Girl wins California newspaper throwing championship
Denise Curry of Davis becomes the first girl to win the California Newspaper Foundation contest at the State Fair defeating male contestants. She practiced briefly using her front porch and door mat and earned a $100 savings bond plus a speed bicycle from her Davis Enterprise employer.
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Davis
Calif
California Newspaper Foundation
Worthly
Curry
Davis Enterprise
Sea raft crew says no sex during Atlantic voyage
Swedish raft skipper Maria Sjomstam denies sexual activity aboard the eleven person crew during an 11 day Atlantic crossing organized by Dr. Santiago Genovedes. The expedition documented water pollution and observed sharks with blackened teeth while crew members reflect on confinement and personal dynamics.
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Merico City
UPI
Atlantia
Wvoman
Santiago Genovey
Taff
Railicali
Maria Bjornstam
Genoved
Sjomstam
Mexico
Canary Islands
Genoves
Perzon
Caribbean
Charles Antoni
England
Eizuke Yanaki
Black activist Brown indicted on federal gun charges
Richard E. Brown a 92 year old anti poverty worker in the Western Addition San Francisco was indicted in U S District Court on gun charges He was arrested after police and a federal agent found a gun under an assumed name in Daly City The former Black Panther member previously faced a 1988 police shootout case from which he was acquitted Judge Alfonso J Zirpoli ordered $2000 bail and set arraignment for Sept 5 Brown had also faced a separate Arizona gun charge Police say he left the Panthers amid a dispute over bad ties and joined the Black Liberation Army.
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San Francisco
Black Liberation Army
U.S
Richard E. “Chico? Brown
Daly City
Brown
Western Addition
Black Panther Party
Alfonso J. Zirpoli
Arizona
Panthers
Mexico quake toll climbs toward one thousand dead
Reports from Orizaba and Puebla state that the earthquake disaster in Mexico killed hundreds with unofficial counts near 1,000. President Echeverria called it the worst Mexican quake, as rescue workers battled rain, debris, and shortages of water and electricity.
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Orizaba
Mexico
Twas
Buticial
Health Ministry
Puebla
Veracruz
Sierra
Muche
Quecholac
Ciudad Serdan
Echeverria
Rio
Man shoots wife and officer then kills self in New Mexico
A man on the run believed he had killed his teenage wife when he shot and killed a policeman in Alamogordo New Mexico. The suspect then took his own life as authorities pursued him.
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Alamogordo, N. M
UPI
Alamogordo
Salinas
Connie
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Bob Collins
Julie Nixon Eisenhower to headline National Song Festival
Julie Nixon Eisenhower will appear as guest of honor at the National Song Festival in Cleveland marking the opening ceremony. The White House says she will deliver a few remarks before returning to Washington to spend the weekend with her parents at Camp David.
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Julie
SAN Clemente
UPI
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
Cleveland
White House
Washington
Cannp David
Milk plan may be restored
An Agriculture Department official says school milk subsidies for about 4 million children could be restored if Congress rejects Administration cuts. The subsidy was reduced from 97 million to 85 million, removing 48 million children from the 3 cent per half pint program. About 5 million needy students in schools without lunch programs could remain eligible despite the proposed cutoff. The House cut 825 billion? figures. the Senate restored to 7 billion pending final Senate-house agreement.
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Washington
UFI
Agriculture Department
Congress
Elim
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Kanteas Tater
Jim Vigil
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