Inquest Sought After Jail Strangling Death
A public inquest is urged after Vernon Williams died in Orange County jail. The coroner links death to a restraining choke hold during book-in at the jail after a Riverside County trip. Williams was 13 feet pole vault record holder at San Pedro High. His mother Lula Williams and six brothers attend a quiet memorial with NAACP and Civil Rights Commission investigations requested.
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Williams
Howver
Musick
Hicks
Orange County
Green Hills Memorial Park
San Pedro High School
Lula Mel Williams
Amat Sr
San
Vernon
San Pedro
Riverside County
Orange County Medical Center
Civil Rights Commission
Harbor
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Clarence Jackson
Santa Ana
NAACP
Two Human Cannonballs Slammed In Midair Collision
In a Ringling Brothers act at an arena, two human cannonballs collided midair after a launch. Linda Zacchini suffered a bad fall into the net as Emanuel Zacchini Sr. blamed cold, improper cannon heating for the accident. The crowd waited for updates as officials considered the plan to continue.
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Linda
Emanuel Zacchini
Jacksonville
Zacchini
Kansas City
Legislative duty limits and alien card aid for residents
A citizen asks about mandatory legislative introduction by lawmakers and a constituent’s insistence on merit. The piece then covers a husband declared a permanent resident in 1968 who never received a registration card and must request a duplicate using form 1-9. It also discusses fire lookout jobs in California with age rules and agency contacts including Angelos National Forest, Los Angeles, and El Cajon California Forestry Division amid limited openings and smog impact.
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United States
Department of Immigration
H.N
Long Beach
Donald Williams
Los Angeles
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Los Angeles St
Calif
California
I.J
Lakewood
U.S. Forestry Service
The
Forestry Service
Angelos National Forest
N. Lake Ave
Pasadena
Los Angeles County
State Forestry Division
San Diego
California Forestry Division
P.O. Box
el Cajon
State Forestry Service
Dogs Smoke Cigarettes and Cancer Link Found
The Veterans Administration Hospital in East Orange New Jersey and New York Medical College studied dogs with tubes in their throats connected to cigarette holders. Twelve cancers appeared at autopsy in heavy smokers about seven cigarettes a day, including two cancers like human cases. Fewer cancers occurred at lower or filtered cigarette exposure.
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The
Veterans Administration Hospital
East Orange
N.J
New York Medics College
Auerbach
Breakthrough in Purer Insulin Promises Lower Doses
Treatment of diabetes hinges on insulin preparations with varying durations and unit calibrations. Dr Hauns called the development a breakthrough, noting that purer insulin could become available and allow lower doses, reducing insulin resistance in many patients who currently need large doses to control their disorder.
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Armong
Hauns
Sergeant Declared 45 Million Heir in Texas Court
The Texas Supreme Court awarded 45 million dollars to a 12 year old Army sergeant as sole heir to one third of the Waggoner estate. The court refused to reconsider its earlier decision recognizing Albert Buckmen Wharton as the heir amid challenges by Electra Waggoner's relatives and a would-be claimant.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Texas Supreme Court
Albert Buckmen
Bucky
Wharton
W. T. Waggoner
Eleetra Waggoner
Electra Waggoner
Fuller
North Texas
Search shifts to Hawai for slaying suspect John Lew
An all points search centers on John Bock Lew 32 as police believe he fled to Hawaii after a Westchester girl was killed and her father wounded. Lew, a former Hong Kong police officer and ex State Salers college student, flew to Honolulu Tuesday night. A red orange sports car was found at Los Angeles airport, and an all points bulletin urged caution. Lew previously served time for a 1960s murder and later faced probation and a no contest plea for assault with a deadly weapon. He aspired to be an FBI agent and sought joining the LAPD after parole.
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John Bocktune Lew
Hawaii
Long Beach State College Police Science
Islands
Westchester
Hong Kong
United Air Lines
Honolulu
Los Angeles International
Lew
Salers
Karen Gervaal
Torrance
California Supreme Court
FBI
Los Angeles
Bombing, Truce Flare as Vietnam War Spreads Warning
U S and Vietnamese forces report renewed air battles during a brief truce. A US F106 was downed near Mu Gia Pass and a MIG 73 shot down an H53 helicopter. at least six airmen are missing. Since a bombing halt began Nov 1 1988 the US has lost nine aircraft over North Vietnam. The US command tallies 70 American deaths and 704 wounded in the past week with 843 government troops and 2,029 Communists killed.
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U.S. Command
Mental Patient Killed Bombing Police Station
SHAKER HEIGHTS Ohio UP I report Martin Berns a quiet introverted man failed in school and could not hold a job. Police say he died in an explosion that destroyed the municipal building valued at $800000. Parts of a body found in rubble matched his description. His car nearby contained a machine gun two handguns four hand grenades and ample ammunition. A booby trap was found in his bedroom wired to discharge when a dresser drawer opened but not hooked up. Police removed explosives a carbine and more ammunition from his home and police chief Carl Longstreet said Berns knew about explosives and investigators would reopen a previous fire death inquiry.
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Shaker Heights, Ohio
UPI
Martin Berns
Berns
Cleveland
Carl Longstreet
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