California woman sails Pacific alone seeks first in row
24 slim California housewife Sharon Tate Adams left Yokohama in Sea Sharp II seeking to become the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific. At 38, she expects about 80 days to Marina del Rey, having already become the first woman to sail solo from the U.S. Pacific Coast to Honolulu in 1965.
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California
Yokohama
Japan
Pacific
Sharon Tate Adams
Marina del Rey
Maritime Safety Agency
Speculators Move to Europe Dollars Amid Currency Shifts
Speculators deserted the West German mark for dollars in Europe while hedging on the British pound and French franc. Eurodollars attracted funds as traders awaited West Germany’s resolve to defend the mark near 25 cents. the mark and other currencies fluctuated in Frankfurt and Zurich amid shifts and lower Eurodollar rates, signaling a move to safer reserves outside the United States.
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LONDON i/Pt
Europe
West Germany
Frankfurt
Zurich
Switzerland
1 000 At The Waldorf Soul Food Dinner For Southern Theater
A 1000 guests at the Waldorf Astoria including Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Rosalind Russell and Harry Belafonte attended a Soul Food Dinner benefiting the Free Southern Theater. The $100 plate event featured fried chicken collard greens and beverages with Duke Ellington and Chico Hamilton providing music and a program including Jack Lemmon Liza Minnelli and Myrna Loy among others.
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New York
Saul
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Gregory Peck
Ava Gardner
Rosalind Russell
Harry Belafonte
Free Southern ‘Theater
South
Brock Peters
Waldorf
Georgine Carter
King George County
Peters
Lauren Bacall
David Janssen
James Coburn
Geoffrey Reene
Plane Crash Kills Five In Mother's Day Tragedy
A Mother's Day outing ended in catastrophe as a single engine Cessna 172 rented from Holiday Flying Service at Chino Airport crashed four minutes after takeoff in heavy fog. Five people perished including Richard A. Jensen and his wife Ruth, and their three sons Joseph, John, and James. Neighbors reported engine sputtering before the dive into a plowed field near the airfield.
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Lake Mavasu
Colorado River
Richard A. Jensen
Cogine
KFOL
Ruth
Joseph J
John
James
Veterans Home Loans Proposed by Edwards
Washington Rep Don Edwards introduced a bill to make 5 billion dollars available as direct home loans to veterans from the Veterans Administration's life insurance trust fund, currently over 8 billion dollars. The plan sets a 7.8 percent loan rate with 6.5 percent returned to the fund and 1 percent to cover administrative cash.
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Washington
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Veterans Administration
National Service Life Insurance Trust Fund
Edwards
Arizona Chief Takes Miami Police Post
Police Chief Bernard Garmire resigns in Tucson to become Miami Florida chief. Effective June 15, his Miami salary will be about 25000 dollars, compared with 16980 dollars at Tucson. Garmire had previously declined head posts in Philadelphia and Chicago.
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Tucson
Bernard Garmire
Philadelphia
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Garmire
Toeson
Fire at Rocky Flats Plant Triggers Plutonium Contamination
A small amount of radioactive plutonium escaped from the Dow Chemical Rocky Flats plant near Golden Colorado after a fire in a building under construction for nuclear weapons parts. AEC and health teams monitored the site and confined contamination to the plant area while workers involved in security grounds expansion were asked to stay home. The plant is part of the Albuquerque production complex producing weapons for the AEC.
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Golden, Colo
UPI
Dow Chemical Co
Here
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Rocky Flats
Tonium
Albuquerque
Artillery Blazes at Suez and Jordan Fronts
Across the Jordan River, Israeli and Jordanian forces exchange heavy artillery with claims of damage and casualties disputed by both sides. Jordan says it destroyed an Israeli tank and an observation post near the Allenby Bridge, while Israel cites mortar exchanges around Mandassa Bridge. Port Said sees shells inside the city for the first time since 1967, killing one civilian and wounding eight during six hours of cross canal fire. Meanwhile Israeli forces arrest suspected Arab guerillas in Hebron.
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San Quentin Prison
Leroy Jackson
Jordan River
Allenby Bridge
Jordan
Mandassa Bridge
Dead Sea
Mandassah
Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Hebron
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