Moon dust vial missing from charity display in LA
A vial of about 23 grams of lunar material from Apollo 11 vanished during a charity event at Bullock's Wilshire in Los Angeles. NASA did not authorize the exhibit, police and the FBI are investigating, and officials say the sample has scientific value but little monetary market value.
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Los Angeles
Earth
Steven Lawrence
Institute of Geophysics
University of California At Los Angeles
Institute
FBI
Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
George Weatherwill
Institute For
Weatherill
Lawrence
Willard F. Libby
Bullock's
Wilshire Department Store
Eye Foundations
Oh Deer Incident Surprises Sparta Driver
Todd Firth, 39, of Spartansburg, collided with a deer on the Sparta highway. He lost control but remained uninjured as the car slid under a damaged pole that flipped into the air and appeared intact after the impact. Journal photo by Endsley.
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Todd Firth
Sparta Highway
Firth
Spartansburg
Boron Appeals To Be Heard By City Zoning Board
The Boron Oil Co. seeks a gas station at South Center and West South streets but faces a possible setback if the C-1 Route 6 ordinance stands. The board defers ruling to its solicitor for tonight's action, with two new hearings on auto shop expansion at 107 West Irving in R-1 and a small electronic device assembly and sales operation at 1108 North Center in C-1. First session starts 7:15 pm. public attendance invited.
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Zong Board of Adjustment
Boron Oil Co
South Center
West South Streets
Oil Company
Route 6
William A. Peiffer
Boron
Douglas Rozelle
George Sprovers
West Irving Street
Hubert Vaughn
North Center Street
Barnes Grocery
Customers Enjoy Being Short-Changed
In Kalispell Montana AP report Wilbur Kerb a blind newspaper stage operator and his wife were involved in a collision at their home. Mrs Kerb required surgery and remained in Montanas community as the couple faced financial distress from a recurring request for change for dollar bills.
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Kalispell
Mont
Wilbur Kerb
Cubans Seize U. S. Gold Hunting Ship Jocelyn C
Cuban patrol boat boarded the U S treasure hunting craft Jocelyn C and escorted it into Cuban waters near La Isabela after seizing two Cuban crewmen. The Steadfast watched from offshore as the four identified crew members, led by Capt Sten Carlson, reported guns being lowered.
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Miami
Washington
U.S. Coast Guard
la Isabela
Jocelyn-C
Steadfast
Cuba
Havana
Atlantic
Bahamas
Sten Carlson
Orleans
Mass
Cay Lobos
Old Bahama Channel
Carlson
Jocelyn
Caribbean
William Crockett
Crockett
Richmond
Chatham
Pat Fitzsimmons
Joe Campbell
Arethusa
Lloyd's Registry of
London
State Department
U.S
City Council Agenda Sets Tonight's Full Session
The city council will pursue a full agenda including urban renewal, 1970 construction and parking meter replacements. Benjamin Calderone will present last year’s financial report while George Gould discusses fire hydrants on West Columbus avenue and Worth and Hatch streets.
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Benjamin Calderone
George Gould
West Columbus Avenue
Worth and
Hatch Streets
Donald Cross
David Johnson
Fourth Ward
City Mails Annual Greetings for Tax Bills in Corry
Corry residents receive annual tax bills as 13.5 mill levy yields about $314,559. Assessor William Miller reported total taxable value of land and buildings at $23,300,250, with $2,641,260 in land and $20,659,990 in buildings. The 15 small levy remains unchanged, with ward breakdown forthcoming.
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Corry
William Miller
Miller
Utilities Tax Battle Shapes Pennsylvania Budget Fight
In Harrisburg heavy lobbying by public utilities trimmed taxes by an estimated 35 to 100 million dollars and aided a House bill to net about 130 million. Senate leaders backed a personal income tax as the legislature moved to resolve a $136 tax package while debates over realty and gross receipts taxes continued.
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Harrisburg
T. Newell Wood
Rouzerne
Senate Finance Committee
House
Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Senate Appropriations Committee
George N. Wade
Cumberland
Kenneth B. Lee
R-Sullivan
Republican Policy Committee
Fineman
Gerald Kaufman
D-Allegheny
Senate
Pennsylvania Tax Reform Debate Seeks Broad Income Tax
After a long budget stalemate, lawmakers push for replacing regressive taxes with a personal income tax. Gov Shafer weighs in while predicting passage after the fall elections. The plan broadens utility property taxes to state taxable value and extends to municipally owned utilities, aiming to ease relief for the elderly and poor, with anticipated rate hikes for power, water, telecom, auto insurance, life insurance, gasoline, license tags, and cigarettes.
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General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Shafer
Lee
Wade
Wood
House
Wueller
Dunlap
Public Utility Commission
Biggest Of War B52s Bombard Viet Cong Supply Routes
About 40 U S B52 bombers pounded a North Vietnamese supply buildup from the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the A Shau Valley. They dropped over 1 000 tons on base camps bunkers and storage in the northwest South Vietnam and eastern Laos, while 20 more B52s hit troop concentrations in the western Mekong Delta. Two US helicopters were lost and a South Korean crew member died in a crash near Cam Ranh Bay.
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Saigon
Laps
A Shau
South Vietnam
Laos
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
A Shaw Valley
Mekong Delta
Seven Mountains
Central Highlands
Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
da Nang
Song Thanh
U.S
Ba.m
A.m
Long Binh
Long Binly
Mystery Slaying Ties OSU Graduate and Girlfriend
Columbus investigators probe whether William Sproat and Mary Petry were killed in a shared assault or if Petry died after stumbling on the crime scene. Autopsy findings pending, a butcher knife and bowling ball are suspected weapons. The cab driver who last saw Petry is cleared. she had traveled from Cincinnati with friends before taking a cab to Sprout's apartment.
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Columbus, Ohio
William Adron
Ohio State University
Adron
William Sproat
Havertown
Mary Petry
Portsmouth
Miss Petry
Sproat
Osu
James Carr
Carr
Cincinnati
Columbus
Sprout
Mins Perry
Mt. St. Joseph College
Gasoline Found in Water and Air Near Venango County
State officials said tests of water and air in Venango County detected gasoline. John Campos of the Meadville health office reported confirmation came from William Ray of the State Bureau of Mines. Evacuations occurred after vapors were detected, with some residents remaining away as repairs followed a gasoline leak from a Krasa Mobil underground tank.
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Meadville
State Health Department
State Bureau of Mines
Venango County
John Campos
Health Department
William Ray
Pittsburgh
Campos
Ray
Krasa Mobil
Hamas
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Jounal
Endsley
Council
Altoona
John Stewart
City Mails
State Government Commission
David Dunlap
Ohio State
Garrett
Michael Kelly
Somerset County
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