Jet Fuel Tanker Damaged After Coastal Collision
A 523 foot tanker Cossator carrying 127000 barrels of jet fuel and a 492 foot freighter Copper State collided in heavy fog five miles north of Santa Cruz Island at 2 27 am Sunday. No injuries. Cossator towed to Long Beach. cargo intact. Copper State returned under its own power.
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San Pedro
Copper State
Santa Cruz Island
Navy
Los Angeles
Alaska
State Marine Line
Long Beach
Island
California
Coast Guard
Long Beach Harbor
Uncle Whiskers Hippies Seek Bread for Mountain Retreat
Chuck Prinzen a 35 year old former Long Beach hippie has meditated in Colorado mountains and proposes a 500 acre mountain retreat with government help. He says they want a place with water and growth where hippies can live apart from mainstream society and work with authorities. Prinzen and hundreds of followers seek a new movement aimed at getting kids off the streets.
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Uncle Whiskers
Chuck Prinzen
Long Beach
Colorado
Prinzen
Clerk shoots fleeing holdup suspect in Bakersfield
An 18-year-old boy was shot and killed by a liquor store clerk Saturday night as he left the store after a holdup. Deputies said Rodney Ghilarducci of Bakersfield took $268 from a woman clerk and fled when the husband started shooting.
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Bakersfield
UPI
Rodney Ghilarducci
Two Boys Fire Fatal Shot in East Los Angeles
In East Los Angeles two boys aged 12 and 13, thinking the gun was air powered, fired a fatal bullet into Mario Compan 38, who died at the scene.
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East Los Angeles
CNS
Mario Compan
Save Cabrillo Beach Rally Roasts Los Angeles Mayor Yorty
A 2000 strong crowd gathered at Cabrillo Beach to oppose converting 52 of 69 acres into a yacht harbor. The protest targets Mayor Sam Yorty and the Harbor Department, arguing beach access favors profit over people and minority recreation.
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Cabrillo
Tom Shaw
Save
Cabrillo Beach
L.A
Yorty
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Harbor Department
Citizens Committee
Citizens Committee To Save
Minori
Rosabelle Metwilf
Federation of Community Coordinating Councils
Los Angeles County
State Division of Parks and Beaches
Tom Bradley
Alan Sieroty
D-Los Angeles
Flying Nun
Madeleine Sherwood
Anaheim Tot Found Dead in Fish Pond
A two year old Anaheim boy, Michael Edward Krawczuk, wandered from a family gathering and was found face down in a foot deep fish pond. He died on arrival at Anaheim Memorial Hospital at 8:40 p.m. The child was visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Faessal, at the time of the tragedy.
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Anaheim
Michael Edward Krawczuk
John Krawczuk
Michael
Norbert Faessal
Anaheim Memorial Hospital
Sunseekers Pack Southland Beaches Amid Crowds and Incidents
Crowds flocked from Long Beach to Laguna Beach with about 522,500 sun and surf seekers. Lifeguards logged 13 boat rescues and multiple incidents including a downed aircraft off Cabrillo Beach and a 2,000 person rally, while no injuries were reported.
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Southland
Long Beach
Laguna Beach
Cabrillo Beach
Ed Hoffman
Cabrillo Squad
Charles “Chip” Armstrong
Victor Pappas
Los Angeles County
Seal Beach
Cabrillo
Huntington Beach
Huntington State Beach
Newport Beach
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Pillsbury
Libbey
Jerseymaid
Kerns Preserves
Vons Thurs
Lear
Lipton Ice
Enchilada Dinners
Set
Oveese ‘Pro
Alka Seltzer
Usda Choice
Medes A. Witiwive Dee
Mee
Santa Susana
Garten
Chip NC
Miracle White
DU Pont
10Th St
Atlantic Ave
Bixby Knolls
Lakewood
N. Woodruff
Carson
Torrance
Pacific Coast Hwy. Downey
Paramount Blvd
Florence
Edinger
Springdale
Garden Grove
Brookhurst Ave
Chapman
Wardrow Road
Norwalk
Western Ave
Harbor City
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