Tornadoes and floods lash California in midwinter storm
Unseasonable storms swept California with tornado like winds touching Redwood City Inglewood and Oceanside causing two deaths and widespread damage. Palm Springs reported snow while Los Angeles and Long Beach endured a 25 day period with rain and Glendora mudslides forced evacuation of Azusa Pacific College and about 15 homes. Weather cleared by nightfall with sun forecast for today and Saturday.
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Redwood City
Inglewood
Oceanside
Palm Springs
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Glendora
Azusa Pacific College
Hillside
Mississippi
C.E
Action Line
Emergency
Red Cross Center
Hazelhurst
Miss
Red Cross
American Red Cross
N. State St
Jackson
California
Action Line answers Scottish anthem question in Long Beach
Action Line explains Scotland is part of Great Britain and its official anthem is God Save the Queen. A Long Beach Scotsman adds many Scots sing Scots Wha Hae Wi Wallace Bled, with Burns words in anthologies such as A Book of Heroic Verse at the Long Beach Library.
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Action Line
Scotland
S.L.K
Long Beach
Great Britain
Wallace
Robert Burns
Arthur Burell
Pacific Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Sir William Wallace
How Rainfall Is Measured by the Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau uses an 8 inch round rain gauge with a funnel and a tubular receptacle where each inch in the lower tube equals 0.10 inch of rainfall. The official Long Beach gauge and thermometers sit on The Independent Press-Telegram building roof at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue with records kept by John Teed. Daily data are filed at the IPT offices and duplicates go to the Weather Bureau.
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Action Line
Long Beach
R.L.M
Weather Bureau
Independent, Press - Telegram
Sixth Street
Pine Avenue
John Teed
Press-Telegram
I,pt
Long Beach Hit By Heavy Rain Hail and High Winds
Long Beach awoke to heavy rain and hail as a midwinter storm brought 1.05 inches of rain and winds up to 50 knots near the coast. Police logged 10 major storm damage reports while palm fronds and trash barrels were toppled. Forecasters warned unsettled conditions may continue despite sun expected today and Saturday with temperatures in the 60s.
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Long Beach
SP Train Buried by Snow at Donner Summit
A snow slide buried 21 of 9 SP freight cars near Crystal Lake Donner summit 13 miles west of Norden. No injuries reported. SP rushed snowplows to clear the line and expected to reopen for the City of San Francisco eastbound train at Donner around 8 p.m.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Crystal Lake
Norden
Donner Summit
Sierra
Donner
Defendant Shot in Courtroom During Murder Trial
Adolpho Hernandez 31 was wounded three times as he left a Los Angeles Superior Court while on trial for the Sept 2 murder of Antonio Gutierrez. Angel Luis Gutierrez, brother of the victim, fired the shots as a bailiff guided Hernandez to a back door after a recess.
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Los Angeles County
Adolpho Hernandez
Antonio Gutierrez
Hernandez
Angel Luis Gutierrez
Antonio
Superior Court
Max Deutz
Chucel Household Quips: Husband and Wife Clash
A fragmentary comedy exchange shows a husband asking why his wife yells at him and the wife replying that it is because he is always there. The brief lines hint at domestic humor without further context.
Nixon to Tour Europe in Eight Days to Boost Alliance
President Nixon will leave February 23 for a five nation Western Europe tour to revitalize the Atlantic Alliance and seek a summit with Soviet leaders. The eight day trip ends March 2 with talks at Paris peace talks and a Vatican visit to Pope Paul VI, plus NATO talks in Brussels. Nixon aims to unite heads of Britain France West Germany Italy and Belgium and secure full Allied support to halt nuclear weapons spread. He says he will persuade, not blackmail, during the meetings.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Europe
Atlantic Alliance
U.S
Paris
Paul VI
Vatican
NATO
Brussels
White House
East Room
Britain
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Five Shops Damaged in Garden Grove Center Fire
A Thursday night blaze at 12107 Brookhurst Ave in the Orange Plaza Shopping Center caused about 100000 dollars in damage. The fire started in a cleaning shop at 7:54 PM and spread to four other shops including a leased post office unit.
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Orange Plaza
Garden Grove
Brookhurst Ave
Dynamite Cache Found on Terminal Island
Harbor division police found two cases of dynamite hidden in bushes in an isolated field on Terminal Island. One case, located about 200 yards south of 901 New Dock St., was intact.
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Harbor Division
Terminal Island
New Dock St
Drug-Suit Settlement Offer Ties to $120 Million
Five drug firms face civil lawsuits over tetracycline price fixing. The proposed settlement would total about $120 million and be distributed to state and local governments and eligible consumers who prove overpricing. Firms American Cyanamid Bristol-Myers Pfizer Upjohn Squibb Beech-Nut deny wrongdoing. suits date to 1953 1966 period and involve 1.7 billion dollars in drug sales.
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New York
Justice Department
American Cyanamid Co
Bristol-Myers Co
Charles Pfizer & Co
Upjohn Co
Squibb Beech-Nut Inc
Federal Trade Commission
Bristol Myers
Charles Pfizer
Coastwide drilling ban urged by county supervisors
Los Angeles County Supervisors call for a federal freeze on all offshore oil drilling until proof of nonpolluting operations. The move covers the California coast including Long Beach, in response to the Santa Barbara well rupture. Supervisor Kenneth Hahn criticizes Interior Secretary Hickel and directs county departments to convene emergency sessions to protect beaches and coastline. Bonelli introduces the resolution with support from Chace, Hahn, and Debs.
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California
Long Beach
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Kenneth Hahn
Walter Hickel
Hahn
Los Angeles County
Frank G. Bonelli
Burton Chace
E. E Debs
Bonelli
Nixon approves federal troops for oil spill response
Stormy seas push a large oil slick along Southern California shores as President Nixon orders federal troops and equipment be used if needed. U.S. Rep. Charles Teague advised the move as slick advances toward Ventura and Los Angeles area beaches.
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Santa Barbara
UPS
California
Nixon
Ventura County
Los Angeles
U.S
Charles M Teague
Interior halts drilling in Santa Barbara leases
Secretary Hickel to order an indefinite halt on all drilling on federal Santa Barbara leases as the slick could cost hundreds of millions. A disaster-area declaration was contemplated as oil covered Ventura Marina and 20 miles of white beaches. About 700 relief workers battled the spill while winds worsened conditions and sealing mud efforts paused.
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Washington
UPI
Interior
Hickel
Santa Barbara Channel
Ventura Marina
Muscle Shoals Beach
Union Oil Co
California
Attorney General's Office
Walter Hickel
Nixon ally may face embarrassment on page A12
Tobacco interests condemn emotionalism in proposed ad ban on page A15. Tomorrow’s feature hints at a softer selling approach and notes it will not match the publicity of the BSU or SDS campaigns.
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BSU
SDS
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