Reagan ready for reelection bid in California
Reagan aims to win a second term with a nine day, 15 city barnstorming tour across California from Oregon to Mexico. He plans to raise funds with a San Francisco $250 plate testimonial dinner and outlines tax rebates, property tax relief, tougher campus rules, antipornography laws, higher education funding, a water quality act, DDT phase out, and UC revamp.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
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University of California
Five year old celebrity learns still must do what he’s told
In Solana Beach Michael Karnes five was an overnight celebrity after being kidnapped from a bank he had visited on a dare. Two men forced him inside a bank and looted eight thousand eight hundred dollars before releasing him unharmed. Sheriff deputies and FBI agents later recovered him at his grandmother’s home.
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UPI
Michael Karnes
Petra Stout
Michael
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FBI
Los Angeles
Mack Ray Edwards
Edwards
District Attorney’s Office
Allen Todd
Pacoima
Gary Rocha
Sylmar
150 Corporations Top $1 Billion in 1969 Sales
New York UPI Merrill Lynch report says nearly 150 U S firms topped $1 billion in sales in 1969. The list adds 15 new firms, Sinclair Oil drops after a merger, and General Motors held first with over $24 billion in sales.
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UPI
United States
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Pierce, Fenner and Smith
Sinclair Oil
General Motors
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Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Ford Motor Co
Pan American Airways
Sears Roebuck
General Electric
IBM
Chrysler
Mobil Oil
Texaco
Idaho farmers to hold potato bake and price protest
Farmers from the National Farmers Organization burn three million pounds of potatoes in Idaho and other sites to pressure $3.50 per hundredweight for No 1 spuds. Del Ray Holm says the action may force next year’s farming decisions amid widespread strains in prices and farm income.
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American Falls
Idaho
UPI
National Farmers Organization
Walter Mauch
Shelley
Paul
del Ray Holm
National Potato Committee
Indians plan demonstration at courthouse
Seattle report says Puyallup Indians plan to demonstrate at the U S courthouse and then picket Fort Lawton Army post following Sunday invasions of Fort Lawton and Fort Lewis. Actor Jane Fonda visited Fort Lewis and Fort Lawton where protests led to detentions.
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UPS
Fort Lawton
U.S
Bob Satiacum
Puyallup
Fort Lewis
Here
Jane Fonda
Puget Sound
Satiacum
Amercan
Miss Fonda
My Lai inquiry fails to confirm intentional killings by U S troops
A U S congressional subcommittee says it cannot publicly declare that U S troops intentionally shot South Vietnamese civilians. The panel will instead scrutinize Army handling of the My Lai case amid ongoing prosecutions and prior public statements. The report notes 398 witnesses heard or scheduled in related hearings.
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Washington
UPI
My Lai
U.S
House Armed Services’ Special
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Rivers
Pentagon
Army
North Vietnam
Hebert
Army Board
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Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
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Bombing raids into Laos rise as U S reports losses daily
U S jets raid Laos from carriers and Thailand based Air Force planes, with the Pentagon announcing immediate daily reports of aircraft losses in Laos. Navy pilots concentrate attacks on Laos supply routes while U S troops suffer helicopter losses in South Vietnam and Marines begin a major withdrawal from Da Nang.
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Laos
U.S
U.S Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
South Vietnam
Thailand
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
United States
da Nang
California
U S closes Rhodesia consulate surprise move
U S Secretary of State Rogers ordered the Salisbury consulate closed prompting surprise in Rhodesia’s cabinet. British praise marked the move as a diplomatic success while U K officials note the severance over tensions with Ian Smith’s regime.
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U.S
William P. Rogers
Labor Party
United States
Ian Smith
Britain
Salisbury
Smith
Paul O’neill
Lovell and Haise Say Ready to Land on the Moon
Apollo 13 astronauts James Lovell and Fred Haise express confidence in a April 11 moon landing target at Fra Mauro despite a faulty trainer pressure gauge and winds delaying a practice touchdown. Ken Mattingly, orbiting solo, aims for extensive scientific observations advancing the mission goals.
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Fra Mauro
Lunar
Fred W. Haise
Moon
Thomas K
Ken’’ Mattingly
Mattingly
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