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Clifford seeks North Vietnamese signal to pause bombing
Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford said Washington might further limit or halt bombing of North Vietnam if Hanoi agrees not to place American lives in greater jeopardy. He noted the current lull follows cycles of reduced action and later Communist offensives and urged a clear signal from North Vietnam.
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Year in Jail for Starr and Rundberg in Bribery Case
Two former Los Angeles harbor commissioners Starr and Rundberg were convicted of taking a San Pedro developer bribe. Starr, 37, drew one year in county jail as part of a five year probation along with a $6,500 fine. Rundberg, 69, avoided jail due to heart ailment. both were disqualified from holding public office. An appeal postponed Starr’s jail term.
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Three SLAIN AT UCLA CAMPUS CLINIC
A woman and a man were shot dead outside the Fernald School UCLA clinic while with the couple’s 7 year old daughter. The gunman, Swain Merchant, 42, killed his wife Margaret 41 and James Mattiace 34 of Sherman Oaks, then shot himself. Witnesses saw no exchange before the five shots. The note found at the scene requested police to notify the brother in law in Memphis Tennessee.
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McCarthy Attacks Viet Terms At Madison Square Garden
Sen. Eugene I. McCarthy addressed 20 000 supporters in New York criticizing Johnson administration demands at Paris peace talks as inflexible and unreal beyond the American people, urging a settlement and pledging to push for the Democratic nomination. He said Vietnam is the central issue shaping domestic policy and urged victory at the party convention, while outlining moral judgment against Humphrey.
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Kirschke Faces New Trial or Death Sentence
Former deputy district ally Jack Kirschke awaits a Los Angeles judge to decide if he merits a new trial in the Naples love nest murders. Defense claims the January conviction for killing his wife Elaine and her lover Orville Crankham rests on legal errors. He contends he was in Las Vegas at the time of the killings.
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Escape on a poison plane brings 14 Cubans to Miami
Fourteen Cubans told how they fled Cuba aboard a Russian-made bi plane skimming the Florida Straits. The group, including five adults, five women, three children and a teen, landed at Homestead Airport and asked for asylum. They were taken to Miami's Freedom House for questioning and possible repatriation, while authorities noted a strong insecticide odor on the craft and the pilot Angel Ricardo, a 26 year old former crop duster, said the escape was planned for over a month.
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Reagan Aides Attack Over State Finance Dispute
SACRAMENTO A4 The Reagan administration allegedly manipulated revenue estimates to hide a strong state outlook to thwart a $289 million Assembly property tax relief and school aid bill. Unruh accused officials of deceit while Weinberger denied the charges as hysterical and false, noting the legislature approved the school aid package despite uncertainties.
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