40th Air Guard Receives Home Welcome in Los Angeles
About 50 members of California National Guard 40th Aviation Company return after 19 months overseas including Vietnam duty. Roughly 200 civilians greet them at Long Beach airport with a Medal ceremony, Band music, and remarks by Brig. Gen. Turnage and Col. Go forth.
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Long Beach
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240Th Army Band
Thomas K. Turnage
Army Division
Donald R. Dee
Leroy F. Goforth
76Th Aviation Group
Rodney L. Cochran
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Bellflower
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Michael
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Cochran
Model Plane Hits Wire Kills Sailor Aboard USS
Franklin Weaver a 22 year old sailor stationed aboard the USS Passumpsic was electrocuted when his model airplane struck a 12 000 volt power line near Golden Avenue He died at St Marys Hospital about two hours later His wife Patricia 22 witnessed the accident Firemen on a nearby drill also saw the event and administered oxygen.
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Passumpsic
Golden Avenue
Weaver
Cedar Ave
St. Mary's Hospital
Patricia
Avalon Mourns First Local Soldier Killed in Vietnam
Timothy E. Badostain, a Avalon native and Avalon High School graduate, died Thanksgiving Eve when his helicopter was shot down in Vietnam. He would have turned 22 on December 18. Badostain had completed a year with the Army's K4 Corps and volunteered for a second six months of duty. His grandfather, Edmund Cush ing of Long Beach, reported the loss.
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Avalon
Pacific
Timothy EE. Badostain
Edmund A. Cushing
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
Badostain
Avalon High School
U.S
Munitions Plant Ends Walkout After 67 Days
Norris Industries workers at a Vernon plant end a 67 day strike as UAW approves a new three year contract by 1 145 to 306. The deal includes wage hikes of 31 to 33 cents per hour a company paid group insurance plan and an extra paid holiday. About 2 000 employees began the strike October 2 and will return to work today.
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Vernon
United Auto Workers
Norris Industries
Palos Verdes Lad Survives 200 Foot Cliff Fall
Palos Verdes Estates teenager Darry Dalton aged 15 survived a 200 foot tumble in the Mount Baldy foothills above Claremont. Found semi conscious by a motorist on Mount Baldy Road, he was listed in good condition at Pomona Hospital.
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Palos Verdes
Palos Verdes Estates
Claremont
Darry Dalton
Whitley Collins Drive
Mount Baldy
Pomona Hospital
Boat Flips Three Rescued In Channel Near Long Beach
A 16-foot catamaran capsized in the San Channel off Long Beach Sunday throwing three men into the water. Coast Guard rescued them after about an hour. One man, 25 year old Bob Casewell, was treated at Harbor General Hospital for exposure and released. The other two occupants included Ed Silk of Los Angeles aboard the cruiser Mistress who spotted the trio and notified authorities.
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Hurlin
Coast Guard
Bob Casewell
Duffield Ave
Mirada
Harbor General Hospital
Ed Silk
Los Angeles
Santa Catalina Island
Long Beach
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