Reagan to Sign new tax bill in California
Governor Ronald Reagan planned to sign a 943.3 million tax increase after swift legislative passage amid bitter warfare. The measure, to take effect with the new month, was approved 55-24 in the Assembly and 28-8 in the Senate, with cross-party pressure and political maneuvering shaping the final votes.
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Norman Kempster
Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Santa Monica
Assembly
Senate
House
Jesse M. Unruh
D-Inglewood
Unruh
Philip M. Battaglia
Coast Guard ends search for Sea Boy fishermen
The Coast Guard halted a three day hunt for three men presumed dead from the 68 foot Sea Boy off Baja California. Six crewmen were rescued after being left on San Benicto Island when the vessel began leaking. Victims listed include owner Donald Jackson 38 of Bell Gardens Vincent Ceccanese of Torrance and Gerinamo Hernandez of El Saul Baja California.
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UPI
Coast Guard
Baja California
San Benicto
San Diego
Donald Jackson
Bell Gardens
Vincent Ceccanese
Torrance
Gerinamo Hernandez
el Saul
Loss of Forrestal Flight Deck Fire Kills Four
Flaming fuel caused a catastrophic blaze aboard the 76,000 ton USS Forrestal off North Vietnam. At least 26 American sailors and four pilots were killed. 29 jets were destroyed as 4,400 crew battled flames for hours. Rescue by destroyers Tucker and Rupertus and helicopters ferried doctors and wounded to safety. The disaster followed a similar Oriskany incident last October.
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Oriskany
Gulf
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Jin
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Lanham
Tucker
Rupertus
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U.S
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Philippines
Norfolk
John K. Belling
Harrington Park
N.J
Zephyr Hills
Fla
Independence
Ranger
Saratoga
U. S. Navy
UPI Telephoto
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Lai
Lai Khe
President forms panel to probe causes of riots
President Johnson convened a blue ribbon riot commission for its first meeting and urged a report by March 1 on what caused ghetto riots and how to prevent them. He stressed short and long term solutions, noting civil peace was shattered in several cities. The order also seeks to improve police and community relations and riot control training.
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Washington
UPI
Commission
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ramsey Clark
Cyrus Vance
Detroit
Vance
Inj
America
Rockets Hit U.S. Airfields Near Saigon in Coordinated Attacks
In two dawn assaults near Saigon, Viet Cong forces fired rockets and mortars at Phu Loi Lai Khe and Tan Uyen, damaging U.S. airfields and destroying several aircraft. Four Americans were killed and 34 wounded, with further damage to installations and helicopters. US carrier aircraft and B52 raids continued in the region as authorities assessed the strikes.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Lai Khe
Phu Loi
Bing Hung
Tan Uyen
Vietnam
Crrecks
South Vietnam
Shan
Violence erupts in several more cities
United Press International reports new violence in multiple cities as racial disorder peaks. Riots flare in Brooklyn Bed ford Stuyvesant and spillover to Wilmington Poughkeepsie Passaic South Bend Cambridge. Detroit remains volatile with heavy casualties and damage. Police, guardsmen, and clergy confront mobs, dozens arrested, and property losses mount across cities.
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United Press International
Brooklyn
S. Bedford-Stuyvesant
Wilmington
Del
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Passaic
N.J
South Bend
Detroit
George Romney
National
Detroit calm as curfew tightens after riot week
Gov. Romney kept Detroit curfew at 11 p.m. and Army troops remained in place as the rioting subsided. Army and National Guard actions eased but deterrents stay. 39 killed and thousands detained or released as the city begins recovery with fewer sniper runs and doused street violence.
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Howard Fields
Detroit
UPI
George Romney
Romney
Lansing
Michigan National Guard
U. S
National Guard
West Side
Fire Department
Two killed as Greyhound bus crashes in Alabama
An Atlanta to San Francisco Greyhound express bus overturned down a 10 foot embankment early today in Anniston Alabama. At least two people were killed including the driver and a woman passenger. Thirty seven were injured and transported to Heflin and Anniston hospitals. None reported critically hurt. Names of the deceased were withheld pending family notification.
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Anniston
Ala
UPI
Heflin
Dorfman Escapes Gunfire Outside Riverwoods Home
In Chicago, two hooded gunmen fired four shotgun blasts at Allen M. Dorfman, an associate of Teamsters chief James R Hoffa, as he and Perry Franks, 40, prepared to enter a car in front of Dorfman’s suburban Riverwoods residence. The victim dodged the attack and escaped.
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Chicago
UPI
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Allen M. Dorfman
Dorfman
Riverwoods
Perry Franks
Egyptian military mission returns from Moscow
An Egyptian military delegation led by Lt. Gen. Mohammed Abdel Menam Riad flies home from Moscow after talks with Kremlin leaders on postwar needs. They pressed for more arms while Soviet sources indicate partial weapon deliveries and insist on greater Arab Soviet coordination and advisory presence.
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Cairo
Kremlin
Moscow
Egypt
Mohammed Abdel Menam Riad
Soviet Union
Matvei Zakharov
Alexei N. Kosygin
Riad
Tass
Syria
Middle East
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