Girl 10 recalls Chowchilla bus kidnapping to bolster courage
In Oakland AP report a 10 year old girl testified about the 1976 Chowchilla school bus kidnapping. Jennifer Brown described singing songs to cope during the 16 hour underground ordeal and fainting from fright. She recalled being abducted July 15 1976 and described the claustrophobic heat and fear. The defendants James and Richard Schoenfeld and Fred Woods faced charges with potential life sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Chowchilla
Jennifer Brown
Istrict
Joanne Pirelli
Jennifer
Ant
Pirelli
Joan Brown
Rene Carrejo
James Schoenfeld
Richard Schoenfeld
Fred Woods
California Supreme Court Denies Antigay Teaching Initiative
The California Supreme Court denied a petition to invalidate an antigay teachers initiative, ruling the petition insufficiently compliant with the law. Pending Briggs’s plan to place the measure on next November’s ballot, the petition was filed by David Goldman, a San Francisco taxpayer and certified teacher. The proposed measure would ban hiring or retainment of teachers who engaged in public homosexual acts or who advocated such acts toward students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
State Supreme Court
John Briggs
R-Fullerton
High Court
Frank) Newman
David Goldman
Frelle J. Younger
Briggs
California
California studies limit on unemployment benefits weeks
Sacramento AP Governor Brown's administration weighs tying benefit length to weeks worked in prior year to save about 71 million dollars and fund higher benefits for remaining jobless. A 10 week minimum could disqualify about 78 thousand workers and save 4 million, affecting actors, canners, construction, agriculture and wholesale trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Brown
Martin Bee
Senate
Fynem
California
Glick
Beilihe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Busnap
Becky Reynolds
Jody Matheny
Cynthia van Hoff
Mike Marshall
Cathy
Oakland Court
Sene
Dis- Giek
Teaete Union
Fepressttan Cannery
T He Townel
Seale
Rodinsons&clearance
O& Sat
Sun
Robinaire Coats
Kimberly
Orig
Tall Butte
Olig
Robinaire Knits
Robinaire
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!