BART police strike drags on with little progress
In Oakland the BART policemen strike ends after 16 hours of talks with scant progress. About 135,000 commuters face a third day of limited service as 79 officers and 19 support workers walk out amid contract talks. Courts warned of contempt as unions and supervisors keep trains running in limited fashion.
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Oakland
UPI
Bay Area Rapid Transit
BART
Alameda Superior Court
William J. Hayes
Amalgamated Transit Union
Whaling Halt Supporters Board Soviet Harpoon Boat
Four Greenpeace members on the James Bay met with a Russian harpoon crew about 1200 miles west of San Francisco. Patrick Moore Rex Wylie Rusty Frank and Bob Taunt reported many Russians sympathized with saving whales. The crew admitted whales are nearly gone in the Pacific and eight whales were killed during their 12 days with the fleet. The James Bay heads for Monterey after delivering Greenpeace T shirts and buttons.
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San Francisco
UPI
Pacific
Gary Young
Greenpeace Foundation
Greenpeace
James Bay
Patrick Moore
Rex Wylie
Rusty Frank
Bob Taunt
Young
Pacific Ocean
Monterey
Woman held in Texas pension scam and imprisonments
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies detained 42 year old Lillian Gobert on unlawful imprisonment charges after alleged confinement of mentally deficient individuals and stealing pension checks. Texas seeks a 120000 bond. Gobert's attorney requests a lower amount while extradition from Texas is debated. A second suspect, Lee Etta Bradshaw, 49, faces similar charges in Texas with a 60000 bond.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Sheriff's Deputies
Texas
Lillian Gobert
Watts
Lee Etta Bradshaw
Wood price surge tied to new home starts in Oregon
UPI reports William Dean editor of Random Links says housing starts drive lumber demand and wood prices rising weekly. Since July 15 mill price for standard and better kiln dried two by fours has climbed about 22 percent.
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Eugene, Ore
UPI
William Dean
Random Links
San Quentin lockdown continues after guard shoots inmate
At San Quentin a new lockdown is in place after a white inmate fatally stabbed a black prisoner during an attack by two white inmates. A guard fired a warning shot as Peter Savas 24 persisted with the weapon and was killed. Ronald Hendricks 25 stopped fighting.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
San Quentin Prison
Peter Savas
Ronald Hendricks
James Williams
Michael Madding
Savas
Williams
Madding
Hendricks
Tragic Utah crash probes into California family van loss
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board say it will take days to reconstruct the Aug. 26 collision on Highway 91 near Scipio. An 8 member Farrell Lee Jr family from Newbury Park California died when a tractor-trailer crossed into their van. Rescue crews worked hours at the wreck site.
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Scipio, Utah
Utah Transportation Department
Farrell A. Lee Jr
Michael
Las Vegas
Nev
Salt Lake City
State Highway Department
Bountiful
Utah
Mr. Lee
Spokane
Wash
California
Richard H. Miller
Fullerton
Calif
Lee
Ohio
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