Beautiful girl’s drug tale hits home for Newark parents
Marie not her real name told of starting with marijuana then trying acid and heroin, describing a $50-a-day habit, stealing to support it and cold turkey attempts. The session, part of Second Chance’s drug education for parents, included drug type displays and signs to watch for in teens.
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Meg Fletcher
Newark
Marie
Second Chance Community Counseling Center
Newark Council of Parents Teacher Associations
Graham School
Power loss delays Sunshine Mine rescue in Idaho
Rescue efforts for 47 men trapped six days in Kellogg Idaho face setbacks after a power failure hit a 13,800 volt main line delaying hoist work at the Sunshine Mine. Officials had claimed a breakthrough by clearing smoke before the outage. Fire danger and dangerous conditions persist as fresh crews prepare to resume efforts toward the No 10 shaft bottom where the missing workers are believed to be.
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Kellogg
Idaho
UPI
Sunshine
Bns
Chase
Régesters
Athens
Chaser
Fuel Tank Explodes Near Apollo 16 At San Diego Hangar
A tank cart drawing off fuel exploded beside the Apollo 16 capsule in a North Island hangar, injuring 48 people from inhalation of fumes and debris. The capsule suffered minor damage, while windows and nearby aircraft were damaged. The defueling used nitrogen tetroxide and freon, and the injured were hospitalized for observation.
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San Diego
UPI
North Island Naval Air Station
North American
Rockwell Corp
Rockwell
Moon
Ticonderoga
Navy
Balboa Naval Hospital
NASA
Three Red attacks on three fronts fail on Dien Bien Phu anniversary
Saigon reported North Vietnamese forces attacked Hue Kontum and An Loc with heavy fighting along Highway 13 and around Polei Kieng and Tan-O but South Vietnamese defenses held. U S B52 bombers raided behind the lines as Navy jets claimed three MIGs downed near Hanoi. Thieu visited Hue for briefings with commanders amid renewed offensives and cautious optimism.
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Saigon
UPS
Dien Bien Phu
Hue
Kontum
An Loc
U.S
Hanoi
Central Highlands
Polei Kieng
Tan-O
Highway 13
Nguyen van ‘Thieu Bew
Ngo Quang Truong
Thieu
Kentum
le Khanh
Rogers back for war talk
Secretary of State William P. Rogers cut short his nine day West European mission and flew to Washington for urgent talks with President Nixon on the Southeast Asia crisis. He will meet the President and the National Security Council, with little detail released on the switch in plans.
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Washington
UPI
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Jimouskne
Rogers
White House
National Security Council
State Department
South Vietnam
Gerald Warren
Rogera
Robert 4. McCloskey
Teacher ends 33-year Fremont career
Fremont celebrates the retirement of Carmelit Freitas after 33 years at Irvington and Bracow schools. She watched Fremont grow from a rural area to a city and reflected on schooling changes, noting the rise of audiovisual tools, specialized teaching and stronger science programs. Freitas specialized in art, taught third grade, and plans to travel and spend time with family after leaving teaching.
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Fremont - Carmelita Freitas
Irvington
Fremont
Fre‘tas
Freitas
Bracow School
Weather: Warmer Trend With Clouds Then Clearing
Forecast calls for a fair and warmer day and tomorrow with low clouds at night and morning. Daytime highs reach mid to upper 60s, with night lows in the upper 40s to around 50s. Yesterday peaked at 66 degrees and dropped to 51.
Ashbrook Wins Endorsement in Nixon's Home State
Congressman John Ashbrook gains strong backing from the United Republicans of California for the Republican presidential nomination amid Nixon's home state campaign. The Angela Davis trial enters its 11th week as prosecutors seek to connect her to the Marin County gunbattle the day before it happened.
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Ohis
John Ashbrook
Nixon
United Republicans of
California
Angela Davis
Marin County
Chaplin Feared Assassination on U S Oscar Trip
The silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin feared he would be assassinated during his visit to the United States to accept a special movie Oscar, according to his guards. The report appears on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Chaplin
United States
Leaders Mansfield Scott return from encouraging China visit
The article notes Democratic and Republican leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott returning from a 16 day trip to mainland China calling it encouraging. It reports Senate efforts on ending American involvement in Vietnam amid ongoing war pressures and political shifts.
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Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Mainland
China
Vietnam
Senate
Italians vote in two day general election likely no change
Italians begin a two day general election with polls and experts predicting little shift in the present parliament. Also noted are Giap marking Dien Bien Phu anniversary and claiming to have defeated three US governments in the Viet Nam war, four Americans in Pleiku recount surviving 13 days. Honduran soldiers hunt for an Eastern Airlines hijacker who parachuted with 303000 dollars into Honduras.
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Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Nixon
Gulf of Honduras
Eastern Airlines
Allertown
Washington
Honduras
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Michigan
Flint
Aminutes
Larry Rass
St. Clai Shores
Kenneth FE. Lamson
Davison
Saigon High Command
Birmingham
the Cay
Soras
Tother
Mrs. Freitas
Are Ratte
Matt
Sandra la Fontsee
Hast St. Lows, I
Harry S Truman
Lindon Johnson
John B. Connally
South
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Mite
Pleiku
Sparta
Heben
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