Port of New York Shuts Down as Dockers Protest
New York dockers join a protest against the Waterfront Commission blocking the port for a second day. About 250 workers demonstrated at the Manhattan office while 500 queued at Newark for new job applications. The ILA says reopening the longshore work registry to add 750 men bypasses labor contracts.
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New York
Waterfront Commission
Port of
Commission
Manhattan
Roseville Avenue
Newark
N.S
United States
U.S. Lines
Military Ocean Terminal
Bayonne
New Jersey
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
Waterfront Commission of
New York Harbor
New York State
ILA
New York Shipping Association
Panel OKs Free-for-All Primary in California
SACRAMENTO Senate Finance Committee approves a bill by Sen. Alfred E. Alquist to place all nationally recognized presidential candidates on California’s ballot starting in 1972. The measure, seen as a potential nation’s premier pre convention test, heads to the Senate floor amid GOP opposition and timing concerns.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Senate Finance Committee
Alfred E. Alquist
San Jose
Senate
Alquist
Donald Grunsky
Watsonville
Army siege over kidnaped archbishop linked to learning center
In Guatemala City a 30 day state of siege is in force to aid the search for Kidnapped Archbishop Mario Casariego. Messages from an undisclosed source claim the archbishop is alive but ill with high blood pressure. In Long Beach California the Board of Education approved a $60 000 federal grant to expand the squeual programmed learning center at Long Beach City College to 800 by next fall, using adaptive electronic equipment and involving local groups and agencies.
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Guatemala City
UPI
Guatemala
Mario Casariego
la Hora
Casariega
Papel
Bruno Topiglant
Jose Ramier Pellecer
Mexico City
Long Beach
Board of Education
Long Beach City College
Community Improvement League
Neighborhood Adult Participation Project
State Employment Service and Rehabilitation Office
U.S. Immigration Service
Johnsons to Host Paraguay President at White House
President and Mrs. Johnson will host Gen Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay at a White House state dinner Wednesday night. Stroessner is the first Latin American leader to visit the President this year.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Alfredo Stroessner
Paraguay
White House
Stroessner
Catholic Schools Plan Chicago Busing Program
Cardinal Cody announced a plan to bus about 10,000 Negro children from inner city Catholic schools to suburban parish classes beginning in September. The program, funded by private donations, requires parental consent and will pair receiving schools with host families for meals and emergency care. Archbishop Cody aims to reduce racial isolation and foster Christian education. William McManus, archdiocesan superintendent, said the Catholic program mirrors a city public busing effort targeting around 570 pupils.
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Chicago
John Cardinal Cody
Cardinal Cody
Archdiocese of
Gelis
William E. McManus
Archdiocesan School
Kennedy leads in California poll over Johnson and McCarthy
In California, Robert F. Kennedy leads among Democratic voters with 42 percent to Lyndon Johnson's 32 percent and Eugene McCarthy's 18 percent in a Melvin D. Field California Poll taken after the New Hampshire primary. The poll also shows Kennedy would defeat Johnson in a Kennedy Johnson match and Johnson would beat McCarthy in a Johnson McCarthy contest.
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San Francisco
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Melvin D. Field
California
Field
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
McCarthy
Johnson-McCarthy
Nei
Pope Tahs American to Finance Ministry
Vatican announces Msgr Raymond Etteldorf of the United States named secretary of the prefecture of economic affairs in the Vatican finance ministry. Etteldorf, born in Ossian, Iowa on August 12, 1911, will serve under Cardinal Veanozzi at the prefecture.
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Vatican City
Pope Path VI
Msgr
Raymond Etteldorf
United States
Vatican Finance Ministry
Vatican
Mser. Etteldorf
Ossian
Towa
Epidio Cardinal
Veanozis
Cary Grant Improves After Accident at Kennedy Airport
NEW YORK UP I Actor Cary Grant's condition rose from fair to good at St John's Queens Hospital after injuries from a freak traffic crash a week earlier. A wheel assembly broke from a truck, striking the limousine carrying Grant to Kennedy Airport, causing two broken tibias and facial injuries. Grant, 64, remained hospitalized for observation with oxygen and IV feeding after a distressful weekend. Gratia Von Furstenburg, 23, a hotel social director who was with Grant, suffered a leg fracture. Chauffeur Troy Lindahl, 33, was released from the hospital.
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New York
UPI
Cary Grant
St. John’s Queens Hospital
Grant
Kennedy Airport
Gratia von Furstenburg
Troy Lindahl
Mine Kills Pupils on Israel Bus
An Israeli bus hit a mine near Elath killing two and wounding 28 while a Jerusalem suburb bomb caused no casualties. Israel blamed Arab infiltrators and warned Jordan over support for saboteurs. Two Israeli soldiers died in a Beisan Valley clash with infiltrators. one infiltrator was killed.
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Israel
Jerusalem
UPI
Red Sea
Elath
Moshe Dayan
Hussein
Jordan
Dayan
Beirut
al Bayraq
Ruby Eb-Khatib
Arab Jerusalem
West Bank
Jordan River
El-Khetib
Abba Khan
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Beisan
Jorden
Tirat Zyi
Pigs Slaughtered in Protest Over Pork Prices in Georgia
In Pavo Georgia hundreds of hogs were shot and buried in a trench to protest low pork prices. The action, backed by the National Farmers Organization, aims to draw attention to the farmers plight as officials note ongoing slaughter and calls for fair prices.
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Pavo
South Georgia
National Farmers Organization
Dwayne Cardin
NFP
NFO
Japanese Attacker Sentenced for Railway Station Assault
A right wing extremist, Tohsitaka Suridate, 25, attacked Soviet Deputy Premier Nikolai K. Baiba with a wooden sword at a Nagoya railway station on Jan 24 during an official Japanese tour. He received 14 months in prison after the prosecution sought two years. Baiba was not injured.
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Nagoya
Japan
Nikolai K. Baibakev
Tohsitaka Suridate
Baibakev
Ferris Ride Contest Claimed by Default
In Muncie Indiana Jim Boling won a ferris wheel riding contest by default after police stopped the wheel. The event offered a $25 prize for the longest ride at a local service station where Boling, Michael Poweham and Larry Southard were believed to be hiding near 50 hours. Police had warrants for Downham on a traffic offense and Southard on theft charges. Boling collected the prize.
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Muncie
Ind
Jim Boling
Boling
Michael Poweham
Lar
Ry Southard
Downham
Southard
Baling
General Strike by Negroes Urged in Memphis
Dr. Martin Luther King urged a one day general strike of Negroes in Memphis to back striking sanitation workers demanding higher pay union recognition and dues checkoff. He warned the city would fail if citizens stayed away from work and schools as he travels through Mississippi to recruit for a poor people’s camp in Washington.
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Memphis
Martin Luther King
King
Mississippi
Washington
America
Henry Loeb
Missionary Nurse Safe Behind Enemy Lines in Viet Nam
Two American missionaries captured by the Viet Cong more than a month ago are reported alive and well behind enemy lines. Betty Olsen, 33, a nurse from Nyack New York, and Henry Blood of Portland Oregon were seized February 2 when Ban Me Thuot fell. A message from Saigon officials says they are in good health and eating well, with two Bacay tribal Christian leaders also reported alive.
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New York
Nathan Bailey
Christian Missionary Alliance
Saigon
Betty Olsen
Nyack
N.Y
Henry Blood
Portland
Ore
Ban Me Thuot
Miss Olsen
Blood
Wycliffe Bible Translators
U.S. Aids Long Beach College With 168000 Grant
The U S Office of Education allotted 168000 to California State College at Long Beach under the Economic Opportunities Program to aid about 280 needy students next fall. Grants provide up to 800 yearly for fees and books each. The college had requested 196000, says financial aids officer Donald A. Tinsdale.
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U.S. Office of Education
California State College At
Long Beach
Tis
Donald A. Tinsdale
Lost Bellflower boaters found in channel safe
Three Bellflower boaters overdue since Sunday afternoon in a 17 foot power craft on a fishing trip off Catalina were found Monday at 1 55 p m in the channel between the island and the mainland. A Coast Guard helicopter sighted them paddling toward shore in an disabled vessel which was towed to Dana Point Harbor. Boaters Fyrel Duremar Don N Benson and Gary Helt were unharmed. In Nepal King Mahendra 48 suffered a heart attack but is gradually improving per a royal palace bulletin.
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Bellflower
Catalina
Coast Guard
Dana Point Harbor
Fyrel Duremar
Washington St
Don N. Benson
Eucalyptus Ave
Gary Helt
Cedar St
Minnesota Court voids Sunday closing law in vague ruling
Minnesota's 744 month old Sunday closing statute was declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court, which found the rule so vague it violated due process. The decision leaves Minnesota with an unused blue law on the books, its 1967 provision aimed at restricting Sunday sales by requiring stores to close all day Saturday amid broader merchandising ambiguity.
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St, Paul, Minn
Minnesota
State Supreme Court
Obituaries from Long Beach area listed with services
A long list of obituaries and funeral notices from Long Beach and surrounding cities. Names include Allen Mating F, Louise M Beiley, Clara Belcher, Edina Olson Braden, Roy Bration, Frank Brownson, John Burgan, Kenneth Buys, Kenneth Lee Carroll, Charles Chapin, Ward Charles, Joan Durant, Reba Edwards, Duarte Fagun de, Edwina Grant, Roy Clinton Sam mon d. Services and mortuary details provided for each, with surviving relatives and service times where given. The notices span March dates and include multiple chapels such as Mortell's Belmont, White's Funeral Home, Saddlebark Chapel, and Dilny Family Chapel.
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Allen — Mating F
Castle Mont
San Jose
Long Beach
Tama
Iowa
Alice
Phillip A
Browns Mill
New Jersey
Virginia West
Lon
Ray M
Wilson High
City of
Mortell
3Rd & Alamitos
Paramount
Mor- Belcher
Clara
Rose Ave
Bellflower
Belmont
Redondo
Braden
Edina Olson
Evelyn Backus
Gary
David
Edwin
Earl King
White
Bedflower
Santa Ana
Amands Merrick
Maryland
Richfield Oil
Edwards
Reba
Forest Lawn
Cypress
Fagunde
Duarte Manuel
Watson St
Thomas
Mary Fagunde
St. Irenaeus Church
Arlesia Mortuary
Grant
Edwina P
American Gold Star Homes
Tri- City
Florence Coan
Dilny Family Chapel
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Glendora
Calif
Army Siege Board
Oks
POR Learning Center
Catholic Schools Plan
RFK
New Hampshire
Apparest Kennedy
Amman
No. Viet
L.B. College
U.S
Channel
Nepal
Katmandu
Minnesota Supreme Court
Sammond — Roy Clinton
West First
Massachusetts
Mottell's Mortuary
8Rd & Alamitos
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