Pentagon announces broad military drawdowns across services
The Marine Corps plans to deactivate two thirds of its 5th Division at Camp Pendleton while the Air Force retires 209 weather test and support aircraft. Regiments 27 and 28 of the 5th Division will be disbanded in California, with the 26th remaining in Vietnam near Da Nang. Navy fleet reductions include 22 ships and 11 aviation units, cutting overall manpower to about 3.256 million by next summer.
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Air Force
Vietnam
da Nang
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California
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
Navy
Cecil Field
Fla
Lemoore
Calif
Ship list for Vietnam cutbacks announced by chamber of commerce
A chamber spokesman described cutbacks as bad and listed remaining ships and aviation units. Amphibious command ship Taconic from Norfolk. base ship Talla hatchie County of Naples. auxiliary tug Key wadin Newport. subs Sa blefish and Sea Owl Groton. environmental ships Banner Yokosuka and Palm Beach Norfolk. oiler Kaskaskia Mayport. store ship Alstede Submarine rescue Penguin Key West. surveying Serrano Pearl Harbor. aviation units VA64 VA106 Cecil Field. VA76 VA112 Lemoore. VAP62 Jacksonville. VP2 VP42 Whidbey Island. VP7 Jacksonville. VP28 Barber’s Point. VSF 1 Alameda.
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Taconic
Norfolk
Tallahatchie County
Naples
Italy
Keywadin
Newport
R.1
Sablefish
Sea Owl
Groton
Conn
Banner
Yokosuka
Japan
Palm Beach
Kaskaskia
Mayport
Fla
Alstede
Penguin
Key West
Serrano
Pearl Harbor
Cecil Field
Lemoore
Calif
Jacksonville
Whidbey Island
Wash
Barbers Point
Hawaii
VSF 1
Alameda
Miniskirted Gunmen Rob Plaza Hotel
Police said two miniskirted gunmen robbed the Plaza Hotel in San Diego Monday, tying up a bellboy and threatening a clerk with a knife before fleeing with $85. A male bandit in men's clothes aided the assault.
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San Diego
Plaza Hotel
Racial guardianship duel over four orphans in San Mateo
White probation officer favors keeping four orphans of an interracial marriage with their Negro uncle while a black social worker backs the grandparents. Judge O Keefe will decide within 48 hours on Christian Gaines and his siblings, after their mothers death and fathers passing. Linda Gaines stays with Milwaukee grandparents.
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Redwood City
UPI
San Mateo County
James T. O'Keefe
Christian Gaines
Michael
Laurance
Linda
Barney Griswold
Benjamin Gaines
Langley Afb
Gene Suttle
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
Dren
Linda Gaines
Chester
Leona Rygiewicz
Milwaukee
Sgt. Gaines
Yvonne
Reagan Faces Tax Hike or Deep Cuts to Curb Spending
California Governor Ronald Reagan urged immediate government economies to avoid another tax increase by early 1971. He warned of two options if cuts are not found: higher taxes or sweeping reductions across all agencies. He defended proposed $205 million deferments and asserted no area is exempt from review.
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Sacramento
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Nor
Professional and E Vocational Standards Boards
Nixon
August 1969 cost of living edged up with slower food rise
Federal analysts say national inflation will ease slightly while August 1969 saw higher rents mortgage interest and utilities push the cost of living. Beef edged down at retail but overall meat prices rose and eggs jumped amid shifts from red meat to eggs.
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Arnold Chase
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Five Rescued After Car Plunge Into Canyon
Five injured people were rescued after a car plunged 300 feet down an embankment in a canyon. Survivors included Harry Davis 24 and his wife Brenda 19 who were admitted with neck and back injuries. their 3 year old son suffered minor injuries. Lenoa Horn 19 eight months pregnant had broken arms. George Theriot 22 had lesser injuries. Ringleader Davis crawled up at dawn to alert a passing motorist who called rangers.
Z Berg Drinking Case Postponed In Sacramento
Assemblyman Edwin L Z Berg D Sacramento had arraignment for misdemeanor drunk driving postponed to Oct 31 after a 10 block high speed chase. He denies intoxication and says he didn t hear siren due to radio. Police report cites speeding unsafe lane change no lights and driving without a license.
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Sacramento
UPS
Edwin L. Z’berg
Thomas Wallner
Z'Berg
Hayes
Z’berg
Thieves Threaten Third Graders at Monroe School
Two armed men entered a Monroe School third grade classroom while the teacher was away. One took a coin purse from the teacher Cora Van Hook as about 20 students moved. A pistol was shown and the bandits fled with the wallet.
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Washington
Monroe
Bertha J. Murdock
Cora van Hook
Border crackdown spurs tax, tourist tolls under Intercept
Tourists and shopkeepers on both sides of the U S Mexican border clash with the Intercept operation as the government vows to keep intensified inspections. Traffic jams stretch miles as customs agents seize marijuana and pills while Mexicans with work permits face delays and frustration.
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U.S
Intercept
Mexico
Operation Intercept
California
San Ysidro
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Atty
John M. Mitchell
Mud Bases Jet Crash Saves 88 in Mexico City
A Boeing 727 jet of Mexicana Airlines carrying U.S. tourists crashed near Mexico City airport. Mud and water cushions helped save many aboard. 25 bodies recovered, five more likely under wreckage. About 53 hospitalized, five critical.
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Mexico City
Chicago
Mexicana Airlines
International
U.S
Acapulco
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