World Around Red Jets Over Quemoy in Strait Show of Airpower
Communist China launched 18 waves of MIG aircraft over the Quemoy offshore island area causing heightened alert across Formosa and the Islets. Premier Chen Cheng vowed to defend offshore territories at any cost while a U S military spokesman said patrol planes were armed and ready to engage if attacked.
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UPI
China
Quemoy
Ormosa
Chen Cheng
W U
Lockout Hits Southern California Drivers and 11-State Span
More than 10 000 drivers in Southern California and tens of thousands across an 11 state area face layoffs and supply disruptions as a nationwide lockout progresses. Industry officials warn the full impact may take a week to materialize with food shipments initially resilient but threatened as the dispute deepens. Railroads and water transports plan curtailments to prevent backlog while mutual aid efforts speed perishables and emergencies.
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Border
California
Lin
Teamsters
Loose Gas Hose Ignites at Stockton Service Station
Jerry Folsom a 23 year old attendant was critically burned Tuesday when a gasoline hose broke at the nozzle causing fumes to ignite a spark. He was rushed to San Joaquin General Hospital and witnesses rolled him on the ground to smother the flames.
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Stockton
Jerry Folsom
San Joaquin General Hospital
Folsom
Pacoima Boy, 17, Drowns in Lake After Paddleboard Slip
A 17 year old boy drowned in a lake behind Hansen Dam after falling from a paddleboard. Charles Rush of 12874 Eus lace Street Pacoima apparently tried to swim to shore before his body was recovered by lifeguards.
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Hansen Dam
Charles Rush
Euslace St. Pacoima
Grass Fire Checked Near Palo Verde and Spring
A grass fire at Palo Verde Ave and Spring St in county territory was extinguished by city fire equipment on Tuesday before it could spread.
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Palo Verde Ave
Spring St
Ex Teamster Hurls Gang Link at Hoffa
Washington reports former Teamsters official Robert Scott testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that James R. Hoffa once asked him to press a judge for a new trial for Harry Fleisher, Detroit’s Purple Gang boss. Hartrick then died in San Francisco during the session. Hoffa and Scott clashed over many points as investigators taunted Hoffa about fear of criminals.
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UPI
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Harry Fleisher
Detroit
Purple
Robert Scott
Senate
Hoffa
George B. Hartrick
Hartrick
San Francisco
Scott
Teamster
Teamsters Union
Navy Ensign Convicted of Sabotage Faces Six Years
James L Johnson a 23 year old Navy enlistee convicted by court martial of sabotaging gear on USS St Glair County by dumping tools in a reduction gear and cutting oil lines causing $3100 damage. He received six years at hard labor dismissal from the Navy loss of allowances and pay. Johnson testified his wife Patiela urged him not to sail and feared she would harm herself if he left. Trial heard fellow officers say he did not want to go to sea and asked them not to tell his wife. Johnson is a UC Berkeley graduate with a degree in business administration and ROTC background. The case awaits review by naval district commandant and the Navy Board of Review.
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Chestnut Ave
Navy
Patiela
Johnson
31Th Naval District
St.Glair County
Tohnson
University of California At Berkeley
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Johnson Johnson
Pacific
Robert Schultz
Narcotics raid on Lewis Ave nets 10 arrests
Los Angeles County sheriffs with Long Beach Police Narcotics Detail arrested 10 people in an apartment at 1215 Lewis Ave on suspicion of illegal possession of narcotics. Those charged include William Eugene Irvine 25 George Hams Jr 21 Harriet H Gatlin 39 Theodore H Davenport 29 Harvey Taylor Jr 25 Herman Cyrus Jr 29 Leonard Poindexter 18 Melvin Eugene Bridgewater 34 Cornelius Speed 37 and Robert Esther Sharp 20.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach City
William Eugene Irvine
George Hams Jr
Harriet H. Gatlin
Lewis Ave
Theodore H. Davenport
Alamitos Ave
Harvey Taylor, Jr
Herman Cyrus Jr
Leonard Jack Poindexter
New York St
Melvin Eupene Bridgewater
Myrtle Ave
Cornelius Speed
Orange Ave
Robert Esther Sharp
Eith St
Camp Team Called to Disarm Land Mine
SAN LUIS OBISPO GPS A demolition team from Camp Roberts was called Tuesday to disarm a land mine found on the beach southwest of here by an unidentified youth. Coast Guard authorities were puzzled how a World War II mine ended up on a California shoreline.
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Obispo
Camp Roberts
Here
Coast Guard
California
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