Smog Suit Ending Triggers Senate Calls for Probe
Government settlement labeled a sellout as Hahn and Dorn decry the agreement that avoids trial yet does not admit past practices. Dorn urges President Nixon to press the attorney general while Brown pledges a new bill to force best smog controls. Mitchell defends the deal as prompt and pro-competition.
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George EB. Brown
D-Calif
Mcbaren
Los Angeles
Armorice
Ally. Gon
John N. Mitchell
Hahn and
Dorn
Mother Held After Baby Dies in Orange County
Huntington Beach detectives arrested 17 year old unwed mother Marie Baxter for allegedly murdering her 17 month old daughter Leslie Ann. Baxter and Jack Medina 27 were questioned after funeral services for the infant and the child died from internal injuries investigators say were caused by beating.
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Huntington Beach
Gladys
Marie Baxter
19042
Beach Blvd
Jack Medina
Leslie Ann
Huntington Intercommunity Hospital
Medina
Miss Baxter
Medina-Baxter
Orange County
Striking Prisoners Emerge From Women’s Hunger Protest
Complaints of excessive force by male officers trigger hunger strikes among women prisoners, drawing notable agitation among the inmates. FBI involvement is limited to investigating the removal incident while prison staff aim to reassure that injuries or mistreatment did not occur.
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Sie
FBI
Frison
Richardson
Date Set in Kennedy Inquest Plea
Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice Raymond S Wilkins set October 8 for a hearing on requests to broaden ground rules for the inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death. Atty. Gen. Quinn and Kennedy’s lawyers must file briefs before the date as the case tops the high court docket after a one hour meeting with the attorneys and Justice Reardon who postponed the inquest into the death of the 98 year old Washington secretary.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Raymond S$. Wilkins
Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Je Ko Pechne
Wilkins
Robert H. Quinn
Kennedy
High Court
Quinn
Paul C. Reardon
Washington
Unionist Sentenced for Taking Payoffs
Newark Nova Scotia labor leader A Peter W Weber was sentenced to ten years in prison and fined thirty thousand dollars after conviction on charges of taking payoffs extortion and conspiracy in the construction of an interstate oil pipeline, marking a major crackdown on graft within the labor movement.
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Newark
N.S. A
Peter W. Weber
Brush Fire Subdued in L A Hills
A brush fire in the San Gabriel foothills near Santa Anita Canyon was 9 percent contained with over 800 firefighters on scene. The 800 acre blaze threatened homes prompting evacuation of about 500 residents as helicopters and fixed wing tankers combated heat, rocks, and snakes. A smaller 9 acre fire burned nearby. three firefighters were lightly injured overall.
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Sterra Madre
UPI
San Gabriel Mountains
Santa Anita Canyon
Teachers Plan for L A March Action and Salary Fight
Teachers in Los Angeles plan for a March rally to endorse blacklisting the district and court action to force salary negotiations. They seek a 5 percent raise, arguing the $500 annual increase is too small while the district weighs a $17 million annual cost. A walkout followed Thursday’s board vote amid debate over dipping into reserve funds. London Lloyds reports a $14.4 million underwriting loss for 1966.
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Ers
U S Resumes Bombing and Paris Peace Talks Tension
U S resumes B 52 missions after a 36 hour halt as Nixon weighs peaceful steps in Vietnam. On Capitol Hill, Senator Fulbright criticizes the pause as insufficient while a Paris peace conference nears. Key aides and officials assemble in the White House as Hanoi reacts to de-escalation signals.
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Ziegler
United States
Capitol Hill
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Hanoi
Spiro T. Agnew
Atty. Gam
John N. Mitchell
U.S
Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
William P. Rogers
Melvin BR. Laird
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Adm
John & McCain
CIA
Richard Helms
Philip Habib
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
White House
Navy to retire USS Picking destroyer after historic service
The USS Picking, a 26 year old destroyer with World War I and Vietnam service, will be retired from active duty. It was the first naval ship to fire on the home islands of Japan and the first to fire into North Vietnam as a prearranged logistics target.
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Vallejo
UPI
Picking
Vietnam
Navy
Japan
North Vietnam
Plane Wreckage Found Near LOVERLOCK No Survivors Found
Wreckage of a Cessna 172 from Lovelock Nevada with four aboard was located 85 miles east of Lovelock. No survivors were seen as Maj. Burt Harrison CAP reported the burning craft spotted by eight Utah Nevada CAP planes around 11 am. Pilot Jesse A. Pearson 27 of Canoga Park, and passengers Tom Howels, Joahoy Bruce Lindorf, and Carl Pearson were named. flight left Lovelock Thursday at 8:23 pm en route to Salt Lake City.
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Loverlock
Nev
UPI
Here
Utah Civil Air Patrol
Maj
Burt
Harrison
Utah
CAP
Nevada
Ing
Salt Lake International Airport
Jesse A. Pearson
Canoga Park
Tom Howels
Norman Howels
Preston
Joahoy Bruce Lindorf
Carl Pearson
Lovelock
Salt Lake City
Ramsey Says Court's Penalties Were Fair
A one day court martial found Commander Ramsey guilty of dereliction of duty and negligence after the June 3 collision in the South China Sea that killed 74 sailors. Ramsey called the sentence very fair and said he would like to return to sea. His wife is pregnant and Ramsey faces possible promotion delays but remains hopeful about his naval career.
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Evans
South China Sea
U.S
Purdue University
Ramsey
Long Beach
Lavar H. Benrubi
Coronado
Calif
Navy
McLemore
Vallejo
San Pedro
Melbourne
James A. Hopson
Kansas City
Kan
7Th Fleet
Wiliam F. Bringle
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Defense
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Earle Wheeler
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National Education Association
London
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South Vietnam
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