Holiday Traffic Deaths Highest in California
Holiday traffic death toll rose nationwide to 589, surpassing 1966 records. In California, a fatal crash occurred near Santa Fe Springs on Los Nietos Road, while Orange County reported none. Interstate 5 near Castaic saw major delays due to a bridge detour after a winter washout. Lifeguards noted light beach crowds as forest rangers reported busy national forests. Yugoslavia rejected a Soviet invitation to Moscow summit. campsites were full and canoeists turned away.
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Newport Beach Yacht Sinks. 11 Are Missing
The 299-ton schooner Goodwill, once a Transpac winner, sank off Baja California after a voyage begun May 21. Coast Guard helicopters and Mexican navy joined a large search for 11 missing crew members, with observers noting a dinghy missing from deck and survivors being sought near the Sacramento Reef.
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Long Beach geologist L B Cliff missing in Arizona desert
The search for Murray Cliff, 55, a Long Beach geologist, continued in the barren desert between Yuma and Quartzsite. Sheriff Travis Yancey said Cliff, traveling by car, was studying geological formations in the desert where temperatures exceed 115 degrees. Cliff was last seen at a Yuma motel on Wednesday and is believed to be in trouble without adequate water.
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Extension of Poverty Unit Asked for Two-Year Span
The Nixon administration proposes a two year extension of the federal anti poverty agency with $2 billion in year one. Donald Rumsfeld told the House committee Nixon favors the longer extension to improve program management and planning. The CEO may close July 1 if Congress does not extend authorizing legislation. Rumsfeld outlined study teams to address critical agency issues and vow higher priority for program evaluation.
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Nixon Panel Recommends Renewed Drilling in Leak Area
A presidential panel led by Dr. Lee A. DuBridge urges renewed oil drilling at the Union lease off the Santa Barbara area. It notes the area’s shallow oil depth, distinct from Texas Louisiana offshore sites, and outlines steps to control seeps, reduce flow, assess earthquake hazards, and study formation interconnections.
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Court Orders Civilian Trials in GI Crimes Outside Bases
The court splits over military jurisdiction in GI crimes, with Justices Harlan, Stewart and White dissenting. The majority finds some crimes outside bases fall under civilian trials, citing Dougl as shaping the demoralized area. James F. O Callahan, 32, serving a 10 year term from Lewisburg, is involved in the case. Additional actions reexamine civil rights access to facilities and education, with mixed outcomes on convictions and harmless error rulings.
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Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
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James F. O'Callahan
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Hawaii
O'Callahan
Honolulu
Lima Rocks Arkis
Lake Nixon Club
Little Park
Circus Lion Kills Trainer in Malian Town
A circus trainer, Svend Aage Kristensen, 42, a Danish citizen, was killed after a lion struck him during a workout. The Miranda Orfer circus had pitched in a small central Malian coastal town. witnesses and staff attempted to intervene as the male lion Champion attacked.
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Haly
UPI
Svend Aage Kristensen
Este
Italy
Miranda Orfer
Kristensen
Champion
Driver Crushed When Tractor Falls On Him in Cerritos
A 58 year old West Coyina man named Joseph A. Cash was fatally injured when his tractor rolled off a tilt-bed truck on Marquardt Avenue near Arteria Boulevard and landed on him. He died on arrival at Pioneer Hospital in Arteria. Deputy Haeford Hendricks reported the details of the accident.
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Joseph A. Cash
McWood St
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Arteria
Sheriff's Deputies
Dep. Haeford Hendricks
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Arteria Boulevard
UCLA Vote Enables ROTC Unit Retained at Westwand
UCLA campus elections showed 3 870 of 9 518 voters support ROTC continuation with full academic credit while 2 547 want it removed and 2 018 back retention without credit. Total enrollment at UCLA runs around 29 000.
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UPI
UCLA
Westwand
Supreme Court rejects appeal on New Jersey abortion law
The Supreme Court refused to review the constitutionality of New Jersey's abortion statute that bans therapeutic abortion without legal justification such as saving the woman's life. The brief order leaves in place state approaches amid drives to liberalize abortion statutes. The Morins, residents of Bergen County, sued three doctors for malpractice after failing to warn of rubella risks during pregnancy.
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Supreme Court
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Daniel Morin
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