Lawmakers Review No Fault Auto Insurance Bill
California lawmakers have reintroduced a no fault automobile insurance bill for action in the final week of the two year session. Senators and Assembly members also plan votes on easing anti smog device requirements for used cars and on financial aid to BART before Friday’s deadline.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Assembly
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Last POW Emmet Kay Expected Home After Release
UPI reports the last known American held in Indochina Emmet Kay, 47, may return to the United States next month as health and his wishes guide the repatriation. Kay has been held by Pathet Lao since May 1973 and is the sole surviving U.S. prisoner among over 1,000 missing in the region.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Weather Alert Reveals Heavy Rains Across Gulf States
A tropical low in the Gulf of Mexico tracked inland bringing heavy rains and squalls to Texas. Galveston reported 1.35 inches and Beaumont 1.19 inches in six hours, while West Texas storms triggered flash flood warnings in Dawson County.
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Inflation Triggers Wave of Teacher Strikes Across States
As inflation bites budgets, districts from Charleston Illinois to Hortonville Wisconsin brace for a fall of strikes. Negotiators reached a tentative agreement in Charleston, ending a half day shutdown, while Hortonville remains in dispute with ongoing pickets and mediation efforts. In California Inglewood anticipates potential statewide activity amid tight finances and modest raises. Wisconsin New Berlin teachers press for 10 percent pay hike with 5 percent fringe boost, while districts offer 5 percent plus benefits.
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Israel puts frontline forces on precautionary alert in 22 hour drill
Israel's chief of staff says frontline units were placed on precautionary alert during a 22 hour practice mobilization of reservists, described as a successful drill. Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur notes increased tension with Egyptian and Syrian forces and declines to confirm Arab troop movements.
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Chilean Junta Plans Anniversary Celebration
The Chilean military junta led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet will mark the first anniversary of the 1973 coup with a speech at the Diego Portales building and an outdoor mass. Pinochet said public ceremonies were reconsidered due to anticipated demonstrations by Marxists.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
Salvador Allende
Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
Tercera de la Hora
Diego Portales
Nixon subpoena remains unserved for Washington trial
Subpoena for former President Richard Nixon to appear at the Washington D C Watergate cover up trial of five aides has not yet been served in Los Angeles. Marshal Gaylord Campbell said he will deliver it within a reasonable time and will notify the media when served.
Reward for Vandalism Arrest Declared by Farmers
An offer of $600 reward from individual farmers for information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals responsible for destroying property and crops. Call your local sheriff with any information. Lompoc Farm Bureau adds a $200 reward.
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Lompoc Farm Bureau
Pioneer designer Alexander de Seversky dies at 80
Major Alexander P. de Seversky, famed Russian bomber pilot turned U.S. aircraft designer, died at age 80 in New York. He assisted during World War II with the P47 Thunderbolt prototype and later developed an electrostatic air pollution control device. Born in Tiflis, he lost a leg in 1915, then returned to combat and flew over 50 missions. He moved to the United States in 1918 as a Russian attache and stayed after the revolution.
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UPI
Alexander P. de Seversky
U.S
East Side
Seversky
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Tiflis
Russia
Imperial Naval Academy
West Virginia Fire Kills 12 at Washington House Hotel
A fast spreading blaze leveled the Washington House Hotel and seven nearby businesses in Berkeley Springs. Eight victims were found, with four more expected. 150 firefighters battled the four hour blaze that destroyed the hotel and shops amid the elevator shaft fire. Damage estimated at 750000, with thirteen injuries including seven firefighters, all non critical. Local owner Reverend Cyril Fowler described his search for guests as flames roared through the building.
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W. Va
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Morgan County
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Ken Robertson
WCST
Morgan County War Memorial Hospital
R. R. Hall
Chevron Standard Man Promises Community Petroleum Support
A portrait of a Chevron Standard Wholesale Distributor who stresses personal attention to local community needs. He highlights commitment to supplying quality products and training, while acknowledging the limits of centralized knowledge and stressing on-site experience to solve residents and businesses problems.
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