Chubby Checker Arrested at U S Canada Border
Police in Niagara Falls report rock and roll band leader Chubby Checker and three others were arrested at the border on drug charges. Checker, en route to New York after a Sudbury engagement, was accused of possessing a quarter pound of marijuana. Also charged were Richard Miesel, John Burchell and Robert Williams.
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Checker
New York City
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Paoli
Ernest Kivane
Richard H. Miesel
Willow Grove
John H. Burchell
Robert H. Williams
San Diego
Cable Car Wedding On San Francisco Streetcar
A Pasadena couple married on a San Francisco cable car at California Street and Van Ness Avenue. Bride Catherine Tate 26 and groom Raymond Jorgenson an engineering TEC Pasadena, wed by Rev. C E Cully Johnson. Ringbearer Amon Evans. They toasted with champagne then rode the car for three hours and planned a Eurail honeymoon in Europe.
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San Francisco
California Street
van Ness Avenue
Catherine Tate
Raymond Jorgenson
California Institute of Technology
C. E. Cully Johnson
Trinity Luetheran Church
Grinman Amon Evans
Jorgensons
Nixon looks back on 30th anniversary at Camp David
President Nixon and First Lady observed their 30th wedding anniversary by watching a movie at Camp David. Nixon presented Pearl earrings and a new briefcase to Mrs Nixon while daughters Tricia and Julie gifted portraits. The family returned to the White House Sunday night and may visit California later in the week.
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Camp David
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Julie
White House
California
H. H. Oliver wins No Hons Hollerin Contest in Spivey’s Corner
At Spiveys Corner North Carolina some 2500 spectators watched 61 year old hog farmer H H Oliver of Goldsboro win the No Hons Hollerin Contest on a 95 degree day. Oliver said he joined at his family’s urging and practiced all week. Contestants numbered 28 shouted from a flatbed as State Agriculture Commissioner Jin Graham moderated by braying like a mule.
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H. H. Oliver
Oliver
Spivey's Corner
N.C
Tarzan
Goldsboro
Jin Graham
Bravest Boy Will Caldwell Dies After Cancer Fight
Will Caldwell six year old Detroit resident who met President Nixon and other national figures during a nine month battle with bone cancer died at home. His father Herbert Caldwell said he kept Christmas spirit alive daily after doctors amputated his right leg last October. Will had traveled widely to meet governors mayors senators astronauts and even rode a 747 and visited Disneyland and England. He met Nixon at the White House on November 16 and his family described him as the bravest boy. Survivors include his parents two brothers and a sister.
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Caldwell
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England
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White House
Peru Relief Aid Sits in Hangar Amid Peru Earthquake Need
More than 110 tons of relief items including food medicine clothing and blankets are stored in a Los Angeles International Airport hangar with another 30 tons at California State University Northridge. Volunteers say 400 tons more are expected by month’s end as the OAS contemplates funding and airlift logistics to Lima.
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Los Angeles International
San Fernando
Lima
Richard Martinez
Peruvian Airlines
Carnation Co
Houston
Hong Kong
Massive Drug Roundup in 10 Cities
John E. Ingersoll and Attorney General John Mitchell announce the arrest of 135 narcotics suspects in raids across 10 cities. In Miami three women suspects cover their faces, with a story on Page A-1.
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John E. Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
John Mitchell
Miami
Fla
Velasco Assumes Dictatorship After Ecuador Rioting
In Quito Ecuador President Jose Velasco Ibarra seized dictatorial powers after a week of street clashes between Central University students and police. The move follows threats of a Supreme Court ruling that could deem his tax decrees unconstitutional, with the military backing Velasco Ibarra and his nephew Defense Minister Jorge Acosta Velasco seen as power brokers. Paratroopers occupied campuses nationwide while leftist leaders and the rector were arrested. Velasco Ibarra dissolved Congress suspended the constitution and moved to control banks and foreign exchange. A separate note from Bonn reports Romanian Premier Maurer meeting Chancellor Brandt.
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Ecuador
Jose Velasco Ibarra
Central University
Supreme Court
Velasco Ibarra
Jorge Zavala Baquerizo
Mariuel Aguirre
Aguirre
Unversity
Velasco Ibatra
Jorge Acosta Velasco
Congress
High Command
Guayaquil
I Qwag
Communist Party
Muskie Son Weds in Maine at Muskie Summer Home
Kennebunk Beach Maine Stephen C Muskie son of Senator Edmund Muskie and Mrs Muskie wed Alexis G Draggins at the Muskie summer home The ceremony was conducted by Msgr Vincent A Tartaczuk The bride is daughter of Alexander Droggitis of Biddeford Droggitis a restaurateur The couple both 21 met at the University of Maine in Orono The bride graduated this month while the groom enters his senior year in September.
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Maine
Stephen C. Muskie
Edmund
Muskie
D-Maine
Alexis G. Draggins
Vincent A. Tartaczuk
Portland
Droggitis
Alexander Droggitis
Biddeford
University of Maine
Orono
Disturbance Follows Boy Slaying In Manchester Section
In Pittsburgh six people were injured and eight arrested after a shooting death of 12 year old Ernest Caldwell sparked attacks on police. A diary plant and a television news vehicle were burned, with barricades at intersections hindering officers. Caldwell died at Allegheny General Hospital after being shot on a front lawn earlier Sunday. Edna Cook Stone was questioned and released with no weapons found.
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UPS
Manchester
Ernest Caldwell
Edna Cook Stone
Caldwell
Allegheny General Hospital
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Laboratory Fire at County Medical Center Kills Animals
LOS ANGELES UPI reports a laboratory fire at County Medical Center killed about 1,500 mice and 10 guinea pigs. Detectives believe matches were used to start fires around animal cages used for breeding.
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Willy Brandt
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