Battle over People's Park ends as BART surrenders land
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District votes 9 3 to give up four narrow blocks on Hearst Avenue for Berkeley to develop a park. General Manager Frank Herringer to negotiate leasing options for 55 years at $1 a year or other terms. The move follows years of protests over the Hearst Strip and its tie to the nearby People’s Park conflict.
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People’s Park Annex
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
BART
Frank Herringer
Hearst Avenue
Herringer
Bart Sahere
Hane
Hearst Strip
74.0 pound twins seek film fame in Los Angeles
AP reports Billy and Benny McGuire, the 74.0 pound twins from Heian, toured Burpank Studios in Los Angeles as they pursue big screen roles. They met TV stars Richard Thomas and Lynda Carter without injury, hinting at the challenges of stardom as they navigate studio life and a steel studio bus ride toward California or bust.
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Benny
Billy
Wonder Woman
Lynda Carter
Burbank Studios
Lynda
Apreese
Associated Press
Bem McGuire
Los Angeles
Heian 'S
Burpank
Richard Thomas
Rea
Carter
California
First Black Named to State Personnel Board
Sacramento AP reports Brenda Shockley, a 31 year old Los Angeles attorney, named by Gov Brown to fill a vacancy on the State Personnel Board created by Nita Ashcraft’s resignation. She serves with a 1274 dollar yearly salary, pending Senate confirmation. Shockley, a former aide to Rep Yvonne Burke and former deputy Los Angeles city attorney, is with Shockley and Duff. The board oversees civil service administration.
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Los Angeles
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Brown
Brenda ¥. Shockley
Gil
Nita Ashcraft
San Francisco
Ms. Shockley
Yvonne Burke
Shockley and Duff
Striking hospital lab workers restrained by restraining order
Judge Sormen Dewds set a hearing for Oct 23 to decide if the restraining order against striking hospital lab technicians remains in force. Pickets numbered at the hospital. The Hospital and Service Employees union seeks a 2 percent wage rise over three years, while the hospital offered 5 percent then raised to 15 percent before talks broke down. A union spokesman warned employees will strike unless a federal mediator intervenes.
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Tempara
Jeb
Sormen Dewds
Conmoyer
Epler
Speet
Lawrence Speshy
Union Jean
Seid
Spast Bo
Talis
Pbations
S.F. man sets slot machine jackpot mark
A San Francisco area man named J. Keysar won what is billed as the world’s largest quarter slot machine jackpot at Harolds Club. He accepted only that name and claimed a total payout of 57,384,800 after 14 hours of play over two days. The club noted the prior record was 35,951.2 dollars set in August 1973. A separate San Diego item reports a beach crew removing a dead gray whale from Mission Beach and burying it at Miramar Naval Air Station after scientists studied it.
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J. Keysar
Harolds Club
Keysar
San Diego
Mission Beach
Miramar Naval Air Station
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