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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1971

Page

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Fined crooner Rudy Vallee smiles after sentencing

Rudy Vallee was fined 75 dollars and placed on six months probation for disturbing the peace after a spat with neighbor Dr Ernst Philip near his Hollywood Hills home on August 9. The case involved a dispute over renaming a street portion to Rue de Vallee. Vallee paid 103 dollars in costs. he defended his actions as a personal expression of contempt amid ongoing local debate.

Rudy Vallee Ernst Philip Vallee Singer Philip Los Angeles Wilbur Deftman Eleanor Hollywood Hills

Export permits for Soviet truck plant draw U S ire

The Commerce Department approved licenses allowing U S firms to export 528 million dollars of heavy equipment to the Soviet Union for a vast truck factory. The move aims to aid the U S machine tool sector and reduce the trade deficit, despite Defense concerns over potential war machinery.

Washington Commerce Department U.S Soviet Union Defense Department

Smog Crisis Eases as Birmingham Firms Close Plants

In Birmingham Alabama the air pollution crisis eased after weather changes and 23 major industries complied with a federal court order to shut down operations. Reports from three firms noted the extent of their shutdowns while officials said more firms were attempting to comply without harming equipment.

Birmingham Ala

Wires set at university amid campus fires at Oklahoma

Arsonists on the University of Oklahoma campus set fires during the night injuring 27 people including six visiting bankers in a dormitory. The blazes came a week after black students delivered a list of alleged racial atrocities to university regents. Damage was pegged at $200,000.

Norman Okla University of Oklahoma University Regents

Gas explosion levels buildings in Chester Wisconsin

Predawn blast from a leaking propane tank triggered a fire that leveled three buildings, damaged 75 and destroyed 30 in Chester Wisconsin. Lt. Gov. John Burgess toured the scene calling it a major disaster and put damage at about 1 million dollars.

Chester John Burgess

New Russels for Egypt Air Batch Reaches Sinai Bases

U S officials report a new batch of Russian TU16 Badger aircraft arriving at airbases south of Alexandria Egypt. The planes numbered fewer than ten and can serve as medium range bombers or reconnaissance craft amid assessments of Soviet arms shipments.

Egypt U.S Alexandria

Foreign aid extended to December to allow talks

Congress extended spending authority for the foreign aid program to December 8 to allow time for a regular authorization bill by both chambers. President Nixon signed legislation to boost training for doctors nurses and other medical personnel and urged Congress to appropriate 350.2 million dollars to fund the program through June 30 1972.

Washington Congress Nixon

Gia Scala Ordered to Stop Harassing Ex Husband

A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner ordered actress Gia Scala to stop molesting, striking, harassing, or disturbing the peace of her ex-husband Donald Burnett. Burnett, 40, divorced Scala a year ago and alleges repeated calls to annoy him at his brokerage firm, vehicle ramming causing damage, setting a fire on his car, and kicking a hole in his front door.

Los Angeles Gia Scala Donald Burnett Burnett Miss Scala

Barbara Stanwyck Hospitalized for Observation in Hollywood

Actress Barbara Stanwyck 65, star of Fitzgerald and Pride, was hospitalized in Hollywood Thursday for observation on doctor advice after a severe cold persisted for a week. A spokesman said she will resume filming once cleared for the rigorous shooting schedule.

Barbara Stanwyck Hollywood Miss Stanwyck Fitzgerald and Pride

Astronauts Study Coso Hills Rocks for Apollo 16 Prep

Four astronauts spent two days exploring geological formations in the Coso Hills near Ridgecrest as preparation for the Apollo 16 moon mission. John Young Charles Duke Fred Haise and Ned Mitchell collected rock samples from volcanic formations near the Sierra Nevada to support the mission.

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