Youthful Dean to Head Long Beach State University
Harvard educated Dean Horn is selected to lead Long Beach State, chosen over a second candidate. Trustees discussed relocating State College System HQ, considering sites in Los Angeles Pasadena and San Diego with possible land gifts and build lease back options. A student election code was approved to curb past violations, referencing Sonoma State College as context.
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Harvard University
Horn
Simon Beh
Ridder
State College System
Long Beach
Wilshire
Los Angeles
Pasadena
San Diego
California
Charles Luckman
Sonoma State College
Rampage at UC Campus Riles Isla Vista Area
In Isla Vista near UC Santa Barbara, about 15,500 students, a riot broke out after deputies questioned Black former student Lefty Bryant. Six youths were arrested, a patrolman was injured, and 15 fires plus window and property damage were reported as rocks and Molotov cocktails were stockpiled in advance of a Kunstler speech. Bryant and UC Santa Barbara graduate James Trotter were jailed for riot-related charges.
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TRE
Berkeley
Morton Duhurat
Duhurst
Kunstler
Student Body Association
Bank of America
Isla Vista
Lefty Bryant
UC Santa Barbara
City College of Santa Barbara
Bryant
James Trotter
James Regan
Trotter
Ideputies
Fead
UC Santa Herbara
French Avalanche Fatalities Across Alps Include Eight in Lans-le-Villard
Rescue teams freed a Paris dentist and his wife from under a hotel bed after an avalanche at Lans-le-Villard. The incident was part of widespread Alpine slides that killed eight in the village, with many more missing.
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France
Lans-Le-Villard
Paris
Alps
Zermatt
Zerman
Austria
Tyrol
Vorarlberg
Zuers
Buin
Jaan Szaszak
Liliane
Szaszak
Pompidou Faces Polite Hearing In Congress
French leader Pompidou addressed lawmakers stressing peace and Israel’s right to security. He avoided arms sale details while urging lasting entente in the Middle East. Rep Emanuel Celler urged restraint on boycott talk as staff attendance at the hearing was briefly encouraged then canceled.
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Pompidou
Middle East
France
Israel
Fompidou
Emanuel Celler
DNY
Nevada widow seeks meeting with North Vietnamese on missing husband
Mrs. Wana O Grady of Las Vegas said she and her seven children were promised an appointment with North Vietnamese officials in Paris to discuss Lt Col John O Grady, missing since April 1967. She planned to arrive Thursday at 10 am and would hold a press conference if no confirmation came.
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Paris
UPI
Nevada
Wana O'Grady
Las Vegas
North Vietnam
Laft Bank
Aid Rushed to Disabled Fishing Boat off Tong Beach
A Coast Guard helicopter dropped two pumps to a disabled vessel 100 miles south of San Diego at 6 a.m. The Myrtle L with six aboard sent a distress at 3 49 a.m. The captain reported flooding under control but is dead. Donny Boy from Long Beach stood by. two crew transferred to Donny Boy as Cutter Venturous nears.
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Tong Beach
Long Beach
Alamitos Base to Close Under Budget Pressure
Defense secretary Laird signals Alamitos Air Base closure within 12 to 18 months due to defense budget cuts and encroaching development. If land is freed, state and local governments may acquire it, with some land potentially set aside for parks while others eyed as a general aviation airport. Laird cites nationwide base reductions, with 307 bases ordered shut or scaled back last October saving about 609 million yearly.
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Navy
Hanna
Orange County
Craig Hosmer
Long Beach
Washington
Hosmer
Laird
United States
Elkhorn Space Elk Monique Dies in Wyoming
Monique the space elk near Jackson Wyoming died apparently of pneumonia after its electronic collar was placed last week to enable daily contact with the Nimbus weather satellite. Don Redfearn, manager of the National Elk Refuge, said the 500 pound female elk was found dead Tuesday. The $25,000 collar and 23 pound device aimed to study winter migration of about 7,000 elk in the refuge.
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Jackson
Wyo
Monique
Don Redfearn
Redfearn
Nimbus
Kidnaped Sisters Found Unharmed in Parked Car
Authorities recovered the two missing girls after a tip led to the suspect Messick, who arrived at 2 am in a pink car with Arizona plates. FBI agents and state troopers surrounded the home where the abduction occurred, and the children were found unharmed while in the custody of Cain arrangements. Sheriff Clark indicated suspicion of Mrs. Cain or associates, amid conflicting custody claims and threats of gambling debts.
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FBI
Clay County
Meysick
Cain
Mississippi
G. W. Rozell
Home foundation repair guidance offered by county
Mrs. J W Lakewood asks if a cracked house can be realigned and if a permanent cure exists. The Bellflower County Building and Safety Office will send an engineer to inspect 9957 E Flower St. A spokesman notes postwar building codes require deeper footings, more steel, and stronger foundations. Adobe soil expands and contracts with moisture. most house jacking firms can realign or strengthen foundations.
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Bellflower Office
County Building and Safety Department
E. Flower St
Douglas Aircraft Day Proposed to Honor Long Beach Firm
A Long Beach letter urges a community event to recognize Douglas Aircraft Co for regional impact. The author praises its world renown, job provision, and equal opportunity hiring, calling on residents to say thank you.
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Long Beach
Douglas Aircraft Co
Sic
Douglas Aircraft
J.L.S
Boy Friend Seized in Tot's Death
Russell Snyder, 28, of Ashland, arrested on murder charges for beating 2 year old Ronald McCorkle to death. Body found four months later in an abandoned coal mine near Mertian Mountain. Mother Gloria McCorkle and father Fred Wallace named as witnesses. investigation by state police and mines inspectors. Autopsy pending.
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UPL
Russell Snyder
Ronald McCorkle
Phoenixville
Mertian Mountain
Here
Gloria McCorkle
George Durilla
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