Trucker Curtis Stapp Named Driver of the Year
Curtis C Stapp a 64 year old grandfather of six who has driven 4 million miles without a fender bender was named Americas driver of the year by the American Trucking Association He worked 36 years for Systems 99 and will travel to Washington with his wife to be honored Stapp started trucking in 1928 at Florence Arizona and has the Oakland Redding California route five days a week earning about 20000 a year He cites tough driving conditions long hours and the danger of ground fog and says caution and courtesy keep him safe
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SAN Leandro Uf
America
American Trucking Association
Curtis C. Stapp
Systems 99
Washington, D.C
Shirley
Slapp
Florence
Aviz
Oakland- Redding
California
CAP suspends search for missing Laguna Beach pilot
The Civil Air Patrol halted a search for Victor Lee, 22, of Laguna Beach, who took off from Orange County Airport in Santa Ana on December 16. The white single-engine Cherokee carried 84 gallons of fuel, with plans not filed, and 36 CAP aircraft logged over 325 hours across routes to the Mexican border and Salton Sea in the hunt.
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Civil Air Patrol
Orange County
Santa Ana
CAP
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Salton Sea
Victor Lee
Laguna Beach
Lee
Tee
Snowslide Buries Skiers Near French Alps
An avalanche at the Deux-Alpes resort in the Isans Massif swept down a steep slope at 10 700 feet burying a group. Police reported three killed, two missing, five injured as fresh snow covered the area.
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Grenoble
France
UPL
Deux-Alpes
Isans
Tax Burden Spurs Arizona Tax Form Heist
In Phoenix on a Thursday a spokesman for the Arizona Tax Commission described a dramatic heist. A van carrying more than 80 state income tax forms was tapped Wednesday, loaded into a large vehicle, and lifted by wreckers with a tractor to free the forms. The incident highlighted resistance to taxes as the 1972 state plan loomed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Arizna Tax Commission
Jacks Cole
Chou calls for U.S. bombing halt to aid peace bids
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai urged the American people be told that U.S. bombing of North Vietnam harms Sino American relations. In a banquet interview in Beijing he said Washington should stop bombing to heal the rift, while Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei pressed for an immediate end to the bombing and a peace pact. A rally in Beijing showed broad Chinese support for the Vietnamese cause.
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Washington
Chou In- Jai
U.S
North Vietnam
Washington Post
Marilyn Berger
Peking
Nguyen Thi Binh
Paris
Post
Chow
United States
China
Chou
Chi Peng-fei
Phe
Jorih
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam
Chi
Hsinhua
Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Ching
Mau
Cadaver skin freezing aids burn victims
Shrine leader Henry Struby reports rapid freezing of cadaver skin has created new burn treatment options. Skin banks store tissue up to six months, replacing prior two week preservation. Shriners burn institute in Boston developed the method. three hospitals in Boston, Cincinnati, Galveston treat burns. Funds from East West Shrine games support the 22 Shriner children's hospitals.
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San Francisco
UPT
Shrine
Henry Struby
Sturby
Shriners’ Burns Institute
Boston
Struby
The
Shriners
United States
Cincinnati
Galveston
Tex
Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Drinking and Driving Demonstrated by Three Race Drivers
In Fresno a dentist driver Dr Forest Young and racers Tommy Astone and Bill Vukovich tested the impact of alcohol on driving. After consuming liquor their times worsened and pylons were knocked over more often while breathalyzer readings rose. Tests involved coin counting and repeated runs under police and sheriff supervision.
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Fresno
UPI
Tommy Astone
Vukovich
Stone
Young
Astone
Vukc Avich
Aston
Fresno Polite
Fresno County Sheriff's Department
The
Highway Patrol
Mid-Cal Sports Car Club
Boy Falls 500 Feet in Ice Chute Rescue in California
13 year old Adam Doyle fell 500 feet down an ice chute in the San Gabriel Mountains. He endured 18 hours in subfreezing cold before a 33 member rescue pulled him from Islip Saddle and airlifted him to Arcadia Methodist Hospital. He suffered a broken leg and arm and facial injuries.
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Glendora
UPI
San Gabriel Mountains
Adam Doyle
Corvin del Mar
Young Doyle
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Adam
Adan
Islip
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Gulf Oil Board
Seattle
Cecil L. Trie
Gut Oi Co
Pure Oil Ca
American Oil Ca
Chou En-Lai
Boy
Safe Deposit Box
Long Beach
Ocean Ave
Farkinc
Lakewood
Suncarm Sportswear
Boys Shop
del Amo
Graywood
Lakewood Center
Stonewood
Downey Harbor Center
South Coast
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Emma
CVC
Relea
Erma eLearn
San Bernardino
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