Jailer Death During Struggle Prompted Grand Jury Talk
A jail death after a suspect refused to sign a walking citation led to calls for a grand jury investigation. William Williams died after deputies used choke holds during a struggle at Orange County Jail on Riverside Freeway near Euclid Avenue. Autopsy cited nerve pressure in the neck stopping the heart. District Attorney Cecil Ticks said action would depend on discussions withHist. Atty. Jay Moseley and the coroner's advisory findings. Also noted, Marines from the 5th Division marked the 25th Iwo Jima anniversary with a ceremony in Tokyo, joined by former Japanese soldiers.
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Anaheim
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District Attorney’s Office
Orange County Dist
Cecil Ticks
Jay Moseley
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Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Charles Early
Suresuta
Berkeley Riot at Shattuck Avenue Ends Calmly
A heterogenous crowd clashed with Berkeley police amid a day of protests near Shattuck Avenue. Demonstrators hurled rocks and debris at banks and stores while officers used nightsticks and gas masks to restore order. no deaths reported, and a bomb threat against the Berkeley Gazelle prompted evacuation with no device found.
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Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley Gazelle
Berkeley
Demonstrators Snowball Police in New York Upsurge
About 2 000 protesters clashed with police in New York as contempt sentences from the Chicago conspiracy trial were protested. Seven injured, 20 arrested on disorderly conduct charges as barricades were breached during the melee. Robert J. Gemignani, former California Youth Authority assistant director, becomes director of the federal Office of Juvenile Delinquency after a two year vacancy.
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Chicago
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New York
Delinquency Post
Washington
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California Youth Authority
Federal Office of Juvenile Delinquency
Indonesian groceries and birth records mix hits a stalled Cypress traffic signal
A mixed clipping notes Borobudur Indonesian Shop in Los Angeles offering a wide range of Indonesian foods and gifts, while a Harrisburg birth certificate delay prompts a voter to seek help. Pennsylvanian records require documents to verify birth. Cypress traffic signal project stalls due to missing controller as electrical work completes.
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House of Indonesia
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New York
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
Harrisburg
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Yeu
Maine
Ue Hiren
Desert surf center to reopen in April after repairs
A spokesman notes alterations at the Lakewood Surfing Asset facility near Tempe Arizona. Repairs paused visits and warned surfers to avoid the area until the site reopens in April. Authorities say the completion timeline depends on ongoing work and safety checks.
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Hot
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Arie
Aes
California
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Heitor
Vayden Road
Tempe
Ariz
Lok
Indicted duo tied to Navy contract fraud scheme
In Baltimore authorities charged Voloshen Brown and Clerk with fraudulent pretenses in a plot to defraud H. B. Hirsch & Sons in a $775,000 stockpiling contract for Navy Lerth straps. The case ties to a May 1969 letter and a forged document, with associates accused of using the mails in a five-count scheme. A related New York indictment involves Voloshen and ex-aide Marlin Sweig. An earthquake hit Agrenon, Greece, with no serious damage reported.
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H. B. Hirsch & Sons Inc
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Melvin J. Hirsch
Secretary of the Navy
Hirsch
Navy Department
Naval
Congress
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John W. McCormack
L. Mendel Rivers
Wolshen
New York City
Marlin Sweig
McCormack
Agrenon
Greece
Huilding
Blasts Kill Two Aides at Rio Hondo College
At Rio Hondo Junior College Whittier a guard Charles Keel 29 Walnut and welding instructor Charles H Beckett 47 were killed in a chain of underground transformer explosions near the Vocational building. The two men approached the power station to pull a master switch when the main transformer exploded throwing them 20 to 25 feet. Becker died instantly and Keel died at the hospital.
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Keel
Whittier Presbyterian Hospital
Jury Polled in Riot Trial Could Be Questioned
In Chicago a defense lawyer for seven men charged with riot conspiracy said he may ask Judge Julius J Hoff man to bring the jury into the open to discuss the possibility of a verdict. Deliberations entered their fourth day on charges tied to the 1968 Democratic convention unrest. William M Kunstler indicated a forma l request could be made and noted the jurors might be queried about agreement.
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Slain Captain's Wife and Daughters Mystery at Fort Bragg
A front apartment murder scene at Fort Bragg left a wife and her two daughters dead in a cluttered log cabin like room while the husband Macdonald survived. Investigators found weapons and noted a grisly Tate like connection and a joint narcotics probe in the area amid military movements toward Vietnam.
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Vietnam
Air Division
1Eth Airborne Corps
North Carolina
Raleigh
Lodge Base
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