Naval Weapons Center Norco Earns Perfect Safety Record
The Naval Weapons Center in Norco was named one of only two Naval installations worldwide with a perfect safety record for 1967. Secretary of the Navy Paul R. Ignatius sent a commemorative plaque to NWC personnel. Cmdr. Roy Forbis presented it to safety officer Glen Mosman in a brief ceremony.
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Glen Mosman
Naval Weapons Center
NWC
Marvin A. Axelton
Norco
Paul R. Ignatius
Cmdr
Roy Forbis
Explosion at tile plant injures worker while repairing gas line
Carlos Gil, 24, of 8139 Blair, was treated for burns after a natural gas explosion in a pit between kilns at San Valle Tile Co. He fled up a ladder when gas hissed, the blast sending him down and causing burns to his right shoulder, arm and back. He was treated at Circle City Hospital and released.
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San Valle Tile Co
Asst
Harvey Simpson
Carlos Gil
Blair
Circle City Hospital
Gil
Simpson
When should Santa Claus myth end for a child
Readers debated the right age to end belief in Santa Claus. Opinions ranged from five to ten, with reasons spanning spiritual meaning, personal readiness, and preparing children for real-world realities.
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Carol Laurent
Butternut Lane
Laverne Carr
Fourth St
Youth Shot to Death in Washington Hunting Accident
A Corona man Sgt. Michael P. Volkman 24 was killed in a hunting incident near Colville Washington while mistaken for a deer. He belonged to the 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing at Fairchild AFB Spokane. No charges yet.
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Corona
Washington State
Michael P. Volkman
Albert E. Volkman
Driftwood
Young Volkman
Fairchild Air Force Base
Spokane
92Nd Strategic Aerospace Wing
Colville, Wash
Air Force
Holter
Colville
Volkman
Washington
Clown Jewelry Leads Sears Bean Eyed Pin Recall
Sears searches nationwide for 300 to 400 deadly eye pins decorated with a poisonous tropical bean. 31 pins imported from Japan sold in Chicago area and more than 30 nationwide via 138 Sears outlets. FDA reports 200 boxes with 48 pins each, about 12 beans per box.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears
Ernest L. Arms
Arms
Japan
New York
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
Probe on in campus blaze at San Fernando Valley State
A county grand jury began a secrecy guarded inquiry into last month's seizure of the San Fernando Valley State College administration building. The DA declined to identify witnesses. The hearings, expected to last a week, follow a $100000 arson fire on the same building.
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Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley State College
Nixon to announce full cabinet on Wednesday
President-elect Richard M. Nixon will fly to Washington on Wednesday to reveal his entire cabinet slate at 7 p.m. Pacific time with live TV coverage planned by ABC CBS and NBC. Spokesman Ron Ziegler said other major appointments could be disclosed and declined to confirm defense secretary speculation about Melvin Laird.
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Nixon
Dent
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Ron L. Ziegler
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Ziegler
Teens high on drugs in violent rampage
Five teens on weekend pass from Mendocino State Hospital attacked a woman attendant, then fled into a vineyard near Talmadge. Deputies and CHP officers cornered them. three boys 15 to 17 slashed wrists, two girls 14 and 17 were jailed for disorderly conduct at Ukiah facilities.
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Ukiah
Mendocino State Hospital
Mendocino County
Sheriff’s Office
San Francisco professor escorted from church after poetry reading
S I Hayakawa, 62, read The Creation A Negro Sermon by James Weldon Johnson at a church tea for foreign students and Third Baptist. About a dozen police escorted him from the Fillmore district church as three black attendees walked out amid anti police chants, while Hayakawa sought unity through poetry.
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S.I. Hayakawa
Third Baptist Church
San Francisco State College
Fillmore
Hayakawa
James Weldon Johnson
State personnel board proposes 5 percent hike for 116000 workers
The State Personnel Board seeks a 5 percent across the board raise plus about 21 million in merit and special-category increases totaling 75.7 million for 1969. It cites cost of living and salary comparisons with private industry, and notes inequities between department heads and assistants. The plan awaits legislative and governor approval, with a July 1969 effective date.
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State Personnel Board
Ronnie Plows
Roland Woods
California Rehabilitation Center
CRC
N.Y
State Department
Ronald Reagan
California
New York State
Reagan
Fire destroys Stanford lounge at Stern Hall dormitory
A fire of possibly incendiary origin caused about 125000 dollars in damage to the Donner Lounge at Stern Trail Stanford University early today. More than 100 sleeping students escaped unharmed as firefighters battled the flames and officials opened an arson probe due to the extreme heat and total destruction.
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Stanford
Donner
Stern Trail
Stanford University
Pomona Girl Shot Dead In San Dimas Slaying
A Pomona man is jailed on suspicion of murder after a telephoned confession led deputies to a San Dimas intersection where a 12 year old girl was found dead in a car and a 14 year old girl was critically wounded. Deborah Ramage is identified as the dead girl. Vic Graeber from Pomona is in critical condition at Pomona Valley Hospital. John Stevens, living with the Ramage family, drove the victims home from a party earlier that day.
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San Dimas
Pomona
Sheriff's Deputies
John Stevens
Stevens
Deborah Ramage
Vicki Graeber
Pomona Valley Hospital
Rumage
Vickd
Deborah
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A. A. Holter
Corona Daily Independent
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Rich Manufacturing Co
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