Surgeon to check rescued men after 72 days adrift
A Navy surgeon arrived on Midway to examine James Fisher and Robert Tininenko, two men rescued after 72 days adrift in the Pacific aboard an overturned trimaran. They left Tacoma on July 2 en route to Costa Rica. Tininenko's wife Linda died a month later. The Renalder rescued them about 900 miles southwest of San Francisco. The two men were reported in generally good condition but very weak.
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Midway
Pacific
Coast Guard
James Fisher
Auburn
Wash
Robert ‘Tininenko
Longview
Fisher
Tininenko
Linda
Tacoma
Triton
Costa Rica
Tinenko
Renalder
Tininenka
San Franksco
Cox to probe egg toss at Nixon in San Jose incident
Archibald Cox team will investigate a 1970 egg and rock throwing incident aimed at President Nixon during a San Jose motorcade after a Civic Auditorium speech. The probe follows calls by State Sen. Irled Alquist for review amid claims staff involvement.
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Cox
Nixon
Alquist
Mother of four booked in husband’s homicide case
In San Francisco a 26 year old mother, Alice Fuller, was booked for investigation of homicide after her 27 year old husband, David, a chauffeur, was found mortally wounded at their home. Police found two steak knives near the body and the woman had knife wounds on her arm and back. The children were placed in a Youth Guidance Center dependents facility.
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San Francisco
UPI
Gary Wisenbraich
Dave Roccafotte
Alice Fuller
City
David
Rock Toss Kills Girl in Freeway Tragedy
Police accuse four boys ages 11 to 15 of hurling a six inch rock from a Santa Ana Freeway overpass smashing a truck window and fatally striking 4 year old Maria Jan Camacho who died of a ruptured heart. The oldest boy threw the rock after dares from three younger peers as the youths live in Bayli Heights.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Maria Jan Camacho
Santa Ana
Bayli Heights
Landslides kill 60 in Japan
A sudden storm dumped heavy rainfall across northern Japan triggering landslides. At least 80 dead or missing across Hokkaido and Honshu, with Shikuchi village largely destroyed and Mutsu city isolated. Rain continued as floods threatened to worsen in Niigata and surrounding areas.
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Tokyo
UPH
Japan
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikuchi
Mutsu
Japan Sea
Niigata
Kakuei Tanaka
Tremor shakes San Fernando area after 1971 quake
A mild tremor shaken San Fernando Valley early today felt like an aftershock of the 1971 disaster. Caltech seismologist David Cole said it measured 3 on the Richter scale and struck at about 6:59 a.m. No injuries were reported as police and radio stations fielded calls.
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San Fernando
David Cole
California Institute of Technology Seismological Laboratory
Pasadena
Escaped Texas convict linked to car theft in Shelby Montana
Texas escapee David Myers 25, who fled Ellis Prison Farm, is suspected of stealing a 1974 black Chevrolet Impala from a dealer showroom in Shelby Montana. He eluded a large hunt after sightings and an arrest of his common law wife, with authorities using dogs and air support to track him. Myers has multiple prior escapes and is serving three eight year terms for burglary.
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Upl
Typle
Texas
John Brooks
David Myers
Ellis
Huntsville
Brooks
Myers
Shelby
Fiat
Montana
Fort Bend
Brady
Tex
Minister defends Nixon amid Pittsburgh transfer rumors
Rev. John Huffman, Key Biscayne Presbyterian pastor, denies Nixon involvement in his Pittsburgh transfer. Huffman says rumors were false, recalls Nixon offering career counsel and encouraging candor after delivering an Easter sermon during the Watergate era. He communicates with Nixon through letters and mutual associates.
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Washington
UPI
John A. Huff- Man
Key Bisayne
Fla
Nixon
Pittsburgh
HR. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Huffman
Knowa
Listine
Gaster
Charles G
Rebe” Reboto
Biscayne
Senate approves 50 percent hike in school lunch aid
The Senate passed emergency legislation boosting federal school lunch aid 81 to 4, exceeding the administration by 300 million and setting per pupil contributions from 8 to 12 cents for meals and 40 to 45 cents for free lunch pupils. A House compromise looms with possible presidential veto.
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Washington
UPA
Senate
House
James B. Allah
D-Ala
Reagan urges energy cutbacks across states
Governors at the Western Governors Conference discuss fuel shortages. California Governor Reagan orders state buildings to cut heat and lights on weekends and holidays. Oregon Governor Tom McCall halts outdoor fighting unless security needed.
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California
Ronald Reagan
Oregon
Tom McCall
McCall
Western Governors Conference
Glenenden Beach
Ore
John Lave
Colorado
Nixon
Atlantic Charter delays threaten Nixon Europe trip
UPI reports Nixon's plan to visit Europe stalled as the United States and West European allies fail to agree on a New Atlantic Charter. Kissinger sees months more of talks to settle principles while Europeans offer vague ideas. Japan and China outreach also discussed.
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New York
UPI
Nixon
Europe
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
France
Maud Anderson
Kissinger
U.S
Japan
China
Dana Holt
Peking
South Yemen
Syria
Algeria
Libya
Trag
Ecologists protest logging bid in forest policy clash
In San Francisco, conservationists and Senator Hatfield condemned a presidential panel's recommendation for major logging increases. Sierra Club forester Gordon Robinson and Friends of the Earth echoed alarm about harming forest resources and future shortages. Hatfield criticized funding impoundments by the Nixon administration. In Marion New York experts identify prehistoric bones in celery field as mammoth remains dating from 9,000 to 15,000 years ago.
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Oregon
Mark Watfield
Hatfield
Gordon Robinson
The
Sierra Club
White House
Senate
Indochina
Marion
N.Y
John Pirrello
Edgar Reilly
State Museum
Albany
Wayne County
Reilly
Presidential panel urges more logging
A presidential panel recommended a substantial increase in logging on public forest lands to ease a lumber shortage. It urged using all techniques including clearcutting, while conservationists warned of greater future shortages. President Nixon endorsed the report and said environmental fears appeared unfounded.
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Washington
Alleviatte
Nixon
Amtrak eyes first auto ferry service from Chicago to Florida
Amtrak plans to start its first auto ferry service this winter linking Chicago to Florida via the Floridan route to Miami with a St. Petersburg connection. The plan, disclosed in a letter to the House Senate conference committee, faces legislative battles over private auto ferry rights and Interstate Commerce Commission approvals.
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First Auto
Washington
House- Senate Conference Committee
UPI
Chicago
Miami
St. Petersburg
Lorton
Sanford
Fla
Auto-Train Corp
Chicago-Florida
Louisville
Auto-Train
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Pavision
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Chicago Florida
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Archie Smith
Rhode Island
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