Marijuana Raid Nets Seven Arrests in L A Stay
Long Beach narcotics officers broke up a late night marijuana party at 244 Park Ave arresting six adults and one juvenile amid hundreds of barbiturate pills LSD and marijuana. Three officers were assaulted as suspects faced charges including possession and battery.
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Long Beach
Park Ave
Mike Morgan
Wayne Greear
Bart, Koelle
Jerry D. Leaverton
Leaverton
Charles C. Harrington
Alamitos Ave
Ross
Auto crashes claim two Long Beach residents in separate incidents
A 24 year old Long Beach woman Cornelia Valderrama died when her car crossed the double line on Seventh Street near Marfo Avenue and slammed into a second vehicle, which left Duane Dalman and Larry Moody injured. The crash happened around 4 am at about 60 mph as flames erupted, burning Valderrama’s body beyond recognition. Relatives were contacted via her license number. Separately Howard Hood, 44, was struck crossing Wardlow Road by a car driven by Donald Frink. Frink was not cited and Hood died at St Mary’s Hospital three hours later.
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Long Beach
Cornelia Valderrama
Corona Ave
Seventh Street
Marfo Avenue
Duane Dalman
Roberts
St. Anaheim
Howard Hood
Santa Fe Ave
Donald Frink
Wardlow Rd
Frink
Wood
St. Mary's Hospital
De Gaulle Witnesses French Nuclear Test in Pacific
In Tahiti, France staged a doped atomic blast over Mururoa Atoll viewed by President Charles de Gaulle from the De Grasse cruiser 25 miles away. Officials say the 100 kiloton device exploded at 7:30 am without hindrance, marking a Western leader’s close-range nuclear test viewing.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Upi
France
Mururoa Atoll
Pacific
Charles de Gaulle
de Grasse
Center
Teenage CORE Pickets Chicago Jail Over Leader Arrest
Fifteen CORE members picketed the Chicago House of Corrections for nearly an hour on Sunday to protest the arrest and detention of their leader, Robert L. Lucas, highlighting ongoing racial equality protests and youth involvement in civil rights activism.
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Chicago
NYTS
Congress
Nt Racial Equality
Chicago House of Corrections
Robert L. Lucas
Saigon's Victory in Elections for New Assembly
South Vietnam held elections amid Viet Cong terror as 4,274,812 voters cast ballots for a 117 member constituent assembly. Unofficial turnout neared 83.2 percent in government areas, with 3,289,752 registered voters and strong turnout across jungles and deltas as the regime moves toward civilian rule.
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Saigon
UPI
Constituent Assembly
Provinces Report High Turnout Amid Vietnam Political Pressure
Final returns show turnout across provinces exceeding 7059 with values up to 98 percent in two areas. Officials noted many blank ballots aligned with Viet Cong instructions and anti government Buddhist leaders pleas. Communists warned voters they risk their lives if they vote and urged continued participation.
Weather Marginal for Astros Amid Atlanta Violence
Marginal weather tempered NASA Gemini launch preparations at Cape Kennedy as Atlanta faced a night of violence in a Negro neighborhood. Fire bombs and gunfire harmed no one yet, though police and firefighters battled blazes and 200 youths gathered around Mayor Allen amid questions about Stokely Carmichael.
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Cape Kennedy
Ini 11
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Richard F.J
Gordon
Her
Condi
Bert Jenkins
PDT
Clyde Willliams
iNterdenominational Theological Center
Allen
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Brown and Reagan clash over UC probe and extremism
In a Meet the Press panel Brown and Reagan diverged on an investigation of the University of California. Brown rejected appointing a CIA probe, calling it political intimidation, while Reagan accused demonstrations of law breaking and tied UC to antiwar action. Both addressed political extremism and Birch Society ties amid campaign tensions.
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Ronald Reagan
Lell
Edmund G. * Brown
Burbank
Meet the Press
UPI
Edmund G. Brown
University of California
Brown
Johnson
Bilding
Reagan
John McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Viet Nam
Blanket
John Birch Society
California
The
Birch Society
T Enure
California Democratic Council
Democratic Party
CDC
Tracy Barnes Completes Transcontinental Balloon Flight
Tracy Barnes lands near Villas Delaware Bay after a 3000 mile five month solo balloon voyage from San Diego. He endured crashes, hospital stays, and being separated from his crew while setting air records and planning a European attempt with sponsor support.
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Camper
Jeep
Barnes
Chester
Pittsburgh
Europe
Brush Fire Near Castaic Destroys No Structures
One hundred fifty firefighters from the U S Forest Service and Los Angeles County fought a near zero acre brush blaze in the Angeles National Forest. The fire burned about four miles northeast of Castaic on the west side of Charlie Canyon with no structures homes or other buildings in the area harmed.
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CNS
U.S. Forest Service
Los Angeles County
Angeles National Forest
Charlie Canyon
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