Editor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website.
Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman is pictured in a photo by John Gibbins in U-T coverage of the FBI’s probe into allegations of San Diego Police Officers misconduct before Zimmerman’s reign. However, the chief is not quoted in the story by Kristina Davis that appears on Page A-4 of the U-T.
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A Bloomberg news service story on the U-T’s page A-21 tells of Palestinians urging the United Natins Security Council to “hold Israel accountable for its flagrant breaches of the law” in its sweeps to find three kidnaped Israeli teenagers. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is reported to have told U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that it has clear evidence that Hamas was behind the kidnapping.
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IN MEMORIAM –Christine Hoard wrote the obituary of librarian Marco Gerson Thorne, 1914-2014, that appeared on Page A-32 of the U-T. He was the chief librarian for seven years who oversaw a system in which more than one million books circulated in the Main Library and branches. His first work experience was in the drug store of his parents, Harry Thorne and Jeannette Fine Thorne, in Los Angeles, and a later job at a cigar stand introduced him to such celebrities as George Burns. He married Dorothy Brownstone—a marriage that lasted 71 years. He died June 7 in Chula Vista, about two months shy of his 100th birthday. He is buried at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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The late Isaac Asimov was quoted in a Washington Post obituary for Daniel Keyes on Page A-33 of the U-T. Discussing Keyes’ most famous science fiction novel, Flowers for Algernon, Asimov said. “Here was a story which struck me so forcefully that I was actually lost in admiration – for the delicacy of his feeling, for the skill with which he handled the remarkable tour de force involved in his telling the story.” High praise from a master of the discipline!
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IN MEMORIAM – On Page A-36 of the U-T, Norman “Dan” Weinstein is remembered in a sponsored obituary. He was the creator of the Family Bargain Center stores, “which at one time comprised the third largest employer in San Diego,” according to the notice. Weinstein supported various charities during his retirement and his family requested that contributions in his honor be made to Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School or to the Welcome Door Foundation, which helps to feed the hungry.
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A story beginning on Page C-1 by the U-T’s Mike Freeman reports that Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm was the San Diego CEO with the best compensation package $39.8 million. That included an annual salary of $1.2 million, a bonus of nearly $3.5 million, other compensations worth $760,000 and stock options worth nearly $34.4 million. Jacobs now is the executive chairman of Qualcomm, having stepped down as CEO in March to make way for Steve Mollenkopf.
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In the U-T’s Minor League Report by Dennis Lin, left-handed pitcher Max Fried is reported still recovering from forearm soreness, but is expected to finally be able to begin his season in two weeks. Fried was throwing balls about 150 feet on Thursday, June 19, according to the report.
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San Diego Jewish World staff report