Hurricane batters North Carolina coastline and ships
The storm ripped roofs from buildings in New Bern and flooded streets along the Neuse River while Outer Banks highways were washed out. Coast Guard near Fort Macon monitored the 500-foot Caribbean Enterprise cargo ship reporting shifted loads and heavy seas but not in danger of sinking.
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Caribbean Enterprise
Coast Guard
Ginger
North Carolina
New Bern
Cecil King
TNE Coast Guard
Ft. Macon
Morehead City
Marian Murphy
Dominican Republc
Murphy
T Enterprise
Commons Brothers Lines
Newcastle
England
Cape Hatteras
Salvage permit rules for sunken ship off California coast
A reader asks how to obtain a state salvage permit for a sunken Spanish galleon off Southern California. The California Lands Commission requires a wet application. if unclaimed, a salvage permit may be granted. The state claims 25 percent of proceeds up to 25,000 and 50 percent above that.
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California
R.C
Long Beach
California Lands Commission
Broadway
Los Angeles
Calif
Av Commission
Long Beach Pier 1 Campers Angered by Overnight Ban
A Barstow reader recounts a visit with family to Long Beach where authorities denied overnight camping on Pier 1 private property. The writer notes prior use by the public for free fishing and camping, criticizing harbor officials for removing a low cost recreation area for retirees and others with limited income.
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Jangary
County Department of Public Social Service
DPSS
M.B
Long Beach
Pier 1
Long Beach Harbor
M. R
Barstow
Navy crewmen quit carrier over antiwar protests
Six carrier crewmen left the ship amid dissent as the Venerable 85,000 ton ship prepared to sail. Capt J D Ward dismissed the San Diego straw vote against deploying to the war zone and warned discipline would follow any defections. The defectors included Flanagan and Andrews, who cited personal conscience and a wish to act on beliefs formed after enlisting. Ward said about 2 percent of any group may dissent, and action would be taken if sailors miss sailing.
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Navy
San Diego
Flanagan
Andrews
Earrier
J. D. Ward
Air Wing
Ward
Unarmed Officer Saves Seven Hostages in Jewelry Store
Los Angeles County sheriffs lieutenant Bill Baker talked gunmen into surrendering unarmed after taking seven hostages at a Marina del Rey jewelry store. Three armed men yielded to Baker and officers without injuries. Suspects Charles Williams Ellis III Victory Ramos and Ralph T Coffee were arrested on armed robbery and assault with intent to commit murder charges. Baker said the plan avoided a potential bloodbath and the hostages were released unharmed.
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Los Angeles
Marina del Rey
Bill Baker
Wirenhote
Associated Press
Marina Dela Rey
Baker
Charles’ Williams
Ellis’iii
Victory Ramos
Ralph T. Coffee
Coffee
Ten Rail Cars Derail Near Donner Summit
Ten cars of a Southern Pacific freight train derailed Wednesday night just east of Donner Summit in the Sierra blocking both mainline tracks. No injuries were reported. Cause not determined. Clearing could take up to 24 hours and might delay an eastbound Amtrak train from Oakland to Chicago.
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Southern Pacific
Donner Summit
Sierra
Amtrak
Oakland
Chicago
Knife wielding burglars bind two in Long Beach home
Police report two burglars bound and gagged a 31-year-old clerk and her mother during a break in on a Long Beach residence. The men ransacked the house, stole jewelry, cash, a sewing machine, silverware, and canned goods before fleeing in the daughter’s car.
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Long Beach
Donna D. Gott
Alamitos Ave
Dena Chitty
San Bernardino
Cronkite urges end to news curbs and free broadcast press
Cronkite warns that the power to compel conformity by authorities threatens press freedom and calls for Congress to guarantee broadcast journalists the same constitutional rights as print reporters. He opposes a government panel to regulate broadcasting, arguing it would chill reporting and freeze journalistic enterprise. He notes officials and citizens can pressure the FCC, creating a harassment channel that pressures conformity.
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Cronkite
Congress
Mirst
Youkite
Moent
FCC
Burglars Hit Bonanza on Willow Street
Police report a burglary at the Bonanza Coffee Shop on Willow Street. Thieves escaped with a 1500-pound safe containing 1800, about 220 pounds of meat valued at 400, an $80 portable typewriter, $100 in cigars and candy, coins from a cigarette machine, and five dozen towels totaling 80, with total haul around 2700. The loot was taken through a back door and hauled away in a truck.
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W. Willow
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Lay Hardy
Neuse
Tional Abortion Council
Hollywood
Troywood
Los Angeles County
Department of Adoptions
Ocean Blvd
Doubleday Book Club
Garden City
N.Y
Rl.w
John Sharpe
State Board of Equalization
Sharpe
Star Boarder
Long Beach Blvd
Action Line
Frances Jones
Grand Ave
Willow St
Lawson
Pine Ave
Lawson’s
Garat
Miamonds
Stinor
Nittow
Ritow
Yarweve
Lawson’s Jewelers
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