State officials warn worst fire danger of year yet to come
California faces the driest spell with winds rising and vegetation drying. James G Stearns notes the fire season runs May to mid November and warns this could be the worst year in decades with 36,000 acres burned and over 2 million dollars in damages already, possibly surpassing 1970 losses. John Hastings cites conditions possibly worse than 1970's deadly blaze period.
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Sacramento
UPI
James G Stearns
State Department of Conservation
Stearns
California
John Hastings
UAW Endorses McGovern with Large Support and Funds
The United Auto Workers with 1.4 million members endorsed George McGovern over Nixon, pledging a volunteer corps and a campaign war chest of 300 000 to 400 000 dollars. Despite misgivings among some locals, 84 percent backed McGovern in secret balloting.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
George Wallace
George McGovern
UAW
Teamsters Union
McGovern
Leonard Woodcock
Congress
Woodcock
South Dakota
Nixon
George Meany
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Michigan
Wallace
Alabama
Reagan signs bills on elderly meals and bicycle licensing
Gov Ronald Reagan signed measures creating a federally funded elderly meals program in California with $400000 in matching funds and an urgent bicycle licensing bill feeding theft data into a statewide computer system. Other signed bills include boxing safety, ticket reselling limits, and health benefit increase for state employees.
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Sacramento
UPI
Leo T. McCarthy
San Francisco
McCarthy
James R. Mills
D-San Diego
Reagan
Vincent Thomas
IRA shoots Kneecaps in Punishment in Belfast
Gunmen shot a red haired young Roman Catholic man in the knees early today in Belfast. The act, used by the IRA Provisional wing as punishment for those who cross it, followed the Army’s two week Operation Motorman to occupy Catholic strongholds in Belfast and Londonderry.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional
Army
Glen Road
Andersonstown
Provisionals
Londonderry
Heat wave grips central nation as cool air hits Northeast
Nationwide weather report shows sweltering heat from the flatlands east of the Rockies to the Great Lakes and South with 90s and high humidity. Cool Canadian air brings pleasant conditions to the Northeast while the Far West stays near seasonal norms and scattered thundershowers occur in the West and South. Early readings span 43 at Bradford PA to 86 at Phoenix AZ.
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United Press International
Rockies
Great Lakes
Canada
Upper Plains
Bradford
Phoenix
Ariz
Recall Fight Over James Mills ERA Vote in California
Senate leader James R. Mills faces a recall drive led by Lilian J. Halsema Margaret F. Miller and Margaret Castro over his vote against ratifying the U S equal rights amendment. Mills defends his 12 year record while ERA supporters cite the measure. Lagomarsino Teale also voted no on ERA.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
James R. Mills
San Diego
Lilian J. Halsema
Chula Vista
Margaret F. Miller
Margaret Castro
San Ysidro
Mills
California
Senate Rules Committee
Robert J. Lagomarsino
R-ojas
Stephen P. Teale
Rail Road
Fischer Spassky in draw after tense blunder filled chess night
In Reykjavik the world title match saw Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer settle a 40 move draw after Fischer escaped a 20th move blunder. Spassky’s error nearly handed Fischer a sensational win as nerves and commentary ran high among both players’ teams and spectators.
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Reykjavik
UPI
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Spassky
Larry Evans
U.S
Newspaper Publisher Associations and Sub Rate Note
Members include California News Paper Publishers Association United Press International International Press Institute Inter American Press Association and California Press Association Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Subscription rate 2 per month Home delivery or mail by mail in advance Published daily except Sundays and Christmas Day.
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California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
California Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Mills to assume California governorship in Reagan absence
For the first time in four years the state government reins will be in Democrat hands as Mills of San Diego becomes acting chief executive while Gov Ronald Reagan and Lt. Gov Ed Reinecke attend the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. The last Democrat to occupy the role temporarily was in 1968 with Senate president pro tem Hugh Burns.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Senate
James R. Mills
San Diego
Ronald Reagan
Ed Reinecke
Miami Beach
Mills
State Capitol
Hugh Burns
Clark quarrel with Hauser over U.N. view on Hanoi prisoners
Ramsey Clark, former attorney general, clashed with Rita Hauser at an American Bar Association meeting in San Francisco. Hauser, a Nixon committee co chair and U.N. rights official, pressed Clark on prisoner mistreatment in Hanoi. Clark defended humane treatment and accused Hauser of motive, while Hauser cited Red Cross access and international law concerns.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ramsey Clark
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Rita Hauser
Hanoi
American Bar Association
America
Miss Hauser
ABA
U.N
Clark
Thieu
Armed skyjackers surrender after hijack to Chile
Six armed terrorists who hijacked an Austral Airlines BAC111 jet with 96 aboard from Argentina to Santiago surrendered to police after Chile rejected asylum pleas. The prisoners had escaped Rawson jail, coordinated with outside guerrillas, and killed one guard in the ensuing shootout.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
Argentina
Trelew
Rawson
Patagonia
Atlantic
Arturo Mor Roig
Bulldozers Encircle Portola Area Fire In Week-Long Battle
Firefighters used 14 bulldozers to secure an 80 percent containment line around a blaze in Tahoe and Plumas National Forests. The fire has scorched about 2 100 acres of timber and brush and threatened Portola, but residents remain safe. Energy from crews and hot shot teams aided efforts as winds pushed flames earlier in the week.
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Portola
API
Forest Service
Tahoe National Forest
Plumas National Forest
Nevada
Idaho
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