Melbourne officer testifies on Evans collision cause
The Melbourne commander testified that Evans steered toward collision during a 3 am bridge watch. He described warning Evans, flashing navigational lights, and steering left to avoid impact, but Evans swerved right and Melbourne rammed it. He cited prior near misses and a May 25 exercise where warnings were again issued.
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Savear
Melbourne
Evans
Stevenson
Albert S. McLemore
Afi
Manila Bay
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
McLemore
Allied Offensive Near Da Nang Targets Rice Crops
Thousands of allied troops including 4,000 U S Marines move into rice growing areas south of Da Nang in a major operation code named Firestone Canyon. The attack aims to disrupt Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces guarding Da Nang as casualties rise for both sides.
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da Nang
Saigon
UPS
U.S
Firestone Canyon
A Shan
South Vietnam
L B Police Crack 3 Nation Ring of Jewel Thieves
Long Beach police disrupted a three nation jewel theft ring. Frasch was returned from Baltimore on a Long Beach warrant with $31,250 bail. Suspects Dioron and Wilson arraigned in Santa Monica and Hollywood with bail pending. Extradition sought for Layne in London and McCaig in Vancouver with high bail. Police say the mob used a staged operation, stealing 35 items in Long Beach. The ring may be linked to four similar local thefts.
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Frasch
Long Beach
Baltimore
Marjorie Dioron
Santa Monica
Sharon Wilson
Hollywood
Perry G. Layne
London
Eng
Donna McCaig
Vancouver
B.C
Layne
Miss McCaig
Vincent
Seattle
Three Nations
Sgts
Shea
Summers
Morrill
Lewis Jewelry
Southland
Koreans Sink Spy Boat After Ambush Killing 15
South Korean forces trap a North Korean spy boat off Huksan Island, sinking the vessel and killing all 15 aboard after a six hour fight. Agent Kim Yong-ki, captured May 30, led the operation, with no South Korean casualties reported. The boat carried heavy weaponry and was abandoned as bodies were recovered.
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Seoul
South Korea
Central Intelligence Agency
Huksan
Kim Yong-ki
Army
Navy
Air
Kim
U.S. to Withdraw First Marine Unit from Dong Tam Area
The United States plans to pull out the first Marine unit from the Dong Tam area south of Saigon with the rest of the withdrawal to proceed by August. The Pentagon notes that inactivation does not guarantee equipment handover. some artillery units have already transferred guns to South Vietnamese forces as replacement and inactivation details follow Project Vietnamization. The report also covers the ongoing Noguchi coroner case in Los Angeles with testimony about county animal tissue practices and internal county politics.
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Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Pentagon
U.S. Army
Nixon
Pacific
Nguyen van Thien
South Vietnam
Laird
Project Vietnamization Task Force
Hawaii
Thomas T. Noguchi
Civil Service Board
Los Angeles
Ode Nia Hamblin
Noguchi
Lindon Hollinger
Hamblin
Irene Harkness
Dr. Noguchi
A. Gupta
Alexander Caldwell
University of California At
Minneapolis
Hacker Clinic
SDS Sues for Right of Campus Recognition
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in Santa Ana Superior Court for SDS recognition in two districts. James H. Vaughn Jr. and Steven R. Johnson, SDS members, allege Fullerton Cypress and Orange Coast colleges denied campus recognition despite proper applications. Recognition would grant facility use and literature distribution. Colleges say chapters are active but not formally recognized.
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Students For A Democratic Society
Santa Ana Superior Court
SDS
The
American Civil Liberties Union
North Orange County
Fullerton
Orange Coast
Costa Mesa
James H. Vaughn Jr
Steven R. Johnson
Cypress
Orange Coast College
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L.B
Nation Ring of Jewel Thieves
L.B. Police
Sacramento
Kins
Haeju
North Korea
Community Party
Vermont
U.S. Picks County
Dong Tam
Moscow
Soviet Union
Lydia Heath
Russell Henry
Caldwell
Isabelle Roberson
Charlie Chaplin Jr
Alway
Hill's
Ane
Lappan
Tappan
Frigidaire
Alliew
Sey Ea
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