Widespread Fires Rage Across California Causing Scorched Land
Firefighters battled multiple blazes from Riverside County to Ventura and Mendocino, burning hundreds to thousands of acres and threatening communities. One firefighter, Robert Miller, aged 21, died in the Banning blaze as crews redirected aircraft to new hotspots near Piru and Newbury Park. The Riverside fire was contained after about 600 acres charred, while Northern California fires aimed to stay under control as winds fanned rugged brush and timberland.
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Riverside County
Banning-Idylwill
San Bernardino
Robert Miller
Banning
Riverside
Ventura County
N .Canyon
Newbury Park
Los Angeles
Oak Grove Park
Ventura
State Forestry Division
U.S. Highway 101
Newbery Park Academy
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Ventura County Vilage
Piru
California
Lower Like
Lake Cowny
Kings Canyon National Park
Cedar Grove
Mendocino National Forest
Upper Lake
Cake County
Red Bluff
Morgan Valley
Lake Berryessa
State Division of Forestry
Weather forecast for Long Beach steady through the week
Forecasters say heat waves are unlikely in the coming days with highs near 86 today in downtown Long Beach. Sunday saw 83 degrees and cooler conditions are expected Tuesday with fair skies and patchy coastal fog overnight and in the early morning.
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Long Beach
N Y prison probe continues amid conflicting death findings
Reporters question officials at the prison gates as investigators disclose inmate transfers to Green Haven Dannemora and Great Meadow. Medical examiners recount gunshot and stab wound findings, with authorities caution on bullet angles and weapon types in the Attea State Prison uprising aftermath.
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Robert Patterson
Austin H. MacCormick
Green Haver
Dannemora
Great Meadow
Russell Oswald
Iron
Michael Baden
New York City
Henry Siegel
Westchester County
John F. Edland
Monroe County
Edland
State Correction Department
Walter Dunbar
Baden
Inmate Escape at Stateville During Art Exhibit
Three inmates including a convicted murderer escaped Stateville Penitentiary by changing to civilian clothes and posing as visitors at an art show. A guard saw a familiar figure depart in civilian clothes. The escape followed about 23 visitors to the exhibit, which was cancelled due to rain.
Key Thailand victory over Reds claimed
In northeast Thailand Lt. Gen. Payome Pahuirat, commander of the Second Army, said his forces attacked and drove Communist terrorists from a major base area. He reported nine terrorists killed and 12 surrendered, with pursuit continuing against remnants. A Kalasin Province base camp was strafed and bombed before capture.
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Bangkok
UPI
Payome Pahuirat
Second Army
Thailand
Payome
Kalasin
San Jose officer fatally shoots armed black chemist chase
In San Jose IBM researcher John W. Smith Jr. was killed by Patrolman Rockli Wooley after an alleged illegal turn and a confrontation where Smith reportedly pulled a tire iron and swung at officers. No weapon was found. conduct under investigation.
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San Jose
Anarmed
UPI
IBM
John W. Smith Jr
Rockli Wooley
Stan Horton
Oifier Wooley
Smith
Wooley
Darrell Richter
Robert Watts
Trorton
Horton
Woolye
Woosley
Inmates at Folsom Still Locked Up After Stabbing
Folsom Prison inmates remain confined to cells as guards sweep for weapons following the fatal stabbing of a civilian laundry worker. Warden Craven ordered the entire facility locked down, with searches completed in four of five units and the largest unit to be checked next. Suspect Jeffrey P. Gaulden, charged with the killing, has been moved to Deuel Vocational Institute.
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Folsom
UPI
Folsom Prison
Ile
Walter Craven
Lawn Dry
Ronald L. Tuner
Jeffrey P. Gaulden
Deuel Vocational Institute
Tracy
Brute force rule predicted if Thieu wins Viet election
South Vietnamese leaders Ky and Minh warned in CBS interviews taped for TV that a Thieu reelection could bring violent rule. They charged the race is rigged and said Thieu would use tanks and guns paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Minh and Ky warned that such rule would not endure long. Ky suggested a 50-50 chance the Oct. 3 vote would occur as planned.
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Thieu
Minh
U.S
Thien
Tran van Huong
Mink
Thiet
Man shot to death near night club in Los Angeles
Carlos Quiroz Alfaro was shot and killed outside the Jazz a Go Go in Los Angeles. A companion, Jose Torres, was wounded and hospitalized in critical condition after being attacked by five robbers who apparently sought money but did not obtain any.
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Carlos Quiroz Alfaro
Los Angeles
Quiroz Alfaro
Jose Torres
Girl finds large stash in shopping bag in Queens
Annette Ronella of Richmond Hill found a brown shopping bag in a supermarket parking lot containing 616 twenty dollar bills totaling 12 300 and a loaded cal ber automatic pistol with seven shells and two clips. Two boys warned her away but she looked inside and retrieved the money and weapon.
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New York
Queens
Annette Ronella
Richmond Hill
Annette
Soledad Brother earns Jackson literary award
Georgia Jackson receives the nonfic tion prize posthumously for her son George’s life story. The Black Academy of Arts and Letters honored the book Soledad Brother at a Waldorf Astoria gala. Presenters and stars attended as Mrs. Jackson spoke of her delayed news and mixed feelings.
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New York
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Georgia Jackson
George
San Quentin Prison
Chuck Stone
Jackson
Academy
San Quentin
Harry Belafonte
Ossie Davis
Bill Cosby
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da Nang
N.Y
John R. Nunne
Senate Committee On Crime and Correction
SEW York
Arthur C. Fye
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Attea State Prison
AAR
Atty
Fischer
Atlice
Department of Corrections
Maden
William Quinn
Hadings
Isiler
Dooley’s
Waste King
Waste King Universal
Suet
Dooley
Salm
North Long-Beach
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