California Wildfires Sweep Across Counties and Forests
Dozens of fires ignited by lightning threaten homes and power lines from Ventura to Kern and San Luis Obispo counties. A massive 55 000 gallon oil tank collapsed at McKittrick as crews fought flames, while Paso Robles faced power outages. Forest fires in Angeles San Bernardino and Los Padres were mostly under control, with new blazes reported in Humboldt and Humboldt counties near the Eel River spreading across 800 acres and about 60 percent contained by Sunday.
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Bara
Ventura
San Juuis
Obispo
McKittrick
Kern County
Paso Robles
Cuyama
Ojai
Los Angeles
Lyle Hill
Uy 13
Forest Service
Angeles
San Bernardino
Cleveland
Los Padres
Flamboldt
California
Eel River
Eureka
Humbaldt County
Honeydew
L B Youth and Pals Rescue Ends In Island Wreck
A group of L B youths and three companions set out to reach an island but were forced to turn back. They sought shelter until nightfall, then a late swell drove their boat onto rocks. They salvaged what they could until 2:30 am, later recovering the engine but finding no sign of the vessel. A passing fishing boat offered no help.
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Matias
Airman Held After Japan passenger shot on train
An Air Force policeman from Long Beach is jailed after a stray bullet killed Hiroyuki Miyamura, 22, aboard a train near Johnson Air Force Base. The incident prompted a full investigation as investigators traced the carbine discharge to ASC Peter FE Longpre.
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Air Force
Long Beach
Johnson ‘Air Force
Wear
Vapor Air Force
ASC
Peter FE
Longpre
E. Pleasant St
Independent
Wey
Sirneus
Arukaruvi
Andy Guerth
Balboa
Ensenada
Fire blazes threaten vast Southwest timberlands
In the Southwest, 650 acres of timber and brush were blackened. Firefighters reported about halfway under control as more thunderstorms were forecast. Over 250 men battled fires spanning Kern to Tuolumne counties, with 16 fires in the area and at least 21 blazes on U S Forestry Service lands in the Sierras.
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Sierra
Kern
Tuolumne
U. S. Forestry Service
Sierras
Parking Meter Strikes Car In Indianapolis Incident
Police puzzled as Wilbur Hopper of Huntington Woods Michigan reports a parking meter toppled from pavement and struck his auto in Indianapolis. Hopper guided officers to the scene and the meter caused a half inch hole in the car’s wire bug screen.
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Indianapolis
UPD
Wilbur Hopper
Huntington
Woods
Mich
Hopper
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Bob Reinhard
Arnold McCann
Reinhard
Big Bear Lake
Calif
L.B
Chaim
Calvert
Calvert Distillers'co
Wy.c
E. Whitehead
PCC Lee
Fridart
East First ST. Ayyeeim
E. Ocean, Ave
Rew Batroney
Carl's
Mohawk Carpet Co
Jordain
Mohawk
Sugaa
Reg
Vox
Het
Pacific
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