Dreamy Tarawa Echoes Battle 1943 Anniversary
On Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands the 25th anniversary of the US victory on November 23, 1943 was marked with ceremonies. Veterans Gen. David M. Shoup and Adm. Harry W. Hill attended along with representatives of the US Britain Australia and New Zealand. Shoup earned the Medal of Honor for leading the assault troops.
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Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Betio
Tarawa Atoll
United States Marine Corps
Montezuma
Tripoli
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Pacific
Hawaii
Australia
Second Marine
Belle Pronounced Bay-Show
Tarawa Lagoon
U.S
Britain
New Zealand
David M. Shoup
Marine Corps
Harry W. Hill
Shoup
From Garbage to Garden: Bay Area Desert Bloom Plan
San Francisco and Lassen County consider a plan to haul 1,300 tons of daily waste to a Lassen County desert plateau. The material would be buried in a cut-and-cover site, enabling a new bloom at the South Coast Botanic Garden after a decade as No Man's Land. Superintendent Wooley approves, predicting the desert will "bloom like a rose."
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California
San Francisco
Long Beach
South Coast Botanic Garden
Lassen County
No Man’s Land
Botanic Garden
Donald P. Wooley
Plane Crash in Fog Fatal to 9
A fogbound crash leaves nine dead as investigations begin and airports halt operations. Los Angeles International closed within an hour, pilots told to divert to Ontario or Hollywood-Burbank. Orange County and Long Beach airports shut as officials review what happened. William E. Myers, Cable Commuter board chairman, notes 150,000 passengers flown without accident. airline owns 10 of 18 passenger planes and bills itself as the largest commuter airline in the United States.
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Los Angeles International
Ontario International
Hollywood-Burbank
Orange County
Long Beach
William E. Myers
Cable Commuter Board
United States
Woman kills brother in law at Norwalk hospital
Lydia Bell Bethel 26 of Los Angeles fired a .32 caliber pistol at two men outside a Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk as they served her with a civil writ. Oliver Ratcliff 37 died of a heart wound six hours later, while her husband Paul Harrison Bethel 38 was injured but in satisfactory condition. Police and sheriff detectives are investigating the shooting.
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Norwalk
Lydia Bell Bethel
Los Angeles
Metropoltan State Hospital
Oliver
Ratcliff
W. 127Th Place
Compton
Norwalk Community Hospital
Paul Harrison Bethel
Bethel
Norwalk Blvd
Reagan sees campus clash as militants challenge UC
Sacramento Govern or Reagan says confrontation over campus disorder at the University of California and state colleges is likely. He warns the university must not be a launching pad for insurrection and says the time to redefine the university's public role has come.
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Sacramento
Reagan
University of California
Westinghouse Broadcasting
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N.Y
Times News Service
AP Newsfeature
Henry Noerdlinger
L.A. County Botanic Gardens
Palos Verdes
Dick Emery
Thor
Lady MacBeth
Arabia
L.A
Robert H. Finch
Nixon
Washington
Vey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lakewood
Santa Ana
Marina
Pomona
Newport Center
LA Habra
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