Seven killed in Easter gas explosion at El Paso apartment
Leaking gas under a one story apartment building exploded at dawn on Easter. Seven died including two newlywed teens, 17-year-olds Reuben and Celia Padilla, and 34-year-old Rafael Aguirre Sr. The blast collapsed the floor and roof, injuring 33 others and flattening eight of 15 apartments. Fire and police described the building as old and poorly constructed. 20 residents were evacuated.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Conzent
Derneath
Marion Coleman
Coleman
Reuben
Celia
Padilla
Rafal Aguirre Sr
Maria
Rafael Jr
Miguel Valles Jr
John Gardner
W.T. Bamhouse
Edna Williams
Capture of fugitive ends two days of terror and murder
John P. Bunyard, 28, suspected of a Nob Hill rape spree, was wounded and captured after two days of murder and kidnapping across 500 miles from Lake Tahoe to the Merced area. He killed two women in Mariposa and hijacked cars before a homeowner and officers halted his spree.
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Merced
Calif
Bunyard
Mariposa
Nancy L. Chalburg
Tenaya
Helen Cramer
Fremont
Mariposa County
Norman Garrett
Yosemite National Park
Calvin Thompson
Fluntington Beach
California Highway Patrol
Thompson
Dave Knutgen
Mike Southerland
Thompsons
Sierra Foothills
San Francisco
Nob Hill
Supply convoy reaches Phnom Penh under fire
Two supply ships and six tankers carrying over two million gallons of fuel arrived at Phnom Penh after a perilous Mekong journey from Tan Chau. Rockets hit two ships and a crewman was killed on another as the convoy faced heavy fire near Neak Luong and at a river crossing, while U S bombers and F111 jets conducted raids nearby amid ongoing combat around Takeo Kampot and Prek Tapio.
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Phnom Penh
UPL
Penh
Mekong
South Vietnam
Tan Chau
Neak Luong
Kompong Som
High Command
Cambodia
Indochina
Bsdg
Takeo
Kampat
Gulf of Thailand
Highway 1
Prek Tapeo
Setho
L A man unleashes rampage injuring many in Los Angeles
A 25 year old William R Bonner sparked a two hour attack that left 16 wounded and six dead in six locations across Los Angeles. Victims include Mrs Levitt 53 and Diane Lore Andrea 2. A security guard Versell Bennett 45 was shot in the head while removing Bonner from a street scene. Police initially suspected robbery but say Bonner knew the victims. Bonner fled in a car after a police chase and crashed, taking a woman and her two daughters hostage in a separate car.
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Los Angeles
UPI
William R. Bormer
Otha Veavitt
Bonner
USC
Versell Bennett
Pollee
Levitt
Anthony Thomas
Carolyn Cleveland
Arlene Wells
Vickie
Raleigh Henderson
Jevi Thompson
Thompson
Edie Mae
Alfred
Waller
Robert L. Smith
Roosevelt Jenkins
Laquor
Smitty Sneed
Oscar Bennett
Diane Lore Andrea
Miss Andrea
Mary Felton
Inglewood
At the Movies and Local Crime Scene Details
Clint Eastwood stars in a double feature at CINEMA & D, plus Disney and The Godfather engagements. In Williamstown, Cries and Whispers screens as best foreign film with Inga Tulin and Liv Ullmann. At Hicks Security chase, Bonner, Felton, and Bennett engage in a three way gun battle. multiple gunshots wound Bonner, Bennett, and Mrs. Felton.
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Williamstown
Inga Tulin
Liv Ullman
Harte
Truce violations at lowest since Jan pact in Vietnam
Saigon reports 24 hour ceasefire breaches dip to 64 the lowest since January 2 accord. A rural Easter pageant explosion near Phan Rang killed 12 and wounded one as investigators consider a potential accidental blast.
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Saigon
UPI
Phuge Thiet
Phan Rang
Hue
South Vietnam
Hong Neu
Mekong
Phnom Penh
Monggu
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Merced General Hospital
Lake Tahoe
California
Nevada
Golden Gate Park
Oakland Hills
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Pat Sun
United Press International
Tram Khnar
Takamau
L.A
Marlon Brando
Bennett
Walt Disney
TRRU
Alon Brando
Pers
Howeies
Monument Plaza
Bennington
Hong Ngu
Hong Nau
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
Vietnam News
Hanoi
Market Depot Street
Bennington, YT
Bennington Banner
Bennington Banger
Matt St. Benninging
Bann Publishing
Cixp
United Press Internations
New York Times News Service
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Vermont
Stoomihs
Amonths
Ak Sq. Yd
North St
Wits
Clint
Eastwood
Sounder
P.O. Box
Princeton
New Jersey
Frey
Hastings
San Diego State College
Diego, Calif
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