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Headline: LSD: 'Sharp, Twin-Edged Sword';
Drug Can Work Wonders for Science or Be a Devastating Curse — March 8
The Board of Supervisors votes, 6-5, to shelve the Golden Gate Freeway plan, finally. One week after Board kills Panhandle Freeway proposal, Supervisor George Moscone is swing vote against tunnel under Marina connecting to Doyle Drive. Pro-freeway Supervisor Jack Morrison declares: "We must conclude now that no new freeways will be built in San Francisco." — March 28
The Rt. Rev. James A. Pike resigns as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California. His open questioning of such long-held doctrines as the virgin birth and the Trinity has brought down storms of criticism and even charges of "heresy." — May 11
The NAACP has decided to broaden its attack on de facto segregation in San Francisco Schools. It will ask the courts to enforce a general citywide integration plan. — May 22
Assessor Russell L. Wolden is found guilty of eight counts of bribery and one of conspiracy. Wolden was accused of taking more than $200,000 in payoffs under the guise of "campaign contributions" in the period 1960-65. — May 28
Units of a fresh Army division land at Qui Nhon, 275 miles north of Saigon. They boost American military strength to 290,000 men. — Aug. 6
About 3,000 persons marched up Market Street in protest against American participation in the war in Vietnam. — Aug. 7
A group of ministers, doctors and members of other professions demand reversal of a ruling banning an educational exhibit on the problem of homosexuality at the California State Fair. — Aug. 22
Riot breaks out in Hunters Point: Years of frustration, lack of contact with the white community, a hot day, and a policeman's error in shooting a fleeing Negro youth. Leaders in the San Francisco Negro community blamed the city's rioting on these factors. — Sept. 28
Republican Ronald Reagan, the handsome actor who suddenly rose from a political nowhere, has been elected governor of the nation's largest state by a landslide. — Nov. 9