Quake victims face minimal state aid in Oxnard damage
The Feb 9 1971 Southern California quake struck Oxnard hardest with $1 million in preliminary losses, 7000 power outages, and 13 Edison circuits down. State officials noted potential aid for roads and public buildings but doubt private citizens will qualify. The tremor reached 5.75 on the Richter scale at 6:46 am lasting 20 seconds.
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Oxnard-Camarillo
Ventura County
California
Edison
Pacific Coast Highway
Herbert R. Temple Jr
State Office of Emergency Services
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Desert
Palm Springs
Pacific
Pt. Mugu
Oxnard
California Institute of Technology Seismic Laboratory
Pasadena
Five killed and twenty two hurt in gas explosion
Coopersburg Pennsylvania reports an explosion that leveled a six unit apartment building as sewer work may have disturbed a gas line. Five people died and 22 were injured in the blast which also damaged nearby homes and sparked fires. Names and ages of the dead include Thelma Hoffhines 53 Mary Jane Sacks 26 Steven Gauches 3 Terry Laub 2 and Charles Army 69. Two injured remained in critical condition. Fire and recovery operations followed control of the fires. Coopersburg lies ten miles south of Allentown.
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Coopersburg
Richard L. Bunn
United Gas Improvement Co
Thelma Hoffhines
Mary Jane Sacks
Steven Gauches
Terry Laub
Charles Army
Petain's coffin returned to Verdun grave amid political tension
Paris AP report details the flag draped coffin of Marshal Philippe Petain being returned to its grave on a northern island after rightists stole it and hoped to bury him at Douaumont. Police detain six suspects including ultrarightist candidate Herbert Massol and minister Francois Roux de Cassan. Jacques Isorni accuses the government of duplicity over the burial site. The affair risks influencing upcoming National Assembly elections as France weighs Vichy-era wounds.
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Marshal Philippe Petain
Atlantic
Douaumont
Verdun
Herbert Massol
Assembly
Francois Roux de Cassan
Petain
Vichy
Jacques Isorni
Georges Pompidou
Canadians Concentrated Near U S Border Within 200 Miles
A large share of the Canadian population lives close to the United States border with roughly ninety percent residing within 200 miles of the line. The statistic highlights how proximity to the border shapes settlement patterns and cross-border interactions.
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