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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1972
Page
8
A young Marine Reservist, William Welch of Daly City, survived injuries once deemed fatal after a truck accident at Treasure Island. Surgeons at San Francisco General Hospital repaired a crushed aorta and brain artery with a dacron graft, and Welch expressed relief at surviving the perilous crash.
In a San Jose proceeding, pathologist Dr ManWaring described autopsies on four dead noted figures Judge Harold Haley Jonathan Jackson William Christmas and James McClain. He testified the shotgun blast to Haley was lethal and likely instantaneous while bullets to the others caused fatal internal injuries though some could have allowed moments of function after impact. The trial recessed until Monday.
Susan Mitchell filed a criminal complaint against Charles Hantz for obscene language used when she ticketed his car in downtown Palo Alto. Judge Marshall S Hall denied a writ to delay the trial, with Hantz planning an appeal. The defense argued the law favors women. the judge rejected the gender change suggestion as insulting.
Dr. Robert Litman of the University of Southern California reports from a 1,100 case analysis that about 75 percent of child poisonings are intentional and over 25 percent are self harm attempts. He notes 26 percent are death by own action attempts and 48 percent occur during personal crisis, with emotional stress common in ages six to ten and abstinence or desertion cited as triggers.
John D. Powers 22 of Miles, Ir., turned himself in at Alameda Naval Air Station to begin processing for conscientious objector status after spending days at Newman Hall. He left the carrier Midway last Sunday before sailing to Vietnam and had been sheltered by Berkeley churches and the city ordinance offering sanctuary to AWOL personnel.
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