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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1974
Page
10
In Santa Margarita area, a Dow Chemical hydrochloric acid tank car ruptured on a Southern Pacific freight train. The fast drip leaked acid through a seam, prompting evacuation of about 00 homes in Garden Farms. No immediate danger reported as deputies and emergency crews stand by.
London AP report says Prince Charles skipped a farewell party for Ambassador Annenberg due to his great uncle's death, sending Laura Jo Watkins of San Diego instead to Buckingham Palace then returning to the party later. Watkins, 20, a daughter of a San Diego admiral, traveled to London to visit the Annenbergs. The palace and embassy declined to comment, noting the matter is private. Watkins had earlier accompanied Charles to the Lords to hear his first speech, while Charles indicated he could marry someone of royal or aristocratic background.
SAN FRANCISCO UP One of the nation s most successful insurance salesmen has been arrested for a $15,000 bank holdup in which the bank manager was kidnapped at gunpoint. Mitchell Spangler, 28, of New York Life Insurance Company here, is charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. Bail set at 50000. Spangler, once named Agent of the Year for 1970, has connections to the company s field force. He was lodged in Santa Rosa county jail as authorities questioned him about the manager s safety and the event.
Washington reports a penny shortage with many stores cash registers short. Mrs. Brooks notes speculators offering up to 475 for a 50 cent hoard. The San Francisco mint mark S appears in discussions of pennies.
SAN JOSE AP A widow Betty Jean Ayer 47 who collected 200000 in life insurance after her estranged husband Donald 47 was killed last year was arrested with three men on Thursday and booked for murder and conspiracy charges Captain Stan Carey said one man had already been convicted while Frank Vasquez and Ron Lee continued to investigate the case Bert L. Jones was also arrested on murder conspiracy charges in a related development
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