Undercover buy program yields arrests in Corona raids
Law enforcement swooped on houses and a trailer early today netting 17 suspects on marijuana and narcotics charges. Corona detective Dave Semple credited Mayor Tony Bollero's undercover buy program with the indictments from a grand jury. About 20 officers, including four from the County Sheriff's Department and one female officer with three girls, acted from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. No confirmation if all indicted individuals were arrested. one break required forcible entry.
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Henry Leppard
Corona
Dave Semple
Tony
Bollero
Joe Greer
Semple
County Sheriff's Department
Jean Louise Schober
Pleasant View
Iarisiana
Barbara Ann Brown
Joy
Bonita Kay Ernst
Jay
el Cerrito
Charles Eugene
Boehm
Liberty
Donald S. Darrin
Temescal
Norco
Frank G. Sparkmen
Josefa
Roy Dale Jackson
Sherman
Fred LeRoy Bristow
Kenneth Ciccinate
Burning Tree Drive
Dale Kuser
West Fifth
Kenneth Shirley Ryan Jr
Beryl Lane
Terry Dewayne Andrews
Sidney John Roukema
Aguanga
Noah Steven
Williams Jr
Ford
Pickets End Strike At J M Fiber Glass Plant In Victory Vote
Workers at Corona Johns-Manville Fiber Glass plant voted 94 to 37 to accept a company offer after a 11 day strike. Pay rises total 60 cents over three years with enhanced benefits, while start up of production will be gradual after a power shutdown. Shifts resume with 3 pm, 7 am, and 11 pm scheduling.
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Corona Johns - Manville
Glass Bottle Blowers Association Local 192
Gunnoe aims to lure T G Y junior store to Corona
Dr. Charles H. Gunnoe said he will attend a Corona Redevelopment Agency session to seek a change in plans allowing a 34,000 square foot T G Y junior department store at East Sixth and Ramona. The plan faces agency opposition and requires resiting current tenants to fit the store.
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Charles H. Gunnoe
Corona Redevelopment Agency
T.g.&y
Gunnoe
East Sixth
Ramona
Raymond Harris
C. W. Harris & Son Department
South Main
Safeway
Keller’s Furniture
Henson
Albert Tisnerat
Robert Hill
Keller
Tisnerat
Hill
Caldwell, Banker & Co
Los Angeles
Sixth and
Gunnee
Corona
Norco Notions Readers Discuss Shopping By Gender
Readers share varied views on shopping for men or women. Mrs. Robert J. Cook and Rita Boyd express preferences for shopping for men and women respectively. David Dougan Larry Wells Gordon Wakeford Margaret Young weigh in with reasons about ease and understanding of needs.
Draft call highest in eight months drives February quota
The Pentagon called for drafting 33,700 men in February, the largest monthly quota in eight months, up from 26,800 in January and more than double the prior seven month average. Of February draftees, 32,200 go to the Army and 1,500 to the Marines, which has already admitted about 6,000 draftees this year.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Marine Corps
Bighorn Sheep Die in Thirst Trap in Chocolate Mountains
Investigators with the California Fish and Game Department report that desert water holes trap Bighorn Sheep. Remains found in a natural 10 foot by 12 foot rock pit after desert cloudbursts. Official Richard Weaver says thousands may have fallen, with 40 sheep left in the herd ten miles west of the Colorado River.
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Blythe
California Fish and Game Department
Richard Weaver
Colorado River
Chocolate Mountains
North Vietnam Allows Postcards to Captured U S Pilots
The State Department said North Vietnam authorized captured American pilots to receive postcards and Christmas gifts including nonperishable items medicines and clothes. The authorization was handed to U S Ambassador Averell Harriman in Paris by Xuan Thuy at peace talks in Hanoi reversing previous policy.
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Washington
State Department
North Vietnam
U.S
Averell Harriman
Paris
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Casey Stengel Hurt In Glendale Car Crash
Casey Stengel 78 living in Glendale was injured when his car collided with another vehicle at a Glendale intersection. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Glendale Memorial Hospital.
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Casey Stengel
Glendale
Stengel
Glendale Memorial Hospital
Gun toting pupil nabbed at Fremont High amid unrest
Police arrested three pupils at Fremont High School in Los Angeles during a rally by the Black Student Union. One carried a loaded .22 caliber revolver. The campus and auditorium arrests followed protests over suspensions and expulsions, with more than 1500 pupils boycotting classes for a second day.
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Los Angeles
Fremont High School
College youth strikes proxy at San Mateo campus
San Mateo police and sheriff deputies responded after a student entered College of San Mateo President Robert Ewipleben’s office and struck him. The incident disrupted campus offices and prompted an investigation by authorities.
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San Mateo
Strong shock wave hits San Diego area causes damage
A violent shock wave struck the San Diego area last night cracking plaster in a home and triggering burglar alarms. Police received numerous calls after the boom around 9 18 p m flooded the station switchboard.
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San Diego
Nixon Wins Popular Vote Lead in Official Totals
Official totals show Richard Nixon ahead by 499,704 in the 1968 presidential election. Nixon had 31,770,237 votes, Humphrey 31,270,533, Wallace 9,897,141, with third party and miscellaneous candidates totaling 239,910. Other named candidates include Munn, Blumen, McCarthy, Gregory, and Pat Paulson among small shareholders.
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Washington
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Wallace
J. Harold Munn Sr
Prohibition Party
Eldridge Cleaver
Peace and Freedom Party
California
Henning Blumen
Socialist Labor Party
Fred Halstead
Socialist Worker Party
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Munn
Dick Gregory
New Party
New York
Charlene Mitchell
Sted
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pat Paulson
Weather Outlook Shows Clear Sky Tonight With Cold Night
Clear skies and continued cold tonight give way to increasing clouds tomorrow. Today’s noon temperature reached 88 after an overnight low of 34. Yesterday’s maximum was 64.
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Norco Notions
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