Roof collapses at Long Beach YWCA pool killing woman
A roof section over the shallow end of the Long Beach YWCA pool collapsed during family night, killing Jo Spinelli and injuring six others including her husband John Spinelli and 12 year old Peter Tolton. One injury was serious and Sara Gibson suffered fractures and lacerations.
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Long Beach
Calif
Jack Shuman
YWCA
Jo Spinelli
Spinelli
John
Linda
Sara Gibson
Richard Roberts
Roberts
Not Afraid Hero Boy Faces Threats After Burglary Capture
Ten year old Leon President drew a LAPD citation and toy handcuffs from aiding police in arresting juvenile burglars. He faced death threats and beatings from gangs in Hollywood, leading his mother to plan moving him to his father’s city for protection. Leon, 4 feet 6 inches, 90 pounds, helped arrest a 10 and 11 year old and a 12 year old girl after a others’ burglary spree. He said it was nothing.
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Los Angeles
Leon
Los Angeles Police Commission
Kathy
Hollywood
Leo
Demonstrators clash with guards at Ohio Capitol
About 25 demonstrators claiming to represent unemployed workers tried to force their way into the Capitol in Columbus but were repulsed by security guards. A crowd of around 75 gathered on the steps to protest Ohio being excluded from extended unemployment benefits. Six guards blocked the west entrance in a pushing match. three protesters entered the building but left when Governor Rhodes did not appear. the governor was in Florida for the weekend.
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Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Capitol Steps
Ohio
Frank Blackstone
Statehouse
Capitol
Chan Cochran
Florida
Unemployed Workers Organizing Committee
Revolutionary Communist Party
the Worker
U.S.A
Ford warns Cuba against armed intervention in Latin America
President Ford denounces Fidel Castro as an international outlaw for sending 12,000 soldiers to Angola and vows appropriate measures if Cuba or any nation intervenes in the Western Hemisphere. The Miami naturalization ceremony for 1,178 Cuban refugees highlights immigration backlogs and a plan to add 10 examiners to Miami within two weeks.
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Washington
Ford
Cuba
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Angola
Castro
United States
Florida
Miami
Western Hemisphere
U.S
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Lindbergh Heiress Claim Sparks Heir Petition
In Honolulu Maine declares Kenneth W. Kerwin may be missing Lindbergh child seeking recognition as an heir. Kerwin’s lawyers allege medical and documentary links. court ions set for March 9 to move case from Maui to Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Maine
Bruno Hauptmann
Kenneth W. Kerwin
Maui Island
Lindbergh
Kerwin
Robert W. Bryan
Birmingham
Ala
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
United States
Springvale
Portland
Press Herald
Biddeford- Sanford
Bernard Gaines Sr
Biddeford
Bryan
Theodore G. Meeker
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Bein
New England
Kerwins
Meeker
Lindberghs
Maui
Influenza outbreak to subside with spring approach
An unusual late-winter flu epidemic blamed for 875 American deaths last week may subside as spring arrives. A CDC spokesman noted it would be unusual for a major outbreak this late in the year. The CDC counted 875 pneumonia and influenza related deaths in the week ending Feb. 21, 339 above normal, meeting epidemic criteria.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
Middletown Area Mild Weather With Weekend Shower Chance
Mild temperatures persist in Middletown with highs in the upper sixties today. Skies clear tonight but a chance of showers is forecast for Sunday. Overnight lows reach the upper 30s to low 40s statewide. Tomorrow’s high in the mid sixties. Monday remains warm but cloudy. Cooler air moves into the Ohio Valley Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Middletown
Ohio Valley
Crowds greet Nixon in Canton during China visit
Tens of thousands cheered Richard Nixon in Canton as he toured Liberation Road and the Li River area. Security guards faced pushing crowds while Nixon waved and rejoined his convoy. He travels with Dr Shang Teh-ting and medic Robert Dunn who treats phlebitis and uses anticoagulants.
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Canton
China
Richard Nixon
Liberation Road
Mao Tse-tung
Nixon
Nixons
Li River
Shang Teh-ting
Robert Dunn
Dunn
South
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Peter Tolton
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