Grave blast at Westwego storage site kills five
A massive explosion at Continental Grain Co in Westwego near New Orleans killed at least five and left more than twenty missing. Fire and rescue teams battled smoke as inspectors and officials assessed the towering silo complex and a ship load was underway when the blast occurred.
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New Orleans
Continental Grain Co
Westwego
Jefferson Parish
Cronvich
Allus Foret
Mississippi River
Audubon Park Zoo
Carter warns farmers to keep demonstrations nonconfrontational
In Plains Georgia President Carter told farmers to alert consumers to their problems without turning them against the farmers. He said demonstrations don’t bother him as he is protected but disrupt local life and asked for careful conduct during his Christmas vacation strolls.
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Plains
Carter
Woodland Drive
Pyanus
Chip
Family Trust
Main Street
Hugh Carter
White House
Georgia
Turner's Hardware Store
Bellflower Woman Found Dead in Apartment In Sex Assault Case
Pamela Sperry, 21, of 16220 Wondralf Ave Bellflower was found nude from the waist up in her bed at 7:30 p.m. by two roommates. Deputies said she had been dead about eight hours from an apparent rape and strangulation with no sign of a struggle and no suspects identified. The victim was not linked to the Hillside Strangler case.
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Pamela Sperry
Wondralf Ave
Budget Christmas shopping on a dime in Seattle
Seattle Times reporter Richard Buck lists 60 items for 4.24 dollars and notes stores lacking sub dime prices. He buys a party popper, bulbs, a postcard, and a green bow for 47 cents, then gets a 2 dollar parking ticket after forgetting a meter dime.
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Richard Buck
Seattle Times
Buck
Weather Tonight and Friday Area Rain and Mountain Snow
Tonight and Friday areas expect rain with a low around 50s and high near 65 in the plains Mountains face rain snow and windy conditions with lows near 25 and highs about 45 RTS winds bring rain snow and wind.
Storm winds devastate California citrus and avocado crops
Two day storm hammered much of the state causing heavy losses to avocado crops estimated at 5 to 10 million dollars and severe damage to citrus orchards. The California Avocado Advisory Council said 15 to 20 million pounds may have been stripped from trees with only about 69 percent salvageable. San Diego County dominates California's 44 million dollar avocado industry, and growers expect higher prices next year as supplies shrink. Officials report up to 50 percent of citrus orange and mandarin trees damaged in Valley Center Pauma Valley. Hurricane force winds also toppled trees, knocked out power to tens of thousands, and prompted emergencies in Arvin and Humboldt County. Several deaths occurred in wind related incidents.
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California
California Avocado Advisory Council
Ventura
Qrangy
San Diego
Ralph Pinkerton
Advocado Council
Paramount Citrus Association
Fallbrook
Valley Center-Pauma Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Arvin
Faw, Brown
Humboldt County
Bakersfield
AL Gorman
Tehachapi Mountains
Los Angeles
Interstate 3
Subic Bay bank hostage ends in gunman’s death
A Filipino gunman seized a bank at Subic Bay and held 14 hostages for 48 hours threatening to burn a pregnant woman and blow up the bank. Marines stormed the building, finding the gunman unconscious. he died at the base hospital. Two hostages were hurt.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
Tale
Frank
Atterman
Cmdr
Michael Sherman
Navy
Sherman
U.S
Cal
Ernesto Venturina
Harris Survey Summaries Political, Academic and Public Life
A bulletin lists topics from a Harris Survey covering national and local politicos, news, colleges, religion, and medicine with references to page numbers for follow up. It notes how public needs are assessed and reported across multiple sectors.
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Harris
Suspected gunman captured in Boulder City Nevada
A former Garden Grove man, Jesse Bishop, 44, suspected of kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, auto theft, hijacking UPS and U.S. Mail trucks, and taking two hostages after a $238 Las Vegas Strip hold up, was captured in Boulder City Nevada after an all night search. Garden Grove and Anaheim police linked him to a Bec. holdup and a pharmacy robbery.
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Boulder City
Nev
Garden Grove
Jesse Bishop
Rialto
Calife
United Parcel Service
U.S
el Morocco
Las Vegas
Anaheim
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Nikki Glaub
John Allender
Bellflower
Seattle
Bankenager
Nicomedes Villaluz
Corinthia Carabejo, Jr
Press-Telegram
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