Gas pipeline blast roars through Palms block in Los Angeles
A buried Standard Oil line ruptured by a street crew released 16 000 gallons of gasoline causing a flash fire on Venice Boulevard Palms. The blast demolished seven buildings, burned 17 people with six in critical condition and left three missing. Fire crews fought the blaze for over an hour.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Venice Boulevard
Palms
Mark Sparks
Joe Mosseri
Brown
Jess Mendoza
Governor to Deliver Nation TV Speech Amid Malpractice Reform
A Sacramento report notes Governor schedules a June 25 national television address. Legislature considers measures expanding medical malpractice facilities, spouse support, drug seizure powers, and funding for the California Museum of Science and Industry. SB1524 and related bills move toward Assembly, with votes ranging from 22 to 30.
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United Press International
Chel
D-Long Beach
Senate
Presley
Riverside
Assembly
Deukmejian
Long Beach
Museum
California Museum of Science and Industry
Los Angeles
Greene
Solar
Smith
Saratoga
Dunlap
Napa
Alquist
San Jose
Monterey Park
Foran
San Francisco
Sieroty
BART
Bay Area
Knox
Richmond
Viking 1 Begins Mars Photo Run Ahead of Landing
Pasadena reports Viking 1 speeds toward Mars at 6000 mph and starts a photographic sequence of Mars and Deimos from about 40000 miles away. The craft will enter a wide Mars orbit, then narrow it, survey the landing site, and attempt tests to assess environment and potential life before the July 4 touchdown.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking 1
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Deimos
Viking
America
Viking Lander
Two Nurses Held in VA Patient Deaths
FBI arrests two Filipino nurses B Narciso 30 Ypsilanti and L Perez 31 Evanston Ill former Ann Arbor residents in a pattern of ventilator injections at the Veterans Administration Hospital Ann Arbor. Indicted on five counts of first degree murder 10 counts of poisoning intravenous injections and conspiracy.
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Detroit
UPI
Veterans Administration Hospital
Ann Arbor
FBI
Filipina B. Narciso
Ypsilanti
Leonora M.perez
Evanston
Ill
Chicago
Midwest Storms Kill Seven as Floods Hit Houston
A three day outbreak of tornadoes and heavy rain devastated the Midwest and Houston. At least seven people died across the region while floods overwhelmed hospitals, waterlogged supplies, and damaged art at the Contemporary Arts Museum.
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United Press International
South Dakota
Richard Kneip
White House
Houston
Midwest
Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan
St. Luke’s Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Methodist
Herman Hospital
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Cornelius Brown
Ray Gallagher
Sacramento
Rice Bowl Cafe
Barnes
Miss Narciso
Mrs. Perez
Perez
Thomas O’brien
Ann Arbor Hospital
Lompoc
Northside
Benny Contreras JR
No. H St
Furniture
Westside Furniture
W. Ocean
RTE
Buellton
Lloyd E. Pyzer
M.D
Pyzer
Kauffman’s
Rowan's
Kauffment Row
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