Irving hoax author says book was literary happening
Clifford Irving describes his fraud as a literary event in an interview with Ladies Home Journal. He forged Hughes letters to McGraw-Hill, was fined 10,000 dollars and imprisoned. His co author Suskind is jailed. Irving plans to publish What Really Happened detailing the scheme. In Seattle, Soviet buyers commit 40 million dollars in International Harvester tractors, seeking U.S. reciprocal imports.
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New York
UPI
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Ladies Home Journal
Hughes
Irving
McGraw-Hill
Edith
Richard Suskind
Suskind
Switzerland
Lompoc Record Masthead and Subscription Details
A transcription lists the Lompoc Record’s postal registration, publication under a court decree, and staff roles including President Mrs Kenneth L Adam Editor Harry J Crompe Vice President Lawrence C Grossman and others. It notes California Corporation status, associations, and home delivery rate of $2.25 per month with daily publication except Sundays and Christmas Day.
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Lompoc
California
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J. Donald Adam
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
California Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Reagan vetoes bill extending unemployment insurance to farmworkers
Gov. Ronald Reagan vetoed a bill to extend unemployment insurance to 235,000 California farmworkers for a second year. He argued the program would impose a huge deficit and harm growers, urging federal action instead. Assemblyman Jack Fenton denounced the veto as labor betrayal while Chavez supported the measure.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Fenton
Reagan
State Board of Agriculture
Arbiters clash as Fischer accusation rejected
FIDE President Max Euwe rejected American charges of arrogance and incompetence against arbiter Lothar Schmid in the Spassky Fischer world championship match. Fischer aide Fred Cramer complained about playing conditions and noise, while Schmid defended the rules and Schmid noted a 40 move draw in game 14.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
International Chess Federation
FIDE
Lothar Schmid
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
Max Euwe
Schmid
Amsterdam
Fischer
Fred Cramer
Euwe
Spassky
Cramer
Bobby
Belfast bartenders brutalized in new Northern Ireland attack
Two masked men beat and head struck a Protestant Belfast pub barman William Spence after forcing entry in a nightly raid. Police cite a wave of 60 thrill killings since direct rule began, with 42 Catholic and 18 Protestant victims. A $125,000 reward was offered for information leading to convictions.
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Belfast
API
Northern Ireland
Shankill
William Spence
William Whitelaw
IRA
Rostrevor
Mary Wilson
Reagan vetoes tax on tax gasoline bill in California
Governor Reagan rejected the measure that would remove the tax on a tax under the five percent sales tax on gasoline. He called for an equivalent local transit grant reduction and cited broader budget concerns. He also vetoed higher teacher salaries and restoration of Education Opportunity Funds, while ordering study deferrals on welfare and handicapped services.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
Senate
James Mills
San Diego
Reagan
Peter R. Chacon
Milton Marks
George Zenovich
Fresno
Windstorm Drowns Three Offshore Near Brookings
A rapid windstorm along the Northern California Oregon coast gusting to 75 mph sent waves up to 14 feet, wrecking boats and sweeping several vessels ashore. Three drowned and multiple people remained missing as Coast Guard cutters and aircraft searched the area. Victims include Clayton Dooley, 57, and Virginia Friend of Grants Pass and her 10-year-old son. Don Higgens and others were unaccounted for. Shinkle, Dooley's grandson, survived aboard a wrecked boat.
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Brookings, Ore
UPI
California
Oregon
Coast Guard
Clayton Dooley
Brookings
Virginia Friend
Grants Pass
Firemen Hope For Good Weather In Sierra Fire
Firefighters after a nine day battle seek favorable weather to contain the Sierra blaze that scorched about 2200 acres across Tahoe and Plumas National Forests. Containment is forecast though wind shifts and terrain stump hazards hinder crews of 900 including hot shot teams from Nevada and Idaho.
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Portola
UPI
Sierra
U.S. Forest Service
Joe Firebaugh
Tahoe National Forest
Kebaugh
Tahoe Forest
Plumas National Forest
Forest Service
Nevada
Idaho
Firebaugh
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Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
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Ray McCuen
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Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
Stan Tulledo
United Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez
Congress
Jack Fenton
Montebello
Assembly Democratic
Thespian Troupe 779
Lompoc Senior High School
LSHS
Donna Allen
Hawaii
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Randy Thompson
Lynneann Hansen
Wilson
Watts Festival
Los Angeles
UPS
Gordon Duffy
Assembly Select Committee On Health Manpower
Duffy
Exeter
Robert W. Crown
Alameda
Lawrence Walsh
Huntington Park
Snoopy
Cinema Center Films
National General Pictures
Walt
Disney
Walt Disney's
C “Aral
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Cartoon
Lompoc Theatre
Carey
Rio Lobo
Rexall
North
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Metrocolor Panavision
John Wayne
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