Skull dated at least twenty three thousand six hundred years old
UCLA researchers use radiocarbon dating to assign a minimum age of 23,600 years to a human skull unearthed near a southwest Los Angeles intersection by WPA workers in 1936. The find, housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, is described as North America’s oldest human artifact.
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North America
Los Angeles
Works Progress Administration
UCLA
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Rainer Berger
Africa
Indonesia
Ship in S F Bay Oil Spill Slipped Out Ocean
Captain Morris E English testified at a Coast Guard hearing that the tanker Oregon Standard slipped from its position while entering the Golden Gate on January 18 veering into the channel center. The collision with Standard Oil of California’s Arizona Standard occurred as both ships approached the bay from opposite directions.
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S.F. Bay
San Francisco
UPS
Standard
Golden Gate
Standard Oil of California
Morris E. English
Coast Guard
Arizona Standard
Bay
English
Oregon Standard
San Francisco Bay
Arizona
Standard Oil
Cousteau urges world unite to fight pollution
Captain Jacques Cousteau urged a global effort to combat pollution proposing twentyfold funding and an educational campaign. He suggested four polluting regions act outside the UN to craft antipollution policies, estimating potential 80 percent pollution reduction if united.
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Washington
Jacques Cousteau
Cousteau
Long Beach
Calif
Japan
North America
Mystery Explosions Plague Mojave Town Ridgecrest
In Rim Ridgecrest area, four unexplained blasts in three weeks disturb 6000 residents near the Mojave, harming property but not individuals. Police concede no leads as they treat the acts as likely pranks amid testing sites and abandoned mines. Local figures blame pranksters while urging calm and caution.
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Ridgecrest
Mojave Desert
the Boonies
Andy Eliopulos
Eliopulos
Tom Hamlin
Chavez Sues Teamsters Unit Grower Over $1 Million Loan
Cesar Chavez United Farm Workers Organizing Committee files a multi million dollar suit alleging the International Brotherhood of Teamsters loan to Bud Antle Inc created a conflict of interest. Local 890 allegedly has a financial stake in Antle, with 700 to 800 field workers lacking UFWOC representation. The suit seeks $50,000 in damages per worker and $10 million in punitive damages.
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URWOC
Teamsters
Antle
Local 890
Bud ‘Antle, Inc
UFWOC
Jerry Cohen
Antle Field
Local
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Russia
United Nations
Science and Technology
House Science and Astronautics Committee
Mojave Town
Federal Aviation Agency
Mizses
Janice Prim
Torrance
Bartori
Testiaters’ - Union
Her
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Chain Swag
Pacific Coast Highway
California
Delone
Jet
D.C
Patna
Sea
Spin Cipivan
TNO Ee
Minh Wal Aden
Svete
Discount Furniture Centers
Madan Aelars
Rectiney Giebesk & Footrest
Antien Alyna Af
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