Police keep deal during grocery store hostage drama
San Francisco police paid air fare for a Phoenix woman to visit her son, John Gilliam, after he held seven hostages in an early morning supermarket siege near Golden Gate Park. Gilliam surrendered after seven hours. accomplice Ralph Jensen was captured. Charges include armed robbery kidnapping and burglary.
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UPI
Phoenix
Ariz
John Gilliam
Gilliam
Ralph Jensen
Lice
Jensen
Petrini’s Plaza
Golden Gate Park
Jeremiah Taylor
Police Department
Judge out of oil decision after stock conflict
U.S. District Court Judge A Andrew Hauk recused himself from a California offshore oil drilling case due to owning substantial Union Oil stock. He chaired motions including a Western Oil and Gas Association bid to join, noting Union Oil's trade group ties could affect proceedings. He earlier represented Union and received stock options.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
U.S. District Court
A. Andrew Hauk
Union Oil Company
Hauk
Western Oil and Gas Association
Union Oil
Trade Association
Union
Congress
Saxbe Warns Against Marijuana Legalization
California speech by Attorney General William B. Saxbe warns legalization could lead to widespread youth access. He cites a one in seven youths over 12 testing marijuana and calls legalization a public health risk, saying a society where 10-year-olds can buy it would be unacceptable.
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Sacramento
UPI
William B. Saxbe
Saxbe
California
Ronald Reagan
Conference On Criminal Justice
Mexican leftist leader Lucio Cabanas dies in Sierra Madre clash
Mexico City reports say Lucio Cabanas was killed near Acapulco after two days of fighting that left 28 guerrillas and two soldiers dead. Government sources note autopsy at an army base and troops also killed ten followers in a Sierra Madre battle.
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Mexico City
UPI
Lucio Cabanas
Sierra Madre
Pacific
Acapulco
Mexico
Cabanas
Defense Ministry
Guerrero
Sen
Ruben Figueroa
Poor People’s Party
Francisco Davila Otero
Move to halt smog device enforcement in California
California Senate passes SCR3 to temporarily stop enforcement of anti smog device rules for 1966 to 1970 used cars in the South Coast Air Basin. The measure, authored by Sen. Nate Holden, directs the Highway Patrol to refrain from tickets while a remedial repeal is considered, with warnings still possible.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
California
Los Angeles
Holden
Highway Patrol
Dan Lanza
Bitter power clash in California legislature tops session
In Sacramento a bitter abortive bid to depose Senate leader James R Mills and Assembly Speaker Leo T McCarthy ended with McCarthy retained as speaker and Brown backing off. Sen Randolph Collier faced removal as Finance chair while Beilenson was floated as a potential successor. Collier may chair Transportation.
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UPS
Senate
James R. Mills
Assembly
Leo T. McCarthy
McCarthy
Willie Brown Jr
San Francisco
Randolph Collier
Crusty
Finance Committee
Transportation Committee
Brown
Mills
George Zenovich
Fresno
Bob Moretti
Moretti
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Metropolitan Museum
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