Berkeley voters face revolutionary police reform ballot
Berkeley voters determine if the city will split the police department into white, student, and black neighborhood units as radicals press to seize city council control. Governor Reagan warns the plan could happen here while tensions rise over dynamite found near city hall and police headquarters. The measure aims to give citizens more police oversight, with support from Rep. Ron Dellums and local activists.
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Police Department
Ronald Reagan
Wallace Joheson
America
Berkeley
Bobby Seale
New Haven
Conn
Jeff Gordon
Coalition
Tom McLaren
Gordon
Ron Dellums
Widener
Sweeney
Dellum
Cultural shock experiment suspends instructor at Sonoma State
John Allison an anthropology instructor at Sonoma State College conducted a controversial cultural shock experiment asking about 20 students to disrobe and leave painted prints on wrapping paper for a student film project. Five men and two women volunteered as cameras recorded reactions. College President Thomas McGrath called the activity unfortunate and suspended Allison.
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Thomas McGrath
McGrath
Allison
Bay Area raid nets explosives and arrests
Richmond police raided a radical headquarters in the Bay Area seizing arms and explosives plus communications gear including a typewriter allegedly stolen from Defense Secretary Melvin Laird. Four women, all said to be students from Richmond, were arrested on conspiracy and weapons charges. Police traced dynamite sales to teens in the area and found inventories of underground literature, posters, and catalogued materials.
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Richmond
UPI
Defense
Melvin Laird
San Francisco
Bay City
Laird
Washington
DOD
Jerry W. Friedheim
Secretary of Defense
Mao Tse-tung
Berkeley
San Francisco petition drive seeks skyscraper vote
Dressmaker Alvin Duskin handed over a box of petitions after claiming about 45,000 signatures were collected by 1,200 volunteers at shopping centers and markets over five weekends. The petitions call for a public vote on banning new skyscrapers above 72 feet or six stories.
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San Francisco
Alvin Duskin
Duskin
Signa
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Dark’ Horse
Larry Melton
Alias the Rabbit
Charles Manson
Melton
Socialist Workers Party
Antonio Camejo
John de Bonis
Wilmont Sweeney
Warrent Widener
Berkeley Free Church
Oakland
Police
Alameda County
Jack G. Blue
DCS
New York
United Air Lines
United
Hyon
Bay Area
U.S
Gale King
Margaret Walter
Elizabeth Tomkins
Susan Garrett
S.F. Skyscraper
Bond
Bond's
Dr Rowan
Yao Ue
Ane
Lakewood Blvd
Lakewood Center
Anaheim Shopping Center
Huntington Beach
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