Deja vu as Antioch father kills family and self
A distraught father in Antioch shot and killed his two young children and himself, repeating a 1993 incident in the same suburb. Police say Ramirez held the kids for 41 hours after forcing entry into the ex girlfriend’s home, with 66 homes evacuated and the mayor two doors away.
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Antioch
Calif
San Francisco
Joe Appel
Contra Costa Times
Carlos Joseph Ramirez
Cami Viramontes
Viramontes
Ramirez
Carlos
Rich Marchoke
Mary Rocha
Joel Souza
Souza
Dave Lewis
San Francisco Bay Area
Silicon Valley
Bond urges renewed NAACP push against discrimination in inaugural speech
In Atlanta Julian Bond as NAACP chairman called for a united fight for civil rights and a robust offensive against racial bias. He praised past leaders, endorsed affirmative action, and urged members to expand advocacy beyond internal quarrels while emphasizing action over rhetoric.
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Atlanta
Julian Bond
NAACP
Bond
Martin Luther King
Selma
Montgomery
Washington
King
John Lewis
D-Ga
American University
Washington, D.C
University of Virginia
Ingenious Florida fire ideas from backyard inventors
Florida forest officials field a flood of self described fire control proposals from citizens. Ideas range from giant wind machines and one million cubic yards of wet dirt to a Goodyear Blimp sized water carrier and foam cannons on tanks. One pilot group proposes converting surplus A 10 aircraft into quick response fire supports, using water and retardant drops delivered through hoses to aid ground crews.
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Tallahassee
Fila
Faoe
Florida
J.P. Greene
State Division of Forestry
Goodyear
Robert McKinney
U.S. Forest Service
Washington, D.C
Ed Herlik
Herlik
U.S
Gasoline prices hold steady amid crude oversupply
Los Angeles based observers note an oversupply of crude oil keeps summer gasoline prices low. A Lundberg Survey of 10,000 stations shows the average price for self and full service slipping only from 1.1339 to 1.1318 per gallon.
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Los Angeles
Trilby Lundberg
Lundberg Survey
Lundberg
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Contra Costa County
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Kavi
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World Congress Center
KRT News Service
Maude Humphries
Enesco
Lowell Davis
Norman Rockwell
Lilliput Lane de Grazia
Heavenly Angels
Frontier Galleries
East 8Th Street
Odessa
Harry
Bernina
Needle Nook
W. Wadley
Imperial Shopping Center
Midland
Texas
Skayna
Southwestern Bell
Terry Rush
Sixth
Jackson
Church OF Christ
E. 6Th Street
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