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...collection contracts. The case became somewhat complicated when Superior Court Judge Denver C. Peckinpah (brother of "blood and guts" movie director Sam Peckinpah) discovered that one of the Bee newsmen had a passkey that gave him unlimited access to all offices in the courthouse (though a reporter from the Oakland Tribune also carried a similar key). Peckinpah called a hearing at which the newsmen refused to say how they had got hold of the grand jury transcripts. All four invoked the California shield law, which states that an editor or reporter "cannot be adjudged in contempt by a judicial, legislative...
Janus, who was unavailable for comment yesterday, competed in tennis and swimming as an undergraduate at Mills College in Oakland, Calif...
...many bubble-gum cards: slugging Third Baseman Ron Santo, All-Star Second Baseman Glenn Beckert and the team's longtime pitching ace, Ferguson Jenkins. Result: the Cubs toppled into last place in 1974. Wrigley's response: last winter he unloaded lifetime .296 Hitter Billy Williams to the Oakland A's for three little-used players...
There are also fewer mistakes on the mound. In fact, the major reason for the Cubs' turnaround is former Oakland Reliever Darold Knowles, who has given the team an injection of confidence. "On the A's, we knew we would win," says Knowles. "I've told the guys here to think the same way." No one has practiced the philosophy better than Steve Stone, a scholarly righthander (Kent State, '69) who publishes poetry and helps manage three restaurants in his spare time. Coming off a mediocre performance last season, Stone is already 4-0 this year...
Harvard-Radcliffe recruiting can look to their successes when the criticism gets tough to take. Reardon described the case of an applicant he found in Oakland. His high school "was the worst, toughest, most unpleasant place I ever went into, with every window blocked out. I felt I would be more comfortable with a policeman. The kid ran the school. He was first in his class, president of the school, captain of a team, but with 450 scores. We decided to take him and give him some real help. His Expos teacher had him write a paper every...