Suspect hijacks CHP car in wild Long Beach chase
Long Beach police and CHP pursued a suspect who hijacked a patrol car and led a high speed chase through streets before retreating to an attic residence at 160 Stanton Ave. Clinton "Sugar Bear" Hines, 27, boxer, surrendered after 446 hours in the cramped space with STAR squad officers Arnold Schmeling and Mike Woodward. The drama began when officer George Miller encountered a man with a gun on the transition road from the San Diego Freeway to the Long Beach Freeway and the suspect fled in the stolen car. Witnesses Mary Ann Pratt and Kathleen Grachowski reported the confrontation to Officer Herder as the chase continued through Anaheim Street and 71st Street.
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Long Beach
Gimpoint
Clinton
Sugar Bear" Hines
Stanton Ave
Special Tactics and Rescue
STAR
Arnold Schmeling
Mike Woodward
Hines
Schmeling
Bince
Woodward
George Miller
San Diego
Miller
CHP
Transktion
Mary Ann Pratt
Kathleen Grachowski
Mike Herder
San Francisco
Herder
Long Headc
Stoten Auto
Anaheim Street
71St Street
Pacific
Senator accuses Calif of blackmail to block Sohio oil terminal
Senator Harrison Selumul claims California uses environmental standards to block the Port of Long Beach Sohio terminal project. He argues Alaska sour crude should move across the Southwest to Texas refineries, with Rep Harold Runnels backing a plan to study Alaska oil handling and transport.
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Calif
Sohio
Hoswell
W.M
West Cas
Harrison Selumul
Roswell
Port of
Long Beach
California
United States
Texas
Schmitt
Sothhwest
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
House
Interior and Insular Affairs
West
Fire damages Mobil Arctic at Bethlehem shipyard
An electrical short caused a fire aboard the Mobil Arctic while at Bethlehem Steel shipyard in Los Angeles. The blaze damaged about 50,000 dollars, spread across three control panels, and delayed the tanker’s departure by roughly 30 days as crews fought the flames for two hours.
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Los Angeles
Island
Mobil Arctic
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Robert Schulz
San Pedro and Peninsula Hospital
Mobil Oil Corp
Steel
Elvis Presley mausoleum crowds honor late star in Memphis
Fans across Memphis gather outside the mausoleum as Elvis Presley is laid to rest. Mourners, including a white class of Mowers from his former wife and daughter, file past the crypt while 3,116 floral displays blanket the lawn. Coffin sealed behind marble slab. a three foot white carnation cross near the window. Lisa Marie Presley, 9, and Priscilla are noted. the couple divorced. The mausoleum remains locked as family is anticipated later in the day. Some waited overnight, sleeping on sidewalks.
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Presley
Lisa Marie
Priscilla
Arizona governor chosen envoy to Argentina
Washington AP Carter nominates Arizona Governor Raw H. Castro for ambassador to Argentina. Castro, a former ambassador to Bolivia and El Salvador, is a naturalized citizen born in Cananea, Mexico. He became governor in 1975 on his second try. his term ends December 1978. If confirmed, Secretary of State Wesley Bolin would replace him.
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Washington
Carter
Arizona
Raw H. Castro
Bolivia
el Salvador
Argentina
Castro
Cananea
Mexico
Stat
Wesley Bolin
Johnson
Tax chief appeals assessment in high tax dispute
Los Angeles County Assessor Philip Watson appealed a 176000 assessment on his new home near West Covina, arguing the property is worth no more than 14000. The case, filed with his wife Judge Nancy B. Watson, drew surprise and a suggestion to transfer venues, as 2000 other property owners also challenged assessments. The Watsons bought the home for 155000 including furnishings.
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Los Angeles
Philip Watson
West Covina Country Club
Watson
Peals Board
Steve Stewart
Stewart
Watsons
Largest Indian Ocean quake rattles Australia to flee buildings
An enormous earthquake in the Indian Ocean between Australia and Indonesia measured up to 8.9 on the Richter scale. Tremors swept western Australia as hundreds of workers fled offices and windows rattled in Perth. No damage or tsunami warnings were reported initially.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Indian Ocean
Australia
Western Australia
Vienna Institute For Meteorology and Geodynamics
Perth
Santo
Rcumors
Port Hedland
Sumba
Bali
International Tsunami Information Center
Honolulu
Uppsala Seismological Institute
Sweden
San Francisco
Congressman's wife records a cocord album for husband
A jumble of brief items notes a congressman's wife producing a cocord album for her husband, a Anaheim apartment blaze that killed three children, and other disparate notices. The piece surveys political topics, a quake description near Port Hedland, and weather outlooks for tonight and Saturday.
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Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
New York Times
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