Rail Tank Cars Explode Destroys Heart of Town
A string of railroad tank car explosions devastated Crescent City after a derailment near Gilman Ill. State police noted a sighting of a slanting hotbox. firefighters and residents described massive blasts leveling parts of the town. Photographer Armen Korstick and volunteer Melvin Lavoie recounted near misses and the community faced unsure rebuild prospects.
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Gilman
Ill
Crescent City
Orvel Carlson
Mateial
Armen Korstick
The
Kankakee Journal
Korstick
Crescent Hospital
Melvin Lavoie
U S Planes Extend Deep Into Cambodia Conflict
The Pentagon announced U S air strikes have moved beyond sanctuary areas in Cambodia within the last week as Communist supply lines are attacked deeper inside the country. Gen Abrams confirmed U S planes would strike new supply networks as needed while Nixon limits ground operations to the 21.7 mile inside Cambodia before June 30.
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Cambodia
Jerry W. Friedheim
Defense
Pentagon
Creighton W. Abrams
Saigon
Friedheim
Abrams
U.S
Nixon
Government of Vietnam
South Vietnam
Wrong Way Crash Kills Three On Freeway
A wrong way collision on a freeway left three dead, including Dewitt House Jr. and William Thomas Osborne, with Lilly Ivkovich fatally crushed after her car flipped. Witness Shedrick McCoy escaped with minor injuries as police describe a high speed, multi car wreck and hospital treatment for others.
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Dewitt House Jr
la Crescenta
William Thomas Osborne
la Canada
Lilly Ivkovich
Hollywood
Man Breaks Into Downing Street Seizes Wine and Photos
Dietrich Weidemann, a 30 year old West German seaman, was found in the Cabinet room at Downing Street after midnight entry on June 12. He admitted entering to protest the government, left photos of Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, and was fined 120 dollars and ordered deported by Bow Street Magistrates Court.
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London
Scotland Yard
Downing St
Dietrich Weidemann
Munster
Nigel Lumiey
Bow Street
Weidemann
Harold Wilson
Jamley
Wilson
Edward Heath
Mitchell
Shellback Ceremony Lore Traced From Sailor Pranks
Readers ask about shellback certificates for first equator crossings and the Neptune ritual aboard ocean liners. The shellback rite, dating to Royal Navy pranks of the 17th and 18th centuries, daubs newcomers with paint and seaweed while Neptune proclaims seaworthiness.
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N. S
Norwalk
Neptune
Neptunus Rex
City plans beautification of neglected drainage ditch area
A resident from Long Beach asks if an overgrown ditch area across the street will be beautified after the city planted trees nearby. A Public Service Department spokesman says plans include trees and shrubs, but funding will take several months to become available.
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Western Treasures Magazine
A.J. D
Lakewood
Western Trails Publishing Corp
Ile
Denver
R. S
Long Beach
A. Action Line
City Public Service Department
Reaction to BR W critiquing six percent churches work
A letter argues BR W is naive to condemn churches over a single incident. It defends church efforts to aid the less fortunate, noting churches provide physical and spiritual food and are active in the world today. Tor Alamitos.
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BR. W
R. W
Tor Alamitos
Huge Drug Roundup Continues Spurs Federal Wiretap Debate
Attorney General Mitchell touted Operation Eagle and Hagle as a major drug crackdown. He credited 1968 wiretap provisions and urged swift House approval of narcotics legislation to extend federal tools to disrupt suppliers. Names tied to the roundup included Reynaldo Rappard, Antonio Castillo Caffig hy, Carlos Adalfy Lago, Arcadiy Batista, James Saville, with agents reporting confrontations and shootings during arrests.
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Reynaldo Rappard
Antonio Castillo Caffighy
Carlos Adalfy Lago
Arcadiy G. Batista
Los Angeles
James Saville
Carson
United States
Mitchell
Miami
Chicago
New York
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Nixon
Penn Central Says It Is Broke
Penn Central faces bankruptcy as a cash squeeze grips the giant railroad born from the merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central. Court action places its passenger and freight trains under control while 42 directors steer the company through a crisis that swamps its 42,731 miles across 14 states and two Canadian provinces.
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U.S
C. Willian Kraft
Kraft
Penn Central Transportation Co
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Cult Girl Denied Right To Reprerent Self In Murder Case
Mary Brunner first member of the Manson family and mother of his child is denied the right to act as her own attorney in the Hinman murder case. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge says a good attorney is needed and Brunner must have representation. The trial to select a jury continues in another court as two more jurors are questioned. Brunner had confessed to Hinman's murder last July and her immunity was revoked.
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Wisconsin
Mary Brunner
Charles Manson
Musician Gary Hinman
Los Angeles
George Dell
Dave Shinn
Miss Brunner
Hinman
Topanga Canyon
Robert Beausoleil
Manson
Shinn
Susan Atkins
Superior Court
Charles Older
Boy Killed After Hand in Toaster Accident
A two year old boy climbed to reach cake, his hand slipped into a toaster and was electrocuted. Roy Dana Pancoast died Saturday at his grandparents home in Thousand Oaks. Deputies identified the boy as Roy Dana Pancoast.
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Thousand Oaks
UPI
Sheriff's
Roy Dana Pan
Roy A. Pancoast
Senate OKs Change in War Curb
In Washington the Senate added new language to curbs on Indochina spending and affirmed presidential powers as commander in chief. The Byrd amendment backed by the administration preserves full constitutional control while Cooper Church’s Vietnam proposal seeks to limit U.S. involvement in Cambodia. Backers say the Byrd tweak does not water down their plan.
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Washington
Senate
Indochina
Robert C. Tiyrd
Daw
Cief
U.S
Vietnam
Frank Church
Didaho
John Sherman Cooper
Cambodia
Deer Breaks In Gift Shop In Brentwood Near Pittsburgh
Two deer slipped into Jordan's Gift Shop in Brentwood, one leaping through a display window while the other is believed to have entered without a door. The incident damaged two displays and left deer hoofprints on the shop carpet.
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Pittsburgh
Jordan
Brentwood
Tate Defendant's Kin Dead in Suspected Foul Play
Mobile coroner said the sister of Patricia Krenwinkel, a Tate murders defendant, was found dead before her nude body was placed in a tree. Autopsy inconclusive on Charlene Ann Lowell. coroner noted suspicious markings and tentatively doubted drowning. Police described the discovery after a night out with her date Bennie Mosley and uncle William Reeves.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Patrica Krenwinkle
Sharon Tate
Mobile County
Earl B. Wert
Charlene Ann Lowell
Wert
Miss Lowell
Bennie Fred Mosley
William Leroy Reeves
Miss Krenwinkle
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Wileson
Neptune’s Realm
Penn Central
Penn
Zluder
Penn Central Co
Teline
Cult Girl
Mary Neiswender
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Tate
Mosley
VOLVO
Jim Gray
Atlantic
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