Eagleton on the ticket in doubt amid pressure
McGovern faces a tightening deadline as Eagleton weighs staying on the ticket. Byrd calls for a quick decision while Westwood and Paterson press for resignation to center on issues. McGovern delays Thursday caucus appearance and urges a mutual, final choice on Eagleton’s future.
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Robert C. Byrd
DW. Va
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Byrd
McGovern
House
Democratic Nasional
Jean Westwood
Basil Paterson
Westwood
Manayer
Gary Hart
Frank Mankiewicz
John Douglas
Daving
Washington
Sen
Eagleto
TROM
My Ticket
Spaak a Belgian leader who shaped Europe dies at 51
Spaak, a key figure in postwar European unity and founder of the European Common Market, died aged 51 after a long career. He led Belgium as premier in 1938 and later played a central role at Nato and in pushing for a united Europe while opposing nationalism in all its forms. He endured a German prison camp in World War I and remained a leading statesman through the 1950s.
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Spaak
Leopold
Baudouin
ACTION LINE and VA delays highlighted by reader query
A reader from Long Beach details a lengthy VA benefits delay despite filing in 1969. He cites lost approval documents and a delayed payment resolved after ACTION LINE inquiries, with a note on California liquor import rules for travelers from Mexico and enforcement at the border.
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Veterans Administration
California Apprenticeship Standards Board
Standards Board
L.L.J
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Action Line
United States
Mexico
California
JAK
Cominon
Action Ine
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Department
Frustrated retiree vents at Long Beach Social Security office
A 65 year old retiree from Long Beach describes 19 day late June Social Security checks and a missing second payment. After filing a complaint in person at 1245 Pacific, 244 hours of waiting with about 100 others yielded only incomplete forms. The writer criticizes staff indifference and lunch breaks that halted service, urging timely action for public obligations.
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Pacific
Hj.u
Long Beach
Five gunmen invade New York Plaza Hotel
Five armed men robbed the Plaza Hotel, locking employees in a back room while rifling safe deposit boxes. An elevator operator and a taxi driver witnessed the raid, which halted guests and prompted police delays as the robbers, described as courteous, allowed extra time before police contact.
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da Ian
Sid
Jimmy Conway
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Plaza
Conway
William Levis
Leiis
Levis
Jett
Jack Craver
Quang Tri shelled as U.S. forces press attack in city
Saigon reports American and South Vietnamese gunners have fired about 20,000 rounds daily since May 1 to clear Quang Tri City of Communists. Despite hopes of entry, elite airborne units failed to seize the fortress as North Vietnamese defenders hold the Citadel. Marine relief attempts have not reclaimed the area.
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UPI
Quang Tri
U.S
South Vietnamese Airborne Division
Freight train sparks wildfires across Southern California
A crew unaware one car burned as a freight train rolled through Irwindale and Duarte igniting seven brush fires. Sparks spread to Monrovia and the rail right of way, damaging seven structures and a railroad worker’s car. Estimated damage around 5000 dollars.
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Irwindale
Duarte
6000 Flee Big Quake in Alaska
SITRA Alaska UP I reports a powerful earthquake hit Sitka and forced all 6000 residents to flee to higher ground amid a feared tsunami. No injuries or damage were noted and the tidal wave warning was canceled as residents returned home shortly after. The quake registered 7.3 on the Richter scale with epicenter about 35 miles west of Sitka and 54 miles southeast of Anchorage. Police noted evacuation would have been ineffective if a tsunami had occurred.
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Alaska
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Minot
Palmer Observatory
Anchorage
Sitka
Ids
Clif Young
Fire at Oregon Avenue duplex leaves two families homeless
In the early hours today flames engulfed an attached garage at 4824-1926 Oregon Ave. causing extensive damage to the duplex. The fire started with gasoline used to ignite the garage and spread to both units occupied by Shirley Layton and James J. Skeen families. Skeen awoke to his dog barking at about 3:26 am and alerted his family before evacuating them to the street.
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Oregon Ave
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Shirley Layton
James J. Skeen
Skeen
Layton
Bus walkout averted by new wage offer
The United Transportation Union called off a planned walkout by 2,700 Southern California Rapid Transit District bus drivers after RTD officials pledged a new contract proposal. The district offered an additional 10 cents per hour over two years, about 3.5 percent annually, to align with commission recommendations for a four-county rider area serving nearly half a million passengers.
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Los Angeles
Um. Southern
California
Rapid Transit
Southern California Rapid ‘Transit
United Transportation Union
Autignh
Jack R
Gilstrap
RTD
British drive into Belfast and Northern Ireland strife
Thousands of British troops with armor surged into Catholic strongholds at dawn in a massive operation aimed at defeating the Irish Republican Army. The army called the drive a success, but bombs in Claudy killed several including a child and injured scores as residents fled.
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UPI
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Claudy
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