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City Flag Raised Over S.F. Port: A brief ceremony marked the transfer of $400 million worth of property and facilities to city control after nearly 106 years of State operation. — Feb. 7
A handful of bottle-tossing dissidents battled Army MPs at the main gate of the Presidio to mar what was otherwise a peaceful turnout of some 20,000 in the "GI-Civilian March for Peace." — April 7
The street people of Berkeley declared a day of mourning for a young man who died after he was wounded during last Thursday's rioting over "People's Park." — May 20
Astronauts land on moon. Mayor Alioto said San Franciscans should continue to fly their American flags, night and day, until the astronauts return safely. And when they return, he said, "church bells, fog horns, factory whistles and sirens will sound . ..." — July 21
San Francisco School Supt. Robert E. Jenkins was seeking "suitable substitutes" for two supplementary textbooks he has learned contain obscenities. Jenkins moved after receiving a letter from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Max Rafferty warning that teachers using the books could lose their credentials. The books involved are "Soul on Ice" by fugitive Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver and "The Dutchman," a play by black dramatist Le Roi Jones. Both volumes are regarded as among the leading works by black authors. — Aug. 21
The psychotic killer of a San Francisco cab driver is linked to four North Bay murders by evidence he himself sent boastfully through the mails. Most compelling of the exhibits is a letter sent to a San Francisco newspaper, claiming responsibility for the taxi murder in the name of "The Zodiac." — Oct. 15
A Menlo Park mail carrier, suspended because his sideburns are too long, vowed to fight the charge. — Nov. 5
City Planning Commission approves final design of Transamerica Pyramid by 4-3 vote. Critics denounce it as "gross intrusion" on the fabric of the city. — Nov. 14
Record 250,000 demonstrate in Washington against Vietnam War. Locally: Tens of thousands march for peace in San Francisco. The march was 7.5 miles long. Examiner reporters estimated the throng in Golden Gate Park Polo Field at almost 100,000. — Nov. 16
Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and other bands play at Altamont: The two mysteries of life — birth and death — were present as 300,000 rock fans spread over the autumn brown Alameda County hills and arid valley for a day of music and love. Not all was love, however, for as evening fell two were dead — one the result of a stabbing. Another person drowned. A Red Cross spokesman reported three babies born at the concert site. First aid workers also sent out a call for more Thorazine, a sedative that mitigates the effect of "bad acid" trips. It was flown in by helicopter. — Dec. 7