West Coast quake leaves 1000 homes condemned
Los Angeles area quake and aftershocks totaling 6.6 on the Richter scale prompted the condemnation of more than 1,000 dwellings. Officials reported 62 dead and over 1,000 injured, with damage estimates reaching up to $1 billion. Red Cross shelters opened as inspectors warned of imposters posing as officials.
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San Fernando Valley
Granada Hills
Red Cross
van Norman
Hugh Gillis
Hartke Calls for Senate Probe into Stans Conflict
Sen. Vance Hartke urged immediate Senate Commerce Committee hearings on Secretary Maurice H. Stans. He cited Stans stock in Great Southwest Corp. and possible impropriety as the administration backed a $200 million Penn Central loan guarantee. Hartke noted non disclosure in Stans’ financial statements and questioned blind trust effectiveness.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of ‘Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Penn Central
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Stans
Hartke
Associated Press
Great Southwest Corp
Great Southwest
Texas
Alaskan Pipeline Hearings Open Over Native Claims
Washington CAP The Interior Department began hearings on Alyeska Pipeline’s 800 mile North Slope project to Valdez Gulf of Alaska amid native and environmental opposition. A separate Senate Interior Committee hearing weighs a $500 million land and royalty settlement for Alaska natives and title to 10 million acres.
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Washington Cap
Alaska
North Slope
Interior Department
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Valdezon
Gulf of Alaska
Senate Interior Committee
Alyeska
Conservation Group
Interior Committee
Henry M Jackson
D Wash
Ted Stevens
Mike Gravel
Senate
House
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Wayne N. Aspinall
Dcolo
James Haley
D-Fla
Kennedy
Harris
Alaska Federation of Natives
East Germany Jails Deserter
A U.S. Army deserter is jailed in East Germany serving two years and eight months. Ronald Balch, 24, of Huntsville, Alabama, went AWOL at Bamberg on March 21, 1966 and was ruled a deserter a month later. Sources say Balch was sentenced last August for attempting to escape to Poland.
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East Germany
Ronald Balch
Huntsville
Ala
Bamberg
Germany
Balch
Poland
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Humble Oil Refining Company
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