Storm Smashed Ship Arrives in New York on Wild Voyage
The Italian liner Michelangelo battered by a towering wave near Pasadena reached New York with about 100 suspected Negro passengers aboard. Three people were killed and 12 injured in the incident, with 102 held in custody as police quelled a mob attack on the ship. Dr. Jay Blaskevich of San Pedro described the voyage as the most severe storm he has experienced at sea.
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New York Harbor
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Pasadena
UPI
New York
San Pedro
Insusa
Willie
Giuseppe Soletti
Soletti
Jay Blaskevich
13Th St
Young Blaskovich
Doctor Proposes Polygamy After 60
Salt Lake City report outlines Dr Victor Kassel a 46 year old physician proposing legalized plural marriage to aid elderly widows and men aged 60 plus in geriatrics and sexual wellbeing. He cites widow numbers and studies from geriatric centers while noting his wife opposes the idea. The article notes polygamy history among Mormonism and its 1890 church ban.
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Salt Lake City
Victor Kassel
Kassel
Geriatrics
Posal
Dr. Kassel
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
Two GI POWs Discharged After Viet Cong Aid Charges Dropped
Army discharged Staff Sgt. George E. Smith of Chester West Virginia and Staff Sgt. Claude McClure of Chattanooga Tennessee who were accused of aiding the Viet Cong. Charges dropped for insufficient evidence. Smith received an honorable discharge at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana and McClure was discharged at Fort McClellan Alabama. The men were captured in November 1963 and released last December.
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Thomas Potts
West Virginia
McClure
Smith
United States
Okinawa
Where to Find It Comics-Pages A-4 Crossword-Page A-2
Brief reference list showing page locations for features. The notice directs readers to Comics on A-4, Crossword on A-2, Death Notices on A-7, Religion on A-5 to A-7, Shipping Table on A-8, Sports on B-3 to B-5, TV and Radio on A-8, and tides and temperatures on A-8.
Peking Rejects U.S. Offer to Scholars
Tokyo dispatch reports Communist China spurned a U S invitation to invite ambassadors and Chinese scholars to visit American universities. Kenya sources say a diplomat resigned over the offer described as a fraud as U S suggestion unfolds from Nairobi.
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China
Nairobi
Kenya
Wildaya
U.S
Illiam Attwood
U. S
Look
LBJ Elated Plans Wider Latin Travels
President Johnson upbeat after a 24 hour visit to Mexico City and a large welcome. He eyes further Latin American travel this year and backs a hemispheric summit urged by Argentine President Illia. An aide notes European travel is unlikely until NATO tensions ease.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Mexico City
Latin America
Arturo Illia
U.S
Dominican Republic
Europe
North Atlantic Alliance
France
NATO
Eee
Viet's Buddhists in New Protests
In San Francisco the California Republican League shows a new split from older conservative groups as it urges Reagan to withdraw from the governor's race, arguing it would be his greatest service. The move follows a call for Reagan to yield and back Christopher, signaling shifting intra party dynamics.
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Christopher
San Francisco
California Republican League
Ronald Reagan
CRL
George Christopher
Republi
Vandals tear down US flag at London Abbey protest
London reports flag taken from a pole outside Westminster Abbey as an act by a group called Action Movement for Peace protesting the Vietnam War. An unidentified woman spoke to Press Association, claiming the flag removal. American ambassador Brice to read Sunday service lesson.
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London
UPI
Westminstng Abbey
U.S
Viet Nam
William Darlington
Press Association
Action Movement ‘For
Maki
Washington
United Nations
Anglican Church
Christian Unity
David K. E. Brice
Britain
South Viet Nam Pilot Defects to Cambodia
Cambodian police and officials report South Vietnamese air force Lt. Tran Minh Bach 26 defected with his H34 helicopter to Cambodia landing near Mondulkiri in Khmer Province with his one year old wife on April 10 seeking political asylum.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Tran Minh Bach
Mondulkiri
Khmer
Eight die in Orange and LA hit run toll from night traffic
Eight people perished in a spate of hit and run crashes across Orange and southern Los Angeles Counties. Among the dead were Betty Travis wife of Staff Sgt Waiter Travis at El Toro and her two daughters Beverly and Leneta Pate aged 17, James Pate 14, and Downey area victims. A third Pate daughter Dephine 16 was critically injured and hospitalized at Grange County General. The toll included a Marine sergeant’s wife who had driven from San Francisco to visit her husband briefly at El Toro. Continued on Page A-3.
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Orange
Los Angeles
San Francisco
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Betty Travis
Waiter Travis
James Pate
Travis
Leneta Pate
Dephine Pate
Grange County General Hospital
George Stanley Laughlin
Heat Wave Grips Long Beach With 97 Degree Peak
A scorching desert heat wave hit Long Beach and El Toro Marine Corps Air Station with a 101 degree peak. Frigid fog cooled temperatures from the mid 70s to the 60s by Friday evening as forecasts called for high 70s to low 80s through Sunday and sunny afternoons. The beaches were expected to stay pleasant with water around 62 degrees while mountain and desert regions faced similar sunny conditions.
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Long Beach
Weatheer
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Thermal
Weather Tonight and Sunday Desert and Mountains
Area night end morning low clouds and noon temperature 78. Desert regions partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers, high temperature 165. Mountain zones scattered showers in southern ranges, high temperature 74.
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Peking
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