Mills Chosen Senate Pro Tem as Democrats Elect
Senate Democrats select San Diego’s James R. Mills as president pro tem to lead the body when the 1971 legislature opens. Mills faced six ballots and narrowly leads a 21-18 chamber, with George Moscone calling him the overwhelming choice and Teale dropping out before the final vote.
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Senate
Democrats
Sacramento
Wph
San Diego
James R. Mills
Jack Schrade
State
Mills
George Moscone
San Francisco
Assembly
Robert T. Monagan
Tracy
Crat
Hugh Burns
Burns
Howard Way
Exeter
Way
Old Guard
Sehrade
Moscone
Stephen P. Teale
D-Rail Road
Fiat
Randolph Collier
Yreka
Collier
Teale
Alan Short
Stockton
Lawrence Walsh
Huntington Park
George Zenovich
Fresno
Five Alarm Fire Destroys Lafayette Apartments Oakland
A five alarm blaze at the Lafayette Apartments in Oakland trapped 11 tenants on Sunday before fire crews on ladders rescued six on the roof and five more at windows. The fire began with newspapers in the basement, raced through stairwells, gutted the basement, and left the stucco building uninhabitable with damage estimates from 65 000 to 135 000. Red Cross aid was arranged for temporary shelter as 22 residents escaped.
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Oakland
UPI
Lafayette
John Pgai
Red Cross
Lab blaze injures six firemen in Berkeley
A three alarm fire at a two story U shaped building housing Solany Laboratories caused 580000 in damage and injured six firefighters. Fire Chief Rodney Porter said the blaze started in the basement and spread through the front of the structure amid false ceilings and partitions. A pharmacy and a delicatessen were also damaged at Dwight Way and Shattuck Avenue.
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Porter
Dwight Way
Shattuck Avenue
Newark Tragedy as Boy Crushed by Truck Trailer
A Newark boy, age six or seven, was crushed to death when his father’s truck backed over him on Enterprise Drive. The child, William, stepped behind the trailer as aboard fell free, and witnesses shouted to stop. he died instantly, police report.
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Assembly
Monagan
GOP
John Stull
Leucadia
W. Craig Biddle
Riverside
Monegan
Robert Burke
Newark
Troy L. Castelman
Walnut St
Enterprise Drive
Ste
Castelman
William
Reagan to take oath for his second term
Reagan will be sworn in for a second term in a staged Capitol ceremony with Chief Justice Donald R. Wright officiating. Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke plans to seek Reagan's job in four years as the Legislature convenes its 1971 session and freshmen take seats, with other officials also sworn in for the first time.
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Reagan
Donald R. Wright
State Supreme Court
Ed Reinecke
Solon
Evelle J. Younger
Hilise Reagan
Capitol
Los Angeles
Brown
Edmund G
Bangkok police seize opium from two men outside theater
Bangkok police arrested two men, Silapachi Vajaraketu and Kitira tana Panyasathian, after they were found with 13.2 pounds of opium as they left a taxi before a movie theater. police say they planned to sell to an unidentified Caucasian, possibly American, with the drug valued around $3,000 in Bangkok.
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Bangkok
UPI
U.S
Silapachi Vajaraketu
Kitiratana Panyasathian
Macius Ester
Weather: flurries sweep western southern Plains to Great Lakes
Flurries will occur over the western portion of the southern Plains, extending northeastward and changing to snow in the central Plains, upper Mississippi Valley and upper Great Lakes area. Rain is expected in the Ohio Valley with showers from the Gulf.
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Southern Plains
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Upper Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Gulf
Tennessee Valley
Carolinas
Rockies
Great Lakes
Atlantic States
Hijackers seize National Airlines DC8 to Havana
Two armed men accompanied by their wives hijack a National Airlines DC8 with 97 aboard en route from Los Angeles to Miami. They force landing in Tampa then Havana, later returning to Miami. One hijacker's public safety item, a pistol, is shown. families exit with another man after landing.
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UPI
National Airlines
Havana
Los Anles
Tampa
Carl Weiss
Close Marti
Jackas
Cambodian Troops Battle 200 Communists South of Phnom Penh
Cambodian troops engaged about 200 Communist fighters in a booby trapped jungle sanctuary south of Phnom Penh. Four government soldiers were killed and seven wounded in battles near Routes 2 and 3 as two columns advanced toward the sea routes, with no Communist casualties reported. The clash followed ongoing air raids on the Ho Chi Minh trail complex through Laos and Cambodia.
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UPI
Bss
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Long Bish
Morter
Kiriom Highlands
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Mine blast probe links coal dust to Finley mine explosion
Federal investigators say an explosion that killed 38 miners at Finley Coal Co in IYDEN Kentucky was sparked by explosives. A particle by particle coal dust explosion occurred 1600 feet underground after an initial blast at a boom hole. Bodies were recovered up to 1000 feet from the blast site as officials reviewed the cause.
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Iyden
UPI
Finley Coal Co
James Westfield
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Westfield
N. Kirkpatrick
Mines and Mineral Resources
Severe winter storm chaos grips Midwest and South
Storms halt travel across Nebraska and Kansas with winds over 60 mph and heavy snow. Lincoln and Omaha airports close delaying Nebraska’s Orange Bowl return. In Iowa Des Moines airport shuts as up to 10 inches fall. Chicago O Hare and Midway face disruption with four carriers canceling flights. Cold snaps hit Reno and Southern California record lows, while Texas towns report unusual January warmth. Tornado near Hollywood Arkansas causes minor damage.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
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Corpus Christi
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Cotulla
New Congress to Open With Filibuster Drive
The 92nd Congress will open with Senate filibuster threats aiming to curb minority tactics. Democrats push to alter the filibuster rule, while House aims to purge senior chairs and reshape leadership roles. Backlog rises as welfare, health, and audit reforms surface amid presidential politics.
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Iy Heap
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Hugh Scott
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Mzang
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