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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1965
Page
14
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A brush fire in Los Padres National Forest near Sespe Wildlife Area north of Fillmore threatens the California condor habitat. About 700 acres burned as 400 firefighters battled flames racing toward McDonald Peak amid shifting winds. No structures or nesting grounds in immediate danger, but experts monitor impact on the rare bird, with a history of past fires and disturbances in Sespe Creek and the condor refuge.
Guatemala AP reports film actor Steve Cochran, 48, died at sea aboard his 40-foot schooner Rogue near Champerico from an acute lung infection. Three Mexican women aboard said Cochran, who had hired them as maids, died June 15 after a rapid decline following a storm that damaged the mast and engines. The trio were later questioned. Mexican Embassy seeks their release, while U.S. Vice Consul awaits instructions from Cochran’s relatives. Cochran, a Eureka California native, had a long career with a Broadway break in Mae West's Diamond Lil and ties to Detroit, Wyoming, and Los Angeles.
In Bogalusa a 425000 damage suit by twelve civil rights workers against city officials and officers over alleged brutality harassment and failure to protect demonstrators was set for today. U S District Judge Christenberry would confer with counsel at 2 p m. The plaintiffs seek damages and to force parks reopening after the mayor desegregated them and closed parks to curb violence.
Baton Rouge attorney Carlos Spaht, executive counsel to Gov. John J. McKeithen, will take a leave of absence starting July 1 to catch up on backlog at his private law practice. Spaht is a part time member of the governor's staff. Sidney Fazio will cover Spaht's duties until his return.
About 12 000 people are expected to attend a full night gospel songfest in Tishomingo Oklahoma. More than 30 quartets from Texas Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma will perform across a 10 hour event that caps the Chickasaw Indian Festival marking the nations 110th anniversary. The program includes a parade war dances Indian games and a rodeo with singing from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. at the Tishomingo Baseball Park.
Rome endured near record heat with a daytime high of 99 degrees while Venice's Lido Beach officials reported 135 degrees in the sun, reflecting a severe heat wave across the country.
Eight day old Amparo Banda of Edinburg Texas was flown to Galveston for treatment for a rare birth defect. Born in Reynosa Mexico with spinal difecta the baby was paralyzed and spine exposed. Dr Jack Maxwell said surgery at John Sealy hospital could give her a fighting chance to live.
Berkeley UC patrolman John B. Fulkes chased an escaped monkey across campus over the weekend. The animal climbed trees and hedges before Fulkes subdued it in a hedge with a firm grip. He later quipped that perhaps the long arm of the law should have been shorter.
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