Quake Hits California in April Shake but State Stands
AP reports a major April quake in Southern California with 5.7 magnitude near Borrego Desert. Buildings swayed from Los Angeles to San Bernardino, shelves toppled, and debris scattered as residents described a severe long tremor. The epicenter lay near Salton Sea. no mass casualties reported.
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Prophets of Doom
California
Pacific
Arizona
San Diegans
U.S. National Bank
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Southern California
First National Bank of
Borrego Springs
California Institute of Technology
Borrego Desert
Salton Sea
Jack Gillespie
Santa Rosa
Tehachapi
Palm Springs
Pompidou Seeks French Presidency After De Gaulle
Georges Pompidou, former premier to Charles de Gaulle, announced his bid for the presidency. At 57, he pledges continuity and stability, with a focus on preparing the future. Allies include Schumann and Gaullist groups. Alain Poher teased as possible Centrist challenger. Runoff rules to follow if no majority on first vote, with June 1 likely first round date.
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Boulevard Saint-Michel
Latin Quarter
Charles de Gaulle
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de Gaulle
Maurice Schumann
UJP
Alain Poher
Senate
France
Poher
Snicker A Day Heredity Teen Comedy Gag
A teenage boy inherits his mother’s brown eyes and his father’s red convertible in a lighthearted joke about traits and family quirks. The quirky premise plays on looks and car envy without depth or conflict.
Harold G Watson Honored as GOP Convention Delegate
Harold G Watson longtime southern Illinois GOP delegate and former Hotel Emmerson owner operator will be named to the Republican Memorial at Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The memorial honors national delegates and alternates influencing party history and world events since its 1952 commissioning. Watson last served as a delegate in 1964 at the Cow Palace San Francisco representing the 18 southern Illinois counties amid district realignments.
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Harold G. Watson
Hotel Emmerson
Illinois
Gettysburg Memorial
Pennsylvania
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Calif
Rumors of Threat to Sirhan at San Quentin
California prison officials said rumors of an assassination attempt on Sirhan Bishara Sirhan could arise if he is sent to San Quentin. They cited unverified institutional rumors with no substantiation. A bill to transfer him to Vacaville’s medical facility died in committee for lack of votes.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
San Quentin
Lawrence Wilson
Corrections Department
Sirhan
Vacaville
Bombing drives 1000-ton raid over Saigon jungles
AP reports a fresh U S bombing campaign north of Saigon with 36 Stratofortresses dropping over 1000 tons against North Vietnamese bases in War Zones C and D. The heaviest raids hit areas near the Cambodian border as U S command tallies helicopter losses at 17 this past week and total aircraft losses at 2,572 in the Vietnam war.
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Saigon
U.S
Zone C
Judge Lectures Nude Cavorters at Myopia Hunt Club
In Salem Massachusetts a judge sternly lectured four Harvard related youths for a nude romp in a field at the Myopia Hunt Club. Kevin Rafferty Barbara Dunn Ann Pedersen and Leslie Edmonds faced charges of lewd behavior and had costs of 20 each. Rafferty, a Harvard junior, videotaped the event claiming a filming project for a Harvard show.
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Salem
Mass
Philip J. Durkin
Kevin G. Rafferty
Barbara Dunn
Ann Pedersen
Campridge
Leslie Edmonds
West Newton
Harvard
Rafferty
University
Miss Dunn
Miss Pedersen
Radcliffe College
Court
Cairo police brutality hearing prompts charges move
An Illinois House committee urged disciplinary charges against Cairo police officer Gerald Flanary after a witness testified she was sprayed with MACE during her protest of her son's arrest. The opening hearing on Cairo racial tension proceeded amid news of new firebombings and disorder, with a second session set for Thursday.
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Illinois House
Cairo
Ill
Illinois
Edward Madigan
R-Lincoln
Gerald Flanary
Paul Simon
Preston Ewing
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gerald Montroy
Simon
Carl J. Clutts
Clutts
Jack Cassidy
Peoria
Father Montroy
Pyramid Court
Flanary
Erma Jean Moss
Orval
Drive In Ruse Ends With Trunk Break In Tucson
A Tucson man bought a new car and rode with his wife to a drive in. Lacking money they tried to use the trunk as the second seat and locked keys inside. After circling town and locksmiths failing, a service station crowbared the trunk open. repair cost was 316 dollars and they missed the movie.
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Hubby
Major Carl Pilkington Killed in Vietnam Toll Rises
Sgt Major Carl E Pilkington 41 is killed in action in Vietnam after a helicopter crash. His death raises Jefferson County Vietnam toll to 11. He served 23 years in the Army and led a Special Forces ground unit near the Cambodian border. He left for Vietnam January 10 and resided at Fort Bragg with wife Norma and daughter Linda. His son Carl E Pilkington Jr is stationed at Fort Bragg. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Carl E. Pilkington
Reuel Kelley
North 27Th Street
Fort Bragg
N. C
Norma Heskett
Army
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Vietnam
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Mt. Vernon
Special Forces
Norma
Linda
Pfc
Carl E. Pilkington, Jr
Massachusetts
S-Major
Airborne
3Rd Special Forces
United States
Paul Pilkington
Tulsa
Okla
Ethel Yearwood
Carol York
Alice Grace
Miller City, II
Cut Sales Tax and State Income Plan Proposed in Illinois
Republican Senate leaders unveiled Gov. Ogilvie's state income tax plan with a 4 percent rate for individuals and corporations and added a 3 percent sales tax cut. A constitutional amendment would seek elimination of personal property taxes in 1970, with Arrington noting no surprise or opposition.
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Springfield, Ill
Senate
Richard B. Ogilvie
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Ogilvie
Arrington
Fire violence prompts National Guard response in Cairo
Gov Ogilvie ordered National Guard units from West Frankfort Carbondale and East St. Louis to Cairo after a witness described a 'wither ing blast of gunfire' driving away firemen and police from a Monday night blaze No injuries reported but a two story building once a Civil War hospital and later a tuberculosis sanitarium was destroyed The county owned U shaped building insured for 50000 and an isolation ward building nearby were also mentioned as threatened positions.
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Cairo
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
National Guard
West Frankfort
Carbondale
East St. Louis
Mississippi
Ohio
County Health Department
Negroes Clash With San Francisco Police in Panther Raid
The Associated Press reports clashes in San Francisco after a police raid on a Black Panther headquarters. A television cameraman was beaten and hospitalized with facial injuries as cars and police vehicles were pelted with bottles and rocks amid the disturbance. Police arrested 16.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Des Moines
Iowa
Black Panther Party
Cairo fire sparks curfew and National Guard deployment
Fire erupted Monday night as firemen and about 15 police squads battled the blaze. Fire Chief Louis Edwards likened the scene to Omaha Beach amid a withering gunfire that shattered a fire truck windshield. Gov. Ogilvie ordered 140 National Guard troops to Cairo after talks with Mayor Lee Stenzel and Police Chief Carl Clutts. The health department building fronts Pyramid Court and the city imposed a 9 am to 6 pm curfew and tavern closures. Police were unable to identify the fire source and were authorized to return fire if fired upon. Continuous security measures followed the order for Guard support from Carbondale and East St. Louis.
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Louis Edwards
Omaha Beach
Normandy
Edwards
National Guard
Cairo
Springfield
Lee Stenzel
Carl Clutts
Health Department
Pyramid Court
Clutts
Liquor License Granted For Hotel Emmerson Mt Vernon
The City of Mt Vernon approves a $1000 per year Class C liquor license for J R Lamberson, owner operator of Hotel Emmerson, the last of four such licenses under the ordinance. Lamberson plans to open a hotel bar in the near future.
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Mt. Vernon
J. R. Lamberson
Hotel Emmerson
Lamberson
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