Da Nang Shelled as Communists Strike City
Communist troops advanced to within two miles of Da Nang and shelled the city with rockets and mortars before dawn. Government forces counterattacked near Que Son and Ross base, killing dozens of Communist fighters as U S B 52s bombed targets in Quang Tri province. In Cambodia, predawn attacks hit Angrassom and Cheang Luong on supply routes to Phnom Penh.
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Saigon
UPI
da Nang
South Vietnam
Ed Bassett
Que Son
Ross
Quang Tri
Cambodia
Angrassom
Phnom Penh
Cheang Luong
Oxnard Desegregation Bus Plan Denied Stay
A federal appeals court held the antibusing moratorium law does not apply retroactively to Oxnard where a bus desegregation plan was already operating. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to grant a stay for the 12 elementary schools plan from 1971.
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San Francisco
UPI
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oxnard
Former alderman held in $100,000 swindle
Fred Hubbard, a former Chicago alderman and Chicago Plan director, was arrested in a Los Angeles card parlor after a 15 month manhunt for allegedly diverting $100,716 from federal funds. Bail set at $50,000.
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Gardena
Calif
UPI
Fred Hubbard
Chicago
FBI
Hubbard
Nevada
Mexico
U.S
James E. Penne
Nixon invites neighbors to Western White House welcome
President Nixon plans a Thursday welcome at the Western White House for residents of Whittier Yorba Linda Fullerton and San Clemente described as his old friends and neighbors. Attendance by invitation with applications possible through local chambers of commerce.
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San Clemente
UPI
Nixon
California
White House
Miami Beach
Whittier
Yorba Linda
Fullerton
End of war suit denied by federal judge
UPI reports a federal judge in Portland dismissed a suit by Oregon residents seeking an injunction to stop war funding in Southeast Asia. Judge James Burns found no legal basis or stated claim. Former Rep. Charles O. Porter, running for Congress, argued for the suit against Defense Secretary Melvin Laird.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
Oregon
Southeast Asia
U.S
James Burns
Charles O. Porter
Congress
Porter
Defense
Melvin Laird
Circus Personnel and Press Associations Named
Rennie L. Adam board member Gaylen Jackson business manager Tim Conner secretary treasurer Clete Lunny mechanical superintendent Wesley A. Huffman advertising manager joined by circus members and major press associations including California News paper Publishers Association United Press International International Press Institute Inter-American Press Association and California Press.
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Rennie L. Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International, International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
California Press
Russians demand hall checked for devices in chess match
Russian aides to Boris Spassky asked that the hall hosting Spassky and Bobby Fischer be examined for chemical substances and electronic devices after Fischer demanded more quiet and rows were removed. The 17th game of the 24 game match was adjourned after 40 moves with Spassky slightly favored, while Fischer held a lead in points but needed more to win the title.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Boris Spassky
Spassky
U.S
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Chess Board
Pires
Eyfim Geller
Geller
Lothar Schmid
Hughes May Buy the Spruce Goose Amid Rent Hike
The government considers selling the Spruce Goose while Howard Hughes may purchase it. Hughes, who has invested over 40 million in the aircraft, agrees to a rent rise for its waterfront hangar from 36 000 to 100 000 annually, with a two year lease. The plane has not flown since WWII and was built to carry 700 soldiers. The General Services Administration could auction it in January.
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Long Beach
UPI
Howard Hughes
Monumental
Hughes
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Mills serves for only three hours
Sacramento dispatch reports James R. Mills, a San Diego Democrat, served as acting governor for about three hours before Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke returned from the Republican convention. Mills signed a bill allocating 720000 for bicycle lanes and then presided over a brief inaugural ceremony on the Capitol steps.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
James R. Mills
Mills
San Diego
Ronald Reagan
Ed Reinecke
Miami Beach
Reinecke
Hugh M. Burns
Reagan
Nixon
Los Angeles
Burton Chace
California
Capitol Steps
James H. Miller
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Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J. Donald Adam
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Hanover Park
Bruce Falberg
Amy North
Oakland Hills
Michigan
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General Services Administration
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Santa Maria Peppertree Theatre
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National Organization of Women (Now
ERA Now
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State Senate
Freezer Funeral Berkeley
Art Quaife
Bay Area Cryonics Society
Quaife
Hugh Davies
Broadway
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Techno
Fiom Warner
Awgn Communications Company
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Fish and Chips
New England
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COORS
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