Spacemen Leave Moon After Trekking a Mile
Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad and Bean completed a four hour science foray on the Moon’s Ocean of Storms. They left behind five pieces clipped from the unmanned Surveyor and a launch of gear while collecting rock samples, photos, and soil, then prepared to return to Earth with a 12:57 p.m. PDT splashdown set in the Pacific Ocean.
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Conrad
Bean
Surveyor
Limar
Earth
Pacfic
Mission Control
Intrepid
Sean
Fire Claims Two Children as Paramount Home Burns
A home at 15720 Kergin Ave Paramount caught fire at 1:45 am, killing two children and injuring others while eight residents escaped. Jack Van Maastar and Ardis, the parents, survived. seven others, including John seven and Phillip ten months, were uninjured aside from smoke inhalation. Fire officials ruled a wall heater malfunction caused the blaze. damage pegged at 13,500 with the home valued at 37,540.
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Jack van Maastar
Ardis
Kergin Ave
Paramount
Richard Friend
van Haastar
John
James
David
Joe
Jack Jr
Jane
Christine
Angela
Phillip
Ail
Lakewood Sheriffs
Michael Shuman
Shuai
Shuman
Stone
Help With Crutches and Denture Complaints From Action Line
Action Line helps a reader locate the Edco Surgical Supply Co as the crutch manufacturer for $26 with COD purchase options from Home Hospital Supply in Glendale California. Also advised on denture adjustment through the State Board of Dental Examiners, stressing limited authority and the need for realistic expectations. The column provides name origin info from the Los Angeles Public Library and notes a Navy destroyer named after a Midway pilot with a two page history forthcoming from the Department of the Navy.
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Hudson Vitamin Products Co
New York
Action Line
J.R.P
Paramount. A
Madson Vitamin Products Co
Edco Surgical Supply Co
W. Bist St
N.Y
Edcco
Home Hospital Supply Co
W. Central Ave
Glendale
Calif
C.O.D
J. EB. B
Long Beach
State Board of Dental Examiers
St. Sacramento
David Hamrock
Hamrock
Shelton
U.S. Navy
M.S
Los Angeles City Public Library
Fifth St
Los Angeles
Bean No No Put TV Camera Out On Moon Walk
Space Center Houston reports astronaut Alan Bean aimed the television camera at the sun during the first moonwalk, burning the image tube and cutting Earth’s front row view. Mission Control and Westinghouse said the light source likely scorched the tube. the device failed 45 minutes after Bean transferred it to a tripod, blanking Earth screens.
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Bean
Conrad
Intrepid
Surveyor
Mission Contral
Charles Conrad Jr
Mission Control
Earth
L B Sues to Clear Bay Boundary and Title Problems
In Long Beach the L B city and private holders seek to resolve Alamitos Bay boundary issues tied to 1850s surveys. Changes in landforms and missing monuments have left disputes over the Shore-Naples and McGrath-Macco boundaries. The suit asks the court to compel Mansell and Mrs. Moore to carry out agreed settlements amid unresolved legal questions.
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L.B. Sues
Clear Bay
Warren
Macce, Realty Co
Marine Stadium
Long Beach
Alamitos Bay
California
San Gabriel
State Lands Commission
Alamitos Bay Area
Naples
California Supreme Court
Mansell
Moore
City Atty
Leonard €. Putnam
Dep
Kenneth K. Wiliams
Los Angeles
Keatinge and Sterling
Two Boys Killed and Seven Hurt in Flaming I-10 Crash
The crash five miles west of Bowie on Interstate 10 killed Guadalupe Casares, 9, and Carlos Casares, 4, of Orange, California, when their car was rear struck by a Mary Costen, 27, of San Diego California. The father, Guadalupe Casares, 40, was nearby and caught in the flames.
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Willcox
Ariz
Orange
Calif
Bowie
Arizona Highway Patrol
Guadalupe Casares
Carlos
Mary Costen
San Diego
Highway Patrol
Nigeria airliner crash kills 87 in swampy Ikeja terrain
Nigerian government reports 87 lives lost after a Nigeria Airways jet crashes in swampy terrain near Ikeja. The aircraft, in service since Oct. 7, is normally piloted by a British captain and a Nigerian co-pilot, amid a dispute over whether European or Nigerian pilots should fly the plane. Maj. Gen. Yakubu Gowon personally intervened after several pilots were suspended.
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Ikeja
Nigeria Airways
Yakubu Gowon
Marine 19 Dies When Car Overturns on Canyon Road
A 19 year old Marine from El Toro was killed when his car skidded out of control on Santa Ana Canyon Road two miles west of the Orange County line. Cpl Leonard Davis Jr of Upland was pulled from the wreck by firefighters and pronounced dead on arrival at Anaheim Memorial Hospital at 6 25 am according to the Highway Patrol.
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el Toro Marine
Santa Ana Canyon
Orange County
Cpl
Leonard Davis Jr
Upland
Anaheim Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
Lodge Aide Quits in Paris Talks Quiet Shift in Delegation
Philip Habib replaced as acting head of the American delegation in Paris after Lodge resigns citing home duties. Walsh, former judge, says meetings are unproductive as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese press hard for position. Communists accuse the U S of war crimes and demand withdrawal as the war continues.
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Ion
Philip C. Habib
Paris
Lodge
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Walsh
Washington
United States
South Vietnam
Nixon to host Wilson in Washington late January
President Nixon will receive British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in Washington on January 27 and 28 for talks. French President Georges Pompidou is also slated to visit Washington in February for discussions with Nixon, the White House announced.
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Nixon
Wilson
Washington
Harold Wilson
White House
Georges Pompidou
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