Elephant hurls rocks at garbage crew in Newbury Park
In Newbury Park a garbage truck brakes failed on a hill sending debris and the vehicle into a yard. A Burmese elephant named Burma Mountain Gypsy grabbed rocks with her trunk and hurled them at Jose Gomez and his crew, while neighbors watched. Power and phone lines were knocked out for hours as the truck toppled and damaged poles before workers sought cover.
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Newbury Park
Jose Gomez
California Highway Patrol
al Goldberg
Tony Gentry
J. Gomez
Try
Burma
Alan Becker
Phant
Gypsy
Gentry
Edison Co
Bear Kills Camper in Glacier Canyon
In Glacier National Park Montana a bear dragged a young woman from her tent and killed her Thursday morning. Rangers killed two grizzly bears near the body about two hours after the 6 30 a m attack. The victim was Mary Patricia Mahoney 22 of Highwood Mississippi. The four other women escaped unharmed as rangers secured the area and investigated the scene and the two bears.
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West Glacier
Mont
Glacier National Park
Rangers
Ed Rothfuss
Rothfuss
Mary Patricia Mahoney
Highwood
Miss. Mahoney
California Supreme Court drift fuels minority or woman appointments
With two vacancies on the California Supreme Court early next year speculation swirls around Gov. Brown naming a minority member or a woman. Officials stress merit over quotas while observers note a historic first loom, amid praise for the court’s past leadership and potential debate over the bench’s future composition.
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Sacramento
California Supreme Court
Brown
J. Anthony Kline
Donald Wright
Raymond Sullivan
Wright
Gov
Reagan
California
Kline
Pat Brown
Charles Marson
American Civil Liberties Union
Marson
Sleeping judge under investigation on California Supreme Court
San Francisco report says 82-year-old Marshall F. McComb is under inquiry by the Commission on Judicial Qualifications over alleged dozing on the bench and lack of participation. The panel declined to detail the probe with outcomes released only if removal is recommended. McComb wishes to remain on the bench.
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San Francisco
Commission On Judicial Qualifications
Marshall F. McComb
California
Supreme Court
McComb
Accused bomber held fit for trial in airport bombing
Muharem Kurbegovic, 33, a Yugoslav immigrant known as the Alphabet Bomber, was declared competent to stand trial. Deputy District Attorney Dinko Bozanich said the defendant, charged with planting the August 1974 International Airport bomb that killed three people, was found competent by the staff at Atascadero State Hospital in Los Angeles.
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Dist
Dinko Bozanich
Los Angeles
Muharem Kurbegovic
Atascadero State Hospital
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