Kidnappers Tussle End In Turkish Rescue Of 14 Year Old
Turkish security forces engaged two gunmen at a Kartal house and freed 14 year old Sibel Erkan after a tense standoff. One gunman was killed, the other gravely wounded, and the girl was unharmed aside from facial bruising. The suspects sought to flee to Cyprus, Russia or Jordan before the raid.
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Kartal, Turkey
UPI
Kartal
Huseyin Cevahir
Munir Cayan
Ephraim Elrom
Istanbul
Elrom
Sibel Erkan
Erkan
Cyprus
Russia
Jordan
Nadiye Cayan
Mariner 9 Sets Course to Mars After Launch
UPI reports Mariner 9 has reached about 250000 miles from Earth on its 5½ month voyage to Mars. The craft will switch to a Mars bullseye trajectory, aiming for orbit by November 14 and a three month to yearlong mission to map two thirds of the planet and search for possible life indicators.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Mariner 9
Mars Explorer
Earth
Mars
U.S
Mariner
Audie Murphy Dies In Small Plane Crash In Virginia
Roanoke Virginia May 31 UPI Audie Murphy star of World War II films and war hero died in a crash when a twin engine Aero Commander plunged into Brush Mountain near Martinsville The wreckage killed six aboard including Murphy his wife Pamela was notified and dental X-ray tests were used to identify the bodies aboard were Claude Crosby Raymond Prater Jack Littleton Herman Butler and an unidentified sixth occupant
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Roanoke
UPI
Audie Murphy
Virginia
Europe
Brush Mountain
Murphy
Pamela
Aero Commander
Atlanta
Martinsville
Community Hospital
John Josko
Civil Air
Modular Management
Claude Crosby
Modular
Raymond Prater
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jack Littleton
Fort Collins
Colo
Lenoir Corp
Herman Butler
Crossville
Search for murders ends as bodies found near Feather River
Deputies near end of grim search along the Feather River after 23 slain farm workers' bodies were unearthed at Sullivan Ranch and adjoining farms. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker noted many likely graves are now flooded or dug up and the river water rise delayed access. An arrest of Roy Delong as a material witness was disclosed after he had previously been released.
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Yuba City
Calif
UPI
Feather River
Roy Whiteaker
Sullivan Ranch
San Francisco
Sheriff's
District Attorney
Whiteaker
Oroville Dam
Roy Delong
Delong
Juan V. Corona
Lompoc Council to Review Ending Social Security Withholding
The Lompoc City Council will consider dropping the social security withholding for city workers in regular session at City Hall. City Attorney James Longtin notes employees prefer the Public Employees Retirement System and criticize the plan for lack of guaranteed retirement return. The council also weighs jail services versus county sheriff, acts on five resolutions, and discusses the Drainage Study Committee duties. Attendance may include Bevilacqua, Johnson, Hays, Stokes, Lenning, and Wise.
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Lompoc
Council
James Longtin
Longtin
Nicholas D. Bevilacqua
Donald I. Johnson
Charles D. Hays
Edward C Stokes
Gerald L. Lenning
Richard Wise
Weather outlook with highs in the sixties this week
Night and morning low cloudiness give way to fair skies through Wednesday. Warmer spell with daily highs in the 60s and lows near 50 tonight. Northwest wind 10 to 25 mph. Tidal info lists high tides at 6:20 a.m. and 7:02 p.m. and low tides at 1:02 a.m. and 12:14 p.m.
Memorial services draw thousands across nation
United Press International reports crowds marking Memorial Day with parades, marches, and speeches. Adm Bernard A Clarey spoke at Pearl Harbor aboard the Arizona Memorial. Boston hosted a four day Vietnam veterans march. Iowa officials and National Guard events honored war dead. A Los Angeles cemetery audience heard Gen Lewis W Walt defend the Vietnam War.
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United Press International
Clarey
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
Pearl Harbor
Boston Common
Boston Area
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
National Guard
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
U.S
Eterans Administration
Los Angeles
Lewis W. Walt
Marine Corps
Vietnamese Forces Flee Snuol Leaving Wrecked War Machines
South Vietnamese troops abandoned the Cambodian border town of Snuol after five days of heavy fighting. Readouts from both sides claimed large losses, while Viet Cong broadcasts boasted of a major victory. U.S. officials questioned some figures as tanks, armored cars, and weapons were left behind amid the retreat.
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Saigon
UPI
Snnol
Sauol
Laos
Highway 13
Snuol
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Embassy Marine Guard
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Turkey
American Legion Post
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Mary Jean Beard
Danni Hamel
Legion
Lom
Braves
Savannah
Adm
Bernard A. Clarey
U.S. Navy
Pacific
S. Vietnam
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