Belknap in dock after deadly collision near Sicily
The US guided missile cruiser Belknap suffered a fiery crash with the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy in the Ionian Sea. Four sailors were killed, 45 injured, and four Belknap crewmen remained missing as the ship docked at dawn.
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Priolo
Sicily
UPI
Belknap
Ionian Sea
Rick Foley
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Foley
Kennedy
Cdr. J. Nuzum
Vermont
W. Va
U.S. Navy
Sigonella
Four held in Lompoc burglary and vandalism spree
Two adults and two juveniles were taken into custody and charged in a Lompoc burglary and a wave of malicious mischief. They admit slashing tires and damaging property at several local businesses including Lompoc High School and Robert C. Lilley Realty Co.
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Lompoc
Richard Jean Holcomb
Alcor Ave
Vandenberg Village
Bobby Wayne Campbell
North
Lompoc High School
J.D. Smith
Robert C. Lilley Realty Co
Ocean Avenue
H Street
Beattie Motors
Lompoc Valley Motors
Linden Furniture Co
Aceco Rentals
Smith
Beirut Paralyzed by Gunfights Amid Civil Conflict
Beiruts streets shut down as gun battles rage disrupting efforts for a cease fire. Four people die and twelve are wounded in the latest clashes between Moslem leftists and right wing Christians, part of a toll reaching thousands. A French peace envoy narrowly survives a mortar attack as Premier Rashid Karami convenes a 20 member National Dialogue Committee to seek peace.
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Beirut
Rashid Karami
National Dialogue Committee
Hundreds flee raging Glendale LA brush fire
A massive brush fire driven by Santa Ana winds forced hundreds to evacuate in Glendale and the La Crescenta area and into the San Fernando Valley. Fire lines stretched across 20 000 acres with homes destroyed and schools closed as firefighters battled the blaze amid low humidity and gusts to 50 mph.
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Glendale
UPI
la Crescenta
San Fernando Valley
Santa Ana
la Crescent
Los Angeles
Big Tujunga Canyon
Angeles National Forest
California
Orange County
Burbank
Pasadena
San Gabriel Valley
Desert
San Bernardino National Forest
Mt. Baldy
Santa Susana Pass
Ventura County
Haines Canyon
Alpine
Seven Hills
la Paloma Flats
Foothills Blvd
Trustees face smoking decision at Lompoc schools
Lompoc Unified School Board weighs SB 171 permissive law allowing campus tobacco rules. Administrators may permit on campus smoking areas at Cabrillo and Lompoc High, or leave decisions to individual schools, with status quo possible. An informal Cabrillo poll shows 647 in favor, 349 against, 272 undecided among 1,268 students. teachers split with 26 for, 37 against, five undecided.
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Cabrillo High School
Constellation Road
Lompoc High School
College Avenue
Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified School Board of Trustees
Lompoc
Cabrillo High Schools
Dent
New York Eyes 205 Million City Tax Hikes to Win Ford Support
Albany leaders seek President Ford backing for New York City aid through a 205 million increase in city taxes. The plan stalls amid an impasse as Republicans and minority lawmakers resist, while banks press for broader tax increases. Major elements include a 25 percent city income tax hike and a 50 percent estate tax surcharge.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Daniel P. Moynihan
United Nations
White House
Moynihan
Ron Nelsen
Henry A. Kissinger
U.N. General Assembly
Kissinger
United States
Nelsen
Albany
N.Y
New York City
Hugh Carey
Carey
New York
Assembly
Stanley Steingut
Explosive cache found in hills destroyed by Santa Barbara police
Explosive experts burned 900 pounds of unstable dynamite found in an underground bunker after a horseback rider uncovered the cache in the foothills. An additional 1 100 pounds of safe dynamite was moved to a nearby bunker while 300 pounds were burned.
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Santa Barbara
UPS
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Ann Marie Bieriol
Stop and Go Market
North W St
Ruben Robert Heredia
North M St
Heredia
Williams Bros
Moynihan Service
Lebanon
L.A
Commission
Gregorio
Senate
Warren Anderson
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