Nightclub blast rocks Chattanooga killing one
A massive explosion in a predominantly Black area of Chattanooga, Tennessee, killed one man and injured at least 13, with $10 million in damage. Debris covered Ninth Street. a body was found in the rubble as authorities considered causes beyond a gas leak. Two children remained missing.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Frank Ratcliff
Ratcliff
Gene Glaze
Ninth St
Ninth and Mable
Stardust Lounge
Cactus Club
Firefighters gain hand in arson blaze with night drops
In Hemet firefighters used Vietnam War era binocular eyeglasses to guide infrared night water drops on a spreading brush fire. The blaze burned 17,500 acres with a 34 mile perimeter and 2,200 firefighters worked in 12 hour shifts as containment neared 60 percent by dawn.
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HEMET
API
Palmdale Site Backed for $1 Billion Intercontinental Airport
An environmental impact study finds a Palmdale area site in the Antelope Valley offers the best location for a proposed 1 billion intercontinental airport. The study, presented to the Board of Airport Commissioners, notes ecological issues but supports the project.
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Los Angeles
API
Palmdale
Antelope Valley
Board of Airport Commissioners
Coastal Weather Outlook Through Friday
Low overcast and fog along the coast and inland nights and mornings, with mostly sunny inland afternoons through Friday. Temperatures little changed with highs in the 60s near the coast and 70s inland, and lows tonight in the 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Friday tides show high tides of 4.3 ft at 10:13 am and 5.5 ft at 9:34 pm, low tides 0.1 ft at 3:54 am and 1.7 ft at 3:35 pm.
Palmdale airport study favors existing site over five options
The report weighs Palmdale against Edwards AFB Fox Field Chino Hills offshore Long Beach and four other sites. It argues Palmdale minimizes land disruption and pollution while noting economic benefits but warns of desert wildlife displacement including golden eagle desert tortoise and Mojave ground squirrel.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Fox Field
Lancaster
Chino Hills
Long Beach
Bill could boost Lompoc schools with state aid
Gov. Reagan may sign SB 1592, approved by the Senate, to allocate about 74 million in inflation relief for K 12 districts. Lompoc Unified could receive roughly 180000 extra in per student attendance funds, with distribution favoring poorer districts and a cap on wealthier ones.
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Reagan
Ralph C. Dills
D-Gardena
Senate
Santa Barbara County
Jim Rowe
Sacramento
Rowe
John Stull
R-Leucadia
Dills
State Supreme Court
Navy reserve aviators rescued after 53 days at sea
Two Navy reserve pilots George Sigler age 29 and Charles Gore age 27 from Alameda California were rescued 120 miles from their Pacific crossing destination. They spent 53 days afloat in a rubber liferaft before a Coast Guard helicopter retrieved them and their 16 foot craft near Honolulu Hawaii.
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UPI
Pacific Ocean
Bearded
Gaunt George Sigler
Charles Gore
Alameda
Calif
Coast Guard
City facesElectric rate hike for Lompoc
Lompoc city, member of the Northern California Power Agency, lost a five month suspension request on PG and E rate increases. New wholesale power rates took effect August 24. The city estimates a 120 009 cost that must be passed to customers. Councilman Art Scott will report action from the NCPA meeting in Geyserville.
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Lompoc
Northern California Power Agency
Pacific Gas and Electric
NCPA
Federal Power Commission
Ric Rea
Pg&e
Rea
Art Scott
Geyserville
Six file for hospital board counsel sees field of 10
Six candidates so far seek three seats on the Lompoc Hospital Board of Directors with potential to reach ten before Friday deadline. Michael Palmer said one candidate, John E. Skaggs Jr., failed to take a required filing oath, though he had an oath at notarization. Incumbents Frank Signorelli and Joe Machado remain in, Donald G. Cameron withdraws.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Justice Department
Washington
D.C
Nixon
U.S. Marshal Service
U.S. Marshal
Gaylord Ca
Los Angeles
Lompoc
Michael Palmer
John E. Skaggs Jr
N. Poppy St
Harold Thompson
Palmer
Skaggs
Thompson
Frank Signorelli
Joe Machado
Glenn C. Ballantyne
Donald G. Cameron
Abduction Case Spurs Kidnap Suspicions in Guadalajara
Police abandoned car found in Guadalajara was not connected to the kidnapping of Jose Guadalupe Zuno Hernandez, father of President Echeverria's wife. The Revolutionary Armed Front of the People claimed the crime and demanded a ransom, while authorities said no clues yet. The incident adds pressure on the Mexican government amid a history of political kidnappings.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
UPI
Luis Echeverria
Juan Jose Jasso
Te State
Jalisco
Mexico City
Jose Guadalupe Zuno Hernandez
Echeverria
Maria Esther
Zuno
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