Mexico City quake of 6.3 rattles capital
A strong earthquake about 6.3 on the Richter scale centered off the southern coast east of Acapulco shook Mexico City felt at 11:09 p.m. It caused no reported damage in Mexico City or Acapulco and was recorded by Berkeley seismographs.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Acapulco
Tacubaya
Lorenzo Domin
Guez Durguete
Oaxaca State
University of California Seismographic Station
Berkeley
Blonde intruder disrupts law lecture at Messina university
In Messina Italy a nude intruder disrupted Professor Themistocles Martines constitutional law class at the University of Messina. The student body debated the act while officials calmed the scene and the intruder vanished.
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Messina
Sicily
Themistocles Martines
University of Messina
Martines
Law
Jury To Hear Brown Case In Hollywood Assault Trial
A jury of seven women and five men will hear the assault and battery case of Jim Brown the 33 year old former Cleveland Browns fullback and Hollywood actor. The trial began Tuesday with Judge Charles H. Woodmansee predicting it would last through the week.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jim Brown
Cleveland Browns
Charles H. Woodmansee
Arthur C. Brush Sr
Brown
West Hollywood
Ship Quarantine Ends Oronsay Ready For South Seas
The typhoid quarantine on the luxury liner Oronsay ends as anchor weighing begins in Vancouver. Sixty nine cases were confirmed or suspected since January 14. Departure was moved to ensure crew carrier isolation. One thousand five hundred passengers and crew depart as 10 000 golf balls donated by Vancouver residents aid boredom aboard.
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Vancouver
South Seas
Canada
Vancouver Area
Housing Outlook Gloomy Says Congress Hearings
Washington AP reports the outlook for housing this year remains bleak. Kenneth M. Wright of the Life Insurance Association cites mortgage funding dropping to about 25.2 billion dollars. Starts are seen sliding to 1.3 million as inflation pressures need more federal support. Robert Wood notes inflation erodes the housing industry while Lester Thurow warns a 40 billion price tag for necessary housing may require tax hikes.
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Kenneth M. Wright
The
Life Insurance Association of America
Wright
Robert Wood
Housing Department
Lester C. Thurow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Noel Coward Knighted by Queen in London Ceremony
Noel Coward, 70, the playwright actor and composer, named a knight for services to the arts after a Buckingham Palace ceremony. He said the Queen was absolutely charming and always is.
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London
Noel Coward
Noel
Buckingham Palace
Coward
Egyptians Attack Israelis Near Ismailia in Two Raids
Egyptian warplanes crossed the Suez Canal twice to hit Israeli positions north and south of Ismailia. The Israeli command said no casualties occurred in either raid with two planes striking south of Ismailia and two more near Firdan. A Cairo radio report claimed the bombers returned after completing their mission. An Israeli patrol near Hebron came under bazooka fire, with no casualties reported.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Ismailia
Bitter Lake
Firdan
Cairo
West Bank
Jorean River
Hebron
Aerospace layoffs mount as 1969 cuts hit industry
New York AP reports government budget cuts shrink aerospace employment. The Aerospace Industries Association says jobs fell from 1 418 000 at end 1968 to 1 333 000 at end 1969, with payroll pruning continuing into 1970. Production workers bear the largest burden, but scientists engineers and clerical staff also face layoffs.
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New York
The
Aerospace Industries Association
Tricentennial Tours to Highlight Aiken Homes and Gardens
Aiken prepares the most extensive tour of its standout homes and gardens for February 14–15 as part of Tricentennial observances. Hosts from the city’s oldest families will staff tour headquarters at St. Thaddeus Episcopal parish house with guides at each site including Rose Hill Miss Adelaide McClelland garden Hopelands and several historic homes and churches listed for weekend visits.
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Aiken
Ens
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Parish
Hopelands
C. Oliver Iselin
Rose Hill
Claudia Phelps
Black Stables
James A. Burden
B. C. McLean
Horace M. Holley
John St. C. Arbuthnott
Leonard A. Williamson
Edward E. George
Albert M. George
Grant Fields Questions On Aiken Drug Problem
Aiken County Sheriff Paul D. Grant told the Association of Community Service Leaders that the drug problem in Aiken County is not as serious as some think, but more than 50 cases of drug use have been encountered. He showed drug samples and warned about black market drugs, noting varying potencies and possible mixing. He outlined South Carolina penalties for users and dealers and linked rising hard drug use to youth and broader crime trends discussed with state and FBI officials.
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Aiken County
Paul D. Grant
Association of Community Service Leaders
U. S. Navy
Grant
South Carolina
FBI
Aiken Millage Falls Below State Average in County Comparison
Dr. G T Myers of Aiken County Schools releases a comparative table of property assessments and school mills across 18 districts with 4 A high schools. Aiken ranks 13th. its mills are 11.1 below the district average based on 1968 ratios except 1969 for Aiken.
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G. T. Myers
Aiken County
South Carolina
Aiken’s
Richland
Kershaw County
Anderson
Spartanburg
Orangeburg
Sumter
Jury Favors Plaintiff in Aiken Damage Suit
An Aiken County jury awarded city employee Otto M. Herron 3287 in actual damages for a June 23 1969 auto crash at Barnwell Avenue and Beaufort Street. Plaintiff’s attorney Robert Johnson said Herron drove a city vehicle. defendant was George H Scott. Six witnesses testified for the plaintiff. The verdict was the term’s only verdict for the plaintiff amid several trials and settlements. Judge Wade S. Weatherford adjourned the January term.
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Aiken County
Barnwell Avenue
Beaufort Street
Otto M. Herron
Herron
Robert Johnson
George H Scott
Scott
Aiken
Coca-cola Bottling Co
Joseph D. Pritchard
Wade S. Weatherford
French Navy Neptune Crashes Kills 12 Off Lann-Bihoue
A French navy patrol plane crashed into a hillside soon after takeoff from Lann-Bihoue air base in Lorient killing all 12 crew members aboard. The Neptune, assigned to the base, went down shortly after liftoff.
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Lorient
France
Lann-Bihoue
Bombers and artillery smash North Vietnamese units near Saigon
American aircraft and gunships reported heavy action around Saigon and Da Nang as Tet tensions rose. Troops from the Dong Nai Regiment suffered 23 dead after engagement with eight opposing groups, while airstrikes north and south of Saigon killed dozens more. Casualties included both sides, with U S forces suffering some wounded.
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Saigon
L.E. Perkins
Franklin
Dong Nai
da Nang
U.S
Ben Het
Central Highlands
Tan Son Nhut
Sofge Wins Seat on School Board
William H. Sofge of North Augusta was elected to the Aiken County Board of Education with 2 308 votes to 1 772 for Dr. Robert L. Worrell. In Area 2 Gene N. Daniels led incumbent Robert L. Folger by 14 votes 1492 to 1478 triggering a recount.
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William H. Sofge
North Augusta
Aiken County
Daniels
Folger
Aiken
Saluda County
Area 2
Beech Island
Strom's Two In A Booth Amendment Adopted
The South Carolina House approved Rep Clyde Strom's proposal to let a husband and wife vote in the same booth. The amendment deletes the word blind from a Senate bill allowing assistance to a blind spouse, addressing a local Aiken County issue Strom cited.
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Strom
South Carolina
Clyde Strom
Daiken
Senate
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St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
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Eugene Grace
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William Murphy
University of South Carolina Aiken
Howe
Everett L. Crawford
Hahn
Aiken High School
Susan Day
Richard Chambers
T. W. Shealey
Shealey
Henderson
Grant Fields
Cherokee County
Greenville County
Charleston County
Darlington County
Lancaster County
Greenwood
York
Florence
Lexington
Sofge
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