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by dal mcintire

Frisco Area: Palo Alto police in 2 week February drive, arrest 23 men (a neuro-psychiatrist, 7 Stanford students and a teacher) in SP depot can. 3 charged with felony sex perversion, rest with misdemeanor lewd conduct. Students are on leave,' can reregister after 'satisfactory evidence of rehabilitation.' Teachcase pending. . . .Police say men not part of a ring' but apparently driven from Frisco by police pressure there.

Frisco police pressure? New Mayor, dairyman Christopher, and new Topcop talk broadly of stopping graft and vice. KENO's closed due to B-girls next door (same license).

Frisco cops miffed at new chief's ban on 'rakeoff.' Dep. Chief says morale only low among those who, for the first time in their lives, have to live on their salaries.'. . For nixing fireworks, the Chief got booed in Chinatown New Year parade. Some set off anyhow no arrests. Rain scared off famed supersize papier-mache dragon so parade was kinda dull. Mayor didn't even show.

Two weeks after Palo Alto roundup, 35 peace officers' (Sheriff s office, MP' s, Alcoholic Beverage agents and hiway patrolmen) invaded Hazel's Bar in Sharp's Park, south of Frisco, joining under-

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covermen inside (one dyed hair silver-blue so he wouldn't look out-of-place). Some 200 customers lined up for identification. 77 men, 10 women, 3 teen-agers booked in Redwood City on vagrancy charges released on $50 bail (to raise bail, one phoned his apartment party in full swing, sans host). Bar operator Helen Nickola charged on two counts of permitting dancing without license, released on $250 bail.

Sheriff Whitmore, who'd climbed on the bar and shouted, "This is a raid,' said he could've got 100 more if he'd had transportation. He said bar under observation since Dec. when began drawing crowds. Those arrested slated to appear before South S. F. Municipal Judge Thomas Bocci. Aside from few who skipped bail, all pleaded not guilty, demanded separate trials (not welcomed by part time judge who spends most of day at real estate biz), nonetheless 23 had a mass trial, found guilty, are reportedly appealing, with ACLU backing.

Frank Fullenwider, Liquor Bd. administrator, filed complaint next day on Helen's Bar as hangout for perverts,' which by a recent state law may mean loss of license. Lt. Don Scott, of Frisco sex detail, commented: 'Good, we've been keeping the heat on them here." Mill Valley architect and San