Rampant California Forest Fire Hits Klamath River Lands
A massive blaze in the Klamath and River National forests north of Eureka burned 4400 acres of timberland and caused over 1 million dollars in damage. Seven homes were damaged or destroyed as evacuations and two highway closures followed. No injuries were reported as 1400 firefighters including 443 hotshot crews fought the fire, which jumped Salmon River. containment was not expected until Wednesday.
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Eureka
Klamath and River National Forests
California
Iron Special
Salmon
US Forest Service
Here
Nevada brush fire threatens 30,000 acres and family burned
A 30,000 acre brush blaze near Reno seriously burned University of Nevada professor Kemmenth Knudsen, his wife, and two children who were listed in serious condition. Fire officials expected control by noon while a smaller new fire appeared about one mile away.
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Reno
Nev
Kemmeth Knudsen
University of Nevada
Norm Murray
Bureau of Land Management
Large San Luis Obispo brush fires force evacuations
Two major weekend fires burned over 6 10 acres near San Luis Obispo prompting evacuations of ranches and a trailer park along Highways 56 and 58. The Call Canyon blaze 1 8 miles north was contained by 5 pm after about 24 hours with 400 firefighters aided by seven air bombers. A second fire near Highway 41 burned 4 720 acres without injuries or structures lost.
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Division of Forestry
Call Canyon
Borate
California
Highway
Cabinear
Kings
Kern
Eight Boys Die in Dirt Cave Collapse
Eight boys aged five to fifteen were killed when a dirt cave collapsed as they changed for a soccer game in Mexico. A Red Cross spokesman cited others playing on the cave top and improper construction by earth moving machines digging sandstone as the cause. Nicolas Gonzalez, who witnessed the incident, recounted hearing cries as the ground fell.
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Nicolas Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Red Cross
Trawler Leaves After Town Fete In Coos Bay
The Soviet trawler Nadodke departed Coos Bay Oregon after a town fete honoring the visiting crew. Sixty two sailors carried fresh fruit given by American well wishers as the vessel rejoined the Russian fishing fleet off the Pacific coast.
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Coos Bay
Oregon Coast
Hyo
Chaves calls for grape strikes in Delano area
United Farm Workers members began picketing grape growers in Delano after talks failed to reach a new contract. Cesar Chaves led a strike of 20 growers as negotiations ended just before the deadline. About 500 UW members formed lines in Delano and Lameng areas with no incidents reported.
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Delano, Calif
United Farm Workers Union
Cesar Chaves
Kern County
New Zealand Ponders UN Talk on French Nuclear Tests
Wellington officials said New Zealand may defer further action until a UN Security Council debate on France’s nuclear tests. France detonated a second bomb in a 1973 South Pacific series at Mururoa Atoll. Prime Minister Norman Kirk to raise the issue with Commonwealth leaders in Ottawa this week.
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N.Z
CPD
Hugh Wall
New Zealand
U.N. Security Council
South Pacific
France
Mururoa Atoll
Trench National Radio
Sail Today
Aday
Vrenery
Watt
Norman Kirk
Ottawa
Fire sinks boat off Angel Island in San Francisco Bay
APIA notes a San Francisco man was rescued from the water after his boat Rotunda Two caught fire and sank west of Angel Island. Coast Guard spokesman says Bradley Scoff jumped from the burning craft and was pulled from the bay by a fishing boat. He was not injured.
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San Francisco
APIA
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Bradley
Bradley S
Bradsley
Rotunda Tw
Uniform abortion act aims to expand state freedom to choose
In Hyannis mass editors draft a uniform act to allow abortion beyond the Supreme Court three month window via morning after pill or similar drug with physician advice. NCCUSL members discuss consent rules including minor and parental approval while aiming to let abortions occur where life is at risk without consent. The group seeks measures for state legislatures and notes no state has adopted the 1971 act.
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Hyannis
Mass
UPI
Supreme Court
National Conference of Commissioners
Inccusl
James A. Wilson
Denver
Nccusl
Graham recounts Johnson impropriety in White House bedroom
Katherine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post, says President Johnson walked into her White House bedroom wearing nothing but pajamas after a dinner, with Abe Fortas present. She told Barbara Walters that Johnson ordered her to turn around, a moment she described as intense relief and liberation.
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New York
Katherine Graham
Johnson
White House
Abe. Fortas
Supreme Court
Report on campus violence to be rewritten by state panel
A four member task force report on school violence, sourced from 171 interviews and 37 school visits across 100 districts, is to be rewritten under the orders of California education officials. The panel found violence less severe than feared and refuted claims campuses were armed camps, amid claims of misrepresentation and pending final action by the state Board of Education.
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Los Angeles
State Department of Education
Los Angeles Times
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wilson Riles
Riles
Education Department
State Board of Education
U-12
BART pact vote slated for next Tuesday
Officials report tentative agreement in a 29 day old strike could end the walkout by 1,100 workers and resume service for 35,000 Bay Area commuters. Union spokesman Paul Varacalli said workers would return to their jobs if ratified. General Manager B R Stokes noted trains could roll again after safety retesting within a week.
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Oakland
San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area
Dollar value swings across European markets
The dollar and gold showed wide price swings on London markets as the pound rose, with the pound trading around 2.51 to the dollar early and rising by about ten cents. Gold moved from 117.25 to 114 and then 114.675 dollars per ounce, while the dollar gained against the franc, mark, yen, and other currencies amid month end trading pressures.
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UPI
Washington
World Finance
Mining Journal
South Africa
France
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Frankfurt
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Stockholm
Tokyo
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