Father fights for right to die for comatose son
Lawrence Clemons of Torrance says his 19 year old son Darrell, comatose after a motorcycle crash, should be allowed to die. Doctors have no hope and a respirator sustains life as family debates disconnection and broader legal rights.
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Lawrence Clemons
Torrance
Ventura County Hospital
Darrell
Clemons
New Jersey
Karen Anne Quinlan
Clemens
Quinlans
California
Ridicu
Lous
Karen Quinlan
Saigon to accept repatriating Vietnamese refugees
South Vietnam said it will accept about 1,600 Vietnamese refugees aboard the ship Thuong Tin en route from Guam. The announcement followed Vietnam’s denouncement of the U.S. plan to repatriate them without Saigon’s consent and stated each case would be considered individually.
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Hong Kong
South Vietnam
Guam
U.S. Thuong Tin
Hanoi
Saigon
U.S
S.S. Thuong Tin
Agana
Woman revived after declared dead in Long Beach incident
A Long Beach woman, Mabel Samuels, 36, was pronounced dead at Domingo Valley Hospital after police found her in distress and medics treated an overdose suspicion. A coroner's investigator arriving to take photographs revived her with a respirator, leaving her in critical condition.
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Long Beach
Dominguez Valley Hospital
Mabel Samuels
W. Adams St
American dream debated amid city rankings and college wins
Patty Hearst writes about homesickness and a switch from SLA to feminism. Features ask if the American dream is a thing of the past. A look at best and worst cities in the U S. USC UCLA and Long Beach State cited as big winners.
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Patty Hearst
U.S
Thousands protest busing in march on Capitol
Thousands of union members gathered in a peaceful march from the White House past the Supreme Court to the Capitol to oppose forced school busing. Speakers from Kentucky urged constitutional changes to end busing, with contingents from Illinois Indiana West Virginia and Boston area.
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Capitol
U.S. Park
Louisville
House
Senate
Wendell Ford
Dky
America
White House
Supreme Court
Illinois
Indiana
West Virginia
Boston
Louise Day Hicks
Kentucky
Marion Gene Snyder
Walter D. Huddleston
Romano L. Mazzoli
Carroll Hubbard
Mazzoli
Hubbard
Congress
Daylight savings time ends with clocks set back
Daylight savings time ended at 2 a.m. this morning requiring all clocks to be set back one hour. The change marks the return to standard time and affects schedules for churches and golf outings.
IRS chief battles agents over reform bid in fierce internal rift
Internal Revenue Service faces a publicized clash as Commissioner Donald Alexander contends with agents over reform aims. He tightens controls on intelligence, narrows tax investigations, and transfers strike force assignments, prompting Agent associations to push back while Congress watches.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Executive Branch
Donald Alexander
Alexander
Federal Criminal Investigators Association
Joseph Montoya
D.N.M
Leon Jaworski
Alexan
Der
Watergate
Congress
Franco Receives Last Rites as Illness Deepens
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 82, weakened and gravely ill, received the Roman Catholic Church last rites in Madrid. Doctors reported a slow deterioration and signs of myocardial suffering as a vigil formed outside Pardo Palace. Juan Carlos, his chosen heir, and officials rushed between palaces, while the regime prepared for a smooth transition and burial plans.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Franco
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Pardo Palace
Juan Carlos
Cycle deaths in Long Beach prompt police report
Two motorcycle crashes in Long Beach on Friday and Saturday left Margene G. Biddle 20 of 1409 Hardwicke Street dead on arrival at Dominguez Valley Hospital after a collision at Del Amo and Long Beach Boulevards. William Arthur Kitchen 33 of 13708 Carfax Avenue died at St Mary Medical Center after his bike struck a curb on Linden Avenue and Ninth Street. Margene Biddle later died when her halted motorcycle was rear ended by another car as a light changed. Herman E. Johnson 31 of 1110 Salt Lake Street was jailed on suspicion of drinking and driving.
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Margene G. Biddle
Hardwicke St
Dominguez Valley Hospital
del Amo
Long Beach
William Arthur Kitchen
Carfax Ave
St. Mary Medical Center
Linden Avenue
Ninth Street
Margene Biddle
Herman E. Johnson
Salt Lake St
Eighteen Inmates Escape Fresno County Jail Via Ventilation
Fresno County Sheriff said eighteen felons escaped Saturday by prying a ventilation duct in the day room and threading a mattress strip string through the duct. The lead inmate crawled to the roof, pulled down a cable, and climbed to ground level with the others. three were quickly recaptured. The escape came amid multiple recent jail and farm escapes in the county.
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Fresno
Fresno County
Harold C. McKinney
McKinney
Sheriff's Department
Reward offered in slaying of woman
The body of Alice Clay, 52, was found in a burned car at the corner of Rosecrans Avenue and Pioneer Boulevard in Norwalk last September 19. Sheriffs detectives say the fire was deliberate and ruled out accident or suicide. Secret Witness will pay 2000 dollars for information leading to the arrest and murder conviction. Call 436 2526 or write Secret Witness Box 67 Long Beach 90801.
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Alice Clay
Rosecrans Avenue
Pioneer Boulevard
Norwalk
Bairnsdale St
Downey
Clay
P.O
Long Beach
Calif
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