Super DC8 Sets Pacific Record in L A Tokyo Flight
Douglas DC8 Super 61 made a nonstop Long Beach to Tokyo flight, covering 5,630 miles in 11 hours 32 minutes 49 seconds. It became the first commercial jet to fly Southern California to Tokyo, with A G Heimerdinger piloting and 251-passenger capacity. The flight faced headwinds up to 160 mph, leaving 19,200 pounds of fuel on arrival.
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Long Beach
Pacific
Douglas
California
A. G. Heimerdinger
Tite Super 61
Heimerdinger
MiGs Fire on Four Planes Over North Vietnam
UPI reports North Vietnamese MIGs attacked four U S Navy Skyhawks 20 miles northeast of Thanh Hoa as they bombed a supply train. The Skyhawks avoided battle and returned to the Oriskany after taking evasive action. U S aircraft conducted near record missions over North Vietnam, including strikes on a petroleum dump.
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UPI
U.S. Navy
Thanh Hoa
U.S
Navy
Sth
North Vietnamese
Panhandle
Hanoi
7Th Fleet
Oriskany
South China Sea
North
Viet Nam
Tashkent Rocked by 3 More Quakes
Moscow based dispatch reports two major quakes struck Tashkent Uzbekistan with shocks rated 4 and 6 on the 12 point scale. A third quake, reportedly centered in Afghanistan, sent milder shock waves an hour later. Soviet news agency Vass provided the details.
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Tashkent
Moscow
UPI
Afghanistan
Vass
Uzbekistan
Seatree Ad Afloat to Find Boat New Skipper
A local ad notes responses to an LPT want ad after selling an 18-foot aluminum boat with an 18 horsepower Johnson motor and car-top loader for 350 dollars. Harold Warmer of 5353 Fernwood Ave Lynwood urges readers to launch an I P T classified ad to quickly find a new skipper, offering contact phones HE 2 5959 and ME 3 0764 for Lakewood residents seeking boating gear.
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Harold Warmer
Fernwood Ave
Lynwood
I,p-T
Lakewood
Morrocan Trawler Sinking Feared Dead Passengers
A Moroccan fishing trawler carrying women and children on a vacation cruise sank off Agadir during the Feast of the Assumption. Officials fear more than 80 dead with over 100 believed aboard when it went down after being overloaded in rough seas.
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Agadir
Morocco
UPC
Nurses Hit Proposal on Wage Hikes in Long Beach
Long Beach registered nurses rejected a hospital consultant's plan to raise salaries by 2394 on Sept 1, opposing a 5 percent start wage for associate arts RNs versus three-year trained RNs. Mrs. Nellie Mae Shideler, RN, California Nurses' Association District 18 president, urged a fact finding report before pledge on the issue. The CNA argues all licensed RNs should earn equal starting pay.
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Long Beach
Nellie
Mae Shideler
California Nurses’ ‘Association
Griffenhagen-Kroeger, Inc
Hospital Council of Southern
Shideler
California Nurses’ Association
California
Weather Tonight and Wednesday in L B Area and Deserts
Tonight and Wednesday, the L B area will be mostly clear with patchy coastal fog. In the deserts expect clear mornings, scattered thunder showers, and a high of 114. Mountains will see sunny mornings, partly cloudy afternoons, and scattered thunder showers.
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Court Frees Negro Pair on Death Row
A chaotic dispatch notes a court freeing two African American men from death row after long delays. It also references a fatal air crash near Sibiu, Romania killing about 24 aboard a Romanian airline flight and mentions related legal actions and appeals in the United States.
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Vienna
Austria
Bucharest
Romanian Airlines
Sibiu
New Orleans
UPI
Tyushiny
Transylvania
Louisiana
U.S .S
Supreme Court
U.S. Suh
Edgar Labatouisiana
Land Clifton Peret
Bott
Frank Jimmy
Stitler
Roanoke
Ling
Karyl Chessman
Hecklers Ejected as House Probe Opens
In Washington the House Committee on Un American Activities began hearings on alleged Viet Cong aid. Eight disruptors were ejected by police from the packed House caucus room before order was restored by acting Chairman Joe R. Pool. The panel faced a federal court order voiding subpoenas and planned to proceed at 2 pm, possibly with limited public access.
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Bodily Cary
House Committee
Ican
Cae Ihn
Washington
UPI
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Pool
Air Force punishes officers over XB70 crash
Secretary Harold Brown announces disciplinary actions after the XB70 crash that killed pilot Walker and co pilot Joseph Wallker. Col Albert Cate and Col Joe Catton receive relief or reprimands. others get written reprimands for a mission deemed improper.</s>
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AnyCarl S. Crass
Air Force
Walker
Ap Way
Joseph
Wallker
Harold Brown
California
Robert 5. MccNamara
Brown
Albert W. Cate
Ate
Air Force Systems Command
Los Angeles Air Force Station
Joe Catton
Test Force
James G. Smith
Air Force Flight Test Center
Edwards Air Force
Asa
Calif
John S. McCollum
Wright Patterson
Where to Find It
The entry lists where to read stories and features in the newspaper by page and section, including military news about Red buildup and Saigon, with sections across Beach Combing, Bridge, Comics, Editorial, Obituaries, sports, theaters, TV, weather, vital statistics, and more. It reads like a navigation guide for readers seeking specific content.
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Omar
George Robeson
Wilson
Grateful Patient Pays Tribute With Billboard Praise
Harry Michels thanked Dr Floyd Gusack of Plainfield by renting a billboard that read I will forever be grateful for your medical skills. The sign drew ethical objections from local doctors who warned of advertising rules and threatened action by the County Medical Society. The message was removed today after the dispute.
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Plarnfield
Nat
Harry Michels
Michels
County Medical Society
Floyd M. Gusack
Plainfield
Floyd Gusack
Group OKs Minimum Wage Hike Amid Labor Debate
A Senate labor Committee approved a bill to raise the minimum wage from 25 cents to 1.60 by 1968 with a later effective date for 1988 and a plan to drop school system coverage. The vote followed a fatal accident when a 15 year old Wilmington boy was electrocuted while attempting to snag birds from a utility pole.
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Wilmington
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Billy
House
Johnson
Senate
Market Slump Lets Dow Dip to 1966 Low
The Dow Jones industrial average fell sharply to 82,483 at 2 pm, down 40.02 points as trading showed volatility. Torrential floods in southern Japan especially Kyushu and Shikoku caused extensive damage to airlines, electronics, TV, and housing sectors, with 119 dead and 16 missing as rivers overflowed and landslides struck island regions.
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