Wild Southern California Storm Causes Fires and Floods
A severe storm lashed the Los Angeles area with lightning storms igniting a Standard Oil reservoir and causing widespread outages. Firefighters drained the burning tank as pumps moved oil to a second sump. One man, Elden Goats, was shaken by a lightning strike that destroyed his television. A tornado-like wind hit Santa Ana, chains were advised for mountain travel, and a 5.2 magnitude quake rattled from San Anselmo to King City.
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Standard Oil Co
Elden Goats
Cerritos Ave
California
Fort Bragg
San Anselmo
King City
California Institute of Technology
Baez Among 67 Arrested at Oakland Induction Center
Folk singer Joan Baez and 66 others were arrested on Tuesday during anti draft protests at Oakland military induction center. The group blocked entrances while nonviolent chants and carols echoed, sparking a local clash with police as demonstrators noted tax resistance and a plea for nonviolence.
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Joan Baez
Center
Oakland Induction Center
Miss Baez
Oakland
Oakland Military Induction Center
California
Joan Baez Sr
Carmel
Kay Boyle
San Francisco
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Blood transfusions aid heart transplant recovery
In Cape Town, Louis Washkansky, 55, received massive white blood cell transfusions to combat rejection of the donor heart. Dr. Christiaan Barnard said the situation remains serious though potentially reversible, as Groote Schuur Hospital appeals for blood donors after the December 3 operation that transplanted Nenise Darval's heart.
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Cape ‘Lown
South Africa
UPI
Louis Wishkansky
Christin Barnard
Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Washkinsky
Nenise Darval
How Jurors Are Picked From Voter Lists And Tests
A Los Angeles Superior Court clerk explains juror selection. Prospective jurors take a test at six month intervals, then names pass to a computer for random selection as needed. If not called, it means you were not needed though your list remains active for possible selection this month. Names come from voter registrations and pass vocabulary and reasoning tests.
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Superior Court of
Los Angeles County
W.C.D
Artesia
Superior Court
Bear rug options and Russian dish query in LA
A reader asks where to buy a bear rug with head. The Black map at Bullocks Lakewood has two imitation rugs priced at 29.95 and 22.95. Real polar bears can be ordered via Alaskan and Mexican imports in Los Angeles. Another reader identifies a Russian dish pitogy with pirogy variants and provides a home recipe from Eating the Russian Way by Beryl Goukl-Marks.
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J.O
Long Beach
Bullocks Lakewood
Clark Ave
Los Angeles
A. David Dee
Melrose Ave
Beryl Goukl-Marks
No Parking Rules Confuse Driver in Long Beach
Mrs. R A P of Long Beach complains that street sweepers started before the 7:30 am no parking window and received a ticket. She questions police escorts for sweepers as a waste of taxpayer money and suggests using officers elsewhere in the city.
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San Diego
Carson Street
Wilmington Avenue
One Phrase Turned Deserves Another
In Longview Texas a patrolman found a note on a car in a no parking zone. The note claimed repeated circling of the block to keep a job appointment and included a misquoted prayer. The officer responded with a ticket and a taunting reply about job loss.
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Longview
Tex
UPI
Jose
Johnson urges talks with Viet Cong and Saigon
President Johnson called for formal discussions with the Viet Cong and Saigon as a path to peace. He dismissed claims that threats would derail his travel plans and urged that formal negotiations could lead to a halt to the war if adherent to Geneva accords and free elections under a constitutional government. He noted uncertainty at home and criticized Republicans for domestic funding cuts while expressing interest in McCarthy and Kennedy ambitions.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
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