400 Acre Brush Fire Near Mission Hills Contained
Fire crews fought a 400 acre brush blaze near Mission Hills caused by strong winds. No injuries or structures damaged though a volunteer received a sprained wrist. Firefighters and volunteers from multiple agencies battled the flames with hoses, bulldozers, and air support. investigation into the cause continues.
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Highway 1
Village Country Club
Richard T. Miller
Centaur Ave
Vandenberg Village
Baptist Church
Rucker Road
Burton Mesa Boulevard
Task Force Did Not Ask For State Money
Editor notes the fifth part of a series on the California Space Shuttle Task Force. Edgar M. Gillenwaters says the group did not seek state funds at inception due to California’s tight treasury. Now a small surplus exists and $50,000 in state funds are sought to continue contract phases through January 1973.
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Commerce Department
Edgar M. Gillenwaters
Gillenwaters
Florida
South
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
McGovern Seeks Mexican American Vote in California Primary
United Press International reports McGovern and Humphrey campaign to Mexican Americans in California as Chavez fasting backs McGovern. Chavez endorsed McGovern while Humphrey pledges cabinet appointment for Mexican Americans if elected. Delegates split across weekend contests as Muskie and Jackson exit active races.
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George S. McGovern
Oregon
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
McGovern
Cesar Chavez
Chavez
Humphrey
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Muskie
Jackson
North Vietnamese offensive halted near Hue and Kontum
North Vietnamese forces using PT76 tanks attacked across the My Chanh River defense line north of Hue in an apparent bridgehead bid. Intense naval bombardment from U.S. 7th Fleet ships, Allied air strikes, and artillery reportedly halted the probe as fighting raged at nightfall. Reports say 937 Communist casualties across Hue, Kontum, An Loc, and the Mekong Delta as air strikes intensified and Haiphong Harbor mining resumed.
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UPI
My Chanh
Hue
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Kontum
Central Highlands
An Loc
Mekong Delta
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Nixon arrives in Moscow for week of Soviet summit talks
President Nixon touched down at Vnukovo II as Soviet leaders greeted him for a week of intensive discussions on arms control space trade and Vietnam. Tens of thousands lined the route to the Kremlin while Tass and Moscow television gave extensive coverage of the arrival.
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Austria
Fidel Castro
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China
Ivan the Terrible
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