People’s Park in Berkeley ends fence era with student control
Berkeley students and street people reclaimed People’s Park after a three year battle. The city council seeks a lease for park use while UC considers the proposal with camping and amplified sound banned. The revolt included tear gas, a 1969 riot, and a 25,000-strong Memorial Day procession turning into a street party.
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Assembly approves pull-top ban on hazardous substance sales
Sacramento report says the Assembly passed a bill banning sale of hazardous substances in pull-tab cans on a 70 to 0 vote. The bill by Assemblyman Eugene A. Chappie would also empower the State Department of Public Wealth to bar any container that could be mistaken for a food or drug package or pose a health hazard due to easy opening.
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Antiwar protests sweep area as deputies face past case
The scene features a symbol of the antiwar movement and demands for student involvement while the federal government previously secured grand jury indictments against 12 Alameda County deputy sheriffs over a death and prisoner beating, later abandoned. Demonstrations tore up fences and asphalt before police dispersed them and the City Council intervened.
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