Ten killed in Galveston grain elevator blast
Emergency crews cleared debris from the Farmers Export Co silo at Galveston Port after a Tuesday night explosion. Nine bodies recovered with one suspected missing. rescuers said up to five others may be unaccounted as workers tried to reach survivors amid shattered buildings and firefighting efforts.
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Farmers Export Co
Galveston
Westwego
Louisiana
Robert Steen
Terry Contella
Steen
Contella
Strangler composite drawings released as hunt widens
Los Angeles police announced composite sketches of up to two suspects in the Hillside Strangler case as investigators consider officers as possible culprits. Two men were later charged with murder in the deaths of Paula Ward and Carolyn Williams, with authorities noting copycat killings may be involved.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hillside
Gates
Strangler Task Force
Itment
Paula Glen Ward
Carolyn Williams
Thomas Davis
Stephen d’Orsey Devezin
Miss Williams
Miss Ward
Pasadena
California Weekend Forecast Signals Mixed Weather
UPI reports extended state forecasts for Friday through Sunday. Northern California expects showers Friday with mountain snow turning to fair weather Sunday. central California sees mountain showers and 5,000 foot snow level, then fair Sunday. southern regions face variable clouds with possible showers and gusty winds. Coastal areas stay windy with highs in the 60s and mountains in the 40s to 50s.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
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Deserts
Bergland policy upsets farmers seeks nutrition based farm policy
Agriculture Secretary Bergland says he has upset farm leaders by pushing policy built on research into nutrition and food safety. He defends expanding the department's role and argues that better data on nutrients, eggs, fats, and additives will help farmers adapt, even as nitrite and bacon safety debates continue.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Bergland
Bergland
People's Department
Agriculture
Carol Foreman
Agriculture Department
Lawyer seeks delay in Hanna bribery and conspiracy trial
A Hanna defense attorney asked to push the January start of the bribery case involving former Rep. Richard Hanna. The request could aid prosecutors seeking to bring witness Tongsun Park from Seoul to testify under immunity. Park is central to the Korea influence buying probe in Washington.
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UPI
Richard Hanna
D-Calif
Congress
Hanna
Tongsun Park
Park
U.S
Korea
Justice Department
Seoul
McNelis
Thomas Flannery
Hancho Kim
Kim
William Bryant
Honest teen returns lost money to owner
Busboy Brian Carlson found 22 861 dollars hidden in a shaving kit at a Des Plaines Howard Johnsons and turned it to state police. Joseph T Faust of Marathon Florida claimed the cash as proceeds from a Wisconsin real estate deal and police returned it after proof of ownership. Carlson, a 17 year old high school senior, said he considered spending the money but chose honesty.
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Chicago
UPI
Brian Carlson
Carlson
Des Plaines
Northwest Tollway
Des Plaines Oasis
Joseph T. Faust
Marathon Fla
Wisconsin
Chrysler recalls 1.3 million cars in largest recall yet
Chrysler Corp recalls 1.3 million cars including Dodge Darts Aspens Plymouth Valiants and Volare from 1975 to 1977 with 225 and 318 cubic inch engines after engine stalls caused by safety defects. NHTSA pressure followed a Detroit paper report and 27 accidents with seven injuries.
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Detroit
UPI
Chrysler Corp
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Chrysler
Joan Claybrook
No. 3
Couple Donates $11,000 Anonymously to St. Jude
A young couple entered St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis and left $11,000 in twenty dollar bills without identification or a receipt. Hospital administrator Carl Simmons said the funds were deposited at a bank and the donors could not be traced. Sandy Vogel, an administrative assistant, described the bundle of bills and the donors’ wish for anonymity.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Carl Simmons
St. Jude
Sandy Vogel
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