Nixon signals push for private talks on Vietnam settlement
Nixon discussed possible private talks with Thieu and Viet Cong on a settlement in South Vietnam. Thieu said he would meet with Communist delegates in Paris and noted no reply from the other side. Nixon urged patience, warning against disclosing private talks, and stressed not to raise false hopes while pursuing peace.
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South Vietnam
Thieu
Saigon
Paris
Vietnam
Nixon
Widow Wins 365000 Damages From California
A widowed mother of three from Danville, Beverly Briggs, won 365000 in damages after her husband died in a mudslide on State Highway 21 near Dublin. Alameda County Superior Court found improper posting of warnings at the slide site.
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Oakland
Beverly Briggs
Danville
Alameda County Superior Court
Dublin
Charles R. Briggs
Solons Hear L B Expert on Ghettos
Congress heard Carl P. Wallace of Long Beach argue that California and national community action programs can better foster minority business skills than major industries. He urged continued funding for Head Start Upward Bound and anti poverty efforts while noting loan failures and calling for education of ghettos entrepreneurs. In Honolulu, Magnin shareholders approved selling to AMFAC Inc.
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California
Congress
Carl P. Wallace
Long Beach
State Directors Association
House Education and Labor
Wallace
Spiro Agnew
Office of Economic Opportunity and Community Action Agencies
Honolulu
Joseph Magnin Co
Amfac, Inc
Sheridan tank deemed costly boo boo by congress critic
Rep. Samuel Stratton labeled the Sheridan reconnaissance tank a one billion dollar boo boo as he questioned its deployment and effectiveness. Army officials defended rapid evaluation before full combat readiness citing World War II production practices. GAO auditors note 1.3 billion spent by 1972 with tanks overseas and storage pending.
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Vietnam
Betts
Panama
General Accounting Office
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Six-Year-Old Girl Survives Abduction in Long Beach
A six year old girl was kidnapped while walking from Garfield Elementary in West Long Beach. She was driven to a vacant San Pedro lot where she was hurt and abandoned. Gloria and Norma Hernandez found her and took her to Harbor Division station for medical care.
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West Long Beach
San Pedro
Wilmington
San Pedro Road
Hill Street
Baltic Avenue
Robert Bell
Gloria
Norma Hernandez
Harbor Division
Harbor General Hospital
Navy
West
Long Beach
Bell
Girl Found Buried in Boyfriend's Los Angeles Yard
A 16 year old girl, Rosa Alvarez, was found stabbed and buried in a shallow grave in the backyard of 20 year old David Rodriguez in the Elysian Park area. Rodriguez was arrested on murder suspicion after neighbors alerted police.
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Los Angeles
David Rodriguez
Central Receiving Hospital
County
Usc Medical Center
Young Rodriguez
Rosa Alvarez
Elysian Park
Rodriguez
Vicenta Rodriguez
Four 1918 Airmail Stamps Sellfor 115000 at Waldorf
Four U S airmail stamps from 1918 featuring a plane flying upside down topped the sale at 115000 with an anonymous bidder purchasing them by phone. The Siegel auction gallery moved 264 lots totaling 911935 across the night at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
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New York
UPI
U.S
Waldorf Astoria
Robert A. Siegel
Confusion Over Ray Plea Plans
Edward R. Fields of the National States Rights Party said on Tuesday that James Earl Ray would try to change his guilty plea for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to a not guilty plea and seek a new trial. Ray, who pled guilty March 10, was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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Edward R. Fields
National States Rights Party
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Fields
Ray
NSRP
J. B. Stoner
Stoner
King
Memphis
Matson Navigation Merger With Alexander and Baldwin
Stanley Powell Jr. reports completion of the Matson Navigation merger into Alexander and Baldwin Inc of Honolulu. Matson will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honolulu firm.
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Honolulu
Matson Navigation Co
Alexander and Baldwin, Inc
Stanley Powell Jr
Matson
L A Jetliner Hijacked Over Sarasota
Delta Flight 821 from Newark to Los Angeles was hijacked over Sarasota Florida with 25 aboard bound for L A 81 of them to disembark in San Diego including 26 youths headed for the Marine Corps depot. The Swiss Embassy official in Havana said the plane and passengers except the hijacker likely to depart soon for the U S.
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FAA
Delta
Los Angeles
ED Bean
San Diego
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Newark
Atlanta
Dallas
U. S
Havana
Miami
Judge Acquits Four Students After Campus Protest
Retired Judge Kenneth Chantry acquits four San Fernando Valley State College students Laura Wike Leslie DiFrancesca Paul Mesches and Kathleen McCann of unlawful assembly and failure to disperse. He lectures them on prudent action and warns against dying for a cause at an intersection. Additional acquittals follow from related demonstrations.
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San Fernando Valley State College
Superior Court
Kenneth N. Chantry
Los Angeles
Laura Wike
Northridge
Leslie DiFrancesca
Canoga Park
Paul E. Mesche
Investigation clears urban renewal chief in Los Angeles
The U.S. Attorney announced a two month inquiry found no violation of federal conflict of interest laws by the head of the city's urban renewal agency. U.S. Attorney Matt Byrne conducted the review.
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Los Angeles
UPI
U.S
Proofs Lacking in Stiner Case
An attorney for brothers charged with murder in UCLA Black Panther slayings moved to quash indictments for insufficient evidence. He may also challenge grand jury selection alleging systematic exclusion of African Americans. The case ties to a feud over the Hoover USC redevelopment area and Richard G. Mitchell’s CRA tenure.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ucla
Frank Evans
George Stiner
Larry
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