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...Redwood Tree" is a musically simple fable of searching, a seeking of shelter and protection. The song can be compared to Moondance's "Stoned Me," whose use of natural imagery sought more a communion with Nature than protection from...
Police are convinced that the new devices make convictions much easier. "If a forger is leaving a trail of bad checks, all using different aliases," says Redwood City, Calif., Police Chief John McDonald (no kin to Hugh), "we can easily put them together with the thumbprints and prove grand theft." That word seems to be getting around, discouraging paper hangers from even trying their craft in stores that require thumbprints. Authorities estimate that the rate of bad checks has been cut by 50% in most such outlets. The devices have proved doubly effective at some stores. Last month an Alec...
David Brower, the wild-haired druid, ecologist and outdoorsman who guided the Sierra Club during its rise to national prominence as a scourge of dam builders and redwood cutters, is the subject. The glitter in such a man's eyes can make it difficult to get a clear look at him, but McPhee had the happy notion of confronting Brower with three of his ideological enemies on threatened terrain-Glacier Peak Wilderness in the state of Washington, Georgia's Cumberland Island and finally, on a raft trip down the Colorado River. In the process Brower and his antagonists...
Early last week a jury in the Bay Area's Redwood City found Frazier guilty of murder. But Frazier's court-appointed attorney had raised the question of the defendant's sanity, and in accordance with California law, the jury returned later in the week to hear testimony on that issue; if Frazier is judged sane, a third phase of the trial will be held to determine the penalty. Frazier appeared for the hearing with the left side of his head completely shaved, the right side still bearing his beard and long hair. The first suspicion...
LAWRENCE ESTAVAN Redwood City, Calif...