Downey Man to Head Space Program
NASA named Dale D. Myers of Downey to head Apollo and manned space flight programs. He will become associate administrator January 12, succeeding George Mueller. The appointment leaves interstate centers and programs under his supervision as he plans execution of the space flight program. Apollo 13, delayed to April 11, will extend the schedule to Apollo 14 in October.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dale D. Myers
Downey
Myers
George E. Mueller
North American Rockwell Corp
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Kennedy Space Center
Fla
University of Washington
North American Rockwell
North American
James E. Lovell
Fred W. Haise
Thomas K. Mattingly
Space Agency
Kidnap case ends with panther suspect surrender and boy found
A 2 year old boy Chico Fowler was found unharmed in a park after a man linked to the Black Panthers surrendered to Los Angeles police. Roosevelt Fowler said he opposed Panther enlistment and had a confrontation that led to the abduction attempt. The incident followed the Panthers' headquarter area near a previous four hour police standoff.
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Black Panther
Los Angeles
Little Chico Fowler
South Central
Los Anges
John
Long John) Washington
The
Black Panthers
Roosevelt Fowler
Washington
John W. Ilson
Chico
Newton Division
Fowler
Panther
Panthers
George “Duck"’ Young
Violence erupts at Dorsey High injures staff and students
A large campus clash at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles involved a suspended student and an adult male nurse who helped break up the fight. Police and campus security dispersed about 75 to 100 students as rocks and trash cans were hurled, with 13 arrests reported and Darryl Laws named in the incident.
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Dorsey High School
Los Angeles
Ex-LA Official Sentenced in Bribe Case
Former Los Angeles City Councilman Thomas D. Shepard received a prison term of one to 14 years after conviction for accepting an $11,000 bribe from developer Joseph Arnoff linked to a 1964 Canoga Park zoning case. Judge Pearce Young denied probation and a new trial but allowed a pending appeal.
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Los Angeles
Thomas D. Shepard
Joseph Arnoff
Canoga Park
Michael J. Montagna
Young
Police raid recovers 400 TV sets in theft case
More than 400 television sets valued at less than police, acting on a tip, raided a home. Detectives arrested five men in the yard as they covered stacks in plastic. A man and three women loading a set into a car were later arrested. The merchandise came from Packard Bell Co. factory in Commerce and was bound for Tampa Florida.
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Les Police
Packard Bell Co
Commerce
Tampa, Fla
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Downey Man
Cape Kennedy
Project
Lovell and
Haise
Mattingly
Moon
Lunar
Lunar Highlands
Fra Mauro
Lovell
Pal
Darryl Laws
San Juan Johnson
Sacramento
Assembly
Jess Unruh
Dey
California
Store For Boys
Long Beach
Santa Ana
Pomona
la Habra
San Diego
Broadway
Mowtheme
Silver Spur Rd
Peshion Island
Fashion Square
L.A
Shepard
Children’s Shoes
Eer
Orion
Stores For Boys
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