42 Dead in L A Earthquake Rips Southern California
The Los Angeles area faces heavy devastation after a major quake. Officials report 42 deaths with 25 missing, hundreds injured, and extensive damage to the Van Norman Dam and Veterans Administration Hospital. Evacuations, road closures, and a massive cleanup are under way as aftershocks threaten the region.
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Los Angeles
California
Los Angeles County
Ronald Reagan
Robert E. ‘Noel
San Fernando Valley
Atkins Testifies She Killed Sharon Tate In Mass Slayings
Susan Atkins testified in the penalty phase that she stabbed actress Sharon Tate and used blood to scrawl pig on a door during the Tate-LaBianca murders. She said Tex Watson urged the killing and claimed she acted for love after Hinman’s death, with others involved in the Manson clan.
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Los Angeles
Susan Atkins
Sharon Tate
Miss Atkins
Charles Manson
Miss Tate
Malibu
Tate Mansion
Tex
Charles ‘Tex’? Watson
Manson
Hilltop
Leno LaBianca
Watson
Linda Kasabian
Tate
Robert Beausoleil
Gary Hinman
Hinman
Leslie van Houten
LaBianca
Apollo 14 Moon Heroes Return to Sa moa Quarantine
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa landed in the South Pacific and were hoisted aboard the USS New Orleans. They head to the Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston for isolation until March 16 and family visit before release.
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Leans
Samoa
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
South Pacific
Space Agency
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
William Carpentier
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Stuart Reesa
Alan Shepard
Edgar Mitchell
Government moves against underground IRA in Northern Ireland
Belfast reports the government filed legal actions against the IRA banning uniforms of illegal groups and making it an offense to withhold information about riot deaths. Prime Minister James Chicester Clarke’s government also studied banning funeral processions seen as stoking Protestant Catholic tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
James Chicester-Clark
Antioch Open Despite Protest in Yellow Springs Ohio
Antioch College remained open and operating as hundreds of students planned to attend education workshop sessions rather than classes in protest of the South Vietnamese move into Laos. Some staff and faculty joined the workshops, limiting normal campus activities.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Antioch College
Laos
South Vietnamese Push Into Laos Surges to 2000 Troops
Two thousand more South Vietnamese forces crossed into Laos as Vice President Ky warned of a broader push into North Vietnam. U.S. and South Vietnamese helicopters carried the troops, lifting totals in southern Laos to over 10,000.
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Saigon
Laos
Nguyen Cao Ky
North Vietnam
U.S
Classifieds and Comics Highlights From the Page
A compact snapshot covers the classified section and comics on page 16 and 17, with editorial, entertainment notes, obituaries, sports, and television listings also noted. The page lists sections and page numbers for quick navigation within the issue.
Gilligan Backs Appalachia Development Plan
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan told a Senate subcommittee that the Appalachian development program has spurred major improvements across 28 southern Ohio counties. He supported the Randolph-Cooper bill to retain the program, noting over 250 million dollars invested and 19 hospitals, 6 vocational schools, and 70 miles of highways built. The program reduced unemployment in 23 counties and boosted buying income in 19, yet Gilligan warned growth still lags behind the nation.
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Washington
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Congressional
Gilligan
Randolph-Cooper
Appalachia
Gilligan Questions Revenue Sharing Details After Agnew Visit
Ohio Governor Gilligan says much of the federal revenue sharing plan remains unclear after talks with Vice President Agnew. He questions the 11 billion special revenue component and warns funds could be shifted from Appalachian Regional Commission and urban renewal. Agnew defends the program as a starting point and notes states with higher tax effort will fare better.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Spiro T. Agnew
Gilligan
Newsmen
Agnew
Appalachian Regional Commission
Urban Renewal
Appalachia
Gover
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Abba Eban
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Egypt
Golda Meir
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the Messenger
William B. Saxbe
Athens
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