Captain tells L B probe of ship blast horror
Long Beach Harbor Board hears testimony on the Sansinena disaster. Captain Paolo Barone describes crew shock as flames filled the tanker and a rope was thrown to pull men to safety. Coast Guard inquiry seeks cause of the explosion that killed four Italian crewmen and damaged the ship.
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Bob Sanders
Larry Larue
Paolo Barone
L.B
Indonesia
Long Beach Harbor
Lene # fe
Clemente Gugliotta
Mattia DeRobertis
Barone
James Moreau
High tides batter California coast homes and beaches
Tide surge floods Seal Beach Sunset Beach Surfside causing damage to at least seven oceanfront homes and multiple garages. A 6.8 foot high tide was forecast, with mid morning tide reaching seven feet. Fire crews pumped water and sandbag barriers held back the ocean along the coast.
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Seal Beach
West Grange County
Sunset Beach
Surfside
Pacific Ocean
11Th Street
U.S. Naval Weapons Station
Seel Beach
Pacific Avenue
18Th Street
Curt Johnson
San Francisco Hijacker Holds Jet with Hostages
A United Airlines mechanic on sick leave seized an empty DC8 at San Francisco International Airport, taking two hostages and demanding a flight crew. The gunman, Palm Hinnant, 37, cut one hostage to press his要求 for crew delivery as negotiators urged switching aircraft. No crew boarded the jet as the siege stretched into its sixth hour. Weather noted as fair with highs near 75.
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San Francisco
United Airlines
Richard Fu
San Francisco International Airport
Palm Hinnant
Fellows
Funk
Worst oil spill hits Georges Bank area near Nantucket
A Liberian tanker Argo Merchant broke in two amid 20 foot seas off Nantucket as 4 million gallons of its 7.6 million gallon cargo spilled into the sea. Coast Guard and EPA officials called it the nation's worst spill, with 1.5 million gallons spilled before the breakup and continued slicks in violent Atlantic conditions.
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Nantucket
Mass
Georges Bank
Environmental Protection
Russell Train
Washington
Coast Guard
Barry Chambers
Atlantic
Carter names black woman to cabinet and more
President-elect Jimmy Carter named three more cabinet picks including a black woman Patricia Roberts Harris to Housing and Urban Development. Harold Brown was named Secretary of Defense and Ray Marshall to Labor. Califano to head Health, Education and Welfare. Schlesinger eyed for Energy post. Carter said final picks to be announced Christmas Eve after Daley funeral.
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Plains
Jimmy Carter
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Harold Brown
Caltech
Patricia Roberts Harris
Washington
Housing and Urban Development
Ray Marshall
University of Texas
Carter
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Johnson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
James R. Schlesinger
Federal Energy Adminis
Woman dies in cop gun mishap during warrant service
San Bernardino sheriff's lieutenant fatally wounds Donna Russell at Beachreck Apartments Garden Grove as officers storm a unit to serve two murder warrants. Forbush's 48 caliber revolver discharged during entry, killing Russell while other officers from Westminster and Garden Grove assist. Three suspects linked to a 17-year-old victim were being sought.
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San Bernardino
Garden Grove
Donna Russell
Ron Forbush
Westminster
Beachereck Apartments
Beach Blvd
Forbush
California outlines plan to aid elderly in state
In Sacramento an AP report says California's elderly need more residential services to stay out of nursing homes and should be able to work without affecting Social Security. The task force, with 100 goals in draft, will seek public input before finalizing a plan for senior citizens and presenting it to the Legislature by October.
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Sacramento
California
Menfo Park
Palm Springs
Department of Aging
Janet Levy
Susan $Ofkoper
Plan
Hawaii
Califord Task Force
Mg. Stotkoper
Independent anti poverty chief resigns amid protest
An anti poverty agency head resigns issuing a sharp rebuke to Governor Brown's administration. The move follows internal disagreements within the administration and signals a shift in policy direction.
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Gov. Brown
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