San Francisco State College Strife Intensifies On Campus
From San Jose State College to San Francisco State, teachers strike actions escalate with 350 teachers at SF State seeking union recognition and higher pay. Acting President Hayakawa faces pickets as Black Students Union demands autonomous black studies, nonwhite admissions, and firings. Reagan backs Hayakawa and calls for strong measures to keep the campus open amid violence and demonstrations.
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Hayakawa
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George Murray
National Guard
Reagan
San Francisco State College
Nixon Names Secretaries of Army Navy Air Force
President elect Nixon announced four picks for defense and related posts. Former Marine Chafee becomes secretary of the army while Seaman, a Space Agency veteran, would head the space program. Resor backs conscription while Nixon favors volunteer service if war ends. Campbell Jr. to be undersecretary of agriculture with Harden as agriculture chief.
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Air Force
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Vienna
Vietnam
New York
J. Phil Campbell Jr
Georgia
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Harden
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Minnesota
U.S. Feed Grain Council
Burns Keeps Post as Solons Caucus in 1969 Session
Burns retains the post as lawmakers convene the 1969 session to fill the vacancy from the death of Sen. George Miller Jr. Democrats criticize his Nixon endorsement and stance on Cranston. Gov. Reagan plans a state of the state focusing on higher education tax reform and state spending amid college unrest and a record $6 billion budget.
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George Miller Jr
Martinez
Burns
George Moscone
San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
Alan Cranston
U.S. Senate
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Robert IL
John G. Veneman
R-Modesto
Houston J. Fleuring
Dozen Cars of L A Train Are Derailed
Dozens of cars derailed from the Santa Fe El Capitan near Garden City Kansas as the eastbound Los Angeles to Chicago train, carrying about 580 passengers, left the rails at dawn. Six intact cars remained on track while twelve rear cars ran off. No serious injuries reported. passengers bused to Garden City with a relief plan to Dodge City.
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Second Earthquake Shakes Solomons
Berkeley based researchers report a second strong quake near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. The 7:52 am event measured magnitude 6.5 on the Richter scale, about 3800 miles west southwest of Berkeley, less severe than the prior blast.
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Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Univeristy of California
Siamese Twins Die of Flu at 60
Daisy and Violet Hilton, born 1908 in Brighton England, died at 60 in Charlotte their stall home from influenza. Once vaudeville and carnival performers they later worked as produce weighters in a supermarket.
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N.C
Daisy
Violet Hilton
Brighton
England
Sierra Club Executive Resigns Over Board Fight
David Bower resigns as the Sierra Club's $25,000-a-year executive director to run for a seat on the board. He says the resignation is final if many candidates advocating a reduced program are elected directors. The Sierra Club, founded by John Muir, has about 63,000 members.
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David Bower
Sierra Club
Conservationist Club
John Muir
Explosion and Fire in Auto Kills Three
Three people were burned beyond recognition in an early morning explosion and fire inside a car parked in Santa Ana Wash. The vehicle was found about three miles north of Redlands with all three bodies in the back seat.
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API
Santa Ana Wash
Redlands
Terrorists Kill Viet Official In Border Engagement
U.S. air and helicopter gunships fought a Communist infiltration near the border as 5,000 allied troops pressed a new offensive to disrupt Communist supply lines from Khe Sanh to the Laotian border. U.S. reports say 38 Communists killed, six captured, 27 more slain by jets, with no American losses. B-52s also bombed positions north of Saigon near Cambodia.
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Lhe Laotian
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Cambodia
Damage to Queen Elizabeth from turbine blade loss in Southampton
Damage to the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth worsens as engineers in Southampton discover a stripped row of blades in the starboard turbine. Repairs may exceed the 12 day estimate, with John Brown Engineering noting uncertainty about the impact on the repair schedule.
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Nixon names Lodge as Paris chief diplomat for Vietnam talks
Nixon plans Lodge as chief Paris negotiator with Harriman stepping down. Walsh and Green join as deputies and advisers while Habib remains on the delegation. Deputy Vance to stay in Paris temporarily to preserve momentum before inauguration. House panel warns of all-out military action if talks fail as bombing halt enables Hanoi logistics buildup.
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W. Averel Harriman
Nixon
Ziegler
Lawrence T. Walsh
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Walsh
Eisenhower
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Indonesia
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Johnson
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Venus Ship Launched by Russia Sets Venus 5 Mission
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned Venus 5 probe on a 155 million mile voyage aiming for a mid May soft landing. Tass reported Venus 5 photographed 90,000 miles from Earth by an observatory near Alma Ata with good image quality.
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