Heat wave grips Southern California with dozens of fires
Overworked firefighters battled more than 20 blazes as record heat parched the region. By Tuesday fires had scorched 65 houses and over 30,450 acres, with evacuations near the police academy and Dodger Stadium. A 400 acre Los Angeles fire, a Mt. Washington arson probe, Burbank grass blaze, and a Rancho Palos Verdes brush fire threatened homes while Pasadena investigated two children as possible starters. Downtown LA hit 105 degrees in a record heat day.
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Pasadena Fire Department
Reagan Heads to China with Taiwan Relations Reminder
Haig told reporters that the United States would maintain unofficial ties with Taiwan and uphold the Taiwan Relations Act. He avoided public assurances about U.S. selling high performance jets to Taiwan and said arms sales to China would be considered case by case.
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Haig
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Lincoln boyhood home hits 1 million dollar asking price
Hodgenville Kentucky owners list Knob Creek Farm for sale at one million dollars citing burden of daily upkeep. Dan Boone the broker notes revenue from spring to fall tourism and contemplates sale to a corporate buyer or Lincoln enthusiast to preserve the site.
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Abraham Lincoln
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LaRue County
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Dan Boone
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Indiana
Illinois
Knox Creek
Adults Only Rule Tested by Trailer Park Parents
Los Angeles parents Steven and Barbara Zipp face eviction after a court upheld an adults only policy at Pt Dume Mobile Home Park. Judge Weil noted state law allows parks to restrict residents to adults. The Zipps seek to overturn the policy, with attorney Gloria Allred calling it a test of legality in mobile home parks.
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Barbara Zipp
Zipps
Gloria Allred
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California Supreme Court
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Walter Talley
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John Phillips
J.R. Phillips Management Company
Zipp
Barbara
Weil
Ms. Allred
Firefighter Rescues Baby From Ledged Fire Amid LA Hotel Blaze
A fire on the second floor of a 200-room Los Angeles residential hotel injured twelve and forced evacuations. Firefighter James D. Bryan, an 18-year veteran, carried Elizabeth Ann Foster in his jacket to safety from a hotel room, assisting her mother Helen Foster and Violet Brown on a narrow ledge. Fire crews battled heat and winds from brushfires as residents escaped via stairs and ladders.
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Aquaro
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California pilot held in Tampa for cocaine smuggling
Donald Kramer Peterson, 50, Irvine, California, is jailed on $5 million bond after an air and ground chase ended in a 559-pound cocaine seizure valued at about 140 million on the street. Authorities say it is the second largest seizure by U S Customs. Peterson’s lawyer plans a motion to reduce bond within 10 days. Stricklin company executives and the Humboldt firm face penalties and potential prison terms.
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Donald Kramer Peterson
Irvine
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U.S. Customs Service
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Third Cuban detainee slain at Atlanta federal prison
At the Atlanta federal prison housing more than 1,700 Cuban refugees from last year’s boatlift, Victor Robaina-Valdivia, 34, was fatally stabbed Tuesday afternoon. A prior Cuban detainee was stabbed in May and another died last September from wounds in a scuffle. The detainees arrived aboard the Freedom Flotilla and are held for alleged crimes in Cuba.
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Bid riggers plead guilty in Tennessee highway project case
Three construction executives and their firms, Ken Tenn Construction Co. of Fulton Kentucky, Union City Paving Co. of Union City Tennessee, and J.A. Hadley Construction, pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig bids on a 1976 Tennessee highway contract. Sentencing dates are to be set.
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Ken- Tenn Construction Co
Fulton, Ky
Maxwell F. Modade Jr
Union City Paving Co
Union City, Tenn
Leonard W. London
J.A. Hadley
Boat sinks off Erie shore. three bodies recovered
In ASHTABULA Ohio authorities say a small boat sank near the Lake Erie shore 50 feet from land. The bodies of three people were pulled from the lake, a fourth washed ashore. The Coast Guard cited unclear cause, noting calm weather. No life preservers were found and the coroner ruled accidental drownings.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Mike James
Odessa American subscription rates and delivery info
Daily and Sunday Odessa American offers mail and delivery options with annual and short term prices. Subscriptions include second class postage. contact numbers and delivery hours are listed for address changes and delivery issues.
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Record Warmth Sparks Permian Basin Temperature Milestone
The National Weather Service at Midland reports a 49 degree low, breaking a 26 year old record set in 1945 for the same date. Forecasters expect a warm spell with highs near 90 and winds up to 25 mph. Flash flooding risk remains where ground is saturated, while most of Texas stays warm and dry.
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