LAOS Operation Reports Mixed Progress and Costs
Fifth Mechanized Division troops west of Cam Lo suffer three American deaths and one wound as a US rivercraft hits a mine in the Mekong Delta. About 16,000 Allied troops remain inside Laos near Route 9 with limited advances. White House briefings cite slow progress, potential North Vietnamese counter moves, and disrupted supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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U.S
Fifth Mechanized Division
Cam Lo
Laird
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Witite House
Ho Chi Min
Badham Waives Duck Hunting Per Diem After Waiver
Assemblyman Robert E. Badham forfeited his $30 per diem for a day claimed as legislative business when he hunted ducks with conservationists in the San Joaquin Valley. Speaker Bob Moretti arranged the waiver and Badham agreed, saying he was proud of the explanation and that the waiver was granted swiftly.
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Sacramento
UPI
Robert E. Badham
Bob Moretti
Badham
D-Van Nuys
Capitol
San Joaquin Valley
Assembly Journal
Newport Beach
Moretti
Bob
Reagan weighs tax pain and quake repair funds in California
Gov. Reagan questions a tax exemption plan's impact on state revenue in a vast California system. He expects more federal funds for public building repairs and notes possible $1.9 million surplus loss from exemptions. Supporters move to raise gas tax by one cent to fund road and quake repairs, with Senate approval advancing to Finance.
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California
Reagan
Flowney
Senate
Lawrence Walsh
Huntington Park
John L. Burton
San Francisco
Burton
Flournoy
CRLA
Nixon
Grass Valley
Phillip Milhous
Senate Transportation Committee
Finance Committee
Randolph Collier
D-Yreka
Brazil Jails L B Man for Drugs
A 29 year old Long Beach man Robert Beadle was sentenced to one year in a Rio de Janeiro prison for drug possession and fined about 380 dollars. Also jailed was Peter Leslie Harris 26 of New York who faced the same charges. Police found seven LSD tablets and five grams of marijuana in their shared Santa Tereza residence after apprehending them on October 28. Jarvis is identified as the son of NBC TV producer Lucy Jarvis who declined immediate comment.
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Long Beach
Robert Beadle
Peter Leslie Harris
New York
Rio de Jantero
Beadle
Jarvis
Air Force
Santa Tereza
Lucy Jarvis
National Broadcasting Co
Body Identified as AWOL Airman David Swindall
The body of 20 year old David Wilfred Swindall, missing from George Air Force Base since last November, was found by hikers in the desert near Victorville. Deputy Coroner Marvin Roach said Swindall died of a gunshot wound to the head. The body was discovered Monday and was badly decomposed.
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Victorville
API
Here
David Wilfred Swindall
George Air Force Base
Marvin Roach
George Afb
Swindall
U S security clampdown on 14 000 in Turkey after kidnapping
In Ankara UPI reports strict security measures for 14 000 U S service members and families in Turkey after an Air Force enlisted man was abducted at gunpoint, held 17 hours, and released. Turkish and American officials call it the tightest orders seen, as ambassador Handley seeks protection amid anti American unrest.
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Ankara
UPI
U.S
Turkey
Air Force
Lamir
William J. Handley
Fresno State Faculty Opposes Probe After Referendum
Fresno State College faculty vote reversed a proposed legislative investigation by a near two to one margin. Of 819 eligible voters 417 rejected the probe 249 supported it and 3 abstained.
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Fresno
Fresno State College
Quake engineer argues skyscrapers could endure larger quake
Dr. George W. Housner of Caltech told a news conference that preliminary data from instruments measuring building motion suggest new Los Angeles high rise structures could withstand quakes up to magnitude 7 on the Richter scale, five times stronger than last week’s 6.5 event.
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Los Angeles
George W. Housner
Applied Mechanics
Caltech
Air Force Colonel Kehrli given jail term for marijuana abuse
UPI reports Air Force Col. Gerald V. Kehrli, the highest ranking U.S. officer court martialed on narcotics charges in Vietnam, received three years in jail and a $15 000 fine. He may keep rank pay and a lifetime pension, while the sentence awaits Military Court of Review.
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Kehrli
Yn Kehrli
Air Force
Kehrle
U.S
Military Airlift Command
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Vietnam
Market Ordered to Post Notice of Conviction
A Los Angeles market must display a 30 day notice sign informing customers its owners were convicted of shorting meat weight. Judge Nebron imposed three-year probation for Kaplan and Peluso Food Co. plus a 1250 dollar fine. Meyer Kaplan, 69, received same sentence. Manager Bernard Weiner, 45, and meat cutter Ben Marks, 56, got one year probation with fines of 190 and 380 dollars respectively.
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Los Angeles
Irwin J. Nebron
Kaplan and Peluso Food Co
Meyer Kaplan
Bernard Weiner
Ben Marks
Weiner
Marks
Youth Jailed in Los Angeles Hit Run Deaths At Bus Stop
A 16 year old driver was jailed Tuesday as the suspect in a weekend hit and run at a downtown Los Angeles bus stop. Police say he panicked and fled the scene after speeding 45 to 50 mph, slamming into a building and a bus bench, killing an elderly woman and a second victim in hospital. five people were struck and seriously injured.
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L.A
Los Angeles
$75,000 Hollywood Home Damaged by Wall Heater
A fire blamed on a faulty wall heater caused $75,000 damage Tuesday night to a Hollywood residence undergoing heating system remodeling. The blaze started in a bedroom, spread to the attic, and was halted after five city fire units battled the flames. The $200,000 home, owned by Charles Babb, was charged by flames entering new heating ducts and igniting the roof. No injuries were reported.
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Hollywood
Charles Babb
Panther Arraigned in Slaying Case Ties Panther Leader to 1968 Shooting
Elmer G. Pratt formerly a Black Panther deputy minister of defense for Southern California was arraigned in Los Angeles on a murder charge in the 1968 gunshot death of teacher Caroline Olsen. He faces additional indictments for police officer murder conspiracy and other assaults linked to Panther Office raids and jail incidents.
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Elmer G. Pratt
Black Panther Party
Pratt
Panther Party
Southern
California
Dallas
Tex
Caroline Olsen
Panther
Ollie Taylor
Marin County Board backs foreign war ban bill
The Marin County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to endorse an Assembly bill prohibiting Californians from serving in a foreign war not declared by Congress. The bill in Sacramento is sponsored by Assemblyman John Vasconcellos of San Jose and William T. Babley of Marin County.
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San Rafael
UPI
Marin County Board of Supervisors
Assembly
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