Aid for Peruvian quake relief stuck in Los Angeles
Donated relief supplies for Peru earthquake victims sit in a Los Angeles airport hangar as volunteers seek an airlift to Lima. Despite 9 000 pounds reaching Peru last week, airlines lack cargo space and organizers seek OAS backing and free shipping from Grace Lines to move hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Los Angeles
Lima
Richard Martinez
West Coast
Peruvian Airlines
Los Angeles International Airport
Houston
Tex
Organization of American States
Louis D. Fife
Washington
OAS
Grace Lines
Albert H. MacLean
MacLean
State Department
Air Force
Dope Raid Nets Large Narcotics Ring Across Cities
Dope raids connected to a wide narcotics operation yielded about 33 pounds of heroin and cocaine valued at 2.5 million on the retail market, with over 66 pounds seized earlier and cash, cars, and weapons also taken. The operation spanned New York, Miami, Chicago, with arrests in Newark Hartford Washington San Juan and Los Angeles among others. Suspects include Allan Eric Rudd Marrero and others named as principal subjects. police used wiretaps and monitored calls from their homes.
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Mitchell
New York City
Miami
Chicago
Newark
Hartford
Washington
San Juan
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Las Vegas
Robert L. Meyer
U.S
Central District of California
Carlos Lago
Argadio Batista
Antonio Coffigny
Reinaldo Rappard
Jimmy Saville
Saville
Southland
Meyer
Justeban Mendoza Orama
Lomita
Iqacar
Orama
Newbyork
Corgal Gables
Fla
Qagents
Allan Eric "Rudd-Marrero
Federal Bureau of Narcoteics and Dangerous Drugs
Rudd- Marrero
Rudd-Marrero
Ingersoll
Mario Escandar
Rolando Ixposito
Sir “Casar” Restoy
Miami Beach
Leonides
Suarez
Escandar
Radical group claims credit for Berkeley Bank of America incidents
A group calling itself Volunteers of America claimed responsibility for last Thursday and a prior Berkeley Bank of America incident. Police report no arrests as Berkeley investigators vet threats tied to Isla Vista protests. A separate grass fire near Lawrence Radiation Laboratory followed earlier power-line sabotage.
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San Francisco
Volunteers of America
Bank of America
Berkeley
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Santa Barbara
Isla Vista
Lawrence Radiaton Laboratory
University of California
Cambodian Air Strikes Target River Traffic Amid Cautions
U S officials describe limited air missions against infiltration from Laos toward South Vietnam. Cambodian officers oversee operations and radar-guided bombs drop into river sections to disrupt moving supplies. Leaflets warn villagers to avoid roads, and pilots are instructed to avoid firing near shrines and Cambodian villages.
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Attopeu
Laos
Mekong River
Vietnam
Sailors Pranks Stir Royal Navy Origins Debate
An oldCity ACTION LINE explores a solemn frivolity linked to British Royal Navy pranks in the 17th and 18th centuries. Accounts hint seamen unfamiliar with Neptune's bell faced hazing while others cite ancient seafaring customs. A reader from Long Beach asks about beautifying a drainage patch. city officials say planting trees is planned but funds are pending.
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Long Beach
Action Line
City Public Service Department
Church Work Highlighted by Local Letter Writers
A Los Alamitos reader responds to R. W. criticizing churches for not helping, arguing churches actively aid the less fortunate with physical and spiritual support and urging a broader look at their work.
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R. W
R. R
Los Alamitos
Illinois blast destroys home and town telephones
Thomas described a jetlike roar above the roof followed by his bed rocking as an explosion destroyed his house. He, his sister, her son and two daughters fled about 15 minutes after awakening. An hour and a half later a tank car rolled into the home, burning it. The blast cut long distance service and damaged cables while Bell Telephone sent emergency generators and mobile units. By afternoon residents wandered near the eastern edge. Crescent City High School opened to shelter evacuees.
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Tinois Bell Telephone Co
Crescent City High School
Council of Churches backs U S Indochina withdrawal
The National Council of Churches approved by 75 to 23 votes on Sunday to back Senate withdrawal deadlines for Cambodia and Vietnam. It supported the Cooper-Church and McGovern-Hatfield amendments, urged antiwar candidate support, and called for UN-assisted cease-fire in Indochina.
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Council of Churches
U.S. Indochina
Louis Cassels
UPL
Washington
UPI
General Board
The
National Council of Churches
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Vietnam
Cooper-Church
Southeast Asia
NCC
Israel
Middle East
Nixott
Cooper Church
Tower Says Senate Ties Nixon Hands on Cambodia
Senator John G Tower says President Nixon faced congressional inhibitions that limit U.S. troop action in Cambodia. He warns Cambodia could fall despite arms and aid, as Senate conservatives resist further involvement and aim to wash hands of the country.
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Washington
UPI
John G. Tower
Rtex
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Congress
Tower
South Vietnam
Senate
Tate Jury Selection Continues In Cali Murder Trial
The Tate-LaBianca murder trial enters its second week in Los Angeles as jury selection resumes. Charles Manson is accused of masterminding the killings of seven people, with additional charges tied to the slayings of Gary Hinman in Santa Monica. Defendants include Susan Atkins Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten.
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Tate-LaBianca Mudel
Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Mangoij
Susan Atkins
Santa Monica
Gary Hinman
Tate-LaBianca
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Tate
Sharon Tate
Leno LaBianca
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del Amo Avenue
Banks
Black Panther Party
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SNL
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VOLVO
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