Daily Californian board. Three editors stepped down after the dispute over a People's Park editorial and a fence removal call.
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Berkeley
University of California
Daily Californian
People’s Park
Toni Martin
Burt Altmansky
Publishers Board
Miss Martin
John Emshwiller
Finch outlines military drug discharge rate and health reform
Presidential adviser Robert H. Finch says 20,000 drug addicts are discharged from the military yearly. He notes each service runs its own treatment and cites Europe and Africa bases showing limited success, while praising battalion level efforts and advocating broader health care reform with four goals.
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Finch
Baltimore
Robert H. Finch
Europe
Africa
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Ex-official Indicted in West LA Pandering Case
Morris Ratner, former Los Angeles Public Utilities and Transportation Commissioner, was indicted by a county grand jury on pandering charges. The indictments stem from a year long undercover vice squad probe targeting restaurants and bars in West Los Angeles and Hollywood. Ratner and his brother Samuel own a Sunset Boulevard restaurant in West Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Morris Ratner
City Public Utilities and Transportation Commission
West
Hollywood Area
Ratner
His Brother
Samuel
Los Angeles Area
Sunset Boulevard
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