Small Store Owner Fatally Fends Off Las Robbery
South Los Angeles market owner David Soof, 67, chased and shot dead a 25 year old robber after the thief robbed Soof’s 23 year old cashier daughter at Banara Market on Budlong Avenue. The incident began when the bandit demanded money and bagged about 150 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Lennox
David K. Soof
Banara
Budlong Ave
Phillip Scott
Soof
103Rd Street
Gasoline Spill Noxious Gas Halts Channel Threat near Long Beach
Firemen blocked a ruptured underground pipeline releasing more than 3000 gallons of gasoline into gutters and Dominguez Channel near 223rd Street and Wilmington Avenue. Crews dammed the flow, pumped liquid into tankers, and sprayed foam to vaporize the fumes as tide risk threatened Long Beach harbor. The Mobil Oil line, two feet underground, ruptured around 3 am due to a valve error. a second minor leak was reported near 213th Street and Main Street.
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Dominguez Channel
Long Beach Harbor
Firestone Sheriffs
223Rd Street
Wilmington Avenue
Alameda Street
Tom Rehm
Rehm
Mobil Oil Co
Whittier Youth Dies in Freeway Crash. Orange Driver Not Charged
A 16 year old from Whittier died after a car tire blew on the Santa Ana Freeway near Ball Road and overturned. Passenger Paul Winner, 16, was in critical condition with head and back injuries. In Santa Ana a 7 year old was saved after a driver aided by a medical technician.
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Whittier
Santa Ana
Timothy Kuhner
Anaheim Memorial Hospital
Ball Road
Paul Wimner
Gregory R. Krome
Allan J. Coy
Orange
Tustin Avenue
Santa Clara Street
Saigon hit by Viet Cong mortar and rocket fire
Viet Cong guerrillas fired mortar and rocket rounds at Saigon’s 8th precinct police HQ injuring two officers as the city endured a ninth straight day of shelling. Earlier, a pre dawn attack hit the Newport Bridge near the U S bases, with other clashes reported at Chu Lai and Song Be.
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Saigon
UPS
Vung Tau
Nguyen Cao Ky
Newport Bridge
U.S
Long Binh
Bien Hoa
Chu Lai
Quang Tin Province
Song Be
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Halaha
Italy
Rome
UPI
North Carolina School of Fine Arts
Douglas Oil Co
Torrance
213Th Street
Main Street
Boy
Coy
Viet Cong
M. Flax, Inc
Long Beach
Broadway
Coleman Sportster
Cees
Sportsman's Shop
Pomona
Newport
Palos Verdes Hawthorne At
Silver Spurs Rd
Marina
Pacific Coast Hwy
Lakewood del Amo
Graywood
Newport Center
Fashion Island
Buffums
Dad
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