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The article features the San Francisco, California-based paper manufacturer Crown Zellerbach Corp., which is the second biggest company in the paper sector behind International Paper Co. It cites the announcement made by Crown Zellerbach president Alfred B. Layton, who said that they are conducting a feasibility study on the construction of a large facility in Newfoundland. The move is intended to strengthen the company's presence in the U.S.' western region, as well as in the eastern and midwestern areas.

The article focuses on the loss of newspapers in San Francisco, California after the consolidation by Hearst Corp. with the jointly owned service company San Francisco Newspaper Printing Co. It says that the city lost "News-Call Bulletin" (NCB) afternoon paper and "Examiner" and that an estimated one thousand jobs were eliminated. It states that publishers hope to save on operating costs in the consolidation. It adds that the jointly owned firm will print and distribute the papers.

The article focuses on Channel 9, a television station, aided by a $5,000-a-week grant from the Ford Foundation, which began presenting its daily "Newspaper of the Air" from 7:30 to 8:30 each night on the third day of the first major newspaper strike in San Francisco, California. Since the beginning of this special project in early January, KQED, which is prob- ably the nation's most successful educational television station, has built up the largest audience in its fourteen year history.

The article discusses the challenge faced by San Francisco, California in disposing its worn-out paper currency. In 1974, the San Francisco Federal Bank has already been cited six times for violating local air pollution rules for burning the currency, for which it must pay fines of 500 U.S. dollars per infraction. The currency is difficult to destroy since its ink contains a compound designed to achieve an average circulation life of 18 months.

Discusses the support of the Newspaper Publishers Council to the leadership of San Francisco Mayor Angelo J. Rossi according the Earl Brurke in California. Effort of the organization to mobilized their papers to prevent martial law; Imposition of heavy fines to the council members caught reading its publications; Enforcement of the right of collective bargaining in the area.

The article reports on the amicable separation of 1958-merged newspaper "News-Call Bulletin," derived from Hearst Corp.'s "Call-Bulletin" and "News" of Scripps Howard Inc. in San Francisco, California. Accordingly, Hearst bought its partner out for 500,000 dollars because it wanted to dominate the "News-Call Bulletin" solely. It states that the newspaper lost 2,000,000 dollars following Hearst's move. It also mentions the losses of Hearst's other publications.

The article presents the program schedule of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference to be held in San Francisco, California on August 26-28, 1969. The opening remarks will be delivered by Conference Chairman Solomon L. Pollack, while ACM President Bernard Galler will deliver an address. Doctor Marvin Minsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present this year's A. M. Turing lecture. Topics to be discussed include visual prosthesis and generalized database management system.

The article reports on the impact of the sales promotions launched by Japanese business owners in San Francisco, California on Chinese merchants.

The article reports on San Francisco, California-based Crown Zellerbach Corp., one of the largest paper producers in the U.S. As reported, Reed O. Hunt, chairman of Crown and his fellow executives have been battling for the past six months with the company's unsought and unwanted involvement in the civil rights issue shaking the small Louisiana town of Bogalusa. The company is facing demonstrations from civil rights workers.

The article focuses on the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL) in San Francisco, California, which quantifies the effects of nuclear weapons on people, communities, and military and civilian targets. It states that NRDL has roughly 300 scientists, 200 technicians, and administrative workers. It says that the laboratory was established by the Bureau of Ships of the U.S. Navy in 1946 to determine the decontamination of ships at the Operation Crossroads in Bikini, Marshall Islands.

The article reports on the indictments of Pacific Coast newsprint producers, including Powell River Co. and Pacific Mills Ltd., and sales agencies in San Francisco, California in 1939. It notes that their indictments are considered as the first criminal indictments brought under the anti-trust provisions of the Wilson Tariff Act of 1894. It states that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have been receiving complaints against the said newsprint producers.

The article reports on the opposition of "San Francisco Chronicle" editor Scott Newhall on the new tax system of the city government on companies, mandating them to pay for taxes based on their gross receipts, in San Francisco, California. He claimed that tax is a license and a jurisdictional regulation of the press prohibited by both the country and the state's Constitution. He opposed to the new mandate not only on behalf of the periodical but as owner of a small suburban newspaper "Signal."

This article presents information about meetings related to computing. The Joint Fall Conference of the Univac Users Association and the Univac Scientific Exchange will be held at Shamrock Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas during September 9-13, 1968. The 34th International Federation for Documentation Conference and International Congress on Scientific Information will be held in Moscow, Russia during September 9-18. The 1968 International Information and Automation Assembly will be held in Versailles, France during September 23-25. The 16th Joint Engineering Management Conference will be held at Marriott Motor Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during September 30-October 1. The Hazard and Race Phenomena in Switching Circuits Symposium will be held in Bucharest, Romania during October 6-10. The 1968 Systems Science and Cybernetics Conference will be held in San Francisco, California during 14-16. The Ninth Annual Symposium on Switching and Automata Theory will be held in Schenectady, New York during October 15-17. The ACM Annual symposium on the Application of Computers to the Problems of Urban Society will be held at New York Hilton Hotel, New York on October 18.

This article presents information regarding political development in the U.S. To appoint a new secretary of state a fortnight before the opening of the San Francisco Conference would have been practically impossible, but it would have been still more harmful to allow any diminution of his prestige while the conference was still under way. A new crisis developed in San Francisco last week-end as a result of Russia's opposition to the formula, worked out, by the Big Five, for diminishing the veto right of the major powers. Insight into the Australian Government's struggle at San Francisco for a full-employment clause in the United Nations Charter is provided in a White Paper just issued at Canberra.

The article reports on the renewed rivalry between California cities San Francisco and Los Angeles over postwar air routes to Hawaii. San Francisco was the usual route for Hawaii bound passengers before the start of World War II until Los Angeles was given the permission starting August 10, 1941. The Civil Aeronautics Board is expected to discuss and finalized the issue on September 5, 1944, when it starts to receive application to carry passengers to Hawaii.

From time to time since the opening of the Conference it has been proclaimed in plenary sessions or in official communiqués that a great victory had been won for China. From time to time the papers have recorded that "this was an historic day for China." An impression has been created in the minds of all but Far Eastern specialists that something really has been done to remove the causes of international friction in the Far East. As a matter of fact what has been done in the concrete would not have warranted more than the summoning of second secretaries of legation to a meeting in Tientsin, Yokohama, or San Francisco.

A photograph of the special invitation issued by the City of San Francisco in California to the United Nations Organization (UNO) Preparatory Commission as a reminder of its aspiration to become the home of the UNO is presented.

The article presents information on the topics discussed at the convention of maritime unions of the U.S. held at San Francisco, California in May 1946. The convention was attended by seven unions, including National Maritime Union (NMU), International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, and Inland Boatmen's Union. Topics included maritime unions strike, formation of the Committee for Maritime Unity (CMU) by merger of seven unions, and the U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

The article reports on the growth of crime incidence in San Francisco, California. It highlights the case of the 22-year-old secretary victim, April Aaron, who was snatched with a pursed and was slashed viciously with a knife when she screamed. It notes that the incidence involving Aaron has caught several media attentions and newspaper headlines in the city. It also reckons that the rise of crime was accounted for by a rash of parking-meter hoists and car boosts in the city.

The article features the performance and contents of rock-n'-roll magazine "Rolling Stone" in San Francisco, California. According to editor Jann Wenner, he started the biweekly journal in December 1967 to furnish information about the rock industry and not to penetrate the industry. The journal started with only 8,000 dollars worth of funds, circulation of about 60,000 and employed part-time volunteers as staff. Moreover, in 1968 its advertisement revenue rose to 70,000 dollars.

The article focuses on the student unrest in the San Francisco State University. A strike called to protest the suspension of four African American students, turned violent that led to closure of college and shook the campus to the core of its ethics. White activists smashed into the college administration building, broke windows and scribbled on the walls. African Americans from off campus started fires in the bookstore and tossed rocks and heavy pots through the windows. Others roughed up white students and looted the college dining hall.

The article discusses how high-speed telephone lines made the linking of the San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges possible. The report cites the merging of the San Francisco and Los Angeles markets as two divisions under the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange (PCSE). The article notes that brokers are able to deal large transactions between both cities within a matter of seconds through a special telephone circuit, and have become less dependent on the New York Stock Exchange for routing stock purchases.

The article presents news briefs related to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Committee chairmen for the ACM 1969 National Conference and Exposition in San Francisco, California were announced by Solomon L. Pollack of Information Management Incorporated, general conference chairman. The annual conference will be held at the San Francisco Civic Center from August 25-28, 1969. Thomas R. Dines of NASA-Ames Research Center has been named conference vice-chairman and Ward Sangren of University of California Berkeley will chair technical program committee. The ACM Symposium on October 18 for the evaluation by national experts of experience and potentialities in the use of the computer as an adjunct in seeking solutions to present-day urban problems, brought together in New York City over 425 national, state, and local officials and researchers involved in the urban affairs of the nation. The Third Annual ACM Symposium on the Application of Computers to the Problems of Urban Society focused on grave urban problems of a visible character.

The article profiles artist Jeannette Maxfield. Maxfield was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Her drawings have been praised by art critic Jehanne Salinger Carlson for having a paint quality. Maxfield favors working with black and red Conté and states that she gives a lot of thought to the subject before starting an etch.

Comments on the political career of Maury Maverick in San Francisco, California. Failure of reelection bid to congress; Decision of running for mayor; Gain of support from labor; Popularity of his city-manager plan among conservative voters; Importance of Mexican votes to Maverick's candidacy; Evaluation of political campaign.

The article reports on the anticipated return of normal labor relations within the San Francisco, California area with the ouster of Harry Hook and Edward F. Dillon as leaders of the Lodge 68, International Association of Machinists (American Federation of Labor) (IAM-AFL) as of March 30, 1946. The two leaders were responsible in the strike at all machine shops in the San Francisco area starting October 29, 1946. International IAM president Harvey W. Brown, however, ordered the strikers to return to work.

A lot of people reading are getting the idea that if there is a convoy for the Solomons gathering off San Francisco Bay that is lacking a ship or two, all one has to do is wait around a week and let the Richmond Shipyards perform a couple of miracles. It doesn't quite work like that. A great deal of time has gone into prefabrication before the ship's keel could be laid. In the old days when no work was done on a ship before the keel was laid and when decks were built one at a time in simple progression, the period from the laying of the keel to the delivery of the ship could be regarded as the actual construction time.

Comments on making San Francisco as a suitable place for various international meetings. Impact of the place were meeting takes place on the psychology of delegates; Visit of the author to San Francisco to figure out the reactions of the various delegates from the moment they arrive; Comparison of San Francisco with Geneva in respect to its suitability in holding international meetings; Comment on the international policy of the newspaper "Chronicle"; Role of radio in convincing the delegates that the people of the United States are overwhelmingly behind world organization and collective security; Significance of the population of San Francisco in supporting United Nations assembly in establishing a permanent machinery for world cooperation; Problems concerning the relationship of public opinion and the new world organization; Recognition of the importance of private organizations by the delegations of the various governments.

The article focuses on the rivalry of Examiner and Chronicle newspapers in San Francisco, California. It notes that the modern journalistic history began in 1887 when William Randolph Hearst received the Examiner as a gift from his father. It mentions that in 1960, Examiner has only 559 subscribers compared to Chronicle with 281,240 circulations. Moreover, Chronicle has increased its yearly advertisement linage by six million lines while Examiner has added only 2,500,000 from the last 1956-1959.

The article reports on the controversy involving the "San Francisco Chronicle" following the hosting of "The Last on Earth", a six-week survival test with Outdoors Writer Harvey R. Boyd with his family in California. It states that the survival test of the Chronicle turns out to be void, as disclosed by the "Examiner," after visiting the camp site. It mentions the criticisms published by various newspapers.

An interview with Ernest de Soto, a master printer at Editions Press in San Francisco, California, is presented. When asked about his profession as a master printer, de Soto explains that being called such means that he has mastered the art of lithography. He offers information on the difference between a printmaker and an artist who prints his work. He also talks about the expertise of artist Garo Antressian.

The article reports on the interest of urban reporter-critics to renew and revitalize the urban civilization in San Francisco. It reveals that Allan Temko, peppery critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, has forced the Catholic Church to revise ultraconventional plans for a new cathedral and caused the city to change its plans for a bridge spanning South San Francisco Bay. It also notes that big-city newspapers have concerned the condition of the city.

The article reports on the increase in the sales of Blum's, a candy maker in San Francisco, California, when it decided to package some of its luxury confections in 10¢ and 25¢ portions and sell them over candy counters. Prior to this move, the company only markets their de luxe candies by mail order and through hand-picked outlets for about 2.50 U.S. dollars a pound (lb) retail. When it launched the small packages, its over-all sales increased. The 10¢ package was first tried by the company at the mass market in 1947.

The article focuses on the check processing automation of Bank of America Corp. in San Francisco, California. It states that the automation will take over all the work connected with handling checks for 87 Bank of America branches in the area wherein it will tabulate clear checks, keep track of the checking accounts and print the monthly statements. It reports that seven similar check-processing centers are already in operation in other areas of the state.

The article reports on the indictment of grocers by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, California for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in an attempt to enforce the Unfair Practices Act. It states that the indictments charge that the group conspired in fixing retail prices by distributing bulletins that contain high artificial and noncompetitive prices. Moreover, it is alleged that the organizations spied upon grocers who failed in complying with the artificial prices.

The article describes the funeral of publisher William Randolph Hearst in August 1951. Intoned by Reverend Karl Morgan Block, his funeral service was held at the neo-Gothic Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California. The funeral was attended by the governor, the mayor, and other notable people. Actress Marion Davies did not attend the funeral.

The article reports on the three new plans for hydroelectric system introduced by the city of San Francisco in California in November 1944.

The article reports on the payoff of the optical character recognition (OCR) technology. It relates how the technology was adopted after the failure of several keypunch systems. One sign of payoff cited is the 4.1 million U.S.-dollar profit posted by Recognition Equipment, an OCR specialist, for the fiscal year that ended October 31, 1969. Several OCR applications are also given which are data processing at the San Francisco, California office of the Bank of America and sorting at the Post Office. INSET: Insurance company finds a premium.