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Vietnamese father answers his American son: living with defeat
Tuesday May 01, 2001
Recent revelations by former Sen. Bob Kerrey about his role in the death of women and children in Vietnam underscore how that war refuses to go away for America. The Vietnam War is an everyday remembrance for Thi Quang Lam – one of the four top South Vietnamese generals – who now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His son, Pacific News Service Associate Editor Andrew Lam, finally mustered the courage to ask his father questions he has had since arriving here 26 years ago. -more-
Calendar of Events & Activities
— compiled by
Chason Wainwright
Tuesday May 01, 2001
Students rally to condemnBush’s environmental record
By Judith ScherrDaily Planet staff
Tuesday May 01, 2001
On the occasion of George Bush’s first 100 days, Students for Climate Protection rallied on the UC Berkeley campus Monday, blasting the president for what they called his “disastrous” environmental policies and vowing to do whatever they can locally to save the planet. -more-
Divided panel looks at SAT issue
By Ben Lumpkin
Daily Planet staff
Tuesday May 01, 2001
At a time when many say an overemphasis on high-stakes, standardized tests in public schools perpetuates social and economic inequalities, a panel of experts visiting UC Berkeley last Friday discussed the strengths and drawbacks of perhaps the most infamous test of all: the Scholastic Aptitude Test. -more-
Homeless agencies vie for $1.5 million
By John Geluardi
Daily Planet staff
Tuesday May 01, 2001
The City Council is pondering grant applications from 15 nonprofit homeless service agencies that are vying for nearly $1.5 million in city and federal funds. -more-
Annual celebration honors struggles of People’s Park
By Jonathan Kiefer
Special to the Daily Planet
Tuesday May 01, 2001
At around this time of year in 1969, leaflets appeared on the streets of Berkeley bearing the words: “We are building a park on the land. We will take care of it and guard it, in the spirit of the Costanoan Indians. When the University comes with its land title we will tell them: ‘Your land title is covered with blood. We won’t touch it. Your people ripped off the land from the Indians a long time ago. If you want it back now, you will have to fight for it again.’ ” -more-
Berkeley Daily Planet earns reporting honors
Staff reports
Tuesday May 01, 2001
Scarcely into its third year, the Berkeley Daily Planet picked up an award from the Peninsula Press Club on Friday at its 24th annual awards ceremony. The event drew more than 120 club members and contest participants. -more-
Features
Mayor’s speech will address energy, housing, schools
By John Geluardi
Daily Planet staff
Tuesday May 01, 2001
Mayor Shirley Dean will give the annual “State of the City” address tonight and is expected to cover a range of issues including the energy crisis, housing and troubles at Berkeley High School. -more-
Cajoun-Creole band member dies at age 63
By Suzy Thompson
Special to the Daily Planet
Tuesday May 01, 2001
The great Cajun-Creole accordion player Danny Poullard died Friday morning of a massive heart attack while in his back yard. He was 63 years old. -more-
SLA fugitive defense given time to appeal for delay
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
LOS ANGELES — A judge Monday rejected a bid by former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive Sara Jane Olson to delay her attempted-murder trial for five months but gave lawyers at least a week to file an appeal. -more-
Sex-change benefits approved in San Francisco
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco on Monday became the only city in the nation to pay for its employees to receive sex changes, after the Board of Supervisors narrowly passed the measure. -more-
Potential gubernatorial candidate to tour state
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
SACRAMENTO — After keeping a low profile since announcing he may run for governor, Los Angeles investment banker William E. Simon Jr. will make his first campaign-style appearances Tuesday. -more-
Illegal immigrants swamp INS offices to beat deadline
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
LOS ANGELES — With a midnight deadline looming to apply for a visa without leaving the country, thousands of illegal immigrants spent Monday standing in line at Immigration and Naturalization Service offices throughout the state. -more-
Closing arguments in Vallejo kidnapping trial
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
VALLEJO — A jury began deliberating late Monday in the case against Curtis Dean Anderson, who is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 8-year-old Vallejo girl. -more-
Lead levels deemed safe can still be harmful to child’s IQ
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
BALTIMORE — Children exposed to lead at levels now considered safe scored substantially lower on intelligence tests, according to researchers who suggest one in every 30 children in the United States suffers harmful effects from the metal. -more-
Many senators don’t want investigation into Kerrey
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
WASHINGTON — Some of Bob Kerrey’s former Senate colleagues who served in Vietnam said Sunday they have little desire for a Pentagon investigation into his recent admission that civilians were killed during a mission for which he won the Bronze Star. -more-
Teens drink,drive less in states with stricter limits
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
WASHINGTON — Teens’ drinking and driving has dropped by nearly one-fifth in states with stricter blood-alcohol limits for young people, according to a 30-state survey of high school seniors. -more-
‘Slings & Arrows’ players hits their mark
By John Angell Grant
Daily Planet correspondent
Tuesday May 01, 2001
Black Box Productions – “the anarchist wing of Shotgun Players,” joked playwright/director Rebecca Goodberg – is currently presenting two new challenging and thought-provoking short experimental works at LaVal’s Subterranean Theater in Berkeley. -more-
Election Section
Reading the consumer mind can be difficult
By John Cunniff
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
There is something to be explained about the popular measurements of consumer confidence. A lot, perhaps, but a beginning would be to explain why people won’t buy a refrigerator but will buy a stock. -more-
Video game industry reports rapid growth
The Associated Press
Tuesday May 01, 2001
LOS ANGELES — Computer and video games now represent a $10.5 billion industry that eventually could rival the market for movies, according to a trade organization study. -more-
Editorial
Berkeley runners to ‘Breeze’ through Devil Mountain
Bay City News
Tuesday May 01, 2001
Four of the seven Berkeley girls who ran a marathon in Rome last month to raise money to create a lounge at Oakland Children's Hospital in memory of a friend who died of cancer are at it again. -more-
