Death Valley hiker might try it again
Jean Pierre Marquant, 28, a French ex paratrooper, completed a seven day 102 mile hike through Death Valley the lowest hottest place in the United States. He trained hard, faced extreme heat, and said the desert is beautiful but deadly noting that no one should attempt it without serious preparation.
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Death Valley Legionnaire
John Pierre
Marquant
French Foreign Legion
Los Angeles
Death Valley
Wireahola
Jean Pierre Marquant
Death Alley
United of States
Associated Press
Hell On Earth
Las Vegas Strip
Dia
Lawmen Acquitted Face State Prosecution
San Mateo County district attorney says he will present a gambling case to the grand jury involving suspended sheriff's captain Alvin Praza and retired San Francisco inspector Joseph Farrell. Judge William Sweigert acquitted the pair on federal charges, saying no federal tax law violation was proven. state conspiracy could exist, but not pursued locally. The DA vows to resume grand jury work, while defense argues statute of limitations may have expired.
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San Francisco
San Mateo County
Al‘torney
William T. Sweigert
U.S. District Court
Af State
Alvin Praza
Joseph Farrell
George Cu
Sweigert
Swiegert
Dist. Atty
Keith Sorenson
Collection Bureau Aids State Farmers
Sacramento reports the state bureau of market enforcement recovered 304 007 for California farmers in the first six months of the year. Gov. Edmund G Brown said the bureau helps farmers collect money owed by buyers of their products. Last year the bureau recovered 570 882.
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Sacramento
UPS
Bureau of Market Enforcement
California
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Agriculture Department
Sea Hunt for Stilwell Ends at Nightfall
Sea search for Brigadier General Stilwell and two companions continues toward night as Navy and Coast Guard units from Fort Bragg and the Pacific Fleet monitor the Josef W. Stilwell force aboard the Honolulu Jet plane. The three men are missing after a flight over the Pacific 525 miles southwest of Palisades California.
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San Francisco
vPi
Theplingawag
Pacific Ocean
Thailand
Joseph W. Stillwell
Force
Stilwell
Army
Ft. Navy
Honolulu
Navy
Coast Guard
Pacifi
Hal Grimes
Pacific Plane
Palisades
Calif
Harold Fossum
Montclair
Mirage jet crashes in Canberra yard injures no one
A Mirage fighter crashed into a Canberra yard while a 1 year old boy and his grandmother were nearby. The jet slammed into houses, shattering windows and spraying debris but the child and bystanders escaped unharmed. The aircraft clipped a wheel and came to rest amid damaged yard toys.
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Canberra
Australia
Dow
Mary Mor
Alan
Rison
John
John Morrison
Queanbeyan
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Macinnis
Emmet Hagerty
Prara
Cunnings
Brisbane
Calvin L. Smith
Tom Tae
Dupont
Acrilan
Tae
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Ant. Gold
Caprolan
Lon
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