Ft Ord Rock Concert Riot Leads to 12 Arrests
A Sunday rock concert at Fort Ord sparked a two hour disturbance with fights among military personnel. About 100 military police contained roughly 1,500 attendees after 12 soldiers were booked for disturbing the peace. Windows in six Brigade area buildings were broken, a minor classroom fire was put out, and the base was closed to visitors as an investigating board reviews the incident.
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Monterey
Calif
Ft Ord
Dih Brigade
Ftord
Fifteen Rescued From Lofty San Francisco Fire
Fifteen persons were rescued today from the top story of a three story apartment house in San Francisco. Fireman Lt. Joseph Clesment received minor injuries when a beam fell through the ceiling as flames rose high into the downtown area. Apartments were damaged and the blaze could be seen over a large downtown area. The fire began on the weak tear and the cause was not determined.
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San Francisco
Joseph Clesment
Overseas Weekly to Move Headquarters to Oakland
The Overseas Weekly, a military oriented weekly, will relocate its headquarters from Frankfurt, Germany to Oakland. Board chairman Joseph B. Krorsen confirmed plans for a U.S. edition and said composition and editorial work will move next month, with completed pages shipped to existing printers in Frankfurt and Hong Kong. The 1950 issue noted Maj. Gen. Réwin Walker as a member of the John Bitch Society.
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Oakland
OPI
Overseas Weekly
Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph B. Krorsen
U.S
Hong Kong
Réwin Walker
John Bitch Society
Hare Krishna Parade Winds Through Golden Gate Park
About 3,500 Hare Krishna followers marched in their fifth annual religious parade in Golden Gate Park San Francisco pulling three 45 foot juggernauts and a 20 foot statue of Lord Chaitanya. An estimated 7,500 believers and onlookers took part in the two mile route emitting incense along the park’s lakes and trees.
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San Francisco
UPI
Golden Gate Park
Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare
Rama Rama Rama Mare Hare
Lord Chaitanya
Handyman sought in New York murder inquiry
Detectives hunt a handyman nicknamed Freddy linked to the murder of Cornelia Michelle Crilley, a 28 year old Trans World Airlines stewardess killed while moving into a Yorkville apartment. Crill ey, a 24 year old blond woman, was found raped and strangled beside a partially assembled bed as authorities probe a possible helper on the same East Street block. Her funeral is set for tomorrow at St Sebastian Church in Woodside Queens.
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New York
UPI
Freddy
Trans World Airlines
Yorkville
Cornelia Michelle Crilleys
Add
Eastward Streal
Miss Crilley
Hal
Miss Crilfey
St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church
Woodside
Queens
Bayside
Church grant to Angela Davis fires church debate
Tulsa area report says a $10,000 Presbyterian Church grant to Angela Davis was reconsidered amid arguments over its aid. Moderator Mrs. Ralph Stair, Waukesha Wisconsin, urged that controversy spark deeper church discussions and a chance to express faith beneficially. Davis, a columnist and alleged conspirator, faced backlash from the attempt to help her.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Presbyterian Church
Angela Davis
Church
General Assembly
Ralph Stair
Waukesha
Wis
Oklahoma
Oklahoma-Arkansas Synod
Bartlesville
Jet trainer crash kills two airmen off Port Hueneme
Authorities investigate a jet trainer crash that killed Lt. Henry Raab of Linden and Lt. Stephen J. O’Malley of Thousand Oaks after takeoff from Point Mugu Naval Air Station en route to Vance Air Force Base Oklahoma. A private cruiser reported an explosion as the plane disappeared and wreckage was found about 25 miles offshore.
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Port Hueneme
Calif
APY
Oyo Air Force
Pl. Mugu Naval
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
Henry Raab
Linid
Vhe
Stephen J O'Malley
Thousand Oaks
Esludint Pilol
Carpenters Strike Planned by Oregon and Wash. Workers
More than 1,000 carpenters in Oregon and southwest Washington plan to strike today after weekend bargaining failed to produce a contract agreement. Roy Coles of the Oregon State Council said negotiators would not agree to a retroactive wage settlement. Coles cited ongoing labor turmoil and workers operating without a contract as the trigger for the walkout.
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Tortland
WPY
Oregon
Washington
Roy Coles
Oregon State
Council of Carpenters, Apl
CIO
Sail
Oregon-Columbia
Associated General Contractors
Shee Mayah Coles
Thousands of gays join 49-block march for liberation
About 5,000 homosexuals marched through midtown Manhattan in support of the Gay Liberation movement. The parade started at Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, the scene of a 1969 harassment demo, and ended near a Melet yp in Central Park.
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New York
UPD
Midtown
Manhatin
Christopher
Greenwich Village
Central
Ark
Boy Mistakes Gun for Toy in Skokie Tragedy
In Skokie Illinois a child Edward M Smithwack 914 fatally shot himself with a loaded gun he may have mistaken for a toy. Neighbors heard the blast as the boy fell screaming and died hours later at Skokie Valley Community Hospital. Police say the .d8 caliber pistol was kept in a kitchen cabinet and resembled toy guns. A teenage babysitter said Edward held the gun but mistook it for a toy.
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Skokie
UPI
Edward M. Smithwack
Kim
Skokie Valley Community Hospital
Edward
Girl refuses reward for found dog in Sacramento
Lorri Estes, 17, waters lawns daily in Sacramento, declined a $1000 reward for returning Armstrong the golden retriever lost by Ken Crawford. Crawford had searched for a week after Armstrong vanished during his girlfriend’s vacation, offering rewards that eventually ended with considering the dog dead or stolen. Estes said she wouldn’t accept the reward, saying she’d understand others’ feelings if the roles were reversed.
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Sacramento
Lorri Estes
Ken Crawford
Boulder, Cole
Armstrong
Guadalajara murder link to Yuba City case investigated
Mexican officials were asked to probe a possible link between the Yuba City mass murders and a suspected Guadalajara homicide. The Sacramento Bee cited a Sutter County source alleging a body found near a Guadalajara reservoir bore slash marks similar to the Yuba City victims, with prosecutors noting a ledger entry tied to Guadalajara. Corona, 37, denies 10 murder charges in Yuba City and remains hospitalized awaiting tests. officials noted several visits to Autlan and the ledger clue, while authorities weigh heart attack as a possible cause of chest pains.
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Sacramento
Yuba City
Guadalajara
Sacramento Bee
Sutter County
Corona
Yuba
Bee
el Plaza de Taras
Guadayara
Jalisco
Autlan
The
Suller County
Dave Teja
Sutter County Hospital
Last of 17 victims recovered from California tunnel blast
SYLMAR Calif UPL The last of 17 victims of an underground gas explosion were recovered during the weekend as federal safety officials began a formal investigation into California's worst tunnel accident. Only one man survived from the crew of 16 tunneling the five mile bore 250 feet below the earth's surface when melanie gas exploded early Thursday. Seven bodies were recovered by city firemen Thursday and Friday and 10 Saturday from the fire scarred tunnel of the Metropolitan Water District. As the bodies were brought out, state and federal authorities gathered evidence for their investigations.
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Sylmar
Calif
UPL
California
Melanie
Metropolitan Water District
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