Guns for Army use and gun museum claims in Turner case
Subcommittee investigator reports Turner obtained guns by promises to use them for Army training and a museum. Turner, former Army chief of U.S. Marshals, lost his job amid probes. He admitted 200 guns from an illegal shipment and selling 23 guns to Pine State Gun Shop, denying misappropriating funds.
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R. Manuel
Subcommittee
Conlisk
Kelley
Turner
Army
Justice Department
William C. Wooldridge
Wooldridge
U.S
Fort Bliss
Tex
Pine ‘State
Fayetteville
N.C
Earl Reddick
Chicago
Kansas City
Karl E. Mundt
Rs.d
Brutal discipline claims at Pendleton brig faced by inmates
Former prisoners and two officers testified to the House Committee about harsh treatment at the Pendleton Marine brig. They described prisoners spread-eagled face-down, chained, suspended, taped blind and speechless, beaten after holding heavy items aloft. Guards were present, windows covered, and even the sick bay emptied amid reports of brutality despite the facility dating from World War II and housing up to 385 men.
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Andersonville
Deep South
House Committee
Brig
Tijuana Policeman Arrested After Seconal Pill Bust
A Tijuana policeman, Gumer Doe Hernandez Ochoa, was arrested after U S Customs agents found 70 000 seconal pills hidden in a container inside a gas tank. The seizure occurred Monday at the San Ysidro border station during a routine inspection. Officials put the street value at about 22000 dollars.
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Tijuana
U. S
Operation Intercept
Gumerdoe Hernandez Ochoa
Tijuana, San Ysidro
San Diego
California
Disciplining Marines Sparks Debate on Brig and Motivation
An officer group argued the brig worsens discipline and breeds bitterness. They say local command handling could reform troops who join the Corps after conscription era drifted from volunteer ideals. The debate centers on how best to motivate reluctant draftees in a modern Marine corps.
Generator Nuisance and Knife Laws Prompt Reader Queries
Readers seek relief from a constantly running emergency generator atop a recreation building in Long Beach and ask about shutting it off. Officials say the unit is for emergencies only and will be limited to outages.
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L.V. H
Long Beach
Robert van Antwerp
Long Beach Recreation Department
California
J.C
Trapped Sub DeepQuest Crew Safe as Submarine Resumes
Lockheed spokesmen report the DeepQuest crew in good condition and maintaining radio contact after a long descent. The advanced research submarine, launched June 4, 1967 from San Diego, set a depth record in 1968 and has retrieved flight recorders from two aircraft over the Pacific near Los Angeles.
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Lockheed
DeepQuest
San Diego
Deep Quest
Amusement Park Zoning Approved Near Castaic
The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors approved zoning to permit a $15 million amusement park development near Castaic on Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
Castaic
DMV Adds New Plate Rule Omits Pig
Sacramento reports the State Department of Motor Vehicles expanded its omitted plate letter list to exclude the word PIG from 195 three-letter combos used on license plates. The change accompanies a new blue background plate series with gold letters and numbers, issued after a six year run of number-before-letter formats. Chief John L. McLaughlin notes PIG is out but HOG remains available.
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Sacramento
State Department of Motor Vehicles
The
DMV
Two Escapees Recaptured Near Soledad Breakout
Salinas report notes two more of eight inmates who fled Soledad Prison on Sunday were recaptured. John H. Crane, 22, kidnapper, and Robert Reynolds, 25, robber, were nabbed in Auburn while siphoning gas from a parked car.
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Salinas
Soledad
John H. Crane
Robert Reynolds
Auburn
Truck Crash injures 450 Army trainees at Fort Ord
At Fort Ord a transport truck overturned injuring about 450 Army trainees. Nineteen were treated and released. the rest stayed hospitalized.
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FT. Ord
API
Army
Fort Ord
Gunman forces Torrance waitress in car hijack attempt
Joyce Trapp, 22, was forced into her car by a swarthy man who threatened to kill her. A bullet whizzed past as she escaped to a nearby home. officers found a scarf and a tie used to gag her and a blonde wig left behind.
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Joyce Trapp
Miss Trapp
Harbor Division
Haynsworth nomination facing withdrawal pressure and delays
The Free Press reports pressure on Judge Haynsworth as Bayh criticizes stock records and the Judiciary Committee weighs a possible vote today. New questions focus on Grace Lines holdings and a 1967 case, while Senator Young urges President Nixon to withdraw the nomination.
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Free Press
Bayh
Haynsworth
Judiciary Committee
Grace Lines
Steamship Company
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Senate
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Nixon
Supreme Court
Young
John J. Williams
Del
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Baker
Senate Democrats
Launch Probe Into Marine Jet Crash Near Fort Irwin
Investigators opened a probe into the fatal Marine Corps F4B crash that killed two officers from El Toro Marine Air Station. Lt. William B. Lanham, 27, pilot, and Lt. Frederick C. Heerwagen, 23, radar-intercept operator, died when the jet went down near the desert south of El Centro during a training mission. Cause not yet determined.
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Marine Corps
el Toro Marine Air Station
William B. Lanham
William W. Lanham
Avon
N.Y
Frederick C. Heerwagen
Clarence Heerwagen
Aurora
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Los Angeles
Lockheed Missiles and Space
Sunnyvale
Ocean Laboratory
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Auburn City
Larry Wofford
Hugh Nichols
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