Thousands Relocated as Philippine quake displaces refugees
Cotabato City officials relocate thousands of Mindanao refugees inland after a magnitude 8.0 quake and devastating tidal waves killed about 3,737 people and left 28,000 homeless. President Marcos orders rapid housing program and inland relocation. Medical aid, water purification tablets, and airlifted supplies flow to relief points amid heavy rains. Desperate survivors recount losses in Cotabato City.
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UPI
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Moro Gulf
Manila
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Celebes Sea
National Earthquake Information Center
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Colo
Ferdinand Marcos
Mindanao
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Ilana Bay
Celso Guguinto
Pugil stick case ends with charges reduced and convictions
In San Diego the pugil stick court martial concluded with Henry Aguilar freed on justice grounds as other charges against him were dropped. S Sgt Henry Wallraff was found guilty of dereliction of duty for assigning the bout overseer. Capt Cecil V Taylor's charges were reduced. Earlier, S Sgt Harold Bronson was acquitted on negligent homicide. A Congressional probe followed the death of Pvt Lynn McClure after a non stick bout.
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Ae Henry Aguilar
Cecil V. Taylor
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Lufkin
Tex
Houghton
Aguilar
Hanford
Calif
Harold Bronson
Henry C. Wallraff
Lacroix
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Bronson
Orlando
Fla
Global earthquakes kill over twenty five thousand this year
USGS reports more than 25 000 deaths from earthquakes this year making it the deadliest since 1970. China and the Soviet Union totals not yet included with major quakes, while Guatemala Italy and Bali deaths are confirmed this year. Moynihan warns Sri Lanka conference risks becoming a communist front.
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Bali
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Wet August Sees Nation Hit By Record Rain In San Francisco
National Weather Service reports San Francisco’s August rainfall at .75 inches for the month, with .32 inches by 10 p.m. on a rare wet day. Light rains spread across the West while UNC faces a severe drought prompting water conservation orders in Chapel Hill and Carrboro as 20,000 students arrive for fall. Mayor faces say University Lake level fell over 50 inches, leading to emergency measures.
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Car rented by Manson cultist found abandoned in San Jose
The Oldsmobile Cutlass rented by Susan Murphy and Diane Ellis, escapees from Terminal Island Prison, was found abandoned on a downtown San Jose street. Police seized the car for FBI investigation as the two women remained at large after escaping last Saturday.
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Terminal Island Prison
California
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Diane Ellis
San Francisco
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Squeaky” Fromme
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