Leftist Troops Seize Air Bases Around Lisbon
Leftist forces seized four air bases near Lisbon without firing a shot and captured a top air force commander. Prime target was Gen Jos Morais e Silva and other moderates on the Revolutionary Council as Premier Azevedo’s government sketched a state of alert. Arms were reportedly distributed to civilian leftists as police and media offices were seized. The outbreak comes as farmers seek to end Communist influence in farm policy.
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Lisbon
Porugal
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Anibal Pinho Freire
Revolutionary Council
Air Force
Jos Morais E Silva
Pinho Freire
Jaime Costa Neves
Jose Canto E Castro
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Tancos
Tagus River
Monte Real
Montijo
Monsanto
General Staff
Joss Morais E Silva
Costa Gomes
Fires Devastate Angeles National Forest Area
Los Angeles faces massive wildfires that have scorched over 57,000 acres of rural woodland. More than 20 homes destroyed, 30 damaged, forcing thousands to flee as 1,800 firefighters work to contain the blazes in Big Tujunga Canyon and Mt. Baldy area. Gov Brown declared a state of emergency and federal disaster aid is sought.
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Los Angeles
Big Tujunga Canyon
Angeles National Forest
Mt. Baldy
San Gabriel Valley
Claremont
San Dimas
Mt. Baldy Village
Big Tujunga
San Gabriel Mountains
Edmund G. Brown Jr
John Tunney
Ford
Father Awaits Word From Son On Carrier
Billy Joe Willis of Sturgeon, an A. P. Green Refractories Co. employee, awaits word from his son Billy Joe, a crewmember on the U S aircraft carrier John F Kennedy. The carrier collided with the Belknap off Italy Saturday night, killing four men including Belknap crew members.
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Billy Joe Willis
Sturgeon
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Billy Joe
U.S
John
Council Approves Fair Housing Bill
Mexico city council gave preliminary approval to a fair housing ordinance in a 40 minute meeting. The measure bars discrimination in sales or rentals through realty firms or lending institutions for race color religion national origin sex age or marital status. It excludes most private owner handled homes and small apartment buildings. Complaints go to the city manager for dismissal or remedy and the ordinance aims to keep HUD funds.
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Mexico City
Library Board
W. Breckenridge Street
Gary Eide
Mexico
State Human Rights Commission
Eide
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lions Tiger And Llama Among Fire Zone Animals
Los Angeles AP report details hundreds of small animals killed as forest fires scorch hills north of the city. Biologist Dr. Richard Vogl of Cal State LA says the blaze will boost long term wildlife with new growth and food. rescue efforts saved or released animals including four African lions, a Bengal tiger, a Peruvian llama, bobcats, mountain lions, wolves, and more.
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Los Angeles
Richard Vogl
Cal State University
Southern
California
James Washington
Jury hears gun witness testimony in Fromme assault case
In Sacramento, jurors weigh Lynette Fromme’s intent after she pointed a pistol at President Ford. The defense accepts she fired, seeks a verdict of assault rather than attempted assassination. The eight women and four men deliberated Monday after college students gave conflicting accounts of her statements.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ford
Lynette Fromme
Miss Fromme
Charles Manson
U.S
Dwayne Keyes
John Virga
Virga
Virgo
Keyes
Secret Service
Thomas Macbride
State Capitol
Washington
Manson
Sharon Tate
MacBride
Susan Folsom
James Damir
Miss Folsom
Damir
Thanksgiving Holiday Office Closures Across City and State
Most government offices will close Thursday for Thanksgiving with schools and several banks also shut. The Ledger will skip Thursday publication. The Mexico post office and county library close for the day, while the Missouri Livestock Market Center and landfill observe limited hours. Friday openings vary as offices resume regular hours and most courthouse offices close for an extended holiday.
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St. Brendan’s Parochial
The
Ledger
Mexico
Missouri Livestock Market Center
Mexico-Audrain
Commerce and First National Banks
Citizens Savings Association and Farm
Home Savings Association
Leo Erdel
Greg Back Home For Thanksgiving
Greg Eisenberg, 16, who ran away from the Missouri School for the Deaf Oct 19, is home for Thanksgiving. His parents, after weeks of searching in central and eastern Missouri, traced him to Ruskin Florida where migrant tomato workers shared a harsh life. He left MSD after being disciplined for leaving the bus station to get a hamburger.
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Warrenton
Greg Eisenberg
Missouri School For the Deaf
Missouri
Hyman Eisenberg
Rte. 3
Ruskin, Fla
Greg
MSD
Highway 54
Williamsburg
St. Louis
Arkansas
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Kaiser
Afl-Cio
al Galjoto
A. E. Gallagher
Gallagher
Moberly
Deaver Robb
Reinhardt Co
Richard Vance
Tujunga
Jim Unterwegner
U.S. Forest Service
Mobile Home
Ralph Orcutt
Omar
Bernard Ridgeway
Terry Walters
Elmer L. Aussicker
Robin Hood
Orcutt
Lucille Fulton
Joe
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