Kennedy assassination inquiry ends amid committee rift
Gon zalez accused powerful forces including criminal elements of forcing him and Sprague into the committee’s orbit. He said the JFK investigation is over as open strife threatens the panel’s fate. Wright warned the effort may be mortally wounded. The chairman has resigned and a full House decision on Gonzalez’s status looms.
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Gonzalez
Sprague
Select Committee
House
Wright
Miner Emerges From Big Lick Mountain Shaft Rescue
A 37-year-old miner escaped a 108 hour ordeal after tunneling out from under Big Lick Mountain. He walked to the mine mouth, thanked rescuers, and was admitted for observation with minor injuries. Two miners died and three escaped with injuries as water and rock collapsed the shaft.
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Adley
James Kirk
Pottsvle Hospital
Adiey
Big Lick Mountain
Rescued miner Adley confirms survival amid mining disaster
After being trapped for two hours, Adley was located in a nine by televi sion aided chamber. Rescuers drilled a supply hole and lowered cameras before transporting him 4 000 feet to the surface. He remained alert and was kept under observation for 94 to 36 hours.
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Adley
Zerbe
Aesan
Leon Seieehitana
Pottsville Hospital
Four dead in Los Angeles County traffic crashes
In separate accidents across Los Angeles County, a Sherman Oaks man and his 11-year-old son plunged from a dune buggy off a 100 foot cliff in Canyon Country. The boy survived in serious but stable condition after air transport to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. An Altadena man died when his car hit a power line near Loma Alta Drive. A Culver City man died crossing Colfax Avenue near Ventura Boulevard after being struck by a car. A Los Angeles man was killed when a pickup ran a red light at Overland Avenue and Culver Boulevard.
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Los Angeles County
Sherman Oaks
Canyon Country
Bernard Enright
Paul
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
Valencia
Altadena
James Holly
Loma Alta Drive
Lake Avenue
Alladena
Holly
North Hollywood
Culver City
Robert Oliver
Colfax Avenue
Ventura Boulevard
Los Angeles
Alvin
Curry
Overland Avenue
Culver Boulevard
Cuver City
Chico man dies in broadside crash on Highway 32
A Chico man, George Hughes, was killed in a two car crash early Sunday near the Highway 99 overcrossing on Highway 32. Three others were hospitalized. Clifford Kiser was arrested on charges of vehicular manslaughter and felony drunken driving.
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Chico
George Hughes
Clifford Kiser
Highway 32
Highway 99
California drought grips state with looming shortages and risks
California faces a prolonged dry spell as two harsh winters and scant spring runoff threaten freshwater marinas, forests, and wildlife. Spawning runs, waterfowl nesting, and hunting faces curtailment while reservoirs shrink and planners fear deeper, longer droughts akin to the 1928 to 1934 era, with only pockets of relief in Santa Clara Valley and parts of Southern California.
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Sierra
California
State Department of Fish and Game
Santa Clara
Romania Quake Leaves City Centers Heavily Damaged
A major earthquake struck Romania at 9 30 p m Friday registering 7 2 on the Richter scale. Craiova and Bucharest suffered extensive destruction with dozens dead and many buildings including churches from the 16th century leveled. Officials warned restoration could cost more than replacement while Zimnicea faced widespread demolition. Canadian ambassador Jean Thibeault noted orderly behavior and shelter in Bucharest.
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Bucharest
Romania
Craiova
Ceausescu
Communist Party
Art Museum
Ml To
Zimnicea
Danube
Mimillion
Jean Thibeault
Tornado season arrives as spring nears amid climate talk
The article notes March tornado activity above normal and discusses how a colder winter could shift or dampen later storms. Weather experts warn that warmer summers might reduce tornado frequency, while emphasizing improved forecasting, radar, and spotter networks. It also details typical seasonal patterns across regions and cites 99 major devastations reported this year.
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Midwest
Lanus
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Marvin Miller
Cleveland
Miller
Allen Pearson
National
Kansas
Pearson
Great Plains
Florida Panhandle
Gulf States
California Water Plan’s Long Run Drought Risk Grows
The piece traces how California's early water projects from the 1930s onward, including the Central Valley Project and Feather River/State Water Project, cost about 10 billion dollars and still left the state vulnerable to drought. By 1960 demand rose, and officials warned that by century’s end shortages could reach 4.6 million acre feet in normal years without more measures.
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California
Central Valley
Garden of Eden
Roosevelt
California Water Plan
Feather River
State Water Project
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Henry Gon
Justing
Anna Mae
Robert Zerbe
Walter J. Vicinelly
Avi
Ralph Renninger
Donald Shoffler
Shoffler
Reeninger
Clair
Cal
American Savings
Tax Corporation of America
American Savings Office
Mtoe Bi Miccceemaern Eit
Southam
Long Beach
E. Broadway
Lakewood
Clark Ave
del Amo
Seal Beach
Pacific Coast
Mainz
Norwalk
E. Rosecrans Ave
Norwalk Sq
Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California
The
Los Aneles Department of Water and Power
San Francisco
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