Pipeline explosion kills five near Brookside Village Texas
A 30 inch natural gas line exploded near a Brookside Village mobile home park sending a fireball seen for miles. Five people died and at least 43 were injured as trailers burned and a crater formed. Officials evacuated residents as investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board prepared to inspect the site and determine the cause.
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Brookside Village
Texas
Eugene Dolan
Dolan
Pittsburgh
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Bill Wilcox
Friendswood
Elia Martinez
Brazoria County
Tom Thacker
Houston
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
United Texas Transmission Gas Co
Victoria
Beaumont
Freeport
Beaumont Port Arthur Orange
Marshall
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Richard G. Marini
Marini
Fort Worth
Ray Holland
Brookside
Holland
Fires lose Devil Winds as Los Angeles wildfires ease
Brushfires near Los Angeles faded after the Santa Ana winds, nicknamed Devil Winds, subsided. Fires burned about 40,000 acres, destroyed over 100 homes, and forced thousands to flee. Two people died in a nearby crash. several others hospitalized amid melees with panicked residents and emergency crews. Firefighting aircraft faced crashes and forced landings but injuries were minor.
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Los Angeles
Santa Ana
National Weather Service
Joe Austin
Catt Ken LaVoie
Malibu Coast
Mandeville Canyon
Malibu
Angoura
Inflation tops Carter agenda in anti inflation plan
President Carter called his forthcoming speech a key moment in the fight against inflation. After a Camp David retreat, he summoned Cabinet members to the White House and declared the anti inflation drive his top domestic priority. He warned of growing opposition from special interests and vowed a forceful, effective response.
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Washington
Carter
Camp David
White House
Clements Hill square off today in Houston
Texas gubernatorial candidate Bill Clements faces John Hill in a local three debate plan with a Houston airing and Dallas Amarillo stops to follow. Hill backs the statewide implications while Clements presses for a state wide platform and equal questions. In the Senate race Tower Krueger battle intensifies with accusations of distortion and conspiracy while La Raza Unida candidate Diaz DeLeon plans a pre election suit over alleged offers to withdraw. Tower cites a pay raise charge. Campos denies. Debates add pressure as Clements audits Hill claims and disputes campaign expense estimates.
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Texas
Bill Clements
John Hill
Clements
Hill
Houston
Dallas
Amarillo
Capitol
Senate
John Tower
Bob Krueger
Tower
Krueger
Ken Towery
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Washington
la Raza Unida
Luis Diaz DeLeon
San Antonio
Mark Campos
DeLeon
Campos
U.S
Tony Canales
Ruben DeLuna
Brownsville
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Baylor Road
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Santa Monica Mountains
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Anetaee
Abby
Rene Rene
Goren
California
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Odessa
West Texas
Attorney General
Republican
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