Drownings Probe Two Tragic Beach and Drainage Caves
A father Melvin Ridgeway and his teenage son drowned after wave swells swept them from rocks at Inspiration Point near Portuguese Bend while fishing. In Huntington Beach, six and eight year olds Danielle Piccard and Joanne Kezelman died when a drainage ditch wall collapsed burying them during play.
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Inspiration Point
Portuguese Bend
Huntington Beach
Sheriff's Deputies
Melvin Ridgeway
Melvin Jr
Los Angeles
Danielle Piccard
Joanne Kezelman
Weather Outlook Warm and Pleasant Today
Fair skies across the region with increasing warmth. High near 70 degrees and lows in the 50s. Full forecast and weather details continue on Page C-9.
Lawmakers Clash With North Vietnam Delegation in Saigon
An eight member U S congressional group clashed Sunday with North Vietnamese officials over information on missing Americans. Rep Bill Chappell Jr accused Hanoi of murder over graves searches, Sen Dewey Bartlett called statements hogwash, while Abzug Fraser urged better ties. Bartlett suggested Kissinger lead negotiations with USSR China and North Vietnam to end the war as the delegation prepared to report back to Ford and Congress on aid needs.
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Saigon
U.S
Bill Chappell Jr
D-Fla
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
Bella S. Abzug
D-N.v
Donald M. Fraser
Dminn
United States
Bartlett
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
China
Tan Son Nhut
Washington
Ford
Congress
Cambodia
Kissinger
Vietnam
State Kissinger
Russia
Democrats Offer New Energy Plan To Bridge Ford Gap
House Ways and Means Democrats on Sunday issued a plan for a national energy program that includes a graduated gasoline tax, import quotas, a federal petroleum purchasing agency, and a windfall profits tax. The proposal aims to align with President Ford while avoiding rapid economic strain, signaling a potential basis for compromise with the White House.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Administration
White House
Ford
al Ullman
Oregon Democrat
Cbs-Tv
Ways and Means
Pro
Hawaii dream vacation ends in 14 year old's death
Heidi Biggs 14, a cancer patient from Belleville Illinois, died returning from a two week Hawaii trip arranged as her dying wish. She was heavily sedated on the Honolulu to St Louis flight and pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital. A fundraiser, started by Russell Penny of Sudbury Ontario, financed the trip and continued to support the family as Heidi faced terminal illness with faith and courage.
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Honolulu
St. Louis
Belleville
Heidi
Lucille Biggs
Memorial Hospital
Tory
Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Russell J. Penny
Penny
Hillman
Motel sniper kills four at Ship Ashore and resort inn
Four people die and two are wounded when an overnight guest with a high powered rifle fires from a motel balcony into the Ship Ashore motel and later the resort inn office in Smith River California. Robert Paul Sanders, 21, of Cincinnati is arrested near Grants Pass on four counts of murder.
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Smith River
Calif
UPI
Oregon
Gordon Knott
Shirley Gail Knott
Ella Beam
Brookings
Ore
Barbara Harmon
Fortuna
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Eureka
Robert Paul Sanders
Cincinnati
Ohio
Redwood Highway
Grants Pass
Shipbuilding boom urged for a five year program
A congressional report urged a return to 1930s shipbuilding policies to revitalize the Navy and support expansion. The House seapower subcommittee called for a firm five year program, noting manpower shortages delays and overruns due to annual funding. It proposed 35 ships per year for five years to reach about 600 ships by the mid 1980s.
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Washington
UPI
House
Seapower
Congress
Charles E. Bennett
D-Fla
Pentagon
Mansfield assails overseas military bases and costs
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield criticizes the large US military footprint abroad arguing it drains resources and fuels inflation. He cites 300 major and 1,000+ minor bases with 300000 troops in Western Europe, 38000 in South Korea and 38000 in Southeast Asia, urging retrenchment.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Congress
Mansfield
Europe
South Korea
Southeast Asia
Manefield
George Aiken
University of Vermont
Burlington
Montana Democrat
Independent inefficiency by Agriculture Department hinders food stamps
Declining beef prices helped lower grocery bills in February. Page references note an Action Line, Amusements, and multiple sections. The text reads as a clipped aggregation from Page A-8 A-3 A-10.
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Agriculture Department
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Ridgeway
James Parker
Parker
Sheriff's Emergency Service Detail
Coast Guard
County Fire Department
Rocky Shore
Joseph Kezelman
Summerfield Lane
Paul F. Piccard
Joe Stevens
Stevens
Garfield Avenue
Newland Street
Cypress Party
N. Viets
D-Okla
Clifford Fieszel
Tulsa
Okla
Nguyen Duc Bao
Fieszel
Bao
Philip Sharecoff
New York Times Service
Tee
Ullman
Belleville, Ill
Heidi Biggs
TODA
Puerto Rico
Financial AB
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