Indictment Ties Teamsters to UFW Salinas Conflict
A federal grand jury indicted Theodore J. Gonsalves former secretary treasurer of Teamsters Cannery Workers Union Local 748 Modesto and Salinas residents James Robert Martin and Thomas Hitchcock on conspiracy and bribery charges. The case stems from a 1972 probe into illegal payoffs to impede UFW organizing in the Salinas Valley during 1970. Martin and Hitchcock allegedly conspired with Gonsalves and paid bribes and expenses to recruit Local 748 members to join a campaign against the UFW amid a lettuce boycott.
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Prostitution war shifts three married men busted
Sacramento police launch a new decoy tactic with a plainclothes officer posing as a streetwalker to combat downtown prostitution near the state capitol. Three married men were cited for soliciting Thursday. names not released. Police promise more arrests as efforts continue.
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Agnew Accused of Gift Gifts during Vice Presidency
Reports allege Spiro T. Agnew received food wine liquor and cash gifts from friends and allies while living at the Sheraton Park Hotel and in Maryland. Aides deny specifics while noting Agnew faces a federal grand jury probe and calling the reports trivial in light of Watergate.
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