Czech refugee seeks U S work permit after escape from ship
The Czech seaman Vokrouhlik, naturalized five years ago, works for C A Buchen Corp in Sun Valley and will be paid 3.29 an hour until his skills are assessed. His employer plans to file a sixth preference petition to allow him to go to Canada for an immigrant visa. If approved he could gain residency and naturalize within five years. He escaped the 24000 ton Vitkovice Sunday during a fuel stop at Terminal Island, saying he learned about the United States through books and free radio broadcasts. He described the fear of tanks in the city square and noted escape plans had lasted nine years. Rosenberg said the one year voluntary departure period was not unusual and had been extended to other Czech refugees. security checks found nothing against him.
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C.A. Buchen Corp
Sun Valley Steel
Bauman
Vokrouhlik
Canada
United States
Terminal Island
Rosenberg
Car Bus Crash Claims Woman in Fountain Valley
A Fountain Valley collision between a car and a Garden Grove Unified School District bus killed 37 year old Frances C. Smith of 9061 Swallow Ave. None of the 21 children on the bus were seriously hurt. The CHP said the car veered across the center line on Euclid Avenue near Camilla Street at about dawn.
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Fountain Valley
Frances C. Smith
Swallow Ave
Garden Grove Unified School District
California Highway Patrol
Euclid Avenue
Camilla Street
A.m
Diet Drink Scare Cuts Sales in Long Beach Markets
Local markets report sharp drops in diet drink sales after the government bans cyclamate. Market Basket supervisor Dave Richardson says sales fell to near nothing as shoppers react quickly to the artificial sweetener ban.
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L.B
Long Beach
Dave Richardson
Market Basket
Anaheim St
Richardson
L A Pilot Walkout Grounds Copters
Los Angeles Airways canceled all intercity helicopter flights as Airline Pilots Association Local 37 members strike. The union seeks an eight percent raise retroactive to June 1968. no talks planned. The carrier serves Van Nuys Whittier Pomona San Bernardino Riverside Downey Anaheim Newport Beach and Glendale.
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Los Angeles Airways
Airline Pilots Association Local 37
LA Airways
van Nuys
Whittier
Pomona
San Bernardino
Riverside
Downey
Anaheim
Newport Beach
Glendale
UCLA Faculty Victory in Communist Party Membership Case
Judge Pacht granted summary judgment for UCLA faculty opponents of a firing for Communist Party membership. An injunction bars regents from using public funds to pursue the dismissal. Miss Davis, 26, appeals through university channels while teaching. The ruling affirms that mere party membership cannot justify public-employee dismissal and warns against creating a political elite.
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Communist Party
Pacht
UCLA
Miss Davis
Max Rafferty
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Murder Incorporated
Board of Regents
Assembly Democratic
Jess Unruh
CSLB Row Over Grading System at Long Beach College
A sociology department meeting at California State College Long Beach devolved into a shouting match as over 100 students walked out after Chair S John Dackawich disallowed a motion about sanctions for grading. Dr Don Robertson and Prof Marion Steele burned their dissertations on October 13 to repudiate elitist education and urged students to assign their own grades in the Social Myths in Contemporary America course.
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Sociology Department
California State College At
Long Beach
S. John Dackawich
Don Robertson
Marion Steele
Dr. Dackawich
Aviation career sources and pickle barrel questions top Action Line
FAA Long Beach office offers briefings on aviation career outlets and a 50 cent booklet from the National Aerospace Education Council. Airline opps beyond major carriers also discussed with AOPA referrals. Trade-A-Plane subscription offered at 4 dollars yearly. Pickle barrel vendors list prices for large orders.
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Q. I
D. FE. S
Long Beach
Robert Boone
Federal Aviation Administration
E. Spring St
National Aerospace Education Council
15Th St
Wash
D.C
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
P.O. Box
Crossville
Tenn
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Czech
Jiri Vokrouhlik
Antonin Bauman
Sun Valley
L.A. Pilot
Copters
Robert Prime
Alamitos Heights Market
E. 7Th St
Earl Northcutt
Bill Rousey
Orange Ave
Lysle Anderson
Anderson's Market
Locust Ave
Nature L
Sea Dreams
Maidenform
Santa Ana
Pomona, la Habra
Pine
Broadway
Palos Verdes
Hawthorne
Silver Spur Rd
Main
Lakewood
de Amo
Graywood
Marina
Pacific Coast
Newport Center
Fashion Island
LA Habra
Fashion Square
San Diego
Fashion Valley
Angela
CSLB
Building and Safety Department
Dilly
Action Line
Artesia A
Friedman
Atlantic Ave
Nieto Ave
Fairfax Food Products
Homade. Brand
Mono St
Los Angeles
Robertson
Steele
Douglas Parker
Rta&p
Dackawich
Robertson and Steele
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