Arson Suspected in Calexico Labor Bus Fire
Police say gasoline was poured on 11 buses owned by E Don Co on Calexico western fringe and matchbooks ignited each hood. Three men Eduardo Garcia Nunez Oscar Hernandez Mondragon and Enrique Cortez Murillo were booked on 5 counts of arson after entering through a fence hole before midnight Monday. Damage estimated up to 50 000 by owner Don Currier. A February union dispute affected Imperial County asparagus fields and another labor contractor had two buses burned similarly.
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Calexico
Don Currier
E! Don Co
Eduardo Garcia Nunez
Oscar Hernandez Mondragon
Mexicali
Mexico
Enrique Cortez Murillo
Imperial County
Fourteen jailed in Black Panther raid in Oakland
Oakland police and Berkeley officers arrested fourteen people Tuesday at a residence linked to the Black Panther Party after a Berkeley man accused attackers of pistol whipping him and striking him with a baseball bat. The raid aimed to disrupt Panther efforts to win a majority on the Oakland City Council next spring. Officers located the suspect’s address and van and obtained a search warrant, with nine officers taking part at about 5 am.
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Oakland
UPI
Black Panther Party
Berkeley
Michael W. Foster
Foster
Panthers
California milk boycott urged by consumer groups
SACRAMENTO UP I two consumer groups proposed a statewide Mother s Day milk boycott to protest high prices and a 5 cent half gallon rise. The plan urges switching to powdered milk for one week starting May 12. Roy Alper said formal channels failed to curb the price, while Ruth Yamada urged households to use cheaper powdered milk. The move follows state approval of the price hike and echoes a prior meat boycott by FIT.
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UPI
California
Citizen Action Group
EIT
Roy Alper
Alper
Ruth Yamada
FIT
State Department of Food and Agriculture
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