County weighs reinstatement for welfare recipient abroad
A welfare recipient among five whose aid was cut off by the Board of Supervisors for travel abroad seeks a hearing with the State Welfare Appeals Board. The case notes the Oct 4 1968 circular and Alameda County ruling, with the county aiming to mail Old Age Security funds to the recipient in Canada pending the fair hearing.
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Board of Supervisors
Arthur W. Nelson
State Department of Social Welfare
Nelson
England
Philippines
Canada
United States
George H. Clyde
McCullough
Mao marks 20th PRC anniversary with public return
Mao Tse-tung reappears in public at Beijing Tiananmen Square celebrations after more than four months, appearing in excellent health and receiving a standing crowd. Lin Piao delivers the keynote, denounces US and Soviet nuclear threats, and warns they would face China if aggression is attempted.
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Hong Knog
UPI
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
People’s Republic
Peking
Lin Piao
Mao
Lin
Tien An Men
Gate of Heavenly Peace
United States
Soviet Russia
China
Peking Radio
Iia
Kremlin
Hong Kong
Soviet Union
Washington
Moscow
Stokes Wins Narrow Cleveland Mayoral Primary Victory
Mayor Carl B. Stokes clinched a 31 000 vote lead in Cleveland's primary and set sights on Ralph Perk in the general election. He hailed his diverse crowd, noted a high turnout in the ghetto, and led with 92 219 to 60 800 in unofficial results from 973 polling places while turnout remained under 50 percent.
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Cleveland
UPI
Carl B. Stokes
Robert M. Kelly
Stokes
Ralph Perk
Carl Stokes
U.S
Kelly
Britain turns Post Office into public corporation
Britain cracks open its 312 year old postal system by creating a profit driven public corporation led by Lord George Hall. The change makes the Post Office Britain's largest business and employer, while preserving government policy oversight on broad questions. The move echoes U S proposals as Nixon pushes Congress to privatize the U S mail.
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London
UPI
Britain
Nixon
U.S
George Henry Hall
Government Post Office Department
Post Office Corporation
U.S. Congress
House Post Office Committee
New Post Office Corporation
Army officers tied to slot machine racket in Germany bases
Senate testimony linked Gen William A Cunningham II Col Ferris Hardin and Sgt Maj William O Wooldridge to a service club slot machine theft ring at U.S. Army bases in Augsburg. Sgt Ed Jones said the group allegedly skimmed $5,000 to $7,000 weekly. An officer testified a ring leader bought reassignment by bribing Pentagon clerks. Cunningham denied probing the scandal.
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Jones
Augsburg
Germany
Cunningham
Col
Ferris Hardin
William O. Wooldridge
24Th
Hardin
Woolridge
Senate
Wooldridge
Gen. Cunningham
Maj
Har
Din
Israeli Planes Hit Suez Canal Targets
Israeli planes struck Egyptian military targets in the Suez Canal sector in the past three weeks. A Tel Aviv spokesman said all planes returned safely and did not specify targets or counts. CBS reported first Israeli night attacks since the 1967 war on the Suez gulf coast with heavy bombs damaging bunkers.
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United Press International
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Columbia Broadcasting System
Suez Gulf
Israel
Kiesinger offers 10 year coalition to Free Democrats
Bonn chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger proposes a decade long partnership with the Free Democrats to block Willy Brandt from unseating him. Brandt and Scheel discuss domestic policy as joint talks continue.
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Bonn
UPI
Kurt George Kiesinger
Free Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Willy Brandt
Kiesinger
Brandt
Social Democratic Party
Free Democrats
Bundestag
Free Democratic
Walter Scheel
Heinz Kuehn
Social Democrat
North Rhine-Westphalia
Erich Heinemann
Split of VAFE money tied to United Fund distribution
United Fund officials from Lompoc and Santa Maria work to formalize verbal Vandenberg AFB fund splits. About 29 000 of 52 000 from base personnel went to UF and then to 14 agencies including the Girls' Club. Campaign chair Siminski targets 75 000 with year long single drive and seeks cooperative alignment with Santa Maria group.
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Vaughn Proctor
United Funds
United Fund
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Vandenberg Air Force Base
William Organ
Lompoc Valley United Fund
Santa Barbara County
Michael Siminiski
Jim Cobb
Joe Sesto
Jim Gooding
Don Cooper
Siminiski
Vandenberg
Siminski
Parrots Escape From Woolworth Store Crowding Scene
Shoppers and clerks chased 10 parrots that broke from cages in a Woolworth store yesterday. A seagull reportedly snatched a small ball while activities drew notice at the beach in Santa Barbara and Laguna Beach see details in Lompoc Record delivery tube sighting.
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Woolworth
Eileene Herrara
Santa Barbara
Laguna Beach
Faulty RR warning at North A Street intersection
In a continuing safety series, residents recount crashes and near misses at the North A Street Southern Pacific crossing. Betty Jo O Henley seeks damages as negotiations over an out of court settlement proceed amid police notes that gates and lights timed to let trains pass before activation.
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Vaughn Proctor
North A
Southern Pacific
Betty Jo O’henley
E. Cherry Ave
O’henley
Laurel Avenue
North H Street
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Lord Hall
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Emil Gullich
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