Second slide blocks Pacific Coast Highway near Los Angeles
A second earthslide in 24 hours dumped two tons of earth onto a 30 foot high mound blocking Pacific Coast Highway. The first slide of 2000 cubic yards occurred at 2 a.m a quarter mile north of West Channel Road. A second slide this afternoon halted clearing efforts and officials expect the highway to stay closed at least 24 hours with traffic diverted to West Charmer Road and Sunset Boulevard.
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Los Angeles
West Channel Rd
Tragedy On Aerial Cableway Over French Mountain Summit
In Clermont Ferrand France an aerial cableway cabin cracked open and plunged 236 feet killing and injuring vacationers on a snowy mountainside. Initial tallies varied with officials reporting six dead and many injured, then eight dead and a dozen injured, later five bodies found and one injured dying. A door man clung on with one hand and a child was saved by a single foot. The cabin reportedly swung due to a power cut and wind and may have struck a pylon or rock near the Puy de Sancy summit.
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Clermont
Ferrand
France
Puy de Saney
Massif Central
San Leandro studies Plaza project expansion plan
The San Leandro Redevelopment Agency and Community Development Committee will meet Wednesday at 6 pm to review a 3-page exploratory report on widening the Plaza Project. The document notes $971,872 invested, $31,220 in tax increments, and valuations rising toward $4,423,000, with recommendations on parking, traffic, and private redevelopment to accelerate downtown revitalization.
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San Leandro
Redevelopment Agency
Community Development Committee
Commonaity Library
Stere|stary
William Rugg
Rugg
Camber
More
Shelley
Wilbur Smith Associates
Agency For the Future
Plaza
Bomb blasts shake Omaha during Christmas week chaos
In Omaha Nebraska police faced a wave of bombings with five blasts in ten days culminating on Christmas Eve when a car in a parking lot exploded injuring no one. A 1966 car owned by Robert Levine was struck by a blast and shrapnel injured no one else. A prior blast in a grocery store and four other blasts in stores occurred as police investigated a dynamite cache found at a tarpaper shack. Officials say the bombings appear unconnected and no injuries were reported.
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Latrobe, Pa
Poior
James Schmucker
Martin
Latrobe
Sunny
Martin Schmucker
Omaha, Neb
Robert Levine
George Hauger
Omaha
West Omaha
Fire Destroys Salinas Warehouse
Salinas AP reports a large warehouse owned by Vegetable Growers Supply Co burned Saturday in a spectacular blaze. The fire, fed by cardboard contents, reached 100 feet high but nearby gasoline stations were kept safe. Origin of the fire is unknown. firefighters arrived as the building became engulfed and company records were saved.
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Salinas
Vegetable Growers Supply Co
Siamese twins separated after risky Los Angeles birth
In Los Angeles a surgical team at Cedars of Lebanon separated conjoined twin girls born to Robin Mantonya and husband Gerald. The cesarean birth occurred at 2 a.m. at a San Fernando hospital, with a 18‑person staff. One twin had complete intestines and a 50 percent survival chance. the other had incomplete intestines and less than even odds. Both in good condition after the complex operation.
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Los Angeles
Jurday
Holy Cross
Mantonya
Cedars of Leba
Caenon Hospital
San Fernando
Robin
North Holly
Gerald
GOP Party Date Switched Castroe Valley Event
A GOP social event in Castro Valley was moved from Knowland Park to Castro Village Bowling Alley at 3501 Village Drive. The 15th District Coordinating Council announced the change, now scheduling the party for 4 p.m. today with Jay announced as host.
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Castro Valley
GOP
15Th District Coordinating Council
Oakland
Knowland Park
Jay
Castro Village
Village Drive
Blind Little Girl Always Happy Despite Darkness
Vicki Wray, a blind four year old from a North Carolina border town, spent Christmas without sight but with scent and ornaments. Doctors removed her eyes for retina glioblastoma. no sign of cancer since an operation in 1961, with a 10 thousand dollar trust funds and education secured at a special blind school in Spar tanburg South Carolina.
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Vicki
North Carolina
Robert Wray
Vick Wray
Sparlanburg
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Sunset Blvd
Dick Thompson
Ken Grean
Fremont
Donald Dillon
United Auto Workers Auditorium
Dillon
Tim Stone
Daily Review
Jack Brain
Mervyn's Department Stores
San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo Unified School Dist
Paul Ehret
Mervin G. Morris
Bowling Green
5.C
Santa
Vicki Wray
Santa Claus
Fronteur
Foothill Blvd
Hayward Strip
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