Holiday Toll Tops 400 Mark
The long Fourth of July weekend traffic deaths rose past 400, with 416 fatalities by 8 p.m. since Wednesday. California led with 29 traffic deaths, followed by Texas 28 and Ohio 25, while overall figures showed 673 total deaths across categories including drownings and planes.
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National Safety Council
Council
California
Texas
Ohio
New York
North Carolina
Alabama
Wisconsin
Fire Contained Near Mt. Baldy in Angeles National Forest
An army of 200 firefighters Saturday contained a 50 acre brush fire in Coldwater Canyon near Mt. Baldy in the Angeles National Forest. No injuries or structures damaged. Full control expected Sunday morning after lightning sparked three fires Friday, with the first two burning about four acres total.
Two booked in Compton bludgeoning death case
Compton police booked William Veney and Carolyn Cook, both 19, on suspicion of murder in the beating death of apartment manager George Wilborn. Neighbors found Wilborn 38 in his 458 West Alondra Boulevard unit, with head injuries and a robbed apartment. The motive remains undetermined.
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Miss Gardner
Altice
Tammy
West Virginia
Compton
George Wilborn
W. Alondra Blvd
Apt. 1
Wilburn
D.H. McCasland
McCasland
William Paul Veney
Carolyn Cook
Wilborn
Belmont Shore Fire sparks arson hunt and power outage
A blaze at an abandoned Belmont Shore building sparked a police arson probe after an explosion at 8 24 p m. Witnesses saw up to six youths flee. The fire caused a power failure at Second and Nieto, with no damage estimate available. A separate 6 09 p m garage fire was also blamed on arson.
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Belmont Shore
Second
Nieto Avenue
Ed Check
Seventh Street
Dawson Avenue
Check
Soviet and North Vietnam To Expand Cultural Scientific Ties
Moscow reports a new scientific cultural cooperation pact between the Soviet Union and North Vietnam, reached a day after a separate agreement for continued Soviet military economic aid to Hanoi.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Powder Puff Derby Storm Delays Desert Flight
A violent desert thunderstorm near Blythe halts 48 of 77 planes in the Powder Puff Derby's 22nd run. Most reach Palm Springs for an overnight while the rest press to Phoenix, with route stops and a Savannah finish by Tuesday sunset. Fran Bera among the 29 still flying, aiming for top five prize money.
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van Nuys
Shirley Wesbrook
Ruth Renton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
Blythe
Palm Springs
Fran Bera
Signal Hill
Barbara Willis
Santa Monica
Ann Penn
Redondo Beach
Municipal Field
Savannah
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UPI
Martha Gardner
Martin Dwyer
Robert Fujara
North Side
James Altice
Dwyer
Fujara
Tammy Gardner Altice
United Press International
Mt. Baldy
Bludgeon
Managua
Nicaragua
Oscar Morales
National Guard
Anastasio Somoza
Lynns
Pine Ave
Long Beach
Sartori
Torrance
CAPRI
el Paso
Pat McEwan
Marilyn Copeland
Wichita, Kan
Corpus Christi
Greenville
Miss
del Rio
Beaumont
Birmingham
Ala
Bera
Walkers
Victoria
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