New Year babies, mayoral talk, and Maid of Cotton fame
A New Year baby born in Grand Rapids is valued as a tax deduction for 1865. El Paso beauty Eileen Lovejoy Arnold turns 20 amid a Maid of Cotton pageant scene in Memphis. Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles seeks a third term amid race, crime, and urban policy tensions.
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Nelbert Sayles
Delbert
Sayles
Fwin Kenneth
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kenneth
Grand Rapids Press
Yorty
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Richard Nixon
John F.kennedy
Texas
Eileen Lovejoy Arnold
el Paso
Memphis
Dianne Lynn Hardee
Gueydon
Cathryn Louise Muirhead
Denton
Tex
Terri Lynn Luedtke
Glendale
Calif
Maid of Cotton
Sid
Memphis Auditorium
Susan Holder
Jackson
Migs
Sharon Kay Applegate
Starkville
Barbara Arentz
Oklahoma City
el Pato
Mary Linda Beazley
Nashville
Lynette Tucker Branson
Hobbs
N.M
Grace Haynes Cavert
Jacksonville
Fla
Wyleve Righton
Commintder
Atlanta
Margaret Jock Tdeamoville
Okolona
Miss
Margo Bigson
Russellville
Ark
Gueydan la
Judy Sue Hickman
Phoenix
Viert Dea McKinley
Elizabeth Markham
Tiptonville
Tenn
Patricia Mayes
Mayesville
S.C
Fire Kills Three as Five Teens Are Held for Investigation
Five teens were in a mountain cabin near Big Bear when a fire broke out early Thursday. Three youths from Orange County died, while two others from Anaheim and Westminster were held by the San Bernardino County sheriff on Thursday night. Authorities say alcohol may have played a role and arson is under investigation, with the cabin destroyed and bodies burned beyond recognition. The dead were Larry Golden 18 Anaheim Donald Temple 21 Anaheim Craig Beckmeyer 18 Huntington Beach. Brice Allen Plan 18 Anaheim and Kevin Michael Woodson 17 Westminster survived. Woodson, a minor, was held for lack of parental supervision. Pina was arrested on suspicion of drunkenness and interfering with a fireman.
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Anaheim
Westminster
San Bernardino County
Brice Allen Plan
Kevin’ Michael Woodson
Woodison
Pina
Woodson
San Bernadino
Slain Girl Fought Her Killer in Hollywood Mystery
Marina Habe, 17, a University of Hawaii student, was stabbed and left on a brush-covered slope off Mulholland Drive after being abducted near her home on Sunset Boulevard. Police report no firm suspects and note no evidence of rape. family details and abduction description provided by mother Eloise Hardt.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Marina Elizabeth Habe
Coronar
University of Hawaii Coed
Rose Fells
Henry
Tate
Holmood
Sheriff's Homicide Bureau
Harold White
Miss Habe
Eloise Hardt
Sunset Boulevard
Mulholland Drive
Parents fight to keep son out of Vietnam draft
Robert J. Hinkle, 21, undergoes a special examination as his parents battle the Army to prevent him from serving in Vietnam. They describe him as mentally retarded with a mental age of five, saying he would be killed if sent. The Army maintains no mental disability discharge is warranted despite his film tests and schooling records.
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Robert J. Hinkle
Robert R. Hinkle
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Robert
Vietnam
Vistar
Scappoose
Ore
Vi Ord
FL Lewis
Lewis
Fann
Siorthwestern
Oregon
Army
Wendell
Wyatt
R Gre
Portland
Hinkle
Four Air West Jets Searched After Bomb Threat
An anonymous caller claimed a bomb was on an Air West plane, prompting police to search four jetliners at Los Angeles International and Orange County airports. No device was found. departures were delayed on some Air West flights as investigations continued.
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Air West
California
Los Angeles International
Orange County
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Negro administrator named Fremont High principal
The Los Angeles Board of Education appointed Donald Holton, formerly vice principal at Los Angeles High, as permanent principal of Fremont High after Robert Malcolm resigned amid months of racial unrest. Fremont had hosted demonstrations and boycotts before Christmas, with Black students demanding greater Black leadership and faculty representation.
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Los Angeles
The Country Parson humorous reflection column
The passage presents a brief humorous or reflective line about making everyone glad they met you. It references an author, publication details, and scattered names, with fragmented OCR text indicating a periodical or book excerpt.
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Shave
David C. McKay
Church ‘of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Emma Hay
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Temple
AP Wirendale
Poppy
C. Walton Lillehei
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Kai
Allan
Kevin Fogel
Brooklyn
Lillehei
Christiaan Barnard
Sam Yorty Eyes
Big Bear Fire
Red Group
Viet Border
Saigon
VPS
U.S
Suilkes
Camberlin
Tunlels
America
Mekong Delta
da Nang
Capial
Lakewood Center
Clark Ave
Lakewood
Frank A. Clark
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