Sailors join protest and seek sanctuary during Constellation voyage
Three sailors named by antiwar spokesmen as Seaman Jon Obe, Seaman David Clay, and TO 3 C Charles M Lawson joined a Thursday night protest aboard the Constellation. Reverend James Gallas granted sanctuary, while church leaders debated sanctuary’s US applicability. Hoag, Andrews, Flanagan, and other figures voiced moral conflict, patriotism, and opposition to killing in Vietnam.
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Midlothian
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First Snow Flurries Hit Southern California Mountains
The first snow flurries of the season settled on many mountain areas including Cedar Glen near Lake Arrowhead. Gusty winds kicked sand at motorists in the San Francisco Valley and the Mojave Desert as a weather report noted snow and sand in the region.
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Judge's Son Gets LSD Case Probation
In San Francisco the son of a Superior Court judge received three years probation after admitting to selling 12,000 LSD tablets to a federal agent. Sheldon K. Perluss, 25, son of Judge Irving H. Peyluss of Sacramento County, had been in custody 86 days for psychiatric evaluation and testified against two other drug sellers.
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Irving H. Pey-luss
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Longshoremen walkouts shutter nation ports and Gulf Coast
Longshoremen walked off after contract expirations leaving many ports, including New Orleans and Lake Charles, virtually closed while some Gulf Coast workers and Houston officials feared shipping backlogs. ILA talks paused with a possible lockout and a dispute over guaranteed minimum hours.
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Street closure and permit questions at Conant and Lakewood
A reader questions a 1965 rally ordinance allowing McDonnell Douglas to close Conant Street for early morning and late afternoon traffic flow for plant workers. The note cites safety and efficiency goals and raises permit concerns amid a wider mix of reader queries about a car theft and a magazine subscription dispute.
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Gas blamed as 33 hurt in explosion
Gas caused a blast that injured 33 people in Port Angeles. Reported flare ups involved pilot lights and fuel gas seeping from a severed line in a back alley. A nearby house had burned earlier after gas accumulated in the basement exploded. One youth was seriously hurt.
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Indictment of Inmates in Soledad Prison Killing
Six inmates including Drumgo and Bingham are indicted on five counts of murder and related conspiracy charges connected to a prison escape attempt at San Quentin and the slaying of a guard. The case ties in other inmates Pinell Tate Spain and Johnson with assaults on officers. Arraignments set for Marin County Superior Court with a federal charge for flight to avoid prosecution.
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Spain
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Marin County Superior Court
Red Chinese fete marks National Day in Tokyo parks
Radio Pekin reported crowds in the capital celebrating National Day with shouts of long live chairman Mao. No parade or Mao image appeared in People’s Daily, fueling speculation on Mao’s health Lin Ping’s status and a possible power struggle after the parade cancellation.
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Falls from penthouse during escape leads to death
New York police investigate a brutal assault in which a freelance writer, Betty Taylor, 34, fell twelve stories from a Manhattan penthouse while escaping a rapist. The roommate was wounded twice as the intruder demanded money and forced the women into a bedroom.
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Court amends welfare rule to allow payments
California Supreme Court clarifies welfare reform ruling to permit checks under the old schedule while a final decision is made. The amended order averts a total halt in payments, preserving authority to issue grants, though increasing county welfare budgeting. A mother of three would receive $261 monthly under the old scale versus $280 under the reform that would have started today.
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California
San Francisco
Robert Carle
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Reagan
Carleson
High Court
Talks Fail as Miners Walk Out Over Pact
UPI reports that most soft coal miners declared no work until a new contract is reached after negotiators hit an impasse. A federal mediator noted the gap, while union leaders prepared for a Monday wage policy committee meeting in New York. The joint statement promised a brief recess and a return to negotiations early next week.
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New York Shipping Association
W. J. Usery Jr
Thomas W. Gleason
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Washington
UPI
New York
Al Capp Fails to Appear in Boston Court
Cartoonist Al Capp did not appear for a rendition hearing in Boston Municipal Court on Wisconsin charges filed by a married coed. He was declared in default.
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