Desperate widow seeks aid after bus accident injury
In a plea to ACTION LINE Felicitas Zepeda recounts a bus door incident that left her 9 year old daughter gravely hurt. Despite payment offers from the bus company him seeks help to cover hospital and medical bills as welfare cuts strain her family of seven. The account stresses poverty driven by despair and calls for witnesses to identify the bus driver and an appeal to Transit System for support.
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Guadalupe
Chupaderas
Green Hospital
Santa Rosa Hospital
Daugher
Lutheran General Hospital
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P.S
Action Line
Yourhalf
President Nixon replies to North School second graders
Second graders in Portland Maine wrote to President Nixon asking him not to grow a beard and about his dogs Vickie Pasha and Tim. Nixon replies he likes the White House and enjoys pets while noting a child named Charlie should listen to his mother.
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Maine
North School
Nixon
Charles
White House
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Pasha
Tim
Four day Japanese holiday ends with deadly highway toll
Tokyo reports 410 people killed in auto crashes during Japan's four day holiday ending Monday. About 20 million citizens visited beaches parks and mountain resorts causing traffic jams over 10 miles long.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Japan Broadcasting Station
Dentist to Be Guam Governor Nomination by Nixon
President Nixon named Dr. Carlos Camancho a Guam native and dentist as governor designate. Camancho, 44, studied at Aquinas College and Marquette University. The $30,239 yearly appointment awaits Senate confirmation.
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UPI
Nixon
Guam
Carlos Camancho
Camancho
Aquinas College
Grand Rapids
Mich
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Senate
Pueblo Crew Held In North Korea After Naval Incident
Secretary of the Navy Bucher faced questions as the Pueblo was shadowed into Wonsan by North Korean gunboats. One crew member died during the attack and 81 sailors were captured for 11 months before release just before Christmas.
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Wonsan
United States
Bucher
Battle near Camp Carylon as relief troops push Reds back
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked near Camp Carylon in War Zone C as U S Marines and Army reinforcements responded with bullhorns urging surrender. The clash followed raids near Da Nang and shelling of eight Allied outposts across South Vietnam.
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Carylon
Katum
U.S. 1St Marine Division
da Nang
South Vietnam
Saigon
Camp Carylon
Peace talks in Paris eye more flexible Communist stance
In Paris the 16th session of Vietnam peace talks drew attention as negotiators from the United States and South Vietnam prepared to present new positions. South Vietnamese officials said the ball is in the Communist court and welcomed Le Duc Tho and Nguyen Thi Binh back from recent consultations.
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UPI
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Liechtenstein Marks 250th Birthday in 1969
The 61 square mile principality Liechtenstein on the upper Rhine between Switzerland and Austria celebrates its 250th birthday in 1969 highlighting its historic status and small nation identity.
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Upper Rhine
Switzerland
Austria
Chafee Says Pueblo Skipper’s Future Depends on Fitness
Navy Secretary John H. Chafee said Bucher’s future commands will be decided by his future performance after Pueblo crisis. The Navy will not court martial Bucher or Harris despite a court of inquiry’s recommendations, and a legal officer notified Bucher of the decision in San Diego. Lt Harris expressed relief at avoiding court-martial.
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Pueblo
Stephen R. Harris
Melrose
Mass
Couple Follows Children to Altar in Tulsa Wedding
In Tulsa Oklahoma a 7 year old man and 72 year old woman who met through their children’s marriages wed at the courthouse. Boston A Tilly and Wallie Hicks were driven to the courthouse by their son and daughter in law. The former Mrs Hicks has 10 children.
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Okla
UPI
Boston
A. Tilly
Wallie Hicks
Mexican American image draws pickets at CBS headquarters
Domingo Nick y Reyes of Houston led a small picket in front of CBS Washington for Mexican American rights. The protest, tied to San Antonio and Houston actions, opposed stereotypes and named brands such as Alka Seltzer and Frito Lay as offensive. Reyes, head of the National Mexican American Anti-Defamation Committee, said the aim was fair representation not exclusion.
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Domingo Nicky Reyes
Houston
Com
Albert Pena
San Antonio
CBS
D.C
Alka-Seltzer
Frito-Lay
L&m
Patio
Southwestern Bell
Rainbow Bread
American Motors
Jose Jimenez
Reyes
Yolanda Lee
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Regent Hits Student Idea
Frank C. Erwin Jr the chairman of the University of Texas Board of Regents condemned a bill to install three student body presidents from UT branches as non voting regents He called the proposal a waste of time and said it violates the board's theory He noted some presidents are chosen irresponsibly and argued they would not face governor or Senate approval.
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Erwin
Senate
Two Slain In Fresno Barber Shop Gunfight Over Bible
In Fresno California a Black Muslim barber Clinton J. Austin also known as Dhear Hassen Ali and Frank Barnes Sr a 67 year old Christian acquaintance were killed in a gunfight at the All Nations Barber Shop during a dispute over Bible interpretation. Friends described weeks of heated biblical debates that flared again just before the shooting.
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Fresno
Calif
UPI
All Nations
Clinton J. Austin
Dhear Hassen Ali
Frank Barnes Sr
Realist
Ayub Khan Relinquishes Power After Tenure in Pakistan
On March 25 after a decade in office President Ayub Khan steps down transferring authority to a military regime. The move ends his ten year rule and reshapes Pakistan's political leadership amid military control.
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Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Singer Hendrix Remanded For Narcotics Hearing
TORONTO AP A provincial court judge remanded American pop singer Jimi Hendrix until a June 19 hearing on illegal possession of narcotics. The preliminary hearing drew many teenagers. Hendrix, arrested Saturday, is free on $10,000 bail.
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