Unburied Bodies Plague San Francisco Cemeteries Strike
In San Francisco area cemeteries a strike by Cemetery Workers Union Local 265 leaves nearly 1,400 bodies unburied since June 3. Rabbi Joseph Asher appeals for a break in 117 days of deadlock as health officials inspect mortuaries and unions seek about a six dollar daily wage rise plus pension and medical benefits.
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Joseph Asher
Northern
Bergen- Belsen
Asher
Temple Emanu-El
City Health Department
San Francisco Peninsula
Cemetery Workers Union Local 265
Maurice Fitzgerald
Water Tank Collapses In Atlantas Sudden Ruin
In Atlanta Texas a nine story rust colored steel water tank collapsed sending a torrent from one million gallons of water. Stack who was in his office a short distance away described hearing a roar and then a crunch as the tower failed and water rushed through the site.
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Attack on Army post in Londonderry wounds soldier
Doctors fought to save Pvt. Roger Wilkins 32 after a machinegun burst hit an army observation post in Londonderry. He underwent emergency surgery to remove bullets from his head as violence spiked in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland
API
Roger Wilkins
Londonderry
Weather outlook with mild temperatures and tides
Fair today with a slight chance of showers Wednesday. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with cooler highs in the 60s and 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph. Tides show highs near 4 and 5.2 feet and lows around 0.4 to 2.9 feet at specified times.
Border bombardment spikes as Vietnam incursion nears election
Allied frontier posts faced heavy rocket and mortar fire from North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces in a three day campaign. Officials report over 200 rounds overnight with 230 Communist casualties and five American injuries. USAF planes and B52 raids continued in the border region near Cambodia.
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Cambodia
Newsprint Dump Crashes Truck Crash on Highway 1
A semi truck and trailer overturned on Highway 1 near Jalama Road spilling about 20 tons of newsprint over a quarter mile. Driver George Lyness Harrison 45 of Southgate sustained abrasions and a head bump and was treated at Lompoc Hospital before being released.
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George Lyness Harrison
Southgate
Lompoc
Harrison
Jalama Road
California Highway Patrol
Joe Cabral
South D Street
Record
Warren Investment Co
Long Beach
Polluters tighten rules as hearing continues on backyard burning ban
County Air Pollution Control District directors extended the public hearing on proposed rules aimed at a near total ban on backyard burning, with state regulations to take effect December 31 and local enforcement to begin next year. The panel plans a Sept. hearing and a three-member appeals board, while ranchers face restrictions on burning old trees and brush. Fire chiefs say uniform enforcement will proceed.
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Santa Barbara
Board of Supervisors
South Coast
Montecito
Hope Ranch
Delbert May
William Luton
Los Alamos Area
Los Angeles
Francis H. Beattie
Clifford Seymour
County Air Pollution Control District
County Health Department
Two Oil Spill Bills Die In Senate Panel Action
Two Assembly passed oil spill bills were killed by the Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee at the author’s request. The panel approved resolutions by Assemblyman W Don MacGillivray urging federal and state studies on spill prevention and contingency planning.
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UPI
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Senate
W. Don MacGillivray
Santa Barbara
Water Resources Control Board
Times Executive Warns Self Censorship Rise From Pentagon Papers Probe
New York Times executive vice president Harding Bancroft told Senate hearings that government attempts to halt the Pentagon papers publication foster journalistic timidity. He cited a 15 day injunction as a dangerous precedent that could prompt future restraints on news coverage despite the Supreme Court ruling upholding publication. Bancroft urged vigilance to prevent self censorship.
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Times
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Supreme Court
Vietnam
Justice Department
Small La Habra Quake Shakes Orange County Area
A 2.8 magnitude earthquake jolted Orange County Monday night with no damage reported. The temblor originated near Whittier La Habra, felt in Orange Buena Park Anaheim Fullerton and surrounding areas, at 8:53 p.m. lasting about five seconds.
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Fullerton
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