Candle fire prompts Newark safety warning
Newark Fire Department issued a safety warning after an accidental candle fire in a candlemaker’s garage. Virginia Nelson left paraffin on an electric burner, igniting papers on a door as she attempted to move the pot. Fire was contained. warnings advise keeping a lid on melted paraffin and keeping flammable materials away from surrounding areas.
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Local death investigated as possible suicide
Milo C. Blood, 49, was found dead in his Fremont garage with a vacuum cleaner hose attached to the exhaust. The coroner’s department suspects death by his own action. A suicide note in Blood’s handwriting was found by his wife who discovered the body about 5:20 p.m. Blood was retired from the Navy.
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BBB guides on gold advertising amid price profits claims
The Better Business Bureau issued nine voluntary guidelines for gold advertising as Americans gain personal gold ownership starting December 3. The BBB warns against claiming future gold prices or profits and urges advertisers to avoid hype while awaiting regulatory provisions.
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Better Business Bureau
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Jews gather at Wailing Wall for Soviet Jewry relief
Hundreds of Jews mainly Russian immigrants gathered at the Wailing Wall on the fourth anniversary of the Leningrad hijack trial to show solidarity with Soviet Jews in prison camps. A petition urged the United States and American Jewish groups to aid about 30 detainees. Hunger strike plans emerged as Sylva Zalmanson, freed last fall, had previously been sentenced for an abortive hijack attempt.
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Argentine professor shot dead near home in San Isidro
Carlos Alberta Sacheri 41 a sociology professor at a Catholic university was killed by a single gunshot as he stepped from his car near his home in suburban San Isidro north of Buenos Aires on Sunday. He taught for a Catholic university and was known for his right wing views. This followed another Sunday morning killing of a professor two months earlier and tallies as the 20th political assassination of the year.
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Hertz Rent A Car Workers Strike Across Florida
Hertz employees organized under the Teamsters went on strike in Miami and Fort Lauderdale with picket lines forming in major Florida cities. An estimated 125 workers including rental representatives and repair staff joined the action, as local negotiations since August continue under a three year contract with a yearly wage reopening clause.
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Cyanide Fatality From Home Squirrel Extermination
A man died from cyanide solution used to exterminate squirrels in an attic in New York. Thirteen firemen were hospitalized for observation after attempting rescue. the victim, not yet identified, died at Longsland Jewish Hospital. Firefighters underwent decontamination procedures.
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Longshoremen Talks Begin On West Coast Contract
Talks start today between 50,000 West Coast longshoremen and the Pacific Maritime Association to renegotiate the contract before expiration. The Dispatcher says a negotiating committee will meet immediately, with wage and total pay package on the agenda as talks begin Monday.
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Ford skis at Vail amid crowds and questions about CIA
President Ford enjoys a 75 minute ski outing at Vail with Secret Service escort and Wall ski patrol, waves to fans, and later discusses skiing and governance aboard Air Force One. He says CIA had no domestic surveillance in this admin. Ford confirms partial prior information about past domestic inquiries.
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Ohlone Expands TV Classes From Campus to Homes
Ohlone College continues TV courses including Law for the 7s and Ecology series with 20 to 40 students per class. New programs feature 25 ecologists, U N and New York Education Dept materials, and air on Channel 9 Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Retired officer says RFK killing lead ignored
A former detective claims an eyewitness report of an early 1968 shooting plot by a young couple was concealed. He says an older couple described a polka dot dress woman and a smiling pair who allegedly murdered Kennedy. He filed reports but says they vanished from records.
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Coral Gables seeks clues in missing 10 year old
Coral Gables police with Explorer Scouts and dogs comb a Miami suburb for Christopher H. Carner missing since Friday after leaving Westminster Christian School where he attended a Christmas party. Detectives note the boy carried a brown manila envelope and a windbreaker and suggest he may have been taken by someone he knew.
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Italian kidnap victim freed after $1.5 million ransom
Giuseppe Moccia, a 53 year old cement maker, was released Sunday four days after being abducted on his way to work. The family paid an estimated ransom of 1.5 million dollars in two suitcases, after masked gunmen blocked a street near San Paolo stadium.
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Rockefeller to lead major domestic policy role in Ford admin
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, assured of a strong policy role by President Ford, tentatively fills key staff posts for his new office. He plans New York meetings with advisors to firm up personnel, with rock-solid ties to longtime aides and figures from his governor years.
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Two charged in Reno murder case of ex mayor's wife and son
Police in Reno arrest Robert Maginnis and Richard Mello in the killings of Dorothy Harris and Len Harris Jr. The suspects, described as transient workers, surrendered without resistance. Maginnis faces an extra firearm charge. Mello faces forgery charges. Motive cited as theft of automatic weapons from the younger Harris's collection.
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