Terrorist bombings target West Coast and Seattle campus
FBI agents investigate coordinated bombings in Santa Barbara San Rafael and Seattle. A San Rafael courthouse blast damaged a courtroom area while Santa Barbara hit an Army National Guard armory. Seattle saw two blasts at the university building near Clark Hall. Authorities report extortion threats and a Weatherman tape linked to domestic extremists.
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FBI
Santa Barbara
California
Fred Baker
Seattfe
San Refael
Army National Guard
California Nations Guard
Seattle
University
Seattle Times
Mary Webbins
Philip W. Cartwright
Pet care options for dogs and cats in Long Beach area
A reader asks about local professional sitters while away. The Allen Bonded Baby Sitters Agency offers pet sitting at $1.25 per hour or $18 for 24 hours with transport, claiming pets are easier to sit. Other options include Mel Allen listings in Long Beach and George Barnes Van Nuys Pet Hotel with rates from $2.25 to $20 daily and services like playtime and pet store.
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Long Beach
Frances Allen
Allen Bonded
Action Line
Mel. Allen
Peebee
10Th St
George Barnes
van Nuys
Fay+venhurst Ave
Which name for hot Santa Ana winds sparks a debate
The Weather Bureau officially calls them Santa Ana winds. Dictionaries back the term, tracing the hot dry downslope winds from the Santa Ana Canyon into the Los Angeles Basin, part of a global set of wind names.
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Santa Ana
Weather Bureau
Los Angeles Basin
Complaint over plumbing refund and deed removal guidance
A reader seeks a refund from Preferred Plumbing after a diaper was pushed into the main line and later retrieved by another firm. The letter also asks how to remove a late husband’s name from a Long Beach area deed by mail, with steps to obtain death certificates, notary, and recorder forms from Los Angeles offices.
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Seventh St
Preferred Plumbing
Action Line
A. C
Long Beach
Action Vane
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Recorder
N. Broadway
Calif
Los Angeles County State of Records
Noam WM
California State Controller's Office
Broadway
Ln Angeles
Wilmington Tenants Face Hazardous Pool Without Fence
Residents report a front-yard pool in Wilmington without fencing, posing danger to children. City laws require a fence at least 442 feet tall with a self-closing gate. Contact the district office of the Los Angeles Safely Department to inspect and instruct the owner to comply with regulations.
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Wilmington
Pitt
Los Angeles
Hawks and Doves in Congress Back Nixon Truce Plan
Sen. Cooper calls Nixon proposals comprehensive and fair and urges acceptance. Sen. Fulbright welcomes the initiative and hopes for a breakthrough, noting it could shift momentum in the war talks.
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Congress
Nixon
Hanoi
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Senate
Cooper
J. W. Fulbright
D‘ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Tie
Nixon Proposals Divide White House and Critics
Ambassadors Bruce and Lam described the reception of Nixon's cease fire and political settlement plan as mixed. Madame Binh and Ngo Dinh Thuy criticized the approach, while Fulbright Mansfield and Muskie offered cautious support, urging careful reflection and broader backing.
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Fulbright
Charles Goodell
New York
Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Fhall
Mansfiel
United States
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Paris
Scott
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
White House
Muskie
Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded Amid Censorship Fears
The 1965 prize went to Mikhail Sholokhov while Solzhenitsyn faces exile and Soviet bans. Western critics place Solzhenitsyn with Russia's greats for works like One Day in Ivan Denisovich and The First Circle, which challenged censorship. The laureate’s honorees highlight tensions between the Soviet regime and literary dissent.
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Jaa
Dzienitsyn
Writers Union
Swedish Academy
Mikhail Sholokhov
Orig Tassernals
Doetar Zhivaga
Lie Nebel
Whit
Sloviholm
Solzhenitsyn
Ivan Denisovich
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
West
Kremlin
Thorath
South Viet Backs Plan and Thieu Silent
South Vietnam endorses Nixon peace plan calling for a timetable to withdraw all foreign forces, unconditional POW releases, and free elections. Cambodia faces potential opposition as cease-fire could leave Communist forces in control of much of the country. Laos delays peace talks awaiting US proposals. Souvanna Phouma hardens position. Regional reactions vary with Malaysia and South Korea praising the initiative while Communist regimes offer no clear stance.
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Nixon
Phnom Penh
United States
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Tao
Taos
Souvanna
Wlsewnere J
Asia
Malaysia
Tun Abdul Razak
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