Couple survives Pacoima home collapse after quake
Mrs. Carbonara, wife of 68 year old Angelo Carbonara, spoke to reporters at Harbor General Hospital where her husband was flown with two daughters after the quake trapped them. Doctors said he is in relatively good condition despite slight high blood pressure and possible internal injuries.
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Carbonara
Harbor General Hospital
Connie Moscatelo
Jo Ann Leighton
Justin Ban
Carbonera
Harbor General
Beer and Ship Firms Aid Quake Area
A Port of Los Angeles steamship firm and a Van Nuys brewery will supply fresh water to quake victims in San Fernando. Five 3100-gallon malt containers, used for shipping to Hawaii, are transported on trailers from Jos Schlitz to the city on Terminal Island. Up to 29 tanks may be provided to Red Cross and Civil Defense officials for as long as needed.
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Los Angeles Steamship Company
van Nuys
San Fernando
Hawaiian Islands
Jos
Red Cross
Land Broker Gets Life for Murder in Europe Slaying
Thomas Daying a 30 year old land broker was sentenced to life in prison for the first degree murder of Norma Carly Wilson 57 a wealthy West Los Angeles woman who vanished in Europe in 1960. The body was never found. The judge imposed life terms after prosecutors elected not to seek a retrial keeping a previous deadlock on the death penalty.
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Los Angeles
Europe
Thomas Daying
Norma
Carly Wilson
Switzerland
Malcolm M. Lucas
Water crisis in quake area continues to disrupt LA
In San Fernando and surrounding valleys water remains murky and limited. City and federal agencies rush tanker deliveries, portable toilets, and emergency power plans as 17 000 residents endure outages and evacuees fill seven centers. Officials warn taste and clarity will stay poor for days.
Protest by Palm Springs youths disrupts downtown
About 150 young people staged a sit in in Palm Springs downtown snarling traffic for two miles. Most participants were black. Mayor Howard Weiffels was away for a holiday weekend. city manager asked crowd to disperse after several hours. Police reported no violence and no arrests. Spokesman Joseph Grant said blacks are angry because local high school and College of the Desert faculty are white.
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Palm Springs
Howard Weiffels
Joseph Grant
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
Lockheed weighs RB-211 engine options amid funding and trade worries
The article outlines Lockheed's plan to replace the present Bits and FBILAs with a 1,400 mph test craft under Nixon era testing rules. Production hinges on success in disarmament talks with Russia. Lockheed faces cash flow from military contracts and engine supply delays. Rolls Royce RB-211 workers protest in London, urging government action to protect jobs. Other engine options from Pratt & Whitney and General Electric linger amid delivery costs and timing issues.
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Russia
Lockheed
Rolls Royce
U.S
Pratt & Waliney
General Elec
McDonnell-Douglas
California hunter sentenced for wounding schoolgirl in Idaho
Roy C. Wells of Torrance California received 90 days in jail and a 900 dollar fine for negligent injury by use of a firearm after shooting 12 year old Karyn Preswick of North Fork Idaho who was waiting for a bus. The judge suspended the fine due to a 500 dollar donation to the girl’s medical bills fund. The girl spent weeks in hospital and later returned to first grade as donations topped 10 thousand dollars. She also received a letter from President Nixon commending her courage.
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California
Roy C. Wells
Torrance
Calif
Karyn Pres Wich
North Fork
Ida
Wells
Karyn
Salt Lake City
Nixon
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Royce
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7Th District Court
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