Damage Raging Fire Destroys National Can Warehouse
A Vernon blaze destroyed a National Can Co warehouse at 4215 26th St late Tuesday, drawing 25 fire units from six communities. The one-story structure burned for hours, with smoke visible citywide, as investigators worked to determine the cause and total damage. No injuries were reported.
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Vernon
National Can Co
Vernon Fire Department
26Th St
Bitn
Tom Garner
Downey
Montebello
South Gate
Lynwood
Sante Fe Springs
Four die in munitions plant blast near Cleburne Texas
An explosion at Gearhart-Owen Industries in Cleburne killed four women and injured five others as a chain reaction detonated a truck loaded with grenades. Witnesses recalled multiple blast waves, with 30 to 40 workers in the assembly area and 120 at the plant.
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Cleburne, Tex
Doris Brown
Fort Worth
Debbie Sputelle
Joshua
Sue Grisham
Grandbury
Dorothey Cole
Cleburne
Harold Owen
Gearhart-Owen Industries, Inc
Marsha Buckner
Cleburne Times Review
Felan
Johnson County Memorial Hospital
Arthur L. S
Raines
Paris
API
AEC locates second radioactive leakage in Washington
The Atomic Energy Commission reported a second leakage of high level radioactive waste from a storage tank in eastern Washington. About 4,500 gallons are missing from one of 151 tanks, most in service for 20 years. Overall about 115,000 gallons were missing from Hanford tanks.
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Richland, Wash
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
AEG
Hanford
Kitty Hawk converted to antisub job
SAN DIEGO Calif The supercarrier Kitty Hawk returns to San Diego today after undergoing a 22 million conversion to handle antisubmarine warfare The 80000 ton carrier is the first ship equipped to carry the Navy s new F4 Tomcat fighter and S3A Viking antisubmarine jet A Navy spokesman said the Kitty Hawk will carry a crew of 6000 the largest ever to operate a U S warship The carrier also will continue to be a base for attack planes The conversion work was done in the past six months at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard near San Francisco.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
U.S
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