Fire Destroys Camp Fire Girls HQ in Pomona
A Camp Fire Girls Mt. San Antonio Council headquarters in Pomona, built with candy-sale funds, burned in an arson attack tied by leaders to racial tension at nearby schools. The one story frame building near Pomona High School suffered about 50000 in damages, destroying records serving 11500 people in the Los Angeles area. Police blamed the blaze on racial friction and linked it to incidents at the high schools as Supt. Winston Nelson ordered school closures while meetings with parents continued.
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Los Angeles
Camp Fire Girls
Pomona
Mt. San Antonio
Camp Fire
Gordon Silvey
Winston Nelson
Nelson
Thomas Haggai
Laidbock Knife and Fork Club
Hillcrest Country Club
Haggai
Peron
Tare
James Hart
John Bradford
Tech Engineering
Thord Dockray
San Antonio
Disturbance At Local High School Over Christmas Break
The December 18 disturbance involved about 100 students, half Black, amid clashes between white and Negro students. Investigators say several weapons were taken. no arrests have been made. Principal Patrick Bushman has met privately with students to ease tensions. Mrs. Silvey questions why youths lash out at a youth group.
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Patrick Bushman
WTSU Schedules Spring Semester
West Texas State University opens spring semester registration January 14 to 16 in the activities center. Readmission applications are available at the registrar. The American College Test for all freshmen is January 15 in the old administration building auditorium, and freshman orientation is January 12 in the activities center.
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Canyon
West Texas State University
Calley Sees Law Shaping My Lai Trial Narrative
Lt. William Calley argued that U S law shapes his My Lai trial more than facts, saying prosecutors and courts piece together evidence while he seeks to tell his story within legal limits. He noted preparation for resumed testimony and praised his defense team as the case returns to court.
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Washington
My Lai
William Calley
Calley
Ft. Benning
Carey
Col. Reid W. Kennedy
Col. Kennedy
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Richard B. Kay
Cleveland
Maj
Kerneth Raby
Aubrey
Daniel II
Vietnam
Georgia
C Company
Sth Viet Cong
John Wayne
Local Man Finishes Army Course At Fort Benjamin Harrison
Pvt Jim B Darnell son of Mr and Mrs J C Darnell 3016 57th Lubbock completed the Automatic Data Processing Machine Operations Specialist Course at the US Army Adjutant General School Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind He is a 1966 Monterey High School and 1970 Texas Tech graduate after basic at Ft Ord Calif.
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Jim B. Darnell
J. C. Darnell
57Th
Lubbock
US Army
Adjutant General School
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Darnell
Lubbock Monterey High School
Texas Tech
Ft. Ord
Calif
Suspect nabbed by chief's wife in narcotics raid
Juliann Joseph, a nine year veteran policewoman and wife of Columbus Police Chief Dwight Joseph, chased down a suspect during a narcotics raid. She grabbed the man from a second floor window and held him until detectives arrived as police made four arrests and recovered $1200 worth of drugs.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Juliann Joseph
Dwight Joseph
Gov Bruce King Faces Freezing Santa Fe Start
New Mexico Governor Bruce King moved into the governor's mansion and found the capital's gas shut off for lack of pressure amid freezing weather. The briefings were deemed unnecessary as the situation awaited action.
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Santa FE
N.M
Bruce King
Tourist magnet Geneva records 153 million visitors in 1969
The 1969 tally shows Europe hosting 112 million of the 153 million foreign tourists. The year marks an 8 percent increase from 1968, highlighting Geneva as a leading gateway for international travel.
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Geneva
Europe
Butane Blasts Cig Clouds Hit Mineral Wells City
A series of explosions destroyed three large butane tanks and a transport truck in Mineral Wells Texas causing about 500000 dollars in damage. One night watchman was injured and 19000 residents were displaced as flames and a fireball were seen up to 80 miles away. Firemen battled remaining fires as underground butane gas burned off and many local services faced gas shortages.
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UPI
Southwestern Gas Pipeline Co
Melton Breton
Breton
Robert Cowley
Cowley
Self
Dallas
Denton
Weatherford
Mineral Wells
Communist Ambush Kills Five U S Troopers in Vietnam
A Communist force ambushed a U S Army patrol 16 miles south of Bong Son in central South Vietnam, killing five American paratroopers. Reinforcements rushed to the area. some survivors reported. The clash marked the week’s largest ground action involving U S troops.
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United Press International
South Vietnam
Bong Son
173Rd Airborn Briigade
Cambodia
U.S
Berlin
Phnom Penh
West Berlin
United States
Britain
Indochina
U Minh Forest
Mekong
Bangkok
Laird
Thailand
Vietnam
Nixon
Tech Graduate Authors Book Views on the News
Jim Allee Hart, Texas Tech journalism graduate, published Views on the News The Developing Editorial Syndrome 1500 1800. Hart, Crane native and Crowell alumnus, traces early English newsletters to 18th century U S local column styles. He teaches journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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Jim Allee Hart
Texas Tech
Hart
Tech
Crane
Crowell
U.S
Fort Worth
ZIP Code From A Ship In Great Lakes Mail Service
The J. J. Westcott II, a power boat serving as a floating post office, plies the Great Lakes delivering and collecting mail from ships as they pass Detroit. It operates with the ZIP number Detroit 48222 and has done so since 1874.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
J. J. Westcott II
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