Curtain rings down on State Senate contest
The tight race for a pivotal state Senate seat pits 54 year old Republican John Nejedly against 23 year old George Miller III. A Nejedly victory would give the GOP a 21 to 19 majority. a Miller win would return the chamber to a 20 to 20 balance.
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Dennis J.opatrny Martinez
UPI
Senate
John Nejedly
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Creative Society
Hugh M. Burns
Richard M. Nixon
George Miller III
George Jr
Reagan
Nejedly
Contra Costa County
Miller
Assembly
Jess Unruh
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
U.S
Alan Cranston
George Moscone
National Party
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Cam
Paign
Harris, Cranston
Gene Barry
James Olson
Burns
Howard Way
Exeter
Donald Grunsky
Watsonville
John F. McCarthy
San Rafael
Grunsky
Moscone
San Francisco State College
Victor Cherven
American Independent Party
David A. Comstock
Peace and Freedom Party
Edward E. J. Hafey
Motion for new Ray trial seen
A motion seeking a new trial for James Earl Ray will be filed in Memphis this week. Ray's brother Jerry says Ray will plead innocent to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr death and a decision on the petition may come within three days. Two attorneys, J.B. Stoner and A.J. Ryman, are being considered. Stoner says Ray was pressured into pleading guilty while Ray waits in Tennessee State Prison serving a nine year term.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Ray
Jerry Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Nashville Tennessean
Stoner
Tennessee State Prison
King
Georgia
Teen Decency Rally Draws 35000 Teens At Miami Orange Bowl
About 35,000 teenagers gathered at the Orange Bowl in Miami for a decency rally featuring celebrities and clergy. The event, organized by Mike Levesque of Miami Springs High School, followed a Jim Morrison exposure case and echoed a blend of festival, revival, and pop culture activism.
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Malcolm I
Balfour Miami
UPI
Jackie Gleason
Miami
Orange Bowl
Gary Pike
Lettermen
Miami Springs
Mike Levesque
The
Doors
Jim Morrison
Morrison
Gleason
Anita Bryant
Ted Mack
Miss Bryant
Levesque
Frank Huberl
Rhodes Brothers
Impact of
Brass
Roslynd Kind
Miami Dolphin
Bob Griese
Bob Petrella
American Legion
Mosquito Warning As Rain Triggers Infestation Risk
Santa Barbara County Health Officer Dr. Joseph Nardo warns of a likely widespread mosquito infestation by mid April after heavy rainfall. Residents should drain standing water and use mosquito-eating fish or insecticides if needed. Protect indoors with screens and outdoors with repellents containing diethyltoluamide.
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Santa Barbara County
Joseph T. Nardo
Dr. Nardo
County Health Department
State Department of Public Health
Santa Barbara
Calle Real
Santa Maria
East Cook
Lompoc
Veterans Memorial Building
Solvang
Mission Drive
Northern lights dazzle New York area sky show
A bright aurora borealis display lit up a 200 mile radius around New York City, seen across New England and as far south as Louisiana. Weather officials described pulsating sheets of blue green and rose and called the southern appearance unusual, triggering numerous calls to police and media outlets.
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New York
Upi
New England
New York State
Louisiana
Windsor Locks
Nixon faced CRA criticism over picks for top posts
The Conservative California Republican Assembly criticized President Nixon for appointing James Farmer and Henry Kissinger to senior roles. CRA leader James Kraemer called the selections a mistake, while other delegates voiced disappointment at minority representation and past affiliations.
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DE van L. Shumway
San Diego
UPI
Nixon
California Republican Assembly
CRA
Harvard
James Kraemer
Piedmont
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Henry Kissinger
Farmer
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Kissinger
Ben Peery
Los Angeles
Peery
Kraemer
Finch
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Herbert Marcuse
University of California
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ford Foundation
State Assembly
Congress
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue Service
Penryn
Cornwall
Mac
Royal Navy
Rusk says Americans united on Vietnam policy
Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk asserts there were no deep divisions among Americans over Vietnam strategy and that President Johnson avoided another term for reasons beyond the war. He also says no disagreements existed between him Clark Clifford and Johnson on policy in a UPI interview.
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New York
UPI
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
Johnson
Rusk
Clark Clifford
NBC
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Clifford
State Department
Debt boost urged by Senate unit in Nixon era plea
Treasury Secretary Kennedy and Budget Director Mayo urged the Senate Finance Committee to approve a first annual increase in the national debt limit, warning the government may exceed the 365 billion ceiling next month. The House-passed 12 billion temporary boost would set a 377 billion limit before dropping back to 365 billion on June 30, 1970.
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Norman Kempster Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Robert P. Mayo
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Republians
Treasury Department
San Francisco State students begin trial on campus unrest
Nearly 500 students arrested during January rally face five municipal proceedings. Judge Joseph G. Kennedy to oversee preliminary motions for about 50 defendants charged with illegal assembly and disturbing the peace. Arrests followed a 113 day boycott by the Black Students Union and Third World Liberation Front.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco State College
Joseph G. Kennedy
Black Students Union
Third World Liberation Front
I. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
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Savannah, Ga
National States Rights Party
A.J. Ryman
Percy Foreman
Tennessean
Technicolor Panavision
Buena Vista Ois
RIBU
Gm CO
Walt Disney Presents
Gill Fox
NEA, Inc
Ellsworth
Daddy
Co. Health Department
N.Y
Vane
North
Hiney
Walt Disney
Smith
With Glenn Ford
Journey
Lodge Coffee Shops
H” Street
By Bob Barnes
Lompoc Record
California
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
Harry Morris
College Avenue
Life & Casualty
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Buick-Pontiac CO
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