Mideast Crisis Deepens as Aqaba Blockade Persists
Officials report no multination naval force planned to challenge the blockade while the Soviet Union calls for restraint. Israel warns action within days, gunfire erupts on the Jerusalem Jordanian frontier, and Iraq reportedly sends jets to bolster Jordan. Britain’s Wilson heads to talks as the Security Council meeting is postponed.
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Soviet Union
Gulf of Aqaba
Moscow
Israel
Strai of
Tiran
Gulf
Unek
Abba Eban
Jerusalem
Jordan
Hussein
Egypt
Radio
Baghdad
Red Sea
Strait of Tiran
London
Harold Wilson
Canada
Ottawa
Washington
Security Council
Mideast
Berkeley Daily Rally Continues at Sproul Hall
University of California Berkeley Chancellor Roger Heyns said noontime rallies on Sproul Hall will continue next fall after campus protests. He noted rallies have been less disruptive this year and the moratorium on relocating them will stay in place.
Typhoid outbreak hits Stanford fraternity house
At least 16 Stanford students including Olympic swimmer Dick Roth are stricken with typhoid traced to a fraternity kitchen. Eleven hospitalized, five ill but not hospitalized. Health officials say 21 hospitalized so far. incubation up to three weeks. Beta Theta Pi kitchen cited as likely source. kitchen closed.
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Stanford
UPI
Stanford University
Dick Roth
Maurice Osborne
Health Service
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Tougher Firearms Bill Moves Through California Assembly
In Sacramento the Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee approved a tougher firearms bill. It tightens penalties for carrying loaded weapons in cities and in sensitive areas such as schools, the state capital, hearing rooms, and governor residences. The measure, introduced April 5 and amended over three hearings, could become law quickly if approved by both houses and signed by Governor Ronald Reagan.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee
Don Mulford
R-Piedmont
Patrsons
Gev
Ronald Reagan
Black Panther Party
Capitol
Mulford
68 State Fair Dilemma Seen
SACRAMENTO. The scheduled opening of the California Exposition and Fair in June 1968 may be a sad omen for California farming, says State Agriculture Director Earl Coke. Plans for new livestock and crop exhibits hinge on selling the old fair site and excess land, with hoped sales of 13 to 15 million dollars to fund facilities.
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Sacramento
California
Earl Coke
Coke
Withholding Stalemate Blocks Reagan Tax Bill Vote
Gov Reagan faces a legislative impasse as withholding remains a sticking point. Veneman and Unruh push a 90 million annual revenue plan while Democrats resist substitution, elevating the prospect of Reagan backing his own $1 billion package with revisions and added taxes. Nancy Reagan watched as the measure failed in the Assembly.
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Taglewood
Reagan
Veneman
Unmn
Assembly
Ser
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Deukmejian
Government Efficiency Committee
Deukmejlan
Aiiae
Lion
Unruh
Nonstop Atlantic Crossing by U S Copters
US Air Rescue Service helicopters completed a nonstop 4270 mile North Atlantic flight covering 30 hours 48 minutes. Two HH3E Sikorskys led by Maj. Herbert Zehnder and Maj. Donald Maurras refueled in flight by HC130P Hercules planes, beating Lindbergh’s time by 2 hours 41 minutes. Sikorsky praised as a landmark, crews praised teamwork, with nostalgia for Normandy reunion at journey’s end.
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North Atlantic
Vietnam
Atlantic
Per
Newamen
New York Naval Air Station
Brooklyn
Canada
Iceland
U.S
Maj
Herbert Zehnder
Donald B. Maurras
AP Worenhete
Pass the Buck Bill Falls in California Assembly
Sacramento reports that a bill from Assemblyman Charles J. Conrad would have referred major issues to voters on capital punishment open housing university and state college tuition and public employee strikes. The measure stalled in the Assembly Elections Committee and died quietly.
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UPD
California
Assembly Elections Committee
Charles J. Conrad
Sherman Oaks
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Petshop
Pacihig Coast Hwy
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Donald R. Maurras
Lafayette, la
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Donald
Alford
Austonia
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Normandy
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Madetelne
Colette Toissiere
Stiey
South Street
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Lawson’s Jewelers
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