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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1964
Page
3
Smoke and flames sweep through a Glendale hillside as five homes burn on Devonshire Road. Residents recount narrow escapes and a few houses miraculously survive amid roaring brush fires and crackling power lines.
Flames light the Glendale hills as firefighters from many units battle a major brush fire. A command post coordinates actions along five lines while residents brace for possible evacuation and spray roofs with water to protect homes. Fire trucks stand by as crews rush to changes in wind.
In the foothills north and east of Los Angeles anxious residents kept a vigil as two major fires burned unchecked through dry brush. At least 32 homes were destroyed or damaged and thousands evacuated Monday. Wildlife fled before flames prompting惊fearful scenes as locals sheltered belongings and awaited updates.
The White House announced plans to boost both economic and military aid to South Viet Nam after a National Security Council briefing. President Jolson met with Defense Secretary McNamara and Gen Maxwell Taylor to review Viet Nam, citing setbacks from guerrilla activity and government changes. The plan includes new economic shipments and expanded military training.
Washington reports threats of a nationwide railroad strike subsiding after a National Mediation Board meeting. NMB Chairman Francis A. O Neill Jr said there is no strike threat now as five operating unions press Louisville Nashville and Southern Pacific for separate negotiations in the four year old work rules dispute.
The Los Angeles brush fires devastated foothill communities north of the city hitting middle class neighborhoods in Glendale Eagle Rock and outskirts of Burbank. Dry windy days with temperatures in the 70s followed by low rainfall fueled the spread through heavily brush tied to water shed areas near Chevy Chase Country Club Verdugo Mountains and parallels to fires in Santa Monica Mountains Bel Air Brentwood Malibu and Topanga Canyon.
Governor Edmund G Brown declared Los Angeles County and the city of Glendale disaster areas after a fire outbreak. He noted declarations help defray firefighting costs which exceed 33 million annually and said state agencies are mobilized to assist.
A diminutive blonde Navy wife with a four leaf clover from her Irish husband flies from Oakland on St Patrick's Day aiming to become the first woman to fly solo around the world.
A massive suburban fire near Bel Air caused 24 million in insured losses and 520 buildings destroyed including celebrity homes. Fanned by hot SantaAna like winds the November blaze was controlled the next day with hundreds of firefighters and police evacuations, none seriously hurt.
Arie Leib Dolinko, a soft spoken printer, testifies in Bramschweig court about two escapes from Gestapo firing squads during the Pinsk Massacre of 1941. He describes being shot at, playing dead, bribing an SS officer, and hiding in the Pripet Marshes with his wife until Soviet arrival in 1944.
Lester L. Keyser of the Methodist General Board of Christian Social Concerns challenged the tobacco industry at FTC hearings on proposed cigarette advertising and labeling restrictions. He argued the industry uses eight billion dollar influence to block meaningful legislation and delay action, asserting corporate interests trump national health.
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