B52 Captain Tells Why He Balked At Bombing
Captain Michael J. Heck, 30, of Chula Vista California, refused orders after his 175th mission saying the war’s mass destruction cannot justify it. He condemned North Vietnam bombing, applied for conscientious objector status, and faces potential court martial while performing administrative duties in Thailand.
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Clawed Frogs Threaten San Diego Wetlands
Scientists from the Natural History Museum report African clawed frogs now cover six miles of west Mt Helix and Sweetwater river drainages southeast of San Diego. Measuring up to five inches, they prey on insects and native frogs, threatening local ecosystems. Sixty specimens were caught after a heavy rain washed them from a pond. The frogs, imported from Africa for pregnancy tests, may spread to marshlands toward the Mexican border by 1978. A Capetown observer notes a joking possible alligator control.
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Bill Would Ban Gasoline Self Service In Missouri
Missouri Senate advances a bill to ban self service gasoline stations and introduces pairs of measures to raise county assessor pay and create dual licenses for drivers and chauffeurs. Additional proposals seek uniform estate and trust handling, establish county medical examiner offices in Greene and Clay counties, and require physician examiners. Senate members include Cason Spradhing Skelton Gant Jones Webster Bradshaw with session to start after noon Monday. News also includes tax and education credits, cigarette tax hike, new Greene County circuit judge, basic law in schools, developmental disabilities division, farm mutual insurer regulation, boat commissioner expansion, vehicle title tax stamp for schools, and mobile home standards and taxation.
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Cold Weather Kills Mailman in Ferguson Missouri
Doctors at St. Louis County Hospital blamed continued exposure to cold weather for the death of postal worker Carl L. Gier 47 of St. Ann. He collapsed on his mail route and died just after midnight after a Wednesday fall witnessed by a neighbor, with relatives noting prior medical problems.
Caine Weds Beauty Queen in Las Vegas Ceremony
British actor Michael Caine married former East Indian beauty queen Shakira Baksh in Las Vegas in a quick ceremony at a wedding chapel. Caine used his real name Maurice Micklewhite for the nuptials. best man Dennis Selinger flew from London. The couple returned to Los Angeles after the wedding as Caine promotes the film Sleuth.
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