Dr Mason Faces Dilemma Amid Berkeley School Board Clash
Dr Mason's name was not on a special screening list for a $42,500 post. amid protests and a taxpayers suit, violent scenes erupted at a board meeting as police cleared a path and arrests were made. Community leaders denounced the board as repressive while urging withdrawal and legal challenges continued.
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International School
Bangkok
Thailand
Oakland Economic Development Board
Congress For Racial Equality
Five Waves Of Bombers Pound Viet
Allied communiques describe nine shellings as significant for damage or casualties or major military targets. Spokesmen report light damage and casualties at U S posts. one South Vietnamese city attacked. Five 82mm mortars hit Phan Thiet wounding five civilians. B52 raids hit Binh Duong Tay Ninh and Phuoc Long. others in Kontum. Two more missions supported Samor Plain near Tam Ky. The sweep, ongoing since May 11, involves about 3200 men of the U S 1st Airborne and American divisions.
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Saigon
Binh Duong
Tay Ninh
Phuoc Long
Arbill Trial Details Arson Murder Case Testimony
Jurors hear key testimony in the Azbill case as Las Vegas Fire Inspector Hampton and Patrolman Kleifgen recount the blaze scene and Azbill's conduct. Fireman Gary Tussey describes finding a body in the burning master bedroom while Azbill, injured, is connected to the case against him for murder and arson.
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Arbill
Rancho Circle
Gary Tussey
House Moves To End Tax Exemptions
Washington UPI reports House Ways and Means Committee plans strict curbs on tax free foundations hobby farms unlimited charitable contributions and unrelated business income of churches and social organizations. Chairman Wilbur D Mills aims for final floor action by August 13 with a broad reform package in the works. Simultaneously 15 Democratic senators back an excess profits tax for Vietnam war funding as an alternative to the income tax surcharge.
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UPI
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Vietnam
Nuclear blast at Yucca Flat marks 10th test of year
An underground explosion registered magnitude 4 on the Richter scale, detonated 1690 feet below ground in Yucca Flat Nevada. The blast released between 20 000 and 200 000 tons of TNT and was recorded by seismographs in Phoenix and Pasadena. It was the Atomic Energy Commission's 10th nuclear test this year at the Nevada Test Site.
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Ariz
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Pasadena
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Atomic Energy Commission
Syrian Israel clash near Quneitra prompts cease-fire breach
Syrian and Israeli forces traded mortars and machine gun fire near Quneitra after a three hour exchange. Syria claimed it destroyed an Israeli armored car and silenced two machine gun positions while Israel reported no casualties. Jordanian fire at Ashdot Yaacov injured a schoolgirl as both sides exchanged shots across the cease-fire line. Egypt discussed its highest defense budget amid Middle East developments in Cairo.
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Israel
Quneitra
Sea of Galilee
Bonanza Hotel Opens Tonight In Gala Blast
One hundred Wall Street financiers fly out from New York aboard a Levin Townsend charter for the Bonanza Hotel opening gala. The hotel, purchased earlier this year by a computer firm from Kerkorian after a 1967 closing, had not reopened before the sale.
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New York
Levin-Townsend Corp
Kirk Kerkorian
Kerkorian
Moderates Urge Berkeley Troop and Police Withdrawal
The New Democratic Coalition urged immediate withdrawal of troops and police from the University of California Berkeley campus. They criticized violence by public officials and urged authorities to end injustices and address grievances rather than using force, while backing Berkeley students yet resisting blanket protest endorsement.
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Eugene McCarthy
George W. McGovern
Robert F. Kennedy
County Hospital Ruckus and D.A. Probe Loom
Trustees seek explanations of Dr. Adams expenses including travel totaling 5981.71 and fringe benefits 2684.43 while salary and office costs are itemized. Board expansion to 15 trustees faces County Commissioners final say amid unrest and questions of administrator leadership.
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Board of County Commissioners
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Mickey Rooney Marries 7th Wife in Quiet Courthouse Ceremony
Comedian Mickey Rooney, 48, wed Carolyn Hackett, 25, in a brief early morning ceremony at the County Courthouse wedding chapel. Sid Gould served as best man and Rooney plans a quick honeymoon before a nationwide tour and future engagements.
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Carolyn Hockett
Los Angeles
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Sid Gould
Sandra
New Apollo Crew Ready To Land On Moon
Belgrade reports Michael Collins says Apollo 11 crew is ready for the first lunar landing July 16. He notes landing and docking as the toughest steps and confirms all necessary studies are complete. Collins would have preferred to land but says each astronaut must perform the assigned tasks.
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IRS Puts Tax Lien on B R Katleman for Strip Parcel
Pioneer Las Vegas gambler B R Katleman faces a 93920 federal tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service for a 20.98 acre Strip property between the Sahara and Thunderbird hotels. The lien, filed in Clark County Recorder Paul Horns office, lists Fl Rancho Inc. and notes Katleman formerly owned El Rancho Vegas Hotel and Casino now defunct. Howard Hughes recently bought the El Rancho Vegas site nearby.
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Cuties Stage Labor Picket On Las Vegas Strip
Entertainers rallied outside Las Vegas hotels in a rare picket over rights and pay as AGWA says a settlement at the bargaining table is possible. Dancers wore leotards and hats, while security and deputies directed traffic past a wary crowd and media.
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Nixon Seeks Independent Postal Service Transformation
President Nixon proposed replacing the Post Office with a government owned independent US Postal Service modeled after the Tennessee Valley Authority. He warned Congress higher rates and deficits would follow if the plan stalled, while critics cited Congress retains control over the mail system.
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Bogota Hosts Rockefeller Visit Marred by Protests in Cities
Protests erupted in Bogota Barranquilla and Cali as Gov Nelson Rockefeller arrived in Colombia for a Nixon aide fact finding tour. Police clashed with leftist students burning flags effigies and injuring officers as demonstrations extended from University City to the Free University and the cultural center was stoned.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
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Rockefeller
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U.S
Centro Narvio
Jeffrey Hunter Actor Killed In Fall
The article notes film and television star Jeffrey Hunter was killed in a fall. Born November 25, 1926 in New Orleans, he grew up in Milwaukee and pursued athletics before attending Northwestern and UCLA. He married Barbara Rush in 1950, divorced in 1955, and fathered Christopher, Thad, and Scott. He later married Dusty Bartlett in 1957, divorced in 1967, and adopted her son.
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H. McKinnies Jr
New Orleans
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Christopher
Dusty Bartlett
Thad
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