Alameda jet tolls city in deadly crash fire
A Navy jet crash in Alameda sparked a nightlong blaze that leveled a Tahoe Apartments building and left bodies unrecognizable among charred debris. Rescuers faced flareups as cranes removed wreckage while Mayor Lacroix called it the worst tragedy in Alameda’s history.
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San Francisco Bay
Dense fog clears in harbor area as skies brighten
A fogbound predawn gives way to clearer conditions in most areas by 7 a.m. with 3 mile visibility at Los Angeles Harbor while Long Beach Harbor remains fogged. Warnings warn motorists of dense fog across freeways in Ontar io Diamond Bar and Mil liken and parts of the San Fernando Valley. More rain from a Central California front drops 5 inches above normal in the basin, causing slick roads and several accidents.
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Girls Enter Cage Game As California Coed Rule Changes
Miss Palmer an 18 year old from San Bernardino walked onto the court to a standing ovation as San Diego team advanced to showers amid talk of reshaped college sports. The California junior college association allows coeds in 12 varsity sports, boosting women's participation in two year colleges. Miss Ferguson, 259 guard from Redlands, trained for a potential debut but did not play. San Diego’s sole conference win last month came against Valley.
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San Diego
Inferno Witnesses Describe Jet Crash Rebecca Place Scene
Witnesses recount the explosion and collapse of a building as residents scrambled to escape. Brad Smith recalls the apartment collapsing like a house of sticks while others describe debris scattering across the street and Navy personnel aiding frightened neighbors.
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Rieck Vierman
Tran
William Haight
Haight
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Richard Anderson
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POW release plan centers on Quan Loi airstrip in Vietnam
Joint Military Commission talks point to Quan Loi near the Laotian border as the likely South Vietnam POW release site with Sunday night Washington time for the first batch. North Vietnam and Laos releases would occur in Hanoi, and the code of conduct will be enforced with tempered mercy while cases of abuse face prosecution on a case by case basis. In San Antonio Texas a destroyer boiler explosion killed five sailors, including James A Raun Jr and J C Hearrold, with two others severely burned and hospitalized.
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Hearrold
Boston
Thesia Center
Basilone
Navy halts Viet duty for 9 ships
Navy stops Viet duty for nine ships. no replacements planned. U.S. had three carriers off Tonkin before North Vietnamese spring invasion last March. President Nison then expanded carrier presence and sent Air Force squadrons elsewhere in the Pacific. Now about 55 to 60 U.S. naval vessels operate in Southeast Asian waters.
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Southeast Asian
Laos Cease Fire Hopes Rise In Peace Talks
House group member Rogers voiced optimism on Vietnam peace progress and Laos cease-fire plans. Kissinger to visit Laos Friday to meet with Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma as U S bombers continue support for Lao government forces awaiting a formal cease-fire and withdrawal of foreign troops.
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Pathet Lao
U.S
High court halts Palisades oil drilling by Occidental
The California Supreme Court ordered a temporary stay on Occidental Petroleum’s oil drilling at Palisades near Temescal Canyon while No Oil Inc. seeks a full environmental impact hearing. The ruling pauses work as the court weighs whether the City Council properly considered environmental effects before approving two oil drilling districts. A 41 vote signaled only a temporary measure pending a later decision.
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District Court of Appeals
Computer aids cops nab burglary suspect in Lakewood
Lakewood sheriff's deputies arrested 25 year old Edward Lee Carter Jr of Compton after a typed debt receipt led to his home. Dr Leonard Wachs reported a ransack at 4245 Lakewood Drive with appliances art objects jewelry and a coin collection valued over 25000. Carter was found in bed at 544 Almond Street Compton and booked on burglary charges. loot from the physician's home was recovered.
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Leonard Wachs
Country Club
Lakewood Drive
Wachs
Edward Carter
Almond St
Carter
Physi- Hane
Student dies after falling into boiling manhole
A Stony Brook University student identified as 19 year old Sherman Rattenberg died after tumbling 25 feet into an open manhole filled with steam and boiling water in a campus parking lot. He fell while walking with two men and two women. authorities noted the cover had been removed and the body was recovered at 2:20 a.m. by workers in protective gear.
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N.Y
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