Conservancy plans Santa Cruz Island preserve purchase
The Nature Conservancy seeks to buy 55 000 acres of Santa Cruz Island 24 miles south of Santa Barbara to create a plant and wildlife preserve. The effort aims to raise 4 million dollars for 90 percent ownership, potentially making it the third Channel Island preserved alongside Anacapa and Santa Barbara.
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Plains Weather Brings Hail and Rain Across Region
A storm system moved from the Plains into the Mississippi Valley after dropping heavy rain in Arkansas and Kansas. Thunderstorms and hail formed in central and northern Plains as a cool front advanced, with baseball sized hail reported in southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas, and roofs damaged in Palisade Nebraska.
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Outbreaks of Legionnaires disease confirmed in several states
Federal and state health officials report new Legionnaires disease cases in Tennessee Vermont and Pennsylvania with no confirmed link to hospitals yet. CDC counts 54 cases and 14 deaths since Philadelphia outbreak in 1976 while Holston Valley Hospital area in Kingsport Tennessee is eyed as a possible high risk location.
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Driver error blamed for Yuba City choir bus tragedy
National Transportation Safety Board cites Evan Prothero for driver error as the main cause of the May 21 1976 crash that killed 28 students and the director’s wife near Martinez California. Contributing factors include poor maintenance by Student Transportation Lines Inc a failed air compressor drive belt ramp signage and design flaws in the Marina Vista off ramp railing and curb.
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Lava Threatens Kalapana Homes as Volcano Erupts
A lava flow from Kilauea threatened 18 Kalapana homes as residents were evacuated. Officials reported lava at 200 to 300 feet high, advancing toward a flat area behind the village and toward Kalapana Store and Drive-In. Civil Defense coordinated evacuations as missing hikers and a light plane were reported.
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Pahoa
San Francisco officer in critical condition after shooting
Police officer Douglas Gibbs, 27, was shot in the Tenderloin decoy operation. He remains unconscious with irreversible brain damage from swelling after surgery. If incapacitated, he could receive full pay then 90 percent to 100 percent through retirement supports. Separately, Harry MacLaughlin was sworn in as a federal judge in Minnesota by Vice President Mondale.
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Brown signs anti redlining and crime bills in California
Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr signed anti redlining measures and nine other crime bills. The bills ban banks denying home loans based on geographic area and aim to revitalize urban areas by blocking discriminatory lending while strengthening penalties for criminals. Brown said the steps will halt urban decay and attract capital to the central city.
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Nate Holden
FDA moves to remove ineffective skin test agents
The FDA says eight biological agents used in skin tests for immunity to tuberculosis mumps diphtheria and a venereal disease are ineffective and will have licenses revoked. A non-government panel confirmed the drugs flawed and several more licenses have already been revoked.
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