North Vietnam may invite relatives to view war dead recoveries
A North Vietnamese officer said relatives of U S servicemen who died in prisons or when planes crashed could join a future North Vietnam trip to observe body recoveries. The four party team will begin recovering bodies within days, with limited details on dates and attendee numbers.
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Cambodia
Bink
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Air base fire in Yuma kills mother and two children
At Marine Corps Air Station Yuma a fire killed Lt. Robert Strickland's wife Darlene 27 and their sons Delcer 3 and David 2 as he escaped from a smoke filled unit. Strickland 29, a base physician, was seriously injured and treated at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. A San Diego investigation team was to inspect the scene as flames engulfed the apartment complex. Residents in three other apartments were uninjured.
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San Diego
Strickland
Rescue Group Saves 36 In Arizona Canyon Flood
Era Arizona Rescue Group hauled 36 persons to safety from a canyon between noon and 4 p.m. Several cars were stranded in the upper canyon until waters receded.
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Era Arizona Rescue Group
Amnesty urged by Lutherans for Vietnam objectors
The South Pacific District of the American Lutheran Church urged conditional amnesty for Vietnam era objectors who serve the United States in nonmilitary or other acceptable ways. The vote at the Arizona convention passed 245 to 219, after a general amnesty proposal was defeated. The convention, covering six states, emphasized service by law and humanitarian safe passage for those in exile or underground to visit families in crisis. Rev. Philip A. Gangsel of Phoenix was elected district vice president.
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American Lutheran Church
Nixon
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Arizona
California
Hawaii
Nevada
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Utah
Vietnam
Philip A. Gangsel
Phoenix
Jury rejects inmate claim over solitary confinement
In Phoenix a US District Court jury ruled that Arizona State Prison inmate George Yanich Jr did not suffer mistreatment from four days in solitary confinement in March 1972 The jury denied his $350000 damage claim against the state prison guard Solomon Madril and former guard Pablo Lopez Yanich serving 6 10 year sentence for selling LSD and marijuana sought emotional distress damages claiming retaliation for filing a civil rights suit earlier this year
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona
George Yanich Jr
State
Solomon Madril
Pablo Lopez
Yenich
Trio Charged After Ensenada Disturbances During Fiesta
Three American men Thomas F. Phillips 23 Amarillo Texas Cate D. Darnall 21 Garden Grove California and Lindsey L. Greene 18 Seal Beach California faced court appearances in Ensenada on Sunday as authorities described a mass disturbance Saturday night involving hundreds of drunken visitors at Cinco de Mayo events and the Newport to Ensenada yacht race. Police said 19 arrests were made for misdemeanors, with 15 paying fines of 1224 dollars each and others unable to pay. Firemen sprayed water to break up the crowd with no major injuries reported. The total visitor count was about 4 000 from the United States searching for festivities and the race weekend.
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Ensenada
Mexico
Zavala
Ife
Baja California
Newport-to-Ensenada
Thomas F. Phillips
Amarillo
Tex
Cate D. Darnall
Garden Grove
Calif
Lindsey L. Greene
Seal Beach
Paddy Murphy Funeral Echoes From Chicago Underworld
A Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter in Tucson stages a Paddy Murphy funeral marked by a mobster theme. Dressed in period attire, six men parade from dud Street past sorority houses to University Boulevard, with eulogies critiquing a notorious racketeer once linked to the Irish mob.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon
University of Iona
Notorious Brother
Am Park Avenue
Tyndall Avenue
University Boulevard
Tucson
Richard E. Giachetti Jr
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