Oil drilling halted off Santa Barbara by federal order
The federal government ordered all oil drilling paused in the Santa Barbara Channel amid a massive oil spill from a ruptured Union Oil well. Secretary Hickel said the halt will stand until the geological risks are better understood and the leak is sealed. No relief well yet, relief efforts planned with mud and barges.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Secretary of the Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Washington
Los Angeles
Hickel
Union Oil of
California
Humble
Phillips
Mobil
Tedaco
Nixon
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Union
Hicke
Oil Spill Echoes Torrey Canyon Disaster At Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara oil leak recalls the Torrey Canyon wreck of March 18 1967 off Cornwall and Brittany. Cleanup costs totaled millions with lawsuits looming in Singapore and Rotterdam and offshore wildlife gradually recovering.
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Santa Barbara
Britain
London
Seven Stones
England
France
Calif
Torrey Canyon
Cornwall
Golden Sands
Barracuda Tanker Corp
Union Oil
Shaw Oswald and Ferrie Seen Together in Clinton in 1963
Corrie Collins testified in Clay Shaw’s conspiracy trial that he saw Shaw Oswald and Ferrie together in Clinton Louisiana in late August or early September 1963. He identified Ferrie in a photo and said Oswald stepped from a car near the voter registrar’s office.
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New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Corrie C. Collins
Baton Rouge
Oswald
Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Asst. Dist
James L. Alcock
Collins
Clinton
F. Irvin Dymond
Criminal District Court
Clay Shaw
Congress of Racial Quality
Peace Talks In Paris Face Multimonth Deadlock
In Paris the Vietnam peace talks stall with no progress after a six hour session. U S chief negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge warns against false optimism as Hanoi and the NLF insist on de escalation tied to a political settlement. The next meeting is set for Thursday.
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Paris
Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Hanoi
NLF
Tran Buu Kiem
Ly van Sao
Kiem
Saigon
United States
Front
Sao
South Vietnam
C.S
William Jordan
Pueblo Oceanographer Says Cover Duty Tied to Ship Mission
Donnie R. Tuck, the senior oceanographer aboard the USS Pueblo, told a Navy court of inquiry that his hydrographic work was part of a non interfering cover for the ships intelligence role during the North Korean incident. He and colleague Harry Iredale III were civilian Defense Department employees who spent 11 months in captivity. Tuck’s GS12 pay would be about 12174 annually.
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Coronado
Calif
Pueblo
Donnie R. Tuck
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Friar Tuck
Bucher
Tuck
Harry Iredale III
Navy
Civil Service
Defense Department
Rockefeller plan trims 5 percent welfare aid and Medicaid
Gov. Rockefeller outlines a 10 percent reduction from the fiscal 1970-71 aid level, slashing welfare checks and reversing Medicaid support. He proposes 27 changes to formulas to save 460 million, yielding a net 235 million increase, with details to be approved this year for early local budgeting.
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Sage
Rockefeller
California reels from mudslides and tornado winds
Mudslides and tornado like winds sweep California as heavy rain and snow hit northern and southern regions. Hurricane force winds sever power and phone service in Redwood City and Inglewood while Glandora foothills flood. Riverside evacuations rise to 700 at Fremont Elementary. four people rescued from floods. A snow slide partially buries a 99 car freight train near Donner Summit before plows free it. Relief expected soon though more storms loom from the Aleutians.
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Los Angeles
California
Redwood City
Inglewood
Glandora
Patricia Murphy
Riverside
Fremont
San Bernardino
Southern Pacific
Donner Summit
Sierras
U.S. Weather Bureau
Aleutians
Bishop Lauriston Scaife Collapses at Buffalo Station
The Rt. Rev. Lauriston L. Scaife 61 bishop of the Western New York Episcopal Diocese collapsed in a Buffalo railroad station and was rushed to Buffalo General Hospital where officials reported his condition as fair. The illness was not immediately diagnosed.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Lauriston L. Scaife
New York Episcopal Diocese
Buffalo General Hospital
Cordon Operation Near Da Nang Declared a Major Success
The operation on the Batangan Peninsula began January 13 with 4,000 U S Marines Army and Vietnamese riflemen using land sea and air methods to cordon off 40 square miles south of Da Nang. More than 600 enemy combatants were put out of action.
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Saigon
Batangan
U.S
da Nang
Iraq President says no Jews on spy list
President Ahmad Hasan el Bakr told a news conference that all those facing spy charges in Baghdad are Iraqi Muslims. The Egyptian Middle East News Agency reported the statement today.
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Iraq
Beirut
Lebanon
Baghdad
Middle East
Ahmad Hassan el Bakr
13 year old Robert Curts freed after murder trial
An Orange County circuit court jury found 13 year old Robert Curts innocent of killing 15 year old James Thompson in the family apartment last Sept. 9. He had faced possible execution after weeks in jail awaiting trial.
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Orlando
Fla
Robert Curts
Orange County
Robert
James Thompson
Australia Rail Crash Kills 10 on Melbourne Express
The Sydney Melbourne streamliner express collided with a freight train 104 miles northeast of Melbourne. At least 10 passengers died and more than 100 were injured, about 20 seriously, marking Australia’s worst rail disaster in six decades.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bombing hits crowded Biafran market. hundreds killed
In Umuchiagu a crowded open market was bombed and strafed on Thursday. Local officials estimate 200 to 300 people killed outright with hundreds more wounded, one of the war’s worst civilian tolls.
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Umuchiagu
Biafra
Britain moves toward joining Western Europe amid de Gaulle clash
The United Kingdom advanced toward joining the Common Market despite President Charles de Gaulle’s opposition. Five of the six member countries pledged to consult on world problems before decisions, signaling progress toward market integration.
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Luxembourg
Britain
Western
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Sweden Grants Asylum to 10 U. S. Deserters
STOCKHOLM AP The Swedish Aliens Commission granted asylum today to 10 U S deserters for humanitarian reasons. Since the flow began 217 have contacted authorities, 175 were granted asylum, 19 denied, and about 10 cases are under investigation.
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Stockholm
Swedish Aliens Commission
U.S
Sweden
Commission
Public Protests Delay Sentinel antimissile project
Public protests across six metropolitan areas over the Sentinel antimissile system slowed work and prompted a new review. Widespread letters to congressmen and senators expressed concern about nuclear buildup and arms control talks with the Soviet Union, aiding a Senate bid to block funds.
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Washington
Pentagon
White House
Soviet Union
Senate
Sentinel
Shanker to Appeal 15 Day Jail Sentence
Albert Shanker president of the United Federation of Teachers says he will appeal his 15 day jail sentence for leading last fall's school strikes. He was fined 250 dollars for contempt of court and ordered to begin serving his term.
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NEW York
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
Shanker
Asst
City Corporation
Frederick Nathan
UFT
Security Tightens in South Vietnam to Prevent Tet Attacks
Saigon and Da Nang see heavy roadside searches and checks to preempt a repeat of last year’s Tet Offensive. Marble Mountain area cordoned and search operations expanded as Vietnam and U.S. forces report low ground action and casualties.
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Saigon
da Nang
Saizon
U.S
Marble Mountain
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
9Th Infantry Division
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Three Attorneys Defend Sirhan Without Charge
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan and his mother testified on family finances as three top criminal lawyers defend him without pay. Grant Cooper Rusell Parsons and Miles Zola Berman volunteer. Cooper says a half million dollars in costs would not be surprising.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Grant Cooper
Russell FE. Parsons
Mile Zola Berman
Cooper
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
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