Angola offensive launches push across north and south
Soviet backed forces in Angola push from both ends with 1000 strong armored units advancing toward Luso south of Luanda and Cuban and Russian advisers aiding. Pro Western troops report stiff resistance while in the north National Front out of headquarters loses arms and aircraft. Washington denies Kissinger cable claim of total collapse.
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Zaire
Zambia
Luanda
Popular Movement
National Front For the Liberation of
Angola
Washington
State Department
Scripps-Howard
National Front
Henry Kissinger
Ecuador’s new junta pledges oil export push
The Ecuadorian military regime vows to boost petroleum exports and expand state control of the oil sector. Oil minister Col Rene Vargas says the government will support the state oil agency and step up exploration to grow reserves.
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Quito
Ecuador
UPI
Rene Vargas
el Comercio
UN Security Council clashes as China and USSR trade insults
At the United Nations, Soviet Ambassador Yakov Malik and Chinese deputy Lai Ya-li accused each other of backing Israel and provocation in the Middle East. Lai labeled the USSR sinister and warlike, while Malik warned China was siding with aggressors and heat the Arab‑Israel dispute.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Soviet Union
China
UN Security Council
Middle East
Israel
Yakov Malik
Lai Ya-li
Lai
Peking
United States
Malik
Goebbels
Hitler
Farm labor board funding bill stuck in California legislature
Gov Brown’s emergency 3.8 million appropriation to save the Agricultural Labor Relations Board faces a stalled Assembly vote and stiff Republican demands for reforms. The board warns layoffs and halted farm worker elections if funds fail, impacting Imperial Valley union drives and existing hearings.
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Farm Labor Board
Sacramento
SPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Assembly Committee
Senate
Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Imperial Valley
Assembly
Brown
Leo T. McCarthy
Ways and Means Committee
John Foran
San Francisco
Gas attack in Chatsworth suburb as chemical fumes injure dozens
A chemical fire at a 125 by 150 foot plant in Chatsworth Calif released phosgene chlorine and other toxins injuring 72 people including 40 firefighters and 11 police. Evacuations affected about 2000 residents as firefighters in protective suits neutralized sources and moved containers to a rocket facility nine miles away.
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Chatsworth
Calif
UPI
Los Angeles
Pacific Lithograph Co
Nord Tech
Lago Calc
Rod Gilmore
Santa Susanna Pass
San Fernando Valley
FBI Chief Outlines Priorities Against Crime Threats
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley presented a quality over quantity approach, targeting organized crime white collar crime and terrorism. He cited a 40 billion dollar annual loss from white collar crime and said the bureau remains resilient despite criticisms.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
UPI
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
California elderly tax deferral amendment heads to June vote
Senate approval 31-2 clears SCA16 allowing modest means seniors to delay paying property taxes until death. The measure, backed by Sen. John Nejedly, would prevent eviction fears by delaying delinquent taxes until they match the home’s value, appearing on the June 8 ballot.
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Sacramento
UPS
Senate
Assembly
John Nejedly
Walnut Creek
Extra doctors and nurses hired for public hospitals
Los Angeles officials moved to shore up public hospitals as a doctors strike cripples private facilities. County health chief Liston Witherill warned of a potential full stage disaster as 12 more nurses and four doctors were added, with 3,692 beds occupied and 7 remaining.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Liston Witherill
Robert Gnaizda
Witherill
Advertising scam warned to Mississippi businessmen
Mississippi Attorney General A F Summer cautioned businessmen about a deceptive advertising scheme linked to Space Advertising Agency of Redondo Beach California. He said postal authorities in California issued a mail stop order against the firm after complaints from local manufacturers. The scheme starts with a call about renewing ads in past editions, creates a false sense of familiarity, and then sends an invoice for ads that may not have been authorized. The bill is presented to be paid without verification.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
A. F. Summer
California
Summer
Consumer Protection
Space Advertising Agency
Redondo Beach
Calif
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