L A quake toll reaches fifty two in California disaster
The official death toll rose to 52 with 1,000 injured after the quake struck near Los Angeles. Evacuation orders affected about 80,000 residents near the damaged Van Norman Dam as engineers warned another quake could worsen the danger. Officials, including Mayor Sam Yorty, met with Seismologist Charles F. Richter and discussed rescue, safety, and the evacuation timeline.
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Peaceful Antiwar Protests Sweep Across Cities and Campuses
Demonstrations against the U S backed Laos strike drew thousands in Boston and smaller turnouts on college campuses including Ohio University with about 150. Police reported some injuries and 14 arrests after a Boston march. John Fraines spoke to 150 Chicago Seven supporters in Ann Arbor on a NS A backed program.
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Astronauts Quarantine Extended to February Twenty Sixth
Apollo 14 crewmembers Alan B. Shepard Jr Edgar D Mitchell and Stuart A Roosa depart the USS New Orleans to Samoa then Houston after a bullseye moon landing. They will remain in quarantine at Lunar Receiving Laboratory until Feb 26 with 12 other personnel aboard a C141 jet transport.
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Ohio student builds winter igloo on Mill Street Apartments
Tim Olive a Ohio University graduate student from Alabama built an igloo at Mill Street Apartments in Athens using traditional ice blocks formed in a milk box and frozen with water. He did not see snow before, and the exterior walls received a thin ice enamel sheen from a hose. Mrs. Olive plans a snow-white interior color scheme.
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Marines Return to Vietnam DMZ Alert After Year Away
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Division return to Vietnam for potential action near the DMZ with a 1,500 man landing force aboard a helicopter carrier and ships from the 7th Fleet. Nine thousand troops pull back to Laos border to block Ho Chi Minh trail advance as South Vietnamese forces push into Laos.
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Ford Campaign Funds Not Reported By House GOP Leader
Gerald R. Ford failed to report 11500 in campaign contributions from stock brokers oilmen bankers doctors and a union group. Funds passed through Republican headquarters and back to Ford’s district to pay debts with 12333 redirected to other Ford committees. Ford claimed the handling was legal after reaching Michigan’s campaign limit and said he did not know how Latvians for Ford received their money.
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Nuclear pact signing spans 60 nations in disarmament move
The Atomic Age treaty banning seabed nuclear weapons is signed in Moscow by the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. President Nixon is to speak at the State Department ceremony in Washington. Kosygin expresses satisfaction with the agreement.
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Nixon Nominates Whitehead as Appalachian Cochairman
President Nixon announced he will nominate attorney Donald W. Whitehead to be the federal cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission. He will replace John B. Waters Jr. who resigns to devote time to his business and family in Tennessee. Whitehead has served as general counsel to the commission since last March and has a background in Massachusetts law. The ARC covers 13 states from New York to Mississippi, including Ohio, collaborating with the federal government on regional issues.
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United States proposes new Indochina conference
At Paris the United States urged a fresh Indochina conference to end the conflict and denied Communist claims that American troops crossed into Laos. Ambassador Bruce said Washington backs Laos neutrality and the 1962 Geneva accords, and a Nixon proposal could meet the withdrawal objective. The Viet Cong asserted 10 battalions and more U.S. troops were entering Laos.
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Mobile home rents fast in The Plains
Jo Ann Mansfield of The Plains reports quick leasing of her two bedroom mobile home after using an action ad. The notice invites readers with items to sell or rent to consider this advertising option.
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