Balloon lands on Lakewood roof prompting mystery
A research balloon descended onto a Lakewood Village home roof at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Charles E. Miller and his granddaughters found a transparent triangle balloon with a message to return the package to the Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Falls, and instructions to take it to the post office.
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Lakewood Village
Charles E. Miller
Heather Road
Amy Brines
Nancy Miller
Karen
Toby
Atomic Energy Commission
Idaho Falls
Idaho
U.S
U.S. Commerce Department
Environmental Science Services Administration
Cranston Lists Vietnam Victims from California
U S Senator Alan Cranston read into the congressional record the names of 3782 Californians who died in Vietnam over eight and a half years. He cited April 20 1961 as the first California casualty and announced 12 more deaths since last Saturday including Lance Cpl Robert R Baade of Long Beach. Cranston said he will continue inserting California servicemen’s names in the record.
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Washington
United States
California
U.S
Alan Cranston
Congressional
Vietnam
Senate
Pentagon
Lance Cpl
Robert R. Baade
Scott St
Long Beach
Cranston
James B. Allen
Alabama
Illinois
Allies See No More Immediate Troop Cuts
Korea New Zealand the Philippines and Thailand did not commit to additional withdrawals. Lam cautioned on future cuts while Nixon plans a 35 000 second troop withdrawal by December 15. US forces drop to 484 000. South Vietnam fields about one million men with Australia 7 500 New Zealand 500 South Korea 4 600 the Philippines 1 500 and Thailand 11 000. Vietnamization progress was reported as war morale rises.
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Korea
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Minster Lam
Nixon
United States
Australia
South Korea
South Vietnam
Ngo Dzu
Adm
William Lemos
Best Cash Crop: Poor Mexicans Depend on Sale of Marijuana
In western Sierra Madre the cash crop for thousands of farmers is marijuana. A kilo sells for four dollars in Mexico, with one kilo blocks turning into seventy five dollars in Los Angeles and up to one hundred fifty dollars in Minneapolis. Hashish sells for five hundred to six hundred fifty dollars per kilo. The trade provides significant income yet faces legal risk, while U.S Mexican cooperation at the border tightens controls amid a new narcotics crackdown.
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Mexico City
Sierra Madre
Guerrero
Here
Sonora
Arizona
California
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Clendestine
Mexico
Jalisco
Mayarit
Sinaloa
United States
U.S
Brownsville
Tex
San Diego
Nixon
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Amistad Dam
Rio Grande
Diaz Ordaz
Ciudad Juarez
el Paso
Brunswick Corporation dispute over bowling alley equipment
A Fourth Circuit appeal from October 1967 involves Brunswick Corporation and a real estate firm. Brunswick sold 10 bowling lanes and pinsetting machines under a charter mortgage to a bowling alley operator who leased the building from the real estate firm.
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Brunswick Corporation
Haynsworth
United States Court of Appeals For
Fourth Circuit
Brunswick Corporation Vs
Long
Brunswick
Reds Plan Campaign and Battle Actions Reported
Sources say coordinated enemy attacks are expected next month to pressure U S forces for faster troop withdrawals. An American air strike destroyed a Communist bunker near An Khe with 16 fighters killed, while Brunswick stock moves tied to a 1967 court ruling are noted in the background.
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United States
An Khe
Saigon
Smallest infant ever Deborah survives ninth day
Tiny Deborah Scanlon weighed one pound seven ounces on day nine at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. Born Sept 11 at Anaheim Memorial Hospital at 1 pound 15 ounces, she and mother Juaniita were moved to CHOC two days later. Father Daniel Scanlon works at Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach.
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Deborah
Tiny Deborah Scanlon
Childrens Hospital
Orange County
Daniel and
Juaniita Scanlon
Chevy Chase Drive
Anaheim
Anaheim Memorial Hospital
Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Deborah Scanlon
Childrens Hospital of
Los Angeles Teachers End Walkout With Return to Classrooms
AFT 3000 members vote to return Monday after a two day walkout in Los Angeles schools. ACT 19200 members previously struck Thursday and face potential future actions while both groups seek higher pay and better materials.
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L.A
Los Angeles
American Federation of Teachers
Association of Classroom Teachers
AFT
Board of Education
ACT
Robert Ransom
Stockton Pianist Wins First Rio International Festival
Zola Shaulis from Stockton captured the top prize at Rio de Janeiro’s first international piano festival. The 27 year old Lancaster, Pennsylvania native, married to Stockton professor William Kollock, earned $6,000, a gold medal, a Deutsche Grammophon recording contract, and a $100 special prize after performing Prokofieff Bach and Ravel.
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U.S
Zola Shaulis
Rio de Janeiro
Miss Schaulis
Mila
William Kollock
Stockton, Calif
Four-Power Mideast Talks Resumed by Big Four Ministers
U N officials of the United States Soviet Union France and Britain agreed to restart four power talks on Middle East peace. The decision followed a working dinner for the ministers hosted by U Thant at the United Nations. The gathering included Rogers Gromyko Schumann and Stewart and lasted over three hours.
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United Nations
N.Y
Mideast
Egypt Claims Skyhawk Losses in Gulf and Suez Area
An Egyptian military spokesman said ground gun crews shot down an Israeli Skyhawk over the Western Suez Canal area. He added Egypt destroyed nine Skyhawks since the year began, with four in the last two days. He reported Israeli raids on Egyptian positions on the Gulf of Suez coast as well.
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United Press International
Suez Canal
Egypt
Gulf of
Friy
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Reau
Juan Dennis
New York Times
Haynsworth Stock
Reds
Abrams
Greenville
S.C
Rehnquist
Larry Siberman
Arthur Gardner
Jack P. Crowther
Stockton
Sahulis
Prokofieff, Bach and
Ravel
Lancaster
Big Four
U.N
U Thant
Jet
A. Zipper Girdle
S&h Green
Lakewood
Dupont
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