Anaheim Substation Blast Knocks Out City Power
A blast at the Anaheim Boulevard substation caused a 12,000 volt transformer to explode, blacking out Anaheim for about two hours. The 6:20 p.m. explosion damaged equipment estimated at 12,000 dollars, with restoration varying by area. No injuries reported and crews worked through the night to restore service.
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Anaheim
Anaheim Boulevard
Ellsworth Avenue
Central City
Anaheim Utilities Department
Ed Damon
City Electric Department
Dumon
Fires rage across Northwest as fires burn through forests
Officials warned southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon face extreme fire danger from dead trees and tussock moth damage while new blazes sparked by lightning threaten northern Idaho Utah and western Montana. Oregon’s LaGrande area battled a 6 000 acre fire not under control, while Montana faced multiple large fires across 40 000 acres with closures of federal state and private lands. Firefighters endured hazards from wasps and evacuations as costs climb past 31 million dollars with planes dropping retardant on several fronts.
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Washington
Oregon
Kaho
Idaho
Utah
Montana
LaGrande
Wesley Allen
Bill Lyon
U.S. Forest Service
Thomas KL
Russell
Wienell
Blood Creek
Kootenai National Forest
Itaho
Snake Creek
Bitterroot National Forest
Assassination Plot Disrupted Delay in Nixon Motorcade
The report details a suspected assassination plot tied to President Nixon and his wife as they left the arrival site. The Secret Service advised a route diversion, partly due to uncertainty, and public inquiries followed. Authorities linked the suspect Gaudet to prior Nixon motorcade incidents and a 1967 firearm discharge incident.
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Nixon Weing
Nixon Pides
Secret Service
Warner
Nixon
Plane crashes off San Pedro coast injures two aboard
A light two seater plane sank about 300 yards off Royal Palms State Park in San Pedro Sunday afternoon. Pilot John Rowan 22 and passenger Frank Sloan 32, Hawthorne, were rescued uninjured. Sloan owned the Luscomb. The craft stalled after a downdraft as it circled near White's Point. The aircraft floated 18 minutes before sinking in 20 feet of water.
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Royal Palms State Park
San Pedro
John Rowan
120Th St
Mawthorne
Frank Sloan
13Th St
Hawthorne
Sloan
Luscomb
White's Point
Young Kennedy Guilty In Fatal Accident
Kennedy found guilty and fined after a collision on a side road. Witnesses say the Jeep carried passengers, with Pamela Kelly left partially paralyzed and others seriously injured. Police report Kennedy admitted fault and stated no one else was to blame.
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Kennedy
Saura Peterson
Taity Road
Pamela Kelly
Centerville
Mass
Miss Kelly
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis
Hess
David
May Schiaff
Grosse Paint
Mich
Patricia Powers
Spring Lake
Franceses
de Onis
Kelly
Kim
Desert blackout hits Palm Springs area hotels and homes
A storm packing 7 mph winds and lightning knocked out power across Palm Springs for about an hour early today. No injuries were reported while a few panes broke and several small fires started but caused no structural damage. Fire officials described the city as a dust cloud as winds reached 12 575 am and 50 percent of lights went out before power was restored to most areas by 1 30 am except the Las Palimag enclave remained dark overnight.
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Palm Springs
UPS
Las” Palimag
Violent storms lash Yuma and Imperial Valley
Severe rainstorms with high winds knocked out power in Yuma County and Imperial Valley areas. Officials report extensive damage to aircraft at Yuma Airport, downed power poles and mobile homes, and stations knocked off the air. A Public Service delay to restore power is expected, with heat forecast to rise to 105 degrees. A storm watch remained in effect.
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Yuma
Ariz IA
Arizona
Arizona Public Service
Yuma International Airport
California
Los Angeles Probes Tie to Texas Sex Case Rings
Los Angeles detectives investigate links between a Texas sex offense slayings case and a Hollywood adult film producer amid claims of a nationwide procurement ring. Dallas and Houston authorities reported seizures of file logs with up to 140,000 names and boy pictures, while two men on Galveston County beach matched descriptions of Corll and Henley in a historic child sex trafficking case.
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Los Angeles
Texas
Hollywood
Dallas
California
al Treaty
Houston
Galveston County
Dean A. Corll
Fimer Wayne Henley
Henley
Corll
David Brooks
Mast Beach
Compton Man Slain by Sniper in Apartment Kitchen
A A W-year-old Compton man identified as Liciare Fajarda was shot in the stomach by a sniper from outside the kitchen window of his Santa Fe Avenue apartment around 12 20 AM. Neighbors awoke to the gunfire and alerted police. Fajarda lived with four other men. three were asleep during the shooting. An exterior shot from the rear-facing kitchen window ended his life. An earthquake rattled parts of west Los Angeles Sunday night, with Hollywood police saying it was hardly noticeable.
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Compton
Liciare Fajarda
Santa Fe Ave
Fejerda
Asltep
108 Angeles
West Log Angeles
Hollywood
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One Sun
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Clarence M. Kelly
Elliot. Richardson
Justice Department
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FBI
Jacek Hertiginn
Gaudet
Tama
New Orleans
Clarence Giarrusso
Canal Street
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Rivergate Convention Center
Mississippi River
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Ethel Kennedy
Sen
Ted Kennedy
Young Kennedy
William Carlton
Merrill Lindsay
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Blackout
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Imperial
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Atkins
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