Singer Janis Joplin Found Dead In Hollywood Hotel
Singer Janis Joplin, famed for her wailing blues rock style, was found dead Sunday night in a Hollywood hotel room. Los Angeles police hinted drugs may be involved, with coroner investigators to confirm. She was 27, rose to fame after Monterey 1957 performance with Big Brother and the Holding Company.
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Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary Memory And Restoration Details
The reader asks about Modjeska Canyon bird sanctuary once linked to Mr Tucker. The sanctuary was damaged by floods in 1968 64 but repaired with donations and now opens weekdays noon to five and weekends 10 to 4. California State College Fullerton maintains it for public use and science classes.
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Tucker
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Gun owner not automatic accomplice if stolen firearm links to crime
Long Beach area report notes district attorney George Tranmell saying failing to report a stolen gun does not by itself make the owner a crime accomplice. The crime connection requires additional evidence beyond ownership.
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Prisoners Free Hostages at Tombs Jail in New York
Prisoners at the Tombs jail released 17 hostages two hours after Mayor John Lindsay issued a 30 minute ultimatum. Police entered with 200 officers. no violence occurred as hostages surrendered peacefully. Three hostages remained held at a Long Island City jail amid a citywide wave of disorders in four detention centers.
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Kent State Tragedy Cited as Unexcusable by Commission
The Presidents Commission on Campus Unrest condemned both gunfire and student violence at Kent State University after the May 4 killing of four students and nine wounded. It urged restraint, moral leadership, and warned against leniency by administrators and harsh law enforcement. The Bolivian coup attempt by Ovando Candia failed as he returned to La Paz amid cheers, with military officers inside Miraflores garrison and no fighting reported. The commission found no order to fire and that guardsmen acted without confirmed sniper-fire.
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Nixon says U S will bolster Sixth Fleet to deter Soviets in Mediterranean
President Nixon, amid a five nation eight day tour, pledged to strengthen the Sixth Fleet if needed to counter growing Soviet force in the Mediterranean. He warned reporters the United States must be ready to act to preserve its power, while signaling NATO commitments may be reduced through multilateral consultations. In New York, Israeli and Arab leaders voiced cautious support for extending the ceasefire as Washington pursues Middle East talks and a longer ceasefire timeline.
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Nixon and Bruce Confer on Viet Peace Move
President Nixon, returning from a nine day European tour, met two hours and fifteen minutes with top Vietnam negotiators Ambassador David Bruce and Philip Habib. He issued undisclosed new instructions aimed at breaking the Paris talks deadlock and will brief Congress later.
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Bitter over aerospace cutbacks spurs union talk
A group of engineers and scientists including Layovis Epstein and William Snell discuss forming an engineers union amid mass layoffs and pay cuts. The recession hits white collar workers hard with about 2 million jobless nationwide and California’s aerospace sector laying off over 100 000 in two years.
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