Red tide floods Florida coast hurting tourism
The worst red tide outbreak in nearly 25 years stretches 100 miles from St. Petersburg to Fort Myers. Dead fish litter Gulf waters and tourist businesses suffer as motels report empty rooms and cancellations. Officials tally disposal costs around 10,000 dollars daily with over 500 tons collected Wednesday. Oyster and clam fishing remain banned. The 1947 outbreak began in November and lasted three months.
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Pla
Florida
Gulf Coast
St. Petersburg
Fort Myers
Fired inspector claims Navy Todd hid ship flaws
Oscar Hoffman a former inspector files a 1.5 million suit against Todd Shipyards and Navy officials alleging deliberate disregard of faulty construction on the USS Knox and USS Roark. He says welded piping was misaligned and uninspected, with falsified logs and threatened compliance. No injuries were reported in the fires aboard both ships.
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Navy
Todd
Seattle
Oscar Hoffman
Todd Shipyards
U.S
Hoffman
Knox
Shipyard
W. A. Yatch
13Th Naval District
Henry P. Willimon
Jack Scott
Willimon
Scott
Long Beach medic places in Canada air race despite delays
Dr. Philip W. Reames chief of staff at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach landed a twin engine Cessna 310 in Victoria British Columbia to finish third in the 5800 mile England to Canada air race. Co pilot Dan Hood of Santa Barbara earned $10000 for the week's work and the team scored 672 points. Joe Blumschein of West Germany won 50000. Timothy Philips of Ireland finished second earning 20000. A women's team from Long Beach and Santa Barbara did not place. Thunderstorms caused a five hour delay in Calgary.
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Philip W. Reames
Pacific Hospital of
Long Beach
Victoria
British Columbia
London
Pan Am
Dan Hood
Santa Barbara
Joe Blumschein
West Germany
Berlin
Blumschein
Timothy Philips
Rockies
Calgary
Fran Bera
Long
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Cortney Haddock
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