Brush fire in Rolling Hills devastates 11 homes
A 2.5 million brush fire driven by 30 mile per hour winds razed 11 homes in Rolling Hills on the Palos Verdes peninsula south of Los Angeles. Dozens fled as 12 more were damaged. no lives were lost and a wedding at Wayfarers Chapel nearby was interrupted by the blaze.
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FTC targets Liggett & Myers in dog food industry shakeup
The FTC warned of rising concentration in the $680 million dog food market and announced a proposed action to force Liggett & Myers to divest Perk Foods, maker of Vet’s and Perk dog foods. Liggett already owns Allen Products, maker of Alpo, after buying Perk in 1969. The agency cited mergers from 1964 to 1970 and noted the four largest firms controlled about 61 percent of sales in 1969.
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West Carrollton band trip bus wreck injures students and chaperons
A school bus carrying 36 West Carrollton high band members overturned on Interstate 75 in Troy Ohio. Ten more people were hospitalized after a three car crash and a two car smashup in separate lanes. The driver and a chaperon were among the injured. most students were treated and released. The band, aged 15 to 17, had been en route to a marching contest in St. Marys and had won the event the past seven years.
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Life saving inflatable pants for shock patients shown at AMA
Dr Burton H Kaplan unveiled pneumatic trousers at the AMA convention in New York that apply external counterpressure to push blood from the legs to the upper body, potentially delaying death for up to eight hours in shock. The device, already used by Miami rescue squads, may cost about 135 dollars when mass produced.
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Readers Back Nixon Stay Vote in Nonscientific Poll
The National Observer reported 69.1 percent of readers favored Nixon remaining in office in a nonscientific poll. Of 49,?045 ballots, 33,205 said stay on and 14,840 urged resignation, with readers from every state and ages 18 to 49 participating.
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Prison Guard Slayings Shocks Florence Arizona
Convicts at Arizona State Prison lured two guards into cellblock three by setting a mattress on fire and stabbed them to death in an apparently motive-less attack. Acting Warden Bud Gomes said the assault was deliberate and vicious.
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Phoenix
Harold Cardwell
Trade talks wind up in Prague with MFN status eyed
A 13 member National Machine Tool Builders Association delegation wrapped six days of talks in Prague on expanding U S Czechoslovak trade. Farley called the talks preliminary and noted Czech officials press MFN status to secure low tariffs, seen as key to boosting trade amid large U S imports from Czechoslovakia.
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38 Injured as DC8 Jet Crashes at Kennedy Airport
A Icelandic Airlines DC8 arriving from Iceland hard landed on the Kennedy Airport runway injuring 38 people. The jet carried 119 passengers and six crew. eight, including two flight attendants, remained in hospital with non life threatening injuries.
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