British boy impersonates traveler to fly to America
A 13 year-old Birmingham lad Curtis O Connor alias Tony Steed talked his way aboard multiple planes from London to Los Angeles over a week long flight of fancy He planned to return but would pay his own way next time He confessed after travel to Los Angeles where he had claimed a Hollywood meeting and stayed with an unnamed journalist before admitting his ruse The boy lived with his mother Margaret in Birmingham England
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UPI
London
United States
Curtis O’connor
Birmingham
England
O'Connor
America
Tony Steed
New York
British Caledonian Airways
O’connor
Washington, D. C
Watson May Be Ordered to Answer Questions in Tax Vote
Sacramento UPI report says Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee may subpoena Los Angeles County Assessor Phillip Watson to testify under oath about Prop. 14 and his property tax reform plan. The hearing halted as Watson refused to answer, prompting talk of a subpoena for the October sessions.
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Sacramento
UPI
Los Angeles
Phillip Watson
Watson
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Joe Gonsalves
Military camp park opening postponed due to radiation tests
The 460 acre Pleasanton area near Oakland was delayed for at least a year as gamma ray experiments on sheep used cobalt sixty sources raised safety concerns. Seaborg noted risks to hikers within a fenced radiated field while park officials cited minimal barriers and calls for long term study by Stanford Research Institute.
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Oakland
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
Glenn T. Seaborg
Office of Civil Defense
Seaborg
East Bay
Pleasanton
Calif
Camp Parks
San Francisco
Nixon
Stanford Research Institute
Girl Watching Week Sparks Patrols in Century City
Century City officials appoint special patrolmen to curb leering activity during Girl Watching Week September 24 to 30. National Organization for Women leaders denounce the event as offensive and intrusive, while supporters defend it as harmless admiration.
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Century City
Calif
UPI
Century City Civic Council
Joseph Reagin
International Society of Girl Watchers
National Organization For Women
Virgina L. Carter
Los Angeles
Viet Nam clash tightens grip on Da Nang defense link
Communist forces seized the South Vietnamese garrison at Tien Phuoc 36 miles south of Da Nang and threatened to take the town. Two U S Navy jets were shot down over North Vietnam with one crew missing and the other rescued unhurt after a bailout near Thanh Hoa. An explosive attack in Saigon killed three civilians and wounded a militiaman at a militia office.
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Saigon
UPI
Tien Phuoc
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Haiphong
Hancock
Thanh Hoa
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Gulf of Tonkin
General Edmonds Denies California Air Guard Charges
Maj. Gen. George W. Edmonds held a news conference denying nepotism and misuse of government property alleged by former aide Maj. Harold D. Simmons. California National Guard leaders, including Maj. Gen. Glenn C. Ames, will review the complaints with a report due by Sept. 20.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Air National Guard
George W. Edmonds
National Guard
Edmonds
California Air Guard
Harold D Simmons
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Simmons
Alaska
Glenn C. Ames
California National Guard
Hollywood
First black chairman of southern governors elected
Hilton Head Island SC UPI reports the Southern Governors Conference selects Melvin H Evans of the Virgin Islands as vice chairman to become chairman in 1973. Governors praise unity as George Wallace is elected chairman amid tribute from John C West and others.
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Hilton Head Island
UPI
Dixie
Melvin H. Evans
The
Virgin Islands
Evans
George Wallace
Alabama
South Carolina
John C. West
Wallace
Woman killed in Ulster bombing
Belfast reports a deadly bombing at the home of Roman Catholic politician James O Kane. One relative, Bridget Green, died as a duffle bag filled with explosives was thrown at the property. Protests on Shankill Road turned violent with gunfire and rioting as British troops faced Protestant mobs.
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Belfast
UPI
Shankill Road
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Springfield Road
James O'Kane
Northern Ireland
Republican Labor Party
Antrim Road
O’kane
O'Kane
Bridget Green
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