Computer joins drug crackdown at California border
Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke announced a Sacramento based Department of Motor Vehicles computer will screen license numbers of vehicles stopped at the U S Mexico border near San Diego. The system checks numbers against a state list of suspected narcotics traffickers, delivering yes or no in about ten seconds to determine search intensity. The plan uses an existing computer and aims to reduce border delays.
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Sacramento
California
Mexico
Ed Reinecke
State Department of Motor Vehicles
U.S
United States-Mexico
San Diego
Reinecke
Retreat on illicit drug traffic agenda at Mexico City meeting
The statement outlines an agenda for a Mexico City conference with no disclosed details or signatures. It notes U S plans to adjust inspections of pedestrians and travelers and to curb illicit production and traffic of narcotics. Mexico pledges tougher enforcement as Operation Intercept began Sept 21 and would last at least a month.
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Reinecke
Capitol
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Accidents Kill Two. Suspect Held in Drunk Driving Case
A 28 year old Garden Grove motorist James Schmidt died after a two car collision with Emmett Henry 24 of Long Beach. Henry was booked on suspicion of felony drunk driving and manslaughter. A motorcyclist George Kersten 18 of Costa Mesa died at the scene after his bike was struck near Culver Avenue and Campus Drive in University Park. The crash occurred at 5 p.m.
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Garden Grove
Costa Mesa
James Schmidt
Dean Ann Place
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
Emmett Henry
55Th St
Long Beach
Henry
California Highway Patrol
George Kersten
Country Club Drive
Culver Avenue
Campus Drive
University Park
Hershey Ouster Draws Mixed Congressional Reactions
Washington critics welcomed General Hershey's dismissal as draft director while some hawkish lawmakers saw it as a draft policy shift. Senators Javits Moss Goodell MaeGovern and others praised the move as a step toward reform and a voluntary system, with lingering doubts about its impact on public opinion.
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Frank Moss
Utah
General Hershey
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Gen
Hershey
George S. Mae- Govern
D-S.d
L. Mendell Rivers
House
Armed Serves Committee
Wilmington longshoreman pleads innocent in Avalon Blvd shooting
Stanley Amescua, 25, of 802 Figueroa Place, pleaded innocent to assault with a deadly weapon over a Sept. 9 incident at 511 Avalon Blvd liquor store. Four people were present when a semi-automatic rifle was fired after a dispute with a clerk over a check. Trial set for Nov. 7 in Long Beach Superior Court.
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Wilmington
Avalon Blvd
Stanley Amescua
Figueroa Place
Long Beach Superior Court
Amescua
Nixon fires Hershey as draft reform plan draws praise
President Nixon removes Hershey amid debate over a new draft method that would select 19 year olds at random, ending oldest first inductions. Critics call it appeasement while supporters hail a step to ease Vietnam era opposition. Hershey declines comment and a civilian successor is expected.
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Hershey
Congress
Gen. Hershey
Phillip Burton
D-Cal
Vietnam
White House
Ziegler
Fire damages school shed at San Pedro elementary
A storage shed at an elementary school in San Pedro suffered an estimated 15000 dollars in damage. Harbor Division firefighters reported that three units battled the flames for about 20 minutes before bringing the fire under control at 1200 Park Western Place. The 50 by 60 foot frame shed housed contractor supplies.
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San Pedro
Harbor Division
Park Western Place
Shooting at Henry Horner housing project leaves multiple officers injured
Patrolmen Ma dera and Rahn, in an unmarked car, chased three youths after a mugging. Michael Soto fled inside the Henry Horner project and fired on officers from the stairwell, leading to Soto's death as gunfire echoed through the area. Several officers were wounded while taking cover and returning fire.
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Richard Madera
Robert Rahn
Henry Horner
Race Fight in Berdoo Takes Toll
San Bernardino High School saw a racial clash with police and students fighting, leaving one officer with a concussion and four others injured. In Las Vegas, west side tensions flared as white and black students clashed, three to four students arrested, school closed then set to reopen Monday, with officials probing the trigger.
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SAN Bernardino High School
AP Wkrepłoto
Las Vegas
Las Vegas High School
West Side
Phillip Allred
Rain Dampens SDS Weatherman Demonstration Plans
In Chicago, autumn rain and 2000 National Guardsmen kept Weatherman and Revolutionary Youth Movement plans in check as SDS members prepared jail breaks at high schools to recruit for protests linked to the Chicago Griff trial. No incidents were reported as security remained tight at the Civic Center and U.S. Courthouse.
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Chicago
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Weatherman
Richard T. Dunn
Illinois National Guard
Revolutionary Youth Movement
U.S
MIT SDS Protest Targets Center for International Studies
About 150 demonstrators from MIT and SDS gathered near the Center for International Studies to protest what they called imperialist research. The march from a mile away carried two flags of the Vietnamese National Liberation Front. the event was orderly with no injuries or arrests.
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Cambridge
Mass
Center For International Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Students For A Democratic Society
Vietnamese National Liberation Front
Nixon grooms moves after Vietnam moratorium protests
President Nixon backs a shakeup in the Vietnam policy amid peace talks and a moratorium. Humphrey meets Nixon post Kissinger talk and says progress is possible while Laird reiterates protective reaction strategy and Vietnamization priorities.
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Humphrey
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars
Kissinger
Nixon
Oval Office
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Cranston Moves To Ban Federal Oil Off California Coasts
U S Senator Alan Cranston announces a bill to halt all oil production on federal leases parallel to California coast sanctuaries. The measure would protect seven state created sanctuaries seaward of the three mile limit and cover Orange San Diego Los Angeles Santa Barbara Monterey and Mendocino areas. Cranston urges local environmental priorities and criticizes the Haynsworth nomination in a Disneyland Hotel dinner speech.
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U.S
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
California
Cranston
Orange
San Diego
Los Angeles
Ken Cory
Anaheim
Disneyland Hotel
Nixon
Clement Haynsworth
U.S. Supreme Court
Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Santa Barbara
Union Oil Co
Santa Barbara County
San Diego County
Newport Beach
Santa Monica Bay
San Clemente
Santa
Alioto Says Gubernatorial Bid Not Tied to Libel Suit
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto states his potential gubernatorial candidacy hinges partly on trial disclosures and a Look magazine defense strategy. He spoke at a Lakewood labor rally accusing Gov. Reagan of favoritism toward monopoly interests and oil companies while homeowners bear full taxes.
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Joseph Alioto
Look Magazine
Alioto
Laborers and Plasterers Hall
Paramount Blvd
Lakewood
Reagan
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