Birthday cake for Vietnam Marine stands as rare honor
Lance Cpl. Ronald Stewart may be the only U.S. serviceman in Vietnam to receive a home sent birthday cake in perfect condition. The eight pound cake, framed by a plastic window, traveled with greetings from strangers to his 20th birthday, a symbol of support across a war zone. In Whittier, Calif, his family and many passersby helped make the journey possible.
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Lance Cpl
Ronald Stewart
U.S
Vietnam
Whittier
Calif
Stewart
Susan
Barbara
Joyce
Gloria
Trans World Airlines
Left Ear Incident Ends With Reattachment in London Bar Brawl
Alec Graham of London lost his left ear during a bar-room fight over a billiard table. Pub manager Bert Hyland tried to return the ear, Graham discarded it, police recovered it, surgeons re attached it, and Graham said he has reconciled with his friend.
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Alec Graham
London
Bert Hyland
Graham
Hyland
Pirate Raid on Lincoln Lagoon Sparks Park Chase
In Chicago's Lincoln Park lagoon a rented rowboat cruise by 15 year old Dar i Weglarz and sister Meloni was disrupted by two teen pirates in a second boat. A purse containing $2 was taken but later recovered after a park chase and police intervention. the youths were lectured and released to parents.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Chicago
Lincoln Park Lagoon
Dart Weglarz
Meloni
Dari
Darj
Mother Goes to Viet for Murder Trial
Chicago mother Eugenia Willette, 37, travels to Cu Chi Vietnam to learn how her son Asa Martin Jr was killed. She seeks answers amid claims of premeditated murder by a platoon sergeant, and tensions with Army over protection and travel permissions.
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Viet
Chicago
Cu Chi
Vietnam
Eugenia Willette
Asa Martin Jr
Pentagon
Jobless Rate Edges Up in April Amid Slower Growth
Washington reports unemployment rose to 3.5 percent in April as five months of gains slowed. Average factory work week declined to 40.7 hours and overtime fell to 3.4 hours per week, the lowest since April 1968, signaling a potential easing in the economy. Officials cautioned against predicting a downturn.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Harald Goldstein
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Goldstein
Ragged Man Tries Polite Hijack on Flight to Cuba
FBI agents in Tampa arrested John Carleton Kivlen, 42, unemployed, not armed, on aircraft piracy charges after a Los Angeles to Miami National Airlines flight. A stewardess said he asked to tell the captain the plane should go to Cuba. He was jailed in lieu of 25000 bond. last known San Diego address.
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Tampa
Fla
FBI
John Carleton Kivien
Kivlen
San Diego
Calif
National Airlines
Carol Less Migon
Havana
Nancy Sylvester
Cuba
Miss Migan
Miss Sylvester
Miami
Coronado
Califo Ivlen
Pauline Kivlen
Sculpture for Peace at Los Angeles Music Center
A 30 foot high bronze sculpture by Jacques Lipchitz, titled Sculpture for Peace, was unveiled at the Los Angeles Music Center in a ceremony attended by about 1,500 people. The 10 ton piece, cast with a $250,000 commission from Lawrence Deutsch and Lloyd Ringler, is Lipchitz’s lifelong dream begun in Paris during World War II.
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Stulplor
Jacques Lipchitz
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Music Center
Jacques — Lipchitz
Lipchitz
Paris
New York
Lawrence Deutsch
Lloyd Ringler
Michelangelo
Italy
Twin Sisters Leap to Death in Manhattan Courtyard
Two 66 year old sisters Mrs. Edna Slater and Mrs. Lillian Gross leaped hand in hand from their six story Washington Heights apartment roof and died in the dirt courtyard below Police say despondency over family illness and the husband’s death months earlier prompted the suicide Early Sunday Slater visited her sister’s fourth floor apartment while Gross’s son Norman slept neighbors reported
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New York
UPD
Manhattan
Edna Slater
Lillian Gross
Negro Justice Marshall Calls Militants to Pay for Law Defiance
New Orleans contribution by Thurgood Marshall at Dillard University centennial frames anarchy as unacceptable. He urges punishment for those who defy law, stresses education and disciplined effort, and warns against militant leadership while promoting equal training and cultural studies.
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Marshall
New Orleans
U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Five youths arrested after Hillcrest Park disturbance
Five young men in their early twenties were arrested after a Sunday disturbance at Fullerton's Hillcrest Park following the arrest of a drunken woman. A crowd of about 60 people jeered, with abusive language and rocks and bottles thrown before police detained the five. Charges ranged from failure to disperse to assaulting an officer.
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Fullerton
Hillcrest Park
Local Gazette Fragment Shows May And Public Notice
Fragment of a May issue from a local paper with partial notice details. It mentions a second class matter designation and a publication bureau, with unreadable lines and scattered names.
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James Hile
Loop
Ind
Hile
Dearborn Street
Robert Stedman
Norwalk and Western
William Anderson
Richard McRae
Stedman
4Th Street
Anderson
Stehman
McRae
Bob Stehman
Dick McRa
Lincoln Lagoon
AT Music Center
Prise
Linda Biber
University of Southern California
Ray Hamilton
Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Dauvery Dally
Malisundyy
Cire
Fashions For
Gaxewsor
Lakewood Center
Gallen
Amber IS
Clark Ave LA
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