Lumberyard Blaze Ruled Suspected Arson With High Winds
An early morning fire destroyed Century Lumber Co. and damaged two nearby buildings amid 30 mph winds. Firefighters battled four fires in different locations, with arson blamed for previous and ongoing blazes. Flames gutted the lumber yard office, melted cars at Laszlo Sports Car Center, and caused extensive heat damage. No damage estimates were released.
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Century Lumber Co
Anaheim St
Persian Crown Co
Marina Drive
Ben Saunders
Curio Shop
Souders
Fort Miles
Laszlo Sports Car Center
Anaheiy Street
Long Beach
John Montgomery
Fumber Yard
Virgil Jones
Anaheim Street
Joseph McLinden
Subpoena risked delaying tapes in White House row
Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee warned the White House risks a subpoena for tapes of residential conversations by delaying its response to the panel. The House set a April 22 deadline but the administration offered additional materials later. Some Republicans vowed to back a subpoena if no shift by Thursday, signaling potential constitutional crisis.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Tom Railsback
R-I
Winds Lash Long Beach Area Amid Strong Coastal Gusts
In a second morning of heavy winds, Long Beach area vessels were damaged as gusts top 60 mph in parts of Southern California. A freighter struck a wharf, sails tore from a schooner, and several small boats overturned while forecasters warned of diminishing winds later this week.
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Long Beach
Southland
Los Angeles International
Colorado
Meir quits amid Dayan crisis in Israeli cabinet turmoil
Prime Minister Golda Meir told Labor Party she will resign over disunity and calls for Defense Minister Moshe Dayan to resign after the October war. She stated she will notify the cabinet and blamed three cabinet members and former chiefs of staff for the split, signaling a forced cabinet resignation.
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Tel Aviv
UPL
Golda Meir
Labor
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Meir
Dayan
Fun
David Mazar
Cabinat
Knesset
Yitzhak Rabin
Haim Bar-Lev
Aharon Yariy
Nixon Wins Friendly Welcome in Michigan Rally Tour
President Nixon drew a friendly bipartisan reception as he barnstormed through Michigan Republican rural areas for a district election. He urged voters against a Democratic Congress, praising job improvements while critics warned of political campaigning ahead of the vote. Nixon landed at Tri City Airport and spoke to thousands, then traveled by helicopter to Bad Ax.
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Nixon
James M. Sparling, Jr
Tri-City
Saginaw
Mich
Mick
API
James Sparling
House
Sparling
Tri City
Bay City
Congress
Michigan
Girl Cub Scout Fights To Stay In Pack Despite Ban
Carrie Crosman eight-year-old girl in Coppell Texas outperforms nine Cub Scout boys in Pack 842 and seeks Wolf and Bobcat badges. Local Boy Scout leaders refuse coed membership citing no provisions for girls. Carrie’s father died in a Texas International Airlines crash last year. she and her mother plan to pursue court action supported by civil rights groups.
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Carrie
Boy Scouts
James Tarr
Circle Ten
Seout Quuncil
Dallas
Capt
MacDonald Crosman
Texas International Airlines
Convair
Black Fork Mountain
Mena
Ark
Fort Worth
Brownies
Blue Birds
File Boys
Mrs. Crosman
American Civil Liberties Union
Women's Equality Action League
Women For Change
Reinecke pleads not guilty seeks California trial change
California Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke today pleaded absolutely not guilty to charges of lying to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the ITT affair. He asked for the trial to be moved to California, proposing May 2 to align with the June 4 gubernatorial primary, while Judge Parker kept the date as is for now.
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Howard Brodie
Washington
California
Ed Reinecke
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
ITT
Joseph Connolly
Reinecke
U.S. District Court
Barrington D. Parker
F. Joseph Donohue
Comnelly
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OFIRE
Mas
Robert McClory
Hoy
Motherboot
Applebe
Innocent
William Broom
PT Nations
Jeane Dixon
Robeson
Parker
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