Fischer win away from world title
Bobby Fischer, 29, in Reykjavik with a draw in game 20 against world champion Boris Spassky keeps his bid for the world title alive. The American challenger has pursued the crown for two decades since he began playing chess as a youth.
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UPI
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Escapee held in killings
An escapee from Riverview Mental Institution, William McConnell, 27, was charged in B C provincial court with murder after a shooting spree along a 100 mile BC interior trail left six dead and three wounded. Victims include Mrs. Lester presses Clark of Penticton and Thomas John Pozney, 24, of Nakusp.
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UPI
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Lester Presses Clark
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RCMP
McConnell
Riverview
Vancouver
W.J.G. MacFarlane
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Clark
Okanagan
Kootenays
Army awards contracts for new troop helicopter UTTAS
The Army funds Boeing and Sikorsky to develop a larger troop carrier. Each firm builds seven prototypes with six for a flyoff and one for ground testing. UTTAS will carry 11 soldiers plus three crew and fly about 2 12 hours.
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Robert F. Froehlke
Boeing Co
Philadelphia
Froehike
Sikorsky
United Aircraft Corp
Stratford
Conn
Wallace back home from hospital after shooting injuries
Governor George C. Wallace, paralyzed waist down and using a wheelchair, was released from Spain Rehabilitation Center in Birmingham and returned to the Alabama executive mansion. He said health kept him from politics but will focus on politics again and will support local and state Democrats. He declined to comment on the presidential race.
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Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Spain
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Wallace
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Old Washington photographs sold to Library of Congress
Michael Kessler, a 30 year old collector, sold to the Library of Congress the oldest known Washington DC photos taken in 1846. He purchased them for 18 dollars in San Francisco and received 12 thousand dollars from the government. The images show early Capitol and White House views that have since changed.
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UPI
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Library of Congress
Washington, D.C
Kessler
San Francisco
Washington
Finch predicts historic political realignment after 1972 election
Presidential Counselor Robert H. Finch told a Republican fundraising audience in Sacramento that the November election could yield a realignment rivaling the 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt landslide. He said George McGovern is stirring broad voter sentiment and mobilizing support.
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UPS
Robert H. Finch
Franklin Roosevelt
Finch
George McGovern
McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Nixon
California
Senate
Bugging proposal linked to Pentagon Papers case surfaced
The Los Angeles Times reported that during the 1971 Pentagon Papers affair G Gordon Liddy proposed bugging The New York Times to uncover source of secret documents. DOJ attorneys halted any dealings as the idea was deemed unviable.
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UPI
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Newspaper association and press groups publish rate card
Members include California News Paper Publishers Association United Press International International Press Institute and Inter-American Press Association with California Press Member Audit Bureau. Subscription rate is $2.5 per month for home delivery or mail by mail in advance. Published daily except Sundays and Christmas Day.
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United Press International
International Press Institute
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Ruths to be honored tonight at Elks Lodge anniversary
Ruths celebrate 60 years of marriage with a community event at the Elks Lodge starting at 6 30 p m. Clarence Pop Ruth a long time educator and Chumash authority and Jennie Ruth will be honored by friends. Gilbert Martin leads the program with Robert Lilley as master of ceremonies.
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Pop
Ruth
Jennie Ruth
Elks Lodge
Gilbert Martin
Robert C. Lilley
Colusa
Dock strike talks stall in Vancouver contract dispute
Talks between ILWU negotiators and BCMEA stalled as parliament moved to legislate an end to the strike. The dispute threatens future Canadian grain shipments abroad with little progress after counterproposals were submitted to an earlier package.
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UPI
British Columbia
International Longshoremen’s’ and Warehousemen'’s Union
ILWU
British Columbia Maritime Employers Association
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Harpoon Kills World Record Largest Mako Shark
Commercial fisherman Joe Gorgita kills the world record Mako shark off California using a swordfish harpoon. The 11 foot long female, weighing 1 030 pounds, was verified by the county Museum of Natural History and ichthyologist Robert Lavenburg. The catch was made near Anacapa Island after a sighting off Port Hueneme.
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Los Angeles
UPI
County Museum of Natural History
Shelton Applegate
Robert Lavenburg
Applegate
California
Joe Gorgita
Port Hueneme
Calif
Anacapa Island
Airline marks 45th anniversary of transcontinental service
The 1927 Boeing 40A flight from San Francisco to New York marks 45 years of transcontinental passenger service. The inaugural trip carried 168 passengers at $404 each one way, with 32 hours and 15 stops, using parachute garb and mail bags, a contrast to today’s United Air Lines jets and parallel rivals.
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UPI
New York
Chicago
Boeing Air Company
National Air Transport Co
United Air Lines
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