Liner Queen Elizabeth capsizes after harbor blaze
Hong Kong authorities and insurers probe the 3,000-ton liner Elizabeth after a weekend fire destroyed the ship in harbor. The vessel, renamed Sea wise University during refit, burned for 24 hours, left a charred hulk, and prompted questions of sabotage. About 2,000 aboard escaped with minor casualties. Investigations by Hong Kong Marine Department and insurers begin, with Lloyds members among covered parties.
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UPI
Hong Kong Marine Department
Gunard Line
London
Elizabeth
Chapman College
Seawise University
Geoffrey Marr
Marr
N.J. Mathew
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Rim
Two deputies slain in trunk of patrol car
Two Fulton County deputies James Cantrell and Larry Mulkey were found dead in the trunk of their patrol car on U.S. 13 near Forsyth County. A massive manhunt followed as authorities, aided by helicopters, searched a wooded residential area for a second suspect from the getaway car. Cantrell, 30, married with two children, and Mulkey were reportedly shot in the head after being restrained, with a .38 caliber gun used in the slayings. The license number of the suspect vehicle was scrawled inside the car and an alert was broadcast nationwide.
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Cumming
UPI
Atlanta
Gyo
Forsyth County
Donald Pirkle
James William Cantrell
Larry Mulkey
U.S. 13
Pirkle
Cantell
Cantrell
Cobb County
James Ingram
Ingram
Mulkey
Resque
Ship sinks in storm with 42 missing near Vancouver Island
Debris from the Dona Anita, a 475 foot freighter, is found 20 miles west of Vancouver Island as searchers chase signs of life. The ship, sailing from Vancouver toward Japan with potash, sank after reporting engine trouble in 100 mph winds. Aboard were 41 crew members and the captain's wife, the sole passenger, all unaccounted for.
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Victoria
B.C
North Pacific
Vancouver Island
Dona Anita
U.S. Coast Guard
North Pacific Shipping Co. Ltd
Vancover
Ronald Dodge
Vancouver
Japan
California budget splits reflect local and state costs
The Reagan administration claims welfare and Medi Cal savings will curb the 1972 78 budget to record highs while separating local assistance from state operations. Local aid totals 4.9 billion for 1972 75, a 132 percent rise, with total state operations likely over seven billion. No new taxes are needed to balance, per the State of the State message.
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Sacramento
Californias
Heafon
Reagan
California
Reagan budget wary split faces Democrat resistance
Sacramento in Reagan plan for a 5 billion budget features a 370 million increase for welfare schools and local aid. Democrats in the Legislature criticize the two part presentation as a potential shift of costs to local governments. Assemblyman Willie L. Brown Jr. argues a single appropriations bill is better and budget hearings will start next week.
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Sacramento
Reagan
Assembly
Willie L. Brown Jr
San Francisco
Pay Board faces hard line on longshoremen raise
The Pay Board may not easily reject a 10 percent wage hike for longshoremen while it refused a 12 percent rise for aerospace workers. Labor sources say the board fears dock shutdowns, and that aerospace workers argue the industry is weak. A three-year ILA pact seeks a 982.6 percent rise for 45,000 dock workers from Maine to Virginia, while West Coast dock workers reject a larger first-year increase. In Price Commission actions, insurance premiums’ profit portions are limited to 2.5 percent annual growth, shifting focus to investment profits.
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Washington
United Alto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen'’s Association
Maine
Virginia
ILA
East
Gulf Coast
West Coast
The
Price Commission
County urge to use existing lines for primary
The county election commission urged the State Supreme Court to hold the Jue primary on current boundary lines due to delays in redistricting. Chairman Howard P. Allen warned of election difficulties if new lines are adopted after January 15, echoed by County Registrar James Allison.
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State Supreme Court
County Election Commission
Howard P. Allen
James Allison
Hughes breaks silence denounces autobiography as fraud
Howard Hughes ends 11 year silence to denounce his self published autobiography as a fraud and says he may abandon his reclusive life career to escape attention. He spoke by telephone from Nassau to a Los Angeles press session, while McGraw Hill and Life magazine defended the book’s authenticity.
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Los Angeles
UPL
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Tours
Paradise Island
Nassau
Bahamas
New York
McGraw-Hill Book Co
Life Magazine
McGraw-Hill
Life
Clifford Irving
Heavy Southland fog closes Los Angeles area airports
Dense fog blankets the Southland with Long Beach and Orange County airports reporting about quarter-mile visibility while L A International faced closures and staggered takeoffs and landings. Harbor fog began lifting, and vessels resumed schedules as a cool morning followed by light coastal fog loosens.
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Southland
Santa Monica
Orange County
Santa Ana
Torrance
Los Angeles International Airport
Marine Exchange
San Pedro
San Francisco
Weather Tonight and Tuesday in LB Area
LB area reports early morning fog then sunny skies. Highs around 85 with a 43 degree low. Mountains stay sunny and windy at times with highs 45 to 55. Deserts and upper valleys reach 56 to 85 while lower valleys top 65 to 78.
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Wirenhoto
Los Angeles Lakers
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Jeane Dixon
Robeson
Earl Wilson
Fulton
Cobb and DeKalb
Bob Schmidt
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