Rescue halted as cave-in buries pair and nine workers
A gravel pit disaster buried 14 year old Kevin Long of Edmonds Washington and nine rescue workers after a cave-in lasting an hour a second collapse buried Long and 18 year old David Becker. About a hundred men labored for 214 hours to free the victims all were eventually rescued with Long and Becker admitted to hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Kevin Long
Edmonds
Wash
Long
David Becker
Los Angeles Sops Up Juice In Historic Heat Wave
LA faced record electricity demand as heat pushed usage to 9.015 million kilowatts at 3 p.m. The sustained 1k degree weather stressed power supplies and prompted warnings about future supply. In Texas, land commissioner warned against oil and gas overuse amid shrinking supplies. AAA noted gas stations cut hours or quotas to cope with shortages.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
AAA
Los Angeles
Southern California
Eilson Co
Nixon Promise Recalled as Twin Girls Reach Eighteen
Bully and Judith Leonardini arrived in Los Angeles to claim the pledge Nixon made decades ago in La Paz Bolivia. The promise to fund a US college education for the twin girls was recalled by the mother and a Bolivian reporter as the sisters turned 18 on March 28. Scholarships from 27 schools were offered, including Whistler College in Southern California.
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UPI
la Paz
Bolivia
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Bully
Judith Leonardini
Nixon
Latin America
Whistler College
Southern California
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Fremont Fashion Center
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