Oil slick threatens California coastline near Santa Barbara
A large oil spill covering about 200 square miles approaches beaches 14 miles south of Santa Barbara as 21,000 gallons daily leak from an offshore well continues. Coast Guard and California Fish and Game set up a bird rescue program. officials consider state and federal cleanup options if conditions worsen.
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Pacific Ocean
Vertura County
Game Department
Coast Guard
Union Off Co
California
Scorpion Bow Section Photo Reveals Sleepers Beneath Ocean
The report shows the Scorpion bow resting at the ocean floor with the mast photographed 100 feet away. An accompanying image depicts the sub’s aft section two miles below, with a diagram labeling compartments.
Navy to search Atlantic for Scorpion using Trieste I
The Navy plans a spring undersea search with the bathyscope Trieste I after releasing a court report stating 12 000 photographs of the Atlantic floor debris fail to explain the Scorpion disaster last May. The nuclear submarine vanished with nine crew members.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Weather and naval inquiry details mix in scattered reports
An old weather bulletin notes sleet and cloudy conditions with highs in the 30s and mention of wind. A naval inquiry summary follows, detailing the loss of the Scorpion, a court of inquiry ruling out two causes and recommending further wreck photography and on-site observations by Trieste II, with comparison to the Thresher disaster.
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Sts
Navy
Atlantic
New England
Navy nurse guilty in protest at base
Lt Susan Schnail, 25, a Navy nurse, was convicted by a court martial panel for dropping antiwar leaflets on military bases. She faces up to five years at hard labor, dismissal, and forfeiture of pay. An admonition hearing will precede sentencing Monday.
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Treasure Island
Cali
UPI
Techine
Navy
Westerly
Susan Schnail
Nixon weighs Middle East moves amid powder keg tensions
President Nixon meets the National Security Council to decide on a U N four power meeting amid Middle East volatility. The U S leans toward Arab Israeli negotiations within U N but faces pressure over Soviet and French proposals and possible Israel concessions. Across the Jordan River cease fire lines gunfire erupts as Abba Eban warns of a lasting peace burden.
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Johnson
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
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France
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Israel
Moscow
Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Amman
Jordan
Abba Eban
Eaton soldier Jesse Ellis dies in Vietnam combat
PFC Jesse L. Ellis of Eaton Township was killed Wednesday in Vietnam while serving with the 199th Infantry. The 19th Infantryman was in country less than two months after being drafted June 25 1968. He attended Midview High School and worked at Caravan Packaging before service. Burial is planned in Tazewell Tennessee with six brothers and two sisters surviving.
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Eaton
Army
Jesse L. Ellis
Clyde Ellis
East Royalton Road
Eaton Township
Vietnam
Pfc
Ellis
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Louisiana
Midview High School
Caravan Packaging Co
Tazewell
Tenn
Jesse
Ohio Senate seat fill in recommendation talk
Area Republican leaders from Lorain Huron Richland and Erie Counties met to discuss replacing Harry V Jump of Willard who resigned as Jump prepares to become State director of insurance. Leading candidates include Scribner Fauver Elynn and former Rep Henry Schriver Belden with Sheriff Vernon South also noted. A final recommendation hinges on the state central committee and the meeting outcome.
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Ohio
Senate
Harry V. Jump
Willard
Robert Corts
Lorain County
GOP
Huron
Richland
Erie
Jump
State Central Committee
Atty
Scribner Fauver
Elynn
Henry Schriver
Belden
Sherif Vernon
South
Corts
Central Committee
Political Forum Shows Spectators Seated as Candidates Perch
A political forum features seated spectators while candidates stand near the fencing, illustrating the staged debate setup and the close audience engagement during the event.
Sunday Chronicle Preview Highlights Diverse Features
Betty Hinman writes a two page feature on The Panther with photographs by John Kenney. Embree Hoffman reports on stock market personalities including bulls bears and the girls. History and dial a lesson are among the other upcoming features for reading pleasure.
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Betty Hinman
John Kenney
Sunday Chronicle
Embree Hoffman
Pacific oil drilling in Lake Erie faces Ohio ban push
Ohio lawmaker Donald J Pease proposes a permanent Lake Erie drilling ban linking California oil spill to pollution fears. The Ohio House has previously halted offshore rigs, citing water pollution risk and lack of necessity. Only Canadian gas wells operate in Lake Erie.
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Ohio
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Lake Erie
Pacific
Ohio House
House
Donald J Pease
Oberlin
the Chronicle
Pease
California
Ashtabula
Division of
Oil and Gas
Lake Ewe
Viet Nam Peace Talks bogged down by procedural fights
In Paris the Viet Nam peace talks stall after two sessions as delegates argue over what to discuss first. The United States and South Vietnam push for military de escalation and demilitarized zone guarantees, while the NLF and Hanoi demand talks on South Vietnam’s political future.
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Vietnam
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Vet Cong
National Liberation Front
Omera
Stanine” Sesson
South Vietnam
North
Hani
NLF
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