Panama Crisis Triggers Women’s March and Riots
A silent protest by about 2,000 women in Panama led to rioting and looting as National Guard troops used tear gas and fired in the air. Two policemen were injured and two others hospitalized with bullet wounds. The crisis centers on two claimants to the presidency, a Supreme Court dispute, and May elections, with the National Guard backing deposed President Robles while blocking the rival Robles successor.
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Panama
Supreme Court
National Guard
Americas
Marco A. Robles
National Assembly
Assembly
Max Devalle
Robles
Arias
Guard
Laser fails to reach satellite in laser test
NASA scientists failed to send a ground to space message to Explorer 36 using a laser beam from Goddard Space Flight Center. Overcast skies forced the cancellation and a new test was scheduled for next Monday.
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Washington
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
NASA
Goddard Space Test Center
Greenbelt
Smithsonian Gun Collection Looted
FBI probes theft of 458 pistols from Smithsonian basement storage with Civil War era pieces. Inventory alerted missing items. DC police later recovered some from assault and shooting suspects. Theft appears to have continued for about three years.
Senators OK Carb on Smut
The California Senate passed Lagomarsino’s bill to keep harmful matter from youths by 26 to 6, sending it to the Assembly. It defines harmful material as not obscene but morally offensive and allows parental sharing and library educational use, with opposition from Moscone who warned of reintroducing banned works.
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Norman Kempster
Sacramento
UPS
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Lynch
Assembly
Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee
Robert Lagomarsino
Rojas
George Moscone
San Francisco
Lynch
California
College Student Fees Tied to Family Income Proposed
Sacramento report says Assembly Republican leader proposed regulating state college charges by family income. Assembly Minority Leader Robert T. Monagan, R.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Robert T. Monagan
Wyman Sees Johnson Underdog After Kennedy Visit
California Democratic national committeeman Eugene Wyman says President Johnson is likely the underdog in the California presidential primary after Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's visit. He adds Johnson will wear well as the June 4 vote approaches and notes Kennedy drew large, enthusiastic crowds. In a separate item, UC regents discuss tuition proposals with Monagan urging adjusted charges for low income students and delaying final action until April.
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Sacramento
California
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene Wyman
New York
Kennedy
State Official Accused of Promoting Creative Society
California state employee organizations accuse Veterans Affairs Director James E. Johnson of pushing Gov. Reagan’s creative society with out and out thought control. Johnson denies the charge, saying the memo was a request and not a directive. The memo, dated March 20, urges staff to adopt the administration’s philosophy and policy.
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Sacramento
UPS
Veterans Affairs
James E. Johnson
Gov. Rea-gan
Johnson
California State Employer Association
CSEA
Department
Hanson
Ers
Creative Society
Richard Cormuelle
Serious Crimes in California Rise in 1967
California crime surged 11.6 percent in 1967, totaling 475,835 serious offenses. Personal violence climbed 16.8 percent from 1966 to 1967, driven largely by a 25.5 percent jump in robberies. Los Angeles Orange and San Diego counties each posted about 10 percent increases.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Ally
Thomas C. Lynch
Los Angeles
Orange
San Diego
Disturbances At California Campuses Lead to Sentences
Twenty five people were sentenced from probation to jail after disturbances at San Francisco and San Jose state colleges last fall. Davie Eakins, 43, an assistant history professor, was fined 150 dollars after pleading no contest to charges including resisting arrest and disturbed peace. Six others received jail terms from five to fifteen days, while nine students were given six month county jail terms suspended on probation after pleading guilty to battery related charges against the San Francisco State Daily staff.
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San Francisco
Eakins
San Francisco State Daily
Albert Axelrod
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Robert Berrelle
Coslision
Armalfo Arias
Smithsonian
Senators OK
Wyman
RFI
Tracy
University of California Regents
Monagan
State
Sam Hanson
Veterans Affairs Chief
Dooley
Westinghouse
Long
Integrity Eee
Ave
Long Beach
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