Gun tied to Black Panther in San Quentin escape
Alameda County investigators traced a 9mm Astra automatic bought in 1969 by Landon Williams of Oakland to the weapon used in George Jackson’s San Quentin escape bid. Williams, a Panther field marshal, was later jailed in New Haven on separate charges as the prison riot drew protests and calls for more guards.
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UPI
Black Panther
George Jackson
San Quentin Prison
Panther Landon R. Williams
Oakland
Calif
San Francisco State College
Alameda County
Williams
Old West
el Cerrito
Soledad Brother
Jackson
Denver
Colo
New Haven
Conn
Alex Rackley
Ronald Dellums
Berkeley
San
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Dellums
Louis R. Williams
Panther Armaments
Landon Williams
Stephen Mitchell Bingham
Connecticut
Bingham
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Chronicle
San Rafael Independent-Journal
Jett Greer
Independent Journal
Raymond Procunier
Los Padres fire rages over 2500 acres near Santa Barbara
A brush fire in Los Padres National Forest north of Santa Barbara burned 2500 acres under Santa Ana like winds. No homes were threatened and no injuries were reported as 750 firefighters, air tankers, a helicopter, water trucks and bulldozers battled the blaze amid rugged terrain.
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Santa Barbara
UPN
Santa Ana
Los Padres National Forest
Here
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Multiple local court cases and a missile launch in Santa Barbara
Timothy Janssen, 22, pleaded guilty in Lompoc Justice Court to being in a place where narcotics were smoked and fined 125 dollars with a 90 day jail term suspended for two years. Manual Morales, 18, got 90 days in county jail for resisting arrest after a June 18 incident. A Titan II ICBM was launched Friday night at Vandenberg AFB. Granges of Santa Barbara Co will hold their annual picnic at Nojoqui Park at 1 p.m. with meals and set donations. An OCR error noted teacher salary figures, correcting increments to 369 dollars. Richard Blake, 24, received 10 days in jail on a wife beating charge with 60 days suspended for three years, and a funeral is pending for Ernita Feland, 68, in Lompoc.
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W. Date Ave
Lompoc
Manual Morales
N. L St
Granges of Santa Barbara Co
Nojoqui Park
Richard Ray Blake
Orilla
Mission Hills
Blake
Bennett Cerf dies at 73 longtime Random House head
Bennett Cerf, 73, cofounder and board chairman of Random House, died at his Westchester County home after a long career publishing authors such as Faulkner O'Hara and Capote. He gained fame as a What's My Line? panelist and led Random House after steering the Modern Library and Knopf acquisitions.
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Mount Kisco
N.Y
UPI
Bennett Cerf
Random House Publishing Company
Westchester County
Cerf
William Faulkner
John O'Hara
Truman Capote
Modern Library Series
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Cert
County Employees to sue over 1971 72 salary freeze
The County Employees Association plans legal action after a disagreement on salary levels for 1971 72. Directors meet Tuesday with counsel E Jerald Haws to review options and protest President Nixon’s wage freeze. The group, from 37 counties, seeks fringe benefit exemptions and retroactive bargaining.
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Assn
Zack Stringer
E. Jerald Haws
Stringer
California
Monterey
Nixon
Santa Barbara
President's Council
Tax appeal load grows for Third District property owners
Third District owners remain the unhappiest with 107 of the 235 tax assessment appeals filed with the Board of Equalization for fall and winter hearings. The Isla Vista area sees notable relief after riots earlier this year, while First District submissions total 59 and oil-company appeals number 23.
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Board of Equalization
Third District
Daniel G. Grant
Isla Vista
Planner Divelbiss County official retires ends tenure
Last day for Herbert H Divelbiss as County Planning Director occurred Friday. Britt Johnson will assume the post Monday Aug 30 after Divelbiss resigned earlier this year. The search continues for a new planning commission secretary and ordinance division chief as Johnson leaves that role for the higher paid position. Charles King may take over the secretarial post, while efforts continue to recruit a successor to Henry Bauernschmidt the county landscape architect who retired in August. Administrative Officer Johnson initially sought to cut the position but faced opposition from landscape groups planning associations and citizen organizations over environmental preservation concerns.
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Herbert H Divelbiss
Britt Johnson
Raymond D. Johnson
Planning Commission
Johnson
Four hurt in two accidents near Lompoc
Two car collision on Route 246 near Purisima Road left Joseph R. Silva 73 and Judith P. Grant 32 with minor injuries as both drivers drove away. A separate single vehicle crash on Armor Ranch Road near Happy Ranch Road sent Barry W. Smith 20 and Rodney Roreber 21 to hospital with Smith in fair and Roreber in critical condition.
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Lompoc Area
Rt. 246
Purisima Road
California Highway Patrol
Joseph R. Silva
Clubhouse Road
Judith P. Grant
RFD
Rt. 1
Grant
CHP
Silva
Armor Ranch Road
Happy Ranch Road
Santa Ynez Valley
Barry W. Smith
Rodney Roreber
Santa Ynez Valley Hospital
Smith
Roreber
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N. Lupine
Phyllis
Northern Westchester Hospital
Bennett Alfred Cerf
1898
New York City
Columbia College
The
Spectator
Wall Street
of Boni and Liveright
Donald Klopfer
Random
House
County Employees Assn
North County
Lompoc Valley
Cuyama Valley
Carpinteria Valley
Planner
Divelbiss
Charles King
Henry Bauernschmidt
Rancho
San Julian
Lompog Record
Otmress
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