Paratrooper Survives 146 MPH Freefall During Training
PFC Michael A. McDonald, 17, of Missoula Montana, leaped from a C119 at 1500 feet during a North Carolina training. His static line failed to disconnect, sending him behind the aircraft for seven minutes before he freed himself from tangled lines and landed in a pine tree unhurt. The reserve parachute opened at 300 feet.
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Michael A. McDonald
Missoula
Mont
McDonald
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
North Carolina
Army
Campbell
Ensign Gate Gordon: First Woman Solo Navy Flight
Ensign Gate Ann Gordon, 23, of Stow Ohio, became the first woman in Navy history to solo a flight, piloting a propeller driven T3C at Pensacola Florida as part of aviation experimental psychology training. She will undergo two dual acrobatic flights, jet training, and a landing aboard the USS Lexington with an instructor. Gordon, with a Michigan State University master’s in experimental psychology, was commissioned in 1965 and joined the US Naval Aerospace Medical Institute. Her training spanned survival, academics, and flight indoctrination. she noted equipment fit challenges as the only problems she faced.
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Navy
Gate Ann Gordon
Stow
Ohio
Pensacola
Fla
Imore
Lexington
Gale
Michigan State University
US Naval Aerospace Medical Institute
Pensacola Naval Air Station
President’s Niece in Quiet Las Vegas Elopement
Rebekeh Alexander 22 of Fort Worth, daughter of Mr and Mrs Birge Alexander, eloped with Kilgore student David George Shulman 23 after a brief, low profile wedding in Las Vegas. The couple dated since October at the University of Texas in Austin where Becky was a senior English student. they wed March 6 then returned to Austin.
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Johnson
University of Texas
Rebekeh Alexander
Birge Alexander
Fort Worth
Las Vegas
David George Shulman
Kilgore
Tex
Miss Alexander
Shulman
University
Austin
Becky
Tuenlay
Rebekah Alexander
Deukmejian Presses Action on Auto Theft
Sacramento Assemblyman George Deukmejian of Long Beach urged stronger anti theft measures after noting California accounted for 15.69 percent of auto thefts nationally in 1965. He called on manufacturers to develop foolproof devices and vowed to push additional anti theft bills, citing 81 000 vehicles stolen statewide.
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Sacramento
George Deukmejian
A-Long Beach
California
New York
Deukmejian
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Long Beach
Apun
Doukrbejian
Detroit
Press -Gielegram item from Long Beach 1909 edition
Fragmentary notice notes a 1909 press item and references the Audit Bureau of Circulation. It mentions publication at Long Beach with a street address and vague delivery and circulation details. The readable text is limited to location and a partial date, without clear events or names.
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Katita
Calif
6Th Street
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
Assembly's GOP Balking on Budget
Sacramento reports Gov. Edmund G Brown's $4.6 billion state budget faces a legislative deadlock as Assembly Republicans vow to oppose the measure. Minority Leader Robert T. Monagan declares no Republican votes for the budget, while the Senate moves toward closed-door talks on its version to meet an April 4 deadline. The impasse could trigger a special session if needed.
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Sacramento
UPD
Edmund G. Brown
Assembly
GOP
Robert T.monagan
Tracy
Senate
Monagan
Mon|apan
Brown
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Road Beauty Bills Approved by Panel
A package of bills to eliminate highway billboards and junk-yard screens was approved by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee in Sacramento. The measures by Assemblyman Edin L. O'Berg were sent to the assembly floor.
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Sacramento
UPD
Assembly
Ways and Means
Edin L. O'Berg
Air Force Keeps Open Mind on Unidentified Flying Objects
The Air Force said it has an open mind about UFOs and does not seek to hush reports. NICAP's Keyhoe claimed a high level policy discounts sightings, while Ford urged a congressional inquiry. Officials note many reports stem from misidentified stars, aircraft, or weather phenomena.
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Air Force
Washington
Maririe
Don’ Ald’ KE
Keyhoe
National Investigations Committee On
NICAP
Pentagon
Keylwne
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Berg
California
Sacramento Assembly Debates Emergency Courts and Licensing
Fragmented text outlines legislative activity in California with proposals for emergency courts, license regulation, and wage increases. Mentions AB 5 related to licensing, salary contests, and merit pay. References to state highway rate changes, harbor commissions, and a congratulations for Willie Mays. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Ban Chamgay
ACA Mix
Ais
D-San Eeoe
Jalalai
Iai
Allen
Jlas sAneees
Ard
Harbot
Grunsky
R Watsonvill
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
McAlert
Frances
Caialleanion
Drake
Coe
Victor Judical
Bernarding Coentys
Nobel
Lpland
Rom Brosterey
Reule Olnese Salas
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George Jorgensen
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John F. MeCarthy
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George Miller Jr
D- Martinez
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Aaron & Mamie
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Guilbransen
Conn
Magnavox
Thomas Lowrey
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Delta
Detter
Lakewood Blvd
Lakewood Center
Anaheim Shopping Center
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