Heat Wave in S. Calif Easing Up
The heat wave that spurred grass and brush fires in Southern California is subsiding as cooler air moves in from the interior and coastal fog forms. Palm Springs recorded 111 degrees Sunday. fires in San Fernando Valley and Griffith Park are controlled, with 160 acres burned. An arson fire destroyed Livingston Hall at Fisk University in Nashville.
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California
Weather Bureau
Palm Springs
San Fernando Valley
la Tuna Canyon
Griffith Park
Sequoia National Forest
Kern River Canyon
Bakersfield
Air Pollution Control District
San Gabriel
San Fernando
Pomona-Walnut
APCD
San Gabriel Valley
APCC
Nashville
Tenn
Livingston
Fisk University
Taxi Driver Murdered in Holdup Try
Wilbert Shelby a 55 year old Los Angeles taxi driver was found dead in his taxi early today with money and wallet intact. Police suspect an aborted holdup as the cause noting a stab wound to the stomach and chest and Shelby was pronounced dead at Morningside Hospital. He had only three weeks with the taxi company.
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Los Angeles
Wilbert Shelby
Morningside Hospital
San Diego Strike Spreads 3000 Honor Picket Lines
San Diego workers extended a citywide strike with 3000 employees ordered not to cross firemen picket lines. Trash—garbage—accumulated, buses and police show wage disputes, and fire stations operate with reduced staffing as talks continue. Mala Powers wed M Hughes Miller in Reseda. Talks on the bus strike, affecting about 50,000 riders, were to be held Tuesday. Fire Fighters Local 445 members faced contempt proceedings for defying a restraining order.
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San Diego
UPR
Toe Carpenter
Afl-Cio State, County and Municipal Workers Union
Sun
Local 445
Superior
Tate
Poor minority hiring record eyed in NA Rockwell bid
California congressmen Roybal and Hawkins charged North American Rockwell with a poor minority hiring record potentially jeopardizing a $10 billion strategic bomber contract. They cited only 10 percent minority representation in LA County and urged full disclosure and corrective action across aerospace. NA Rockwell says it filed an OFCC plan and notes a Defense Department survey found all divisions compliant.
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California
Edward R. Roybal
Augustus F. Hawkins
North American
Los Angeles County
el Se Bundo
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
OFCC
Department of Defense
California K of C Elects Delegation
Santa Maria UPI Knights of Columbus elected new state officers and delegates to the supreme convention in Houston at the 68th annual convention. New officers include Francis X. Driscoll of Danville as president Harold B. Joyce of Alhambra as secretary James J. Maloney of Rosemead as treasurer William B. O Connor of Rosemead as advocate and J William Young of Marysville as warden.
Body of Gunshot Victim Found Near College Courts
An unidentified man aged 20 to 25 was found shot in the head and chest in a Huntington Beach field near Golden West College tennis courts. A tennis player found the body around 10:30 am. A card reading L.A. Area was inside his shirt, suggesting he may have been a hitchhiker.
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Huntington Beach
L.A. Area
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