Skier Falls Off El Capitan in Yosemite Stunt
29 year old Rick Sylvester skied from El Capitan's Wall of the Morning Light at 50 mph, backflipped, released skis, and parachuted to the Yosemite Valley floor in an esthetic stunt recorded by 14 cameras. He trained for over a year and chose a calm gray day to perform the risky ascent and descent in Yosemite National Park.
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San Francisco
UPI
Yosemite Valley
Rick Sylvester
Sylvester
el Capitan
Yosemite National Park
Fei Capitan
California Senate Bill and Assembly Actions Reported
The briefing lists multiple measures including SB157 and SB150 aimed at welfare and voter registration, SB159 reducing EMR enrollment, and AB278 AB273 and AB256 on taxes school meals and farm wage coverage. The report notes location cites like Los Angeles San Diego Oakland Granada Hills and Canoga Park.
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United Press International
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Manhattan Beach
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Warren
McCloskey campaigns amid cash shortfall in New Hampshire
UPI reports Rep. Paul McCloskey struggles to fund his antiwar bid for the New Hampshire primary. Campaign manager Alvin Tottel says funds are critically low despite $200,000 raised since Oct 1. The effort, centered on door to door canvassing and media buys, faces a $30,000 debt with $40,000 in monthly costs.
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UPI
Paul No McCloskey
Nixon
New Hampshire
Alvin E Tottel
Tottel
McCloskey
California
Governors press Nixon on dock strike across Pacific ports
West Coast governors led by California's Reagan and Washington's Evans pressed President Nixon to end the longshore walkout now in its 116th day. They warned of economic ruin as ILWU talks with grain operators continued in Portland while a Taft Hartley injunction kept some workers on the job.
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Pacific
Ronald Reagan
California
Dan Evans
Washington
Hong Kong
Oregon
Tom McCall
McCall
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
Portland
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Judge Gaines dies amid Alioto trial delay in Seattle
Superior Court Judge Donald L Gaines died at 65 after a 18 week tenure over the San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto civil fee split case and Washington State official matters. Orris Hamilton warned of possible mistrial motions and continued proceedings with another judge.
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Donald L Gaines
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
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Washington State Supreme Court
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