Gasoline use in Cal up 7.4 percent in February
California gasoline consumption rose 7.4 percent in February from a year earlier with 140.1 million gallons sold, $82.5 million in tax receipts this February, and a note that demand remains below the 1973 peak while consumption stayed above the prior year in a rebound after embargo impacts.
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State Board of Equalization
Blast hurls workers out of manhole
In Bakersfield AP report two construction workers were critically injured when an explosion blew them from a manhole Monday. Rick Brandon 22 of Fresno suffered critical burns and was taken to Sherman Oaks Burn Center. Ranly Baker 25 of Lamont was listed in critical condition at Memorial Hospital. A witness said the blast knocked their ladder from the manhole above a 35 foot tree. headlamps lay nearby. One victim reportedly ignited gas with a match possibly for a cigarette.
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Fresno
Sherman Oaks
Ranly Baker
Lamont
Memorial Hospital
Bribery Trial of Fresno Councilman Near End in Oakland
Closing arguments were presented in the bribery conspiracy case against Fresno City Councilman Marco Stefang. A Superior Court jury was to begin deliberations after instructions from Judge Spurgeon Avakian. The trial, moved from Fresno due to publicity, alleges Stefang used influence to alter rates so developer Julius Aluist could gain a $12,250 rebate on taxes for an apartment project, with further charges pending.
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Julius Aluist
Muisi
Man pleads guilty to child stealing in California case
Richard John Turley 21 formerly of Brampton Ontario pleaded guilty in Superior Court to one count of child stealing. Sentencing set for May 2. Charges of kidnapping and theft of an airplane were dropped. Turley impersonated a Boy Scout leader and flew the boy to Palm Springs in a stolen plane for an overnight stay. The prosecutor noted the boy was not molested. In Sacramento, a separate tale notes Brown signed a bill allowing air stock from wilderness areas and permitting flights below 540 feet for wildlife surveys.
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Palm Springs
CIA spy ship to begin new secret voyage
The Glomar Explorer, CIA salvage ship that recovered parts of a sunken Russian submarine last summer, is set to sail from Long Beach on a secret four week mission. Allen of Glostal Marine says the trip tests vessel modifications, cost about 130 million, while reports suggest salvage of the remaining submarine in three mile deep waters west of Hawaii and its presumed intelligence contents.
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Glomar Explorer
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Long Beach
Corbett AL Allen Jr
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Srip
Hawaii
Four Perons Asphyxiated at Soledad Farm Camp
Four persons including a two year old girl were found dead in a small concrete block home at a Soledad farm labor camp. Monterey County Deputy Coroner Robert Shaw cited asphyxiation from a faulty gas heater as the cause. Victims’ identities not released immediately. said to include two young women in their early 20s and a 16 year old boy, plus an infant. Burglars forced entry at William Jenkins’s apartment on Junipero Ave, taking property valued at $974.
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