Blazing Tanker Hit With Rockets Near Cornwall
A damaged WWII era report describes Royal Navy aircraft bombing a burning tanker aground on the Seven Stones Reef off Cornwall. The plan aimed to burn oil bunkers and avert pollution along England’s southwest coast as ships sprayed deterrent across slicks and a haze of smoke rose above the wreck.
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Brittany
Ci|ian
Cornwall
England
Royal Navy
Seven Stones
Cornish
Scilly Isles
Regent
Navy
Maurice Foley
Buccaheer
Hawker Hunter
Harold Willson
Reilly Isles
Hayward Hold Up Ends When Robber Flees with Cash
In Hayward two men, Joel Smith and an accomplice, waited for a bar crowd to thin before Smith pulled a gun and grabbed about $30 after Bailey balked at an odd demand. Bailey was knocked down in the struggle and the suspect fled as Deputy Maas and Stith pursued. Smith was arrested shortly after.
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Garden Ave
Hayward
Joel Smith
Smith
Bailey
Avith
Bank Robber Left Tell-Tale Evidence at Mission Branch
Police report a bank robbery at Bank of America Mission branch on Tuesday. The thief escaped with about $1,026 and left behind tell-tale evidence, including a camera obstructed above the exit door that may identify the suspect.
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San Francisco
Bank of America
Mission
Tuesalar
TV Radio Strike Hits Big Networks
Networks and union talks broke off, centering on 100 newsmen at stations in New York Chicago and Los Angeles seeking a base salary of 325 and 80 percent of sponsored program fees. AFTRA proposed recapturing 50 percent of fees on news programs until total fees meet workers basic pay, then full fee retained. Salaries span 225 to 350 weekly with some earning up to 800 with extras.
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Dean Martin
Dany Kaye
Jed Skelton
Smathers Brothers
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
AFTRA
Wwork
UC Pleads For Bigger Budget In Fight With Reagan
University of California officials urged lawmakers for a larger budget for fiscal 1968, seeking 264 million versus Governor Reagan’s 254 million proposal. Chancellor Franklin Murphy defended added funds for libraries and research, while lawmakers debated prioritizing sciences and the university's independence from the governor’s line item.
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Sacramento
University of California
Reagan
Charles Hitch
Assembly Ways and Means
Non Mumford
R-Piedmont
Winfield Shoemaker
D-Lampoe
Franklin Murphy
UCLA
John L. KE. Calesier
Los Angeles
Viewers See Re Runs Amid TV Strike
New York AP reports a broad TV radio strike by AFTRA forces changes across ABC CBS NBC with reruns of I Love Lucy Love of Life and guiding light replacing current shows. Ed Sullivan and Jack Benny reruns loom if the walkout continues while live sports and news face delays.
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New York
Houseves
Chet
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
ABC
NBC
Hugh Downs
CBS
Joseph Benk
Arnold Zenker
Dnrogram
CBS News
Ed Sullivan
Jackie Gleason
Maryland Leads Attack On Labor Laws Suit Challenges Fair Labor Standards Act
Maryland opened arguments before a three judge panel challenging 1968 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act as unconstitutional. The suit, joined by 26 states, argues federal reach risks eroding state sovereignty. The case targets wage and hour provisions affecting 1.4 million public employees and facilities nationwide.
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Baltimore, Md
State of Maryland
Maryland
United States
Francis B. Burch
Union Crime Links Seen by Justice Dept Official
Washington report says a Justice Department official charged that leaders of the Cosa Nostra, the Teamsters Union and the International Longshoremen’s Association coordinated activities. Henry Peterson, head of the organized crime division, stated an amalgamation exists among upper echelon groups during a panel at the National Crime Conference, then declined to elaborate.
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Washington
UPI) —& Justice ‘Department
Nostra
Crime Syndicate
Teamsters Union
International Longshoremen Union
Henry Peterson
Justice Department
Organized
National Crime Conference
Youth Concert for San Leandro at Pacific High Gym
The San Leandro Symphony presents its second youth concert of the year on Friday at 1:15 p.m. in the Pacific High School gymnasium. The program is organized by the San Francisco Symphony Association in cooperation with the Southern Alameda County Young Peoples Concert Association for fourth through 12th grade students.
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San Leandro
San Leandro Symphony
Fig
Pacific High School
San Francisco Symphony Association
Southern
Alameda County
Young Peoples Concert Association
Nobel Prize chemist Jaroslav Heyrovsky dies in Prague
Jaroslav Heyrovsky, 77, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry in 1959, died in Prague on Monday after a long illness, the Czechoslovak news agency reported.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Heyrovsky
TLK
Michigan Dairies Capitulate To NFO International
Four Michigan dairy producers signed a tentative deal with the National Farmers Organization to resume milk deliveries after a two week shutdown. The agreement provides a price increase to producers, with bulk and per quart rises tied to the wholesale market, while picketing by Teamsters and other unions continues in some counties.
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Gage
Michigan Dairies
Farmers Organization
Nashville Milks
Producers, Inc
Leamsters
NFC
Inday
Intel
Nashville
Enn
Nnk
Louisville
Dale
Tennessee Gage
Hubbardston
Mich
U.S
Clintor County
Teirternational Union
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