Peru Hit Big Blow by Quake
A powerful earthquake devastated Chimbote and Huaraz in Peru, killing nuns from Pittsburgh and Grand Rapids. President Varlasco Alvarado toured disaster areas as 60 percent of Chimbote’s buildings were damaged and Huaraz was reported as heavily leveled. The quake measured 7.75 on the Richter Scale, with roads blocked by landslides and emergency aid being dispatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Mary Selik
Pittsburgh
Chimbote
Grand Rapids
Mich
Juan Velasco Alvarado
Huaraz
National Disaster Council
Chimbute
Lima
President to Address U S on War and Memorial Weekend
President plans a four day Memorial Day stay at his Spanish style villa overlooking the Pacific. He will fly to Washington from El Toro MCAS around 3 20 p m. The week includes a Venezuela state dinner for Rafael Caldera and a military briefing that capped a quiet holiday. Mollenhoff resigns as Nixon special counsel to join Des Moines Register and Tribune. Melvin Leird, David Packard, Gen Wheeler, Adm Moorer, and Henry Kissinger attend the briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Washington
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
White House
Venezuela
Rafael Caldera
Nixon
Florida
C. G. Bebe” Rebozo
San Clemente
Clark R. Mollenhnif
Mollenhoff
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Moltenhoff
Richard L. Wilson
Des Moines
Road Toll Not as High as Feared
The Memorial Day weekend traffic death toll was 374, within the National Safety Council’s estimate of 350 to 450. It surpassed the prior two day record of 310 from 1959. Council president Troward Pyle praised responsible driving and defensive behavior despite heavy traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Troward Pyle
Uut
NBC CBS Crews Missing in Cambodia Car Found
NBC and CBS crews remain missing in Cambodia with at least 20 missing. Cambodian soldiers at Kilometer 50 on Highway 3 reported CBS vehicles halted at a checkpoint and were fired upon. later the NBC Jeep and a Mercedes were found abandoned, one car possibly burned, with a soldier killed as efforts continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
CBS
Cambodia
Kilometer 50
Highway 3
Syvertsen
Miller
Richard Dudman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Michael Morrow
Dispatch News Service
Elizabeth Pond
Christian Science Monitor
Svey Riing
Sean Flynn
Diana Stone
Claude Arpin
Dieter Bellendorf
Gilles Caron
Guy Tannoteaux
Akita Kusaka
Yujiro Tagaki
Michel Visot
Flynn
Errol Flynn
Stone
Investigation advised on council matter by city managers
The city council decision on your issue was sent back to the city manager for thorough investigation and a report. If the manager recommends against action, you may speak to the council in support. A.T. Maywond asks about an insurance billing dispute with the Automobile Club of Southern California.
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Automobile Club of
Southern California
A.T
Maywond
A. Action Wine
Automobile Club
Auto Club
Department of Motor Vehicles
Weighty query on fish water and bent grass facts
A reader asks about total weight of a 1 00 pound fish in 1 600 pounds of water the answer from a Cal State Long Beach professor is that combined weight is 3 000 pounds and buoyancy does not change total weight. An experiment with a cup water and stamp confirms near four and five ounces.
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Downey
Cal State Long Beach
B.N
Santa Ana
Long Beach Park
Seven Killed in Area Crashes Across Local Roads
A multiple crash report details seven fatalities in distant incidents. Causes include a sedan collision on Palisades Road in Costa Mesa with occupants Battersby Enckson and Jack Causey injured, and several other fatal mishaps on Western Avenue, Hoover Street, and Twentynine Palms Highway involving motorists Easely Ivon and Eddy, with responders treating and releasing minor passengers.
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Easely
182Nd Street
Hoover Street
Gardena Memorial Hospital
Ivon
Western Avenue
Toscanini Drive
San Pedro
San Pedro Community Hospital
Eddy
Twentynine Palms
North American Rockwell and Rayrolle form joint venture
Boston reports that North American Rockwell Corp of El Segundo California and Rayrolle Parsons Ltd of London announced the formation of an equally owned joint venture to manufacture market and service turbines and generators in the United States.
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Boston
API
North American Rockwell Corp
el Segundo, Calif
Rayrolle Parsons Ltd
London
United States
New Attorney Appointed for Manson Case
Charles Manson gained a new defense lawyer Ll. A. Kanarek after his prior attorney Ronald Hughes exited. The judge approved the substitution and Kanarek moved to seek a psychiatric exam for Linda Kasabian, the key prosecution witness and co-defendant, as the trial date of June 15 looms.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Superior Court
Charles Older
Ll. A. Kanarek
Ronald Hughes
Kanarek
Manson
Linda Kasabian
Older
Susan Atkins
Leslie van Houten
Patricia Krenwinkel
Bus Strike Clamps Bay Area Traffic and AC Transit
A strike by 1,100 AC Transit bus drivers and 330 mechanics halted public transport in the East Bay, crippling service and snarling the MacArthur Freeway with 10 mile jams toward the Bay Bridge. AC Transit carries about 200,000 daily riders, including 21,590 to San Francisco and 27,000 schoolchildren, intensifying congestion during rush hour.
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Oakland
UPI
AC Transit District
Bay Bridge
MacArthur Freeway
East Bay
AC Transit
San Francisco
MacArthur
San Leandro
Colombian airliner hijacked to Cuba by couple
A MIAMI monitored radio report says a two person hijack team, a man and wife, seized a twin engine Colombian airliner at Bogota with a gun and knife. The flight, from Bogota to Bucaramanga, stopped at Barrancabermeja and Baranquilla before landing in Cuba under orders from the hijackers.
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Miaml Tf
Cuba
Bogota
Colombia
Bucaramanga
Barrancaber- Mineja
Bar- Tanquilla
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Peru
Quake
RED Cross
Pacific Ocean
Tahiti
Alaska
Tlawaii
South Pale
Ancash
Callago
Nasco
Equador
Iquitos
Amazon Jungle
Paul Wyse
Summer Institute of Linguiseries
Macara
Andes
U.S
Osaka
Japan
Q. T
Long Beach
Weight Watchers Organization
Action Line
Weight Watchers Inc
Indian Village
Pacific Coast Highway
Torrance
Mr. Angelo
Cape Cod
Marbor Blvd
Garden Grove
Howard’s
Garrard
Sean
Baker's Hee
Palisades Road
Costa Mesa
Battersby
Enckson
Jack Causey
Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital
Causeys
Carol
Kay Colbath
Gail Johnson
Kay Causey
Bay Area
Kasabian
Ihe
Welch's
Welch
Atlantic Ave
Pei
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