Dense California fog shuts air and ground traffic
A thick coastal fog blanket halted air travel and ground routes across Southern California. A San Pedro bound amphibian aborted to sea two miles off Long Beach, guided by a Coast Guard cutter, with all major airports closed except jet alternates. Visibility dropped to near ground level inland for up to 20 miles, with partial clearing forecast this afternoon followed by another dense fog spell.
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Gales Sink Ore Vessel With 33 Aboard
A big ore freighter with 33 crew sank in gale winds on Lake Huron. A lone survivor was found after drifting on a life raft, his captain and two officers among the victims. The ship Daniel J. Morrell went down after buckling in heavy seas.
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Race Bias Charged in L B Apartments
Long Beach defendants faced legal action under the Unruh Civil Rights Act as three apartment owners were accused of racial discrimination in advertising and denying equal housing. Plaintiffs include Michael E. Connor, a California State College graduate student, and Dr. Fillmore Freeman, a chemistry professor, with suits targeting Laguna Vista, Bolero Apartments, and Villa d Or complexes, plus Wingston and others.
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Small quake rattles downtown San Francisco
A minor tremor was felt in downtown San Francisco at 4725 pam on a Wednesday. A spokesman from the UC Berkeley seismographic lab said the quake was too small to be isolated on a seismograph, and sirens were not triggered.
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16 Story Apartment Purchased by Real Estate Investor
Property developer Henry Sassoon who lost nearly $3 million in three years on two luxury high rise apartments on 1 Ocean Boulevard has sold the second building to a Los Angeles investor for 2.7 million. Herbert Enoch bought the 16 story building at 600 Ocean Blvd for 2,286,559.62 plus liens including unpaid taxes and mortgage payments dating back to June. Sassoon, who lives in Bel Air, said he lost 700,000 on the luxury apartments at 600 Ocean Blvd since 1963, with vacancies cited.
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Officers Quell UC Student Demonstration Clash
A UC Berkeley picket clash erupts as 100 officers enter the Student Union to arrest top protest leaders during a Navy table demonstration. Mario Savio Jerry Rubin and Michael Smith among nine arrested on charges from illegal assembly to resisting arrest as officers clash with chanting demonstrators.
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Plane Crash Kills Pilot in San Diego County
A Garden Grove man Gene Osborne 34 was killed when his light plane crashed after takeoff from Gillespie Field El Cajon and burned on the Fetcher Hills Golf Course. He was alone aboard.
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Fetcher Hills
Pushy Gals Spark Fear for Future of Mankind
LAS VEGAS NBC reports Dr. Ralph Greenson of UCLA warned at the American Medical Association meeting that many American men are indifferent to sex and desire gender change while women grow more assertive. He cited UCLA study of 100+ individuals seeking gender alteration. two thirds were male, suggesting envy and insecurity underlie sexual apathy and desire for equality.
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Bribery Indictment Stuns Assessor In California
County Assessor Philip E. Watson faces five bribery and conspiracy counts after a grand jury indictment. He allegedly accepted political contributions in exchange for property tax breaks totaling tens of thousands of dollars. Watson, who is accused of a $5,000 donation from Crown Construction and a $4 00,000 tax cut for J. J. Newberry Co., may keep office while indicted but could lose it if convicted. Beginning Monday he is eligible for a $7,500 annual pay raise despite the indictment.
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West
Los Angeles
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John Mai
Tax Boost Inevitable in Reagan Sacramento Speech
Governor Ronald Reagan declared California faces a dire fiscal outlook with no apparent path but tax increases next year. He cited a projected 400 million dollar deficit as the legislature contends with a potential 1 billion dollar program entering office.
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Smith Wilson to Meet in Rhodesia on Independence Dispute
Ian Smith will meet British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in Salisbury on Thursday to make a final effort to settle the Rhodesian independence dispute after slipping out of Salisbury at dawn.
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