Berkeley elects Warren Widener mayor in contentious victory
Warren Widener, a 32 year old black activist and former Strategic Air Command officer, becomes Berkeley mayor after a tight race with radicals gaining four of eight council seats. He vows to push minority police oversight, abolish the city manager, and replace property tax with a municipal income tax while expanding child care facilities. He predicts similar upheavals in college towns nationwide.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPT
Warren Widener
Widener
Strategic Air Command
Tom Hayden
Edward Kallgren
Kallgren
Wolf Cub Adoption by Husky Appeals to Zoo Crowd
Two week old wolf cubs from Henry Doorly Zoo were placed with a crossbred Husky named Binki from Missouri Valley Iowa. Dr Lee Simmons noted the wolf mother initially cared for the cubs but then attacked them. Binki adopted the cubs and allowed them to nurse, following handlers closely.
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Omaha
Neh
Missouri Valley
Iowan
Henry Doorly Zoo
Lee Simmons
Carl Vires
Simmons
Vires
Binki
Grand jury questions Leslie Bacon seen as fishing expedition
19 year old Leslie Bacon questioned by a Seattle grand jury as a material witness in the Capitol bombing. Her attorney Jeffrey Steinborn called the line of questioning a fishing expedition into antiwar activities. Bacon answered all questions and faced a bomb threat scare at the federal courthouse.
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Wash
Leslie Bacon
U.S. Capitol
Jeffrey Steinborn
Seattle
Miss Bacon
U.S
Steinborn
Michael Fayad
Bacon
Washington, D.C
Mitchell
Fay
Washington
D.C
Senate
Capitol
Stan Pitkin
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