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...Oakland, Calif...
...dozen of the nation's 1,753 dailies publish all day, and most are in relatively small, one-paper cities. But in the past couple of years some big-city afternoon papers have added morning editions: the Detroit News (circ. 634,000), Dallas Times Herald (251,000), and Oakland Tribune (164,000). Other papers are considering the move, among them the financially beset Washington Star (329,000), which has renegotiated its union contracts as part of a long-term campaign for revival (see following story...
Furious, she turned her life experience into a career. Now she is director of the 2½-year-old Displaced Homemakers Center in Oakland, Calif. It is one of the two original centers (the other is in Baltimore) that serve as models for more than 50 programs that have sprung up across the country in the past two years...
Miami 23, Oakland...
...Symbionese Liberation Army murdered Oakland School Superintendent Marcus Foster with cyanide bullets. The S.L.A. went on to kidnap Patricia Hearst and involve her in an armed bank robbery. Four of the group were killed in a fiery Shootout with police in Los Angeles, televised live. During the same period, twelve whites were randomly shot by Black Muslim gunmen in the "Zebra" killings. Lynette ("Squeaky") Fromme, a former Manson family member, and Sara Jane Moore both tried to kill President Ford in 1975. The home of San Francisco Supervisor Dianne Feinstein, now acting mayor, was the target of a bomb...