Blaze destroys two sound stages at Samuel Goldwyn Studios
A fast moving fire swept the Samuel Goldwyn Studios in Los Angeles early Thursday destroying two sound stages and causing more than 3 million dollars in damage. No injuries were reported and arson is being considered as a possibility. Over 140 firefighters battled the predawn blaze, which began in a storage area near camera equipment and spread to a neighboring set.
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Samuel Goldwyn
Los Angeles
Ray Bartlett
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Bartlett
Epidemic harassment of women at work
A Nashville woman recalls an episode of sexual harassment by her boss that ruined her confidence and career prospects. Lin Farley from Cornell says seven in ten working women have faced such harassment, which can lead to promotion, demotion, or firing and causes various health problems. The piece notes victims span ages, appearances, and jobs.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lin Farley
Cornell University
Farley
New York City Human Rights Commission
Hunt reveals CIA unit for assassination of double agents
former CIA officer Hunt says in a Florida prison interview that in the mid 1950s CIA officials discussed a small unit to arrange killings of suspected double agents. He cites Boris T. Pash as in charge, a claim the Senate panel will investigate while CIA would not comment.
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CIA
Washington
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Federal Correctional Institution
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Boris T. Pash
Committee
Senate
Pash
Army
Balkans
West Germany
One-in-a-million chance to save drowned Garden Grove girl
Five year old Maria Teresa Elizabeth Gray was found underwater in a Garden Grove pool on Christmas Day. Doctors at Westminster Community Hospital used a resuscitator to keep her technically alive after a faint heartbeat returned at 2:30 p.m. Police say brain damage is suspected and the cause remains under investigation.
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San Diego
Garden Grove
Westminster Hospital
L.E. Hodges
Maria Teresa Elizabeth Gray
Hazel St
Tracy Hill
Richard Gray
Westminster Community Hospital
Hodges
Widow, three children slain in rural Phoenixville home
A widow Judith Saneck 38 and her three children Michael 12 Joleen 9 Joselyn 7 along with a male friend Nicholas Foresta 48 were found shot to death in their Valley Forge area home. The victims were killed on Christmas Eve with a .38 revolver in Foresta’s hand. Their white 1968 car is missing as police hunt for the vehicle.
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Phoenixville
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Nicholas J. Foresta
Judith Saneck
Michael
Joleen
Joselyn
Inmates Ransack New Hampshire Prison In Yale Protest
Inmates at a New Hampshire prison rebelled during Christmas Day noon meals, took several staff hostage for hours, and ransacked the cellblock dining hall and kitchen before the disturbance was quelled. More than 140 inmates remained in an open courtyard until they returned to their cells Thursday. the protest demanded that disciplined inmates be allowed to join them.
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Concord
N.H
Escapee's Gun Rampage Kills Four in Tennessee Club
Jackie Layman, 24, an escapee from Brushy Mountain State Prison, walked into the Red Lantern Inn in Newport and opened fire with a carbine. Four men died Gary Miller 29 Steve Valentine 18 both of Newport Ricky Cochran 25 of Dublin Georgia. Layman was shot and died in the parking lot after being run over by a car.
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Newport, Tenn
Red Lantern Inn
Gary Miller
Steve Valentine
Newport
Ricky E. Cochran
Dublin
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Layman
Laymon
O'Dell
Brushy Mountain
Petros
Tenn
Pope Praises Youth as Christmas Bells Ring Worldwide
Pope Paul VI in a Vatican Christmas message urged youth toward faith and renewal while warning against secular values. In Bethlehem prelates and the Jerusalem patriarch led prayers as thousands gathered, with Bethlehem marking staggered celebrations for Greek Orthodox and Armenian rites.
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Jesus
Bethlehem
Paul VI
Vatican
Paul
St. Peter’s
God
Nine Californians Die as Holiday Traffic Toll Rises
The Christmas Day period saw at least nine Californians killed in crashes as a four day weekend began. Sherman Buckner of Cudahy died in Los Angeles County when his truck overturned on transitions to major freeways. Police noted drunken driving crackdowns with numerous arrests statewide.
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Cudahy
Highway Patrol
Los Angeles
Sherman Buckner
Live Oak St
Los Angeles County
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Buckner
Long Beach
Southland
Couple marries by telephone in independent ceremony
Two Long Beach men are booked on suspicion of murder in a Christmas Eve slaying. A woman is mauled while trying to feed iron at Safari Club. The Soviet Union reportedly turns out 80 to 100 advanced combat aircraft monthly.
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Long Beach
Lron
Safari Club
Soviet Union
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