Hamburger Hill battle raises clash over victory and cost
A Vietnam War report contrasts a general praising Hamburger Hill as a gallant victory with a trooper and a senator calling the siege senseless and deadly. The 101st Airborne suffered 53 killed and 300-plus wounded as paratroopers fought to seize the 3,000 foot summit amid supply and weather hurdles.
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Saigon
Vps
Hamburger Hill
Vietnam
Laos
U.S. 1011St Airborne
Time Magazine
Longest Stretch Run Track Seeks Distance Crown
Belmont Park in New York has the nation’s longest mile and a quarter stretch run at 1300 feet on its 114 mile oval. Sacramento’s new track touts a 1200 foot stretch, California’s longest. Churchill Downs hosts the Derby and Hollywood Park and Santa Anita list shorter runs. albatross myths and superstition are noted in maritime lore.
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Churchill Downs
Belmont Park
New York
Sacramento Race Track
California
Hollywood Park
Santa Anita
Poly High Faces Racial Tensions After Campus Skirmish
Poly High School plans classes as usual but recommends black students stay away after about 500 black students gathered at Martin Luther King Jr Park and a campus clash left six hospitalized. Leaders backed a 10 point demands list demanding police removal, student input in policy, and a black principal, while forming patrols and a Black Student Union to address grievances.
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Poly High School
Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Poly
Black Students Union
Community Action Project
Community Improvement League
Board of Education
Odie Wright
Henry Garcia
Vernon Honde
Neil Philips
Offshore oil drilling information source
The Western Oil and Gas Association 609 S Grand Ave Los Angeles offers pre offshore drilling information. Harry Morrison spokesman notes the association does not publish materials.
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D.D
Long Beach
Western Oil and Gas Association
S. Grand Ave
Los Angeles
Harry Morrison
Teen Action Line Answers Whiskey Bottle Resale Rules
The guidance notes federal law prohibits resale when the bottle is to be used again as a liquor container. Collectors may sell empty bottles, but cannot repurpose them for drinking use.
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Action Line
P.C
Long Beach
Yorty Upsets Bradley In Los Angeles Mayoral Race
Decisive turnout among white voters shifts Los Angeles mayoral race as Sam Yorty defeats Thomas Bradley. Analysts cite law and order fears and campus militancy, with campaigns targeting white moderates and suburban voters. Bradley calls racial prejudice a key factor. supporters emphasize issues.
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Thomas Bradley
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Bradley
Youny
Law and Order
Sinking blamed on avoidable blunder at Guittaro sub
A congressional subcommittee found the Mare Island yard blunder caused the Guittaro nuclear submarine to sink in 36 feet of water. Separate crews filled both ends while tests were done, flooding the bow and opening hatches. Ultimate responsibility lies with the yard commander. proximate cause with civilian personnel on site.
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard
House
Armed Services Subcommittee
Mare Island
Adm
Norbert Frankenberger
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
John E.set
R-N.j
William J. Randall
D- 0
Price Increase for The Independent Subscriptions
The home delivered price of The Independent will rise 50 cents per month starting June 1. The higher charge equates to less than two cents more per day per subscriber, driven by increased newsprint costs affecting operations.
Reagan Budget Blocked Again Prompts Campus Crackdown
Assemblyman acts and senators back Reagan as budget measures stall. Also Justice Douglas under fire for an Avant Garde magazine story, with coverage on pages A-6 to A-9 outlining reactions and political tensions.
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Reagan
Justice Douglas
Story
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Squeaky” Jones
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