Bel Air Slayings Stirred by Intruder Car Found After Killings
Actress Sharon Tate and four others were murdered at a Bel Air home as intruders cut phones. A caretaker, William Garretson, gave police leads after passing a lie detector test and naming possible suspects. The red Ferrari linked to director Roman Polanski was found at a shop. Polanski flew to London and faced the tragedy from abroad.
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Bel Air
Sharon Tate
William E. Garretson
Garretson
Helder
Roman Polanski
Miss Tate
Polanski
Rosemary
Los Angeles
London
Action Line Q&A on license formats and Eisenhower funds
The column answers two reader questions. First, explaining California driver license numbers vary from four to seven digits and that some begin with specific letters. Second, noting a 1952 federal funds bill granted polio vaccine aid to states and a 1956 Social Security measure lowered women's retirement age to 62 with broader coverage.
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B.G
Lakewood
California Department of Motor Vehicles
Howard Link
Long Beach
Dwight Eisenhower
M. B
Compton
Eisenhower
Senate
Democrats
Apollo 11 Astronauts End Lunar Isolation at Space Center
Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins ended a 21 day quarantine on the moons surface and returned to their families. Armstrong paused at a press mic thanking their hosts in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory as crowds cheered and shook hands. Doctors planned lunar rock exposure tests to study effects on living systems.
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Lunar
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
South Pacific
Space Agency
Long Beach Q A: Hit and Run Laws and Air Traffic Careers
A reader asks about California hit and run laws for hitting an animal. The officer notes leaving the scene is a misdemeanor and drivers must locate or notify police. Another reader asks about becoming an air traffic controller with steps, exams, and training at FAA Academy. salaries cited range from about 96,200 to 240,000 for supervisors.
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N. N
Long Beach
California
John Brogan
Police Department
I. B
Federal Job Information Center
Pine Ave
U.S. Civil Service
Federal Aviation Administration Academy
Oklahoma City
Okla
John Denend
Los Angeles International Airport
Gerard M. Bruggink
Sierra
Hawthorne
Nev
Bruggink
Washington, D.C
National Transportation Safety Board
Weather Hampers Recovery at Gamblers' Plane Bodies
Recovery teams brace for a long dig through the Mt. Whitney wreckage as 35 victims from the Gamblers Special are identified and reconstructed. Weather delays initial locating efforts while a federal probe coordinates with INyo County authorities and an FBI team.
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Lone Pine
Mt. Whitney
A Gleaming Clue on a distant Hill and Long Beach
A riddle hints at a shoreline near Long Beach with multiple water sport spots. A notable reference point appears on Page A-3 as Clue No. 1, inviting readers to identify a familiar landmark amid many nearby.
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Long Beach
Bret Harte Cabin Lost in Flames
A forest fire destroyed Bret Harte's cabin and Hangman's Tree near Sonora in the High Sierra. A second blaze 20 miles east of Napa burned 300 acres. eight crews battled winds with seven aerial tankers dropping retardant to contain the Napa fire by morning. Drs. Borris Levin David Moll and Donald Kelley of Los Angeles operated a nearby tourist settlement into the fire’s path.
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Bret Harte
Sonora
High Sierra
California
Napa
Drs. Borris Levin
David M. Moll
Donald K. Kelley
Los Angeles
State Forestry Division
Ex-Husbands Anonymous aodd group report
A new group called Ex-Husbands Anonymous is described. The scheme involves sending a woman in housecoat and curlers to reenter marriages when divorced men seek remarriage, per the obscure report.
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Ex-Husbands Anonymous
Stop Wheezing, There’s Good News About Smog
A brief item notes improving smog conditions with hopeful notes on air quality. Reads like a column teaser referencing health and environmental updates.
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Robert Helder
Jennifer
Abigail Folger
Folger
Radcliffe
Miss Folger
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Mia Farrow
Jay Sebring
Sebring
Paul Newman
Frank Sinatra
Henry Fonda
Steve McQueen
Voityck Frokowski
Calif
Leary
Roger Spe
Moon Voyagers
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
Neil Arm
Space Center
Charles Berry
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Berry
Inyo County
Merrill Curtis
Curtis
Air Force
Dale L. Potter
Edwards Air Force Base
Hollywood
CNS
Hollywood Hills
Potter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sheriff's
Mt. Whitney Summit
Hunt
Associated Press
Southland
Paradise
Sylvia Porter
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