Southland transit plans meet funding and turf clashes
RTD plans include a 25 cent fare until 1976, a fixed rail proposal, and a citizens pass while county and city officials weigh bus growth, park and ride lots, and a future rail link from Santa Ana to the Los Angeles Civic Center. Funding debates pit RTD SCAG Caltrans Long Beach Cerritos and local agencies against tax-based state support and each other.
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Agg Widley
RTD
Harry 4Ufford
Irving Morhar ‘ McDonald
Long Beach
Lakewood- Cerritos
McDonald
Morhar
Santa Ana
Los Angeles Civic Center
SCAG
Arthur Chapman
Chapman
Pacific Terrace Convention Center
Queen Mary
Los Angeles
Artesia
Downey
Compton
Cerritos
Caltrans
Barry Rabbitt
Southern
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Ford
Long Beach Public Transportation
Widby
Cooper
Rabbitt
Norwalk
Four US tuna boats seized by Ecuador in fishing dispute
The Ecuadorian navy seized four American and one Canadian tuna boats in Ecuadorian waters, taking them to Salinas. Vessels include the Jacqueline Calypso City of Lisbon Mary Elizabeth and the Atlantic Gardner. Authorities cite a 200-mile claim vs US 12-mile limit.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Pat
Ecuadorian
Navy
Salinas
Pacific
Here
Jacqueline
Lisbon
San Diego
August Felando
American Tuna Boat Association
United States
U.S
Felando
Gas well blaze defies firemen in Granada Hills
In Granada Hills a week old natural gas well fire continues as Red Adair and crews struggle. A defective water pump and leaking lines hindered the latest attempts to block gas flow while flames reach 125 feet high and burn about one million cubic feet daily.
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Granada Hills
UPD
Texas
Red Adair
San Fernando Valley
Southern California Gas Co
Adair
Driver Strikes Man Lying in Road Near Hanford
Augustine Cisneros, 69, of Hanford was struck and killed early Saturday by a pickup driven by Jerry Tyler, 25, who said Cisneros was lying in the road west of Hanford when the collision occurred.
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Hanford
UPI
Augustine Cisneros
Here
Jerry Tyler
Cisneros
Imperial Valley Quakes Reach 29 Tremors In 2 Weeks
Three more earthquakes struck the Imperial Valley on Saturday bringing total tremors to at least 29 in two weeks. Quakes ranged 3.8 to 4.2 on the Richter scale with no injuries and minor damage reported. The epicenter was near the San Andreas fault three miles southeast of Brawley, just north of the Mexican border.
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Cal Tech Sericallaboee
Imperial Valley
San Adreas
Brawley
Mexican
Pipe bomb defused at gas station
Los Angeles police defused a six inch pipe bomb at a La Canada service station four minutes before it would have exploded. An anonymous caller led officers to three teenagers in a vehicle. a 17 year old was booked for possession and manufacture of an explosive device while a 19 year old and an 11 year old girl were released.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
la Canada
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Arnel
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Evans
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