Golden Gate Park turns dunes into world renowned refuge
In 1879 three commissioners outlined a plan to tame dunes and ponds into Golden Gate Park. Today it hosts a Japanese Tea Garden, planetarium, aquarium, 27 miles of trails, and several botanical gardens. Centennial celebrations run from April to October with parades, festivals, and public events.
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Golden Gate Park
William Hammond Malt
Nall
Wdehn McLaren
Gardner
Lord Dune
John McLaren
Lorin Hower
McLaren
Beerman
San Fran
Golden Duh
John
McLaren One
California
Solon warns of federal strike chaos
Washington reports Rep. Morris Udall warns that quick passage of a postal pay raise could trigger strikes by other federal workers. He notes about a million federal employees risk walkouts if other agencies see bias in pay proposals and strain on existing pay scales. Udall cites potential traffic disruptions and broader work actions across federal service.
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UPI
Congress
Morris K. Udall
House Post Office
Civil Service
Winn M. Biduol
Sivain Avin Bowie Wily
Litta
Train crash kills Zephyr veteran
In Winnemucca Nevada a Western Pacific freight train wreck at dawn killed three crew members. Engineer Guy J and two railroaders from Borie Cri died, with head brakeman Doo RO Petemon among the dead. Rescue and investigations followed as authorities reported the tragedy near the barren west.
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Western Pacific
Borie Cri
Doo RO Petemon
Wis Seme
Pyetis Iid
Federal firms face crackdown on political contributions
The Justice Department resumes enforcement of the 1925 act banning corporate and union political gifts to federal candidates after 18 years. Fourteen corporations have been fined or pled guilty, with penalties up to 50 000 for some, and cases spanning 1964 to 1968. Recipients are largely unnamed, though Salinger and Dodd are noted.
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UPI
Justice Department
ILI
Enternal Revenue Service
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Nixon
Recipien
Pine Telephone Co
Broken Baw
Okla
Democratic Naional Committee
White House
Pierre Salinger
Thomas d. Dodd
D-Conn
International Latex Co
Ly Dodd
Senator
National Brewing Co
California
Salinger
John F
Sihanouk vows to form liberation army in exile
Cambodias Prince Norodom Sihanouk, angered by his removal as chief of state, pledged from Peking to create a national liberation army and wage guerrilla warfare in the countryside to reclaim power. He cited support from China and linked the effort to regional leftist movements. Cambodian dissidents and groups like the Khmer Rouge and Khmer Leu are mentioned as potential nuclei, with estimates of fighter numbers and external training.
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Norodom Sihanouk
National Liberation Army
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Peking
Cambodia
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Khner Rouge
Khmer Liev
Congress Skips Work for Spring Rites and Conferees Fly Abroad
Congress slows work for spring observances as postal pay talks proceed and a Senate vote looms on Senator Stennis desegregation amendment. Ribicoff defends Southern stance while lawmakers in Monte Carlo join IPU talks with delegates from 67 nations.
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UPI
Congress
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Monte Carlo
Senate
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D-Miss
Abraham Ribicoff
House-Senate
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Monay
Stennis
House
Sions
Ribicoff
James
Alien
D-Ala
South
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
Inter Parliamentary Union
Five die in Brooklyn quarrel arson case
New York police sought Eugene Everett and Johnny Edwards after a man killed Joyce Taylor in a grocery dispute and set fire to a tenement, killing Taylor’s two children and three others. Dozens were injured or burned as flames spread through the East New York building.
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UPI
Eugene Everet
Johnny Edwards
Hoboken
N.J
Sai Everet
Joyce ‘Aylor
Simeons
Simons
Taylor
Geraldine
Mary Simons
Larry Clark
Dale
Francine
Candy
Nancy Fields
Miranda Fields
Waldie vows to oppose BART study expansion
Rep. Jerome Waldie vows to oppose a feasibility study extending Bay Area Rapid Transit to San Francisco International Airport until San Mateo County joins and pays its share. Waldie, a Contra Costa Democrat, urged the U.S. DOT to withhold funds until San Mateo County commits to BART taxes. Directional focus is extension to Oakland Airport as more beneficial for East Bay taxpayers.
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San Franiscd International Airport
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Contra Costa County
US Department of Transportation
BART
San Francisco
Alasmeda
Contra Costa
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Alameda
Contra Cola
Oakland Airport
East Bay
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Max Schel Wholesale Liquors, Inc
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Bernard J. Clougherly
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Galaxy, Inc
Arrowhead Savings and Loan Association
Continental Savings and Loan Association
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Kher Rouge
Gregory Taylor
Clark
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Texas
Janie Bradley
Betty Chandler
Dallas
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