Pitcairn Island Sees First Birth in Over a Year
Jacqueline Beth Christensen was born January 8 on Pitcairn Island, the first birth in more than a year. The baby, weighing seven pounds, is reported by the Voice of Prophecy, the Seventh-day Adventist Church radio arm, which communicates with Pitcairn. Father Tom Christian serves as island radio operator, increasing the population to 93.
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Fletcher Christian
H. M.S. Bounty
Pitcairn Island
Pacific Atoll
Jacqueline Beth Chrisan
Voice of Prophecy
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Pitcairn
Australia
Tom Christian
Bounty
William Bligh
England
Tahiti
Bligh
Johnson Has Mild Viral Pneumonia in San Antonio
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson is hospitalized with a mild viral pneumonia at Brooke Army Medical Center. Doctors say he is not related to his past heart ailment and is progressing satisfactorily with no fever and intermittent coughing.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Johnson
Robert L. North
North
Senate
Nixon Sees Party Open Door for All People
President Nixon urged the Republican Party to be the open door for all races faiths and ideologies during the dedication of the Eisenhower National Headquarters. He stressed bipartisan appeal and noted Sen. Robert J. Dole’s selection as national chairman amid new co chairman appointments. Mamie Eisenhower attended the ceremony as Dore or Dore? The text is garbled but indicates preparations for leadership roles and party strategy.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Republican Party
Party
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
National Committee
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
White House
Dole
Capital Hill
Mamie Eisenhower
Dore
Rogers C. B. Morton
Maryland
Interior
Thomas B. Evans Jr
Wilmington, del
Tobin Armstrong
Texas
TNE
Evans
Dale
Delaware
Republican National Committee
Thomas B. Evans
School Choice Bill Proposed in California
Sacramento lawmakers introduced a seven year test program to grant vouchers for elementary students to attend any approved public or private school. Assemblyman Lee Ryan proposes funding a year of schooling through an educational scholarship with standards to determine the voucher amount.
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Sacramento
Lee Ryan
D-Burlingame
Ryan
Hoan
Pact Reached in Chicago Teachers Strike
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley announced a settlement ending a four day teachers strike that kept 577,000 public school students out of class. Daley acted as mediator between the School Board and Chicago Teachers Union after wage increase deadlock.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
Chicago Teachers Union
Daley
Two More San Francisco Police Shootings Reported
San Francisco police reported two more shooting attacks on officers as three suspects remained at large. Sgt. James Labrash and Patrolman Joaquin Santos were wounded in separate incidents, while Patrolman Gary Frederick was seriously injured in a high speed chase. A 19 year old suspect was captured and a manhunt continued for the other three assailants.
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San Francisco
UPI
James Labrash
Joaquin Santos
Gary Frederick
Black GIs Demonstrate in Saigon on King's Birthday
About 40 Negro U S Army soldiers staged a peaceful protest in front of American headquarters in Saigon on Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. Reports tied a separate Tuy Hoa base brawl to black white tensions, with 27 Americans wounded by a grenade. Four black soldiers were under arrest after the Quang Tri base shooting that killed a major and wounded another amid a stereo dispute. Officials denied racial overtones in that incident.
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Saigon
UPI
Martin Luther King
South Vietnam
Tuy Hoa
Tuy Tloa
Quang Tri
Angela Davis linked to gun purchases in grand jury testimony
Grand jury testimony ties Angela Davis to buying firearms used in the shootout that killed Jackson, Judge Halley, and two convicts during an abortive escape. Witnesses say Davis accompanied Jonathan Jackson at shopping trips on July and August dates, and was connected to purchases at multiple stores.
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Peter D. Fleming
Jonathan Jackson
Mise Davis
Civic Center
Jackson
Superior Court
Harold J. Haley
James McClain
William Arthur Christmas
Miss Davis
California
Fleming
Civie Center
San Rafael
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Marcia Lynn Brewer
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Angela Davis
Los Angeles
Miss Brewer
Nancy Adele Conrad
Western Surplus
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Dim Meyer
Elaine Meyeer
St. Benedict's College
Atchison
Kan
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Reno
Army Reassignment Center
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Elaine
Korea
Vietnam
Murray Chotiner
Chotiner
Amalia Choliner
Samuel Dreizen
Santa Ana
Mel
Court of Aprests
Albany
Edwin
Lowe
New York City
Jayne Duncan Quinn
Jayne
Stanley Fuld
Jim
Isenhower
Reach Pact
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Fairmont
Minn
Robert Greenwald
Greenwald
Dan
Brainerd Vocational School
Kathy
Press-Telegram
Lone Born
Erly
Ube
Angela
San Quentin
Robert H. West
George Jackson
San Quentin Prison
West
Soledad Brothers
Soledad
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Lakewood
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