Veterans GI Bill changes and a Christmas wish in Long Beach
Letters discuss changes in the GI Bill benefiting veterans and extending education time, a Long Beach widow seeking a refund from a 1989 pension payment, and a request to redirect holiday funds to help elderly and orphaned children. The piece mentions Western Union refund delays and PG and E foregoing Christmas lights as energy savings.
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Western Union
Mexico
Action Line
San Pedro
Long Beach City
California
Sacramento
J.G
Long Beach
Alfred Wegers
California Public Employee Retirement System
Pacific Gas and Electric, Co
Sailors Rescued As Tanker Sinks After Fire
Twenty nine sailors were rescued Sunday from life boats in the Atlantic as a Liberian flag oil tanker burned and exploded. One crewmember was reported missing, believed dead, after a blaze began in the engine room aboard the 48 foot Sally H. The Gulf Spray, a U.S. merchant tanker, picked up survivors in two lifeboats about 20 miles from the incident.
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Coast Guard
U.S
Gulf Spray
Mansfield Bids for Strict Strip Mine Controls
Senate debates a strip mining bill urged by Majority Leader Mansfield to pass the strictest possible measure. He says current federal law is ineffective and expects days of debate and amendments focusing on land restoration responsibilities after mining.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Houston sex slayings suspects plead innocent
The two youths, Elmer Wayne Henley aged 17 and David Brooks aged 18, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before District Court Judge William Hatten. Henley faces six counts of murder and Brooks four in a series of homosexual mass murders targeting 27 teenage males in the Houston area. Trial dates were set for January 14 for Henley and March 4 for Brooks.
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Houston
Elmer Wayne Henley
David Brooks
William Hatten
Hatten
Henley
Brooks
Heavi
Ders
Drag boat racer dies after world speed mark
Drag boat pilot Jan Michael Barrett of Playa Del Rey set a blown fuel flat bottom world speed record near Lake Ming at .154.1 miles per hour then lost control as the engine shut down. He was killed when his craft landed on him after becoming airborne. Barrett, 35, was a Fresno State football standout and Mercy Bowl honoree.
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Bakersfield
UPI
Jan Michael Barrett
Playa del Rey
Barrett
Lake Ming
Fresno State
Los Angeles’ Coliseum
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Lakewood
M. Appleman
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C
Appleman
New York
Jewish Defense League
U.N
JDL
Mansfield
Porland, Ore
Jo-Ann Albers
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Women In Communications, Inc
Theta Sigma Phi
San Juan
Puerto Rico
SS Croix
Curacao
Miami
William T. Steele
Western Oil and Gas Association
South
Grand Avenue
Los Angeles
Calif
Lakewood Center
Plymouth
Candlewood
del Amo
Lakewood & Clark
Wamsutta
Denby
Peking
Acma and Glass
Marina
Sliding
Santa Ana
Pomona
BA Harra
Palos Verdes
San Diego
Falos Verdes Marina
Newport Center
Sahabra
Laguna Hills
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