Pesticide Fear Ends Not for Wildlife Yet
Wildlife experts warn DDT and dieldrin residues in waterways keep threatening fish and birds including bald eagles falcons and brown pelicans. Lake Michigan and other waters show continued contamination with potential declines in osprey and loon populations, while certain species already suffer reduced reproduction and some edible fish exceed residue limits.
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Washington
Ray Johson
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wild
Lake Michigan
Roland Smith
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Johnson
Rhode Island
Lake Michi
Chesapeake Bay
California
Gaylord Nelson
Dis
Food and Drug Administration
Hudson River
New York
Delaware and Cooper Rivers
South Carolina
St. Lucia Canal
Apalachicola River
Florida
Tombigbee ‘River
Alabama
Rio Grande
Texas
Arkansas and White Rivers
Arkansas
Sacramento River
Lakes
Ontario
Michigan
Thanksgiving Weekend Road Toll Estimated
The National Safety Council projects 700 to 800 deaths in traffic accidents over the four day Thanksgiving weekend from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. The estimate, announced Monday, marks a shift from a stay at home view to acknowledging high highway travel. Last year saw 764 fatalities, the highest for any four day holiday period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Love America Week Arm Bands Worn in Joplin Area
In Joplin Missouri and nearby communities residents wear red white and blue armbands to show patriotism during Love America Week. A supply of 30040 arm bands ran out Monday and 20000 more were ordered. Dr J B Simon, who proposed the idea, says he never expected this level of uptake.
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Joplin
America
J. B. Simon
Indians on Alcatraz Stand Firm in Occupation
More than 100 American Indians including women and infants remain on Alcatraz island defying authorities. They demand reconstruction aid for the burned San Francisco Indian Center and broader recognition of their rights. They appeal for money and provisions through the Alcatraz Relief Fund as federal talks are not yet arranged.
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Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
San Jancisco Indian Center
California
Fhe General Services Administration
Interior
Walter Jickel
Alcatraz
Enoch
Siowmalton
Philippines Honors Paramount Woman for Book Drive
Hallie M. Caster received a plaque in Los Angeles from Los Angeles City Councilman Carlos Sandico Jr. for organizing a book drive that collected over 5,000 pounds of books for the Angeles City Library and Museum near Clark Air Base. The effort, praised as boosting American Filipino friendship, will form the library nucleus.
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Paramount
Philippines
Islands
Hallie M. Caster
Los Angeles
Carlos Sandico,Jr
Angeles
Angeles City
Escort Ship Meyerkerd Commissioning at Long Beach
The destroyer escort USS Meyerkerd will be commissioned at 3 p.m. Friday at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard with Rear Adm. George R. Muse as guest speaker. Cmdr. John A. Baldwin Jr. will command. Mrs. Harold Meyerkord and Mrs. Harold E. Meyerkord of St. Louis attend. Lt Meyerkord, killed in March 1965 during a Viet Cong ambush, was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, Air Medal and Purple Heart. The ship will carry 15 officers and 212 enlisted, and will conduct a shakedown after fitting out.
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Meyerkerd
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
George R. Muse
Naval Reserve Training Command
Omaha
Neb
Cmdr
John A. Baldwin Jr
Harold D. Meyerkord
Harold E. Meyerkord
St. Louis
Meyerkord
Las Vegas Los Angeles monorail studied for feasibility
A proposal to link Las Vegas with Los Angeles and Palmdale via a high speed transit system was reviewed by three Convention Authority members. The full authority will decide on December 2 whether to fund a feasibility study, with LA Airports contributing funds. Officials from Southern Nevada Industrial Condition, Congresional Authority, and LA Airport Department attended.
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Las Vegas
UPI
Los Angeles
Palmdale
Convenation Authority
Los Angeles Department of Airports
Soutthern Nevada Industrial Condshion
Congrensian Authority
Los Angeles International Airport
Barstow
Mint Canyon
King Assassin Ray Seeks Mingle with Inmates
Ray, sentenced to 99 years for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., asked in U.S. District Court on Monday to end his isolation at Tennessee State Prison. State correction official says Ray is kept in maximum security isolation for his protection.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Farr Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Tennessee State Prison
Ray
Lake Fy Russel
State Commissioner of Correction
Suit Fights Prayers by Spacemen
AUSTIN ex UPD. Three federal judges weigh dismissing a suit to ban prayer from space. Madalyn Murray O Hair seeks to stop astronauts from beaming prayers to God as she attacks Apollo 8 11 ceremonies. Court action centers on standing and constitutional questions amid Moon mission timing.
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U.S
God
Federal Appeals Court
Homer Thornberry
Court declines halt on Santa Barbara oil platform permits
The Supreme Court refused to stop the Corps of Engineers from issuing oil drilling platform permits in the Santa Barbara Channel while a suit from the city proceeds. The decision leaves platform construction ongoing under existing permits, with the case moving to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling notes the Court’s six-member panel and a vacancy, and mentions no hearing was required as navigation and defense concerns were the focus. Local groups contend drilling threatens navigation rights and planned expert testimony, but construction may continue until further adjudication.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Corps of Engineers
Santa Barbara Channel
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Willian
Douglas
John Mr. Warlan
Chasses
Los Angeles
Los Angeles May Lose Three Assembly Seats in Reapportionment
Sacramento reports indicate Los Angeles County could drop to 28 Assembly seats in the 1971 redistricting based on the 1970 census. Officials forecast Orange, Santa Clara, Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino gains, while San Francisco may lose an assemblyman and San Mateo share districts.
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Sacramento
Los Angeles County
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Wold
Orange’ County
Santa Clara County
Gore
Ventura
Riverside
San Bernardino
Mountain
Vieake ‘Tahoe
San Francisco
San Mateo
San Mateo County
Alameda County
Orange
Santa Clara
Impeaching Douglas Sought in Fargo North Dakota
Rep. Clark MacGregor of Minnesota, a House Judiciary member, says impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court Justice William Douglas will be pursued. He cites a reported substantial income Douglas received while linked to a gambling foundation in Las Vegas.
Virginia First With Bourbon Says State History
The article states Virginia is credited with early bourbon, noting Rev Elijah Craig as key to the formula and that Kentucky was Virginia's park at the time. A distiller questions Virginia’s claim, noting Virginia's corn quality and water for whisky and joking about mint juleps.
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Louisville
Virginia
Kentucky
Elijah Craig
Bourbon County
Orange County Lawmakers Weigh Tax Reform and District Shift
Orange County supervisors and legislators met at a Santa Ana luncheon to discuss tax reform and funding gaps. They debated shifting duties from the state to county, a possible dissolution of the Orange County Harbor District, and a plan to expand its responsibilities. Attendees clashed over Edison Company plans to triple capacity at Huntington Beach, as air pollution chief William Fitchen warned he would deny an operating permit, signaling possible overrule actions.
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Orange County
Santa Ana
Sacramento
Edison Company
Huntington Beath
William Fitchen
Burned Brothers in Critical and Serious Condition After Home Fire
An eight year old Paramount boy and his 12 year old brother remained in critical and serious condition from burns after a pre dawn fire ripped through their home at 15720 Kerwin Ave. The blaze killed Mary Ann Van Haaster Jr and Theresa Van Haaster, 10, and left three other children treated for smoke inhalation. Investigators attributed the fire to a clogged vent in a gas heater. The incident also notes the family’s other seven children and a widow. The fire occurred Thursday and firefighters found two bodies in an upstairs bedroom.
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Paramount
Lese
Harbor General Hospital
Joseph van Haaster
Jack
van Haaster
Kerwin Ave
Mary Ann van Haaster, Jr
Theresa
Jack van Haaster
Ardis
Christine
Angela
Phillip
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Vegas
L.A
King Assassin Ray
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