Oil Spill From Greek Tanker At Berth 46 San Pedro
A Greek tanker Lorenzo Halcoussi at Union Oil Terminal Berth 46 in San Pedro spilled about 54 barrels of oil into the Watchorn Basin during bunkering. Crew failed to close a valve promptly. cleanup began with booms. Oil expected to be cleaned within three days with limited sea life damage if topside oil is removed.
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Union Oil Co
San Pedro
Watchorn
Los Angeles
Lorenzo Halcoussi
G. Irwin
Fish and Game Department
Irwin
Watehorn
Holiday Harbor
Fleitz
Night drill simulates West Coast enemy attack by jets
Dozens of supersonic military jets from the Air Force Air National Guard Navy and Marine Corps will scramble from bases between San Diego and Merced in a night exercise simulating an inland West Coast enemy strike. Residents near the coast hear sonic booms as pilots practice intercepting simulated bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Air National Guard
Navy
Marine
San Diego
Merced
Weather Summary for TOMCAT AND THURSDAY LB
AREA morning sees low clouds and fair conditions with a low of 85 and high of 83. MOUNTAINS stay fair with a low of 45 and high of 85. DESERTS remain windy and fair with a low of 5 and high of 110.
Slayton''s space ride ends 16 year wait and thrills
Deke Slayton, oldest Mercury era astronaut, finally flies aboard the Apollo Soyuz mission with crewmates Thomas Stafford and Vance Brand. He reports no fibrillation, notes the super ride, and marvels at Earth from space as the mission links with two cosmonauts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Deke Slayton
Space
Slayton
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Mercury
Scott Carpenter
Kennedy
Astronaut Corps
Man Sets Self Afire Aboard Jet Flight 1601 Death
A Miami Dade College student in a restroom on a National Airlines DC10 burned himself to death after dousing his body with a flammable liquid. The unscheduled Jacksonville landing followed the fatal incident and no passengers were hurt.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Anthony G. Townsend
National Airlines
New York
Kennedy International Airport
George Townsend
Miami-Dade Community College
Philadelphia
Robert Morgan
Townsend
Long Beach Grand Prix clears $400,000 escrow hurdle
Grand Prix Association officials secured a $397,500 escrow at Bank of California and $12,500 on deposit at Harbor Bank to meet a $400,000 city escrow requirement. City officials plan street improvements valued around $44,000 and advance other budgeted work for the 23 mile downtown course. A final August deadline looms for the racing group to complete funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Association
Chris Pook
William Talley
Pook
Talley
Harbor Bank
E. Ocean Blvd
Santa Ana
Bank of California
John Mansell
Munsell
Pack
Zarbold Says Gas Prices May Rise Ahead of Labor Day
AP report notes Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarbold told Congress gasoline prices could rise about 2 to 6 cents a gallon between now and Labor Day. He added prices might fall in September if Middle East producers hold prices, as Congress nears final action on the first energy bill and Ford seeks a gradual oil price increase over several months.
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Washington
Frank Zarbold
Congress
Middle East
Ford
U.S
Soviet Soyuz Apollo linkup clears minor repairs on orbit
Astronauts and cosmonauts prepared for a rendezvous as Soyuz and Apollo lines up a docking position. They used a screwdriver tape and bandages to fix a stuck docking probe after removing a tunnel blockage, with a 21 second engine burn reported perfect. Mission Control in Houston received telecast pictures and noted the near circular 137 to 139 mile Earth orbit and a 3:15 pm PDT rendezvous over West Germany. Commander Leonov demonstrated weightlessness while the crew described adapting to space life as the linkup proceeds.
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Mission Control
Houston
Alexei Leonay
Valeri Kubasov
Moscow Mission Control Center
Soyuz
West Germany
Moscow
Leonov
Valeri
Apollo
Vance D. Brand
Houston Mission Control
Brand
2-Cent Gas Tax Urged for Free County Transit
The Los Angeles County Grant Shire environmental committee urged the Board of Supervisors to push the Legislature for a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax to fund a no fare bus system across the county. Led by Thomas L. Sanders, the panel argued the plan would boost ridership, cut congestion and pollution, and reduce energy use, noting current farebox revenue covers only about 20 percent of the Southern California Rapid Transit District budget.
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Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Sanders
Fire strikes Anza Borrego park threatening bighorn sheep
A wind fueled brush fire jumped into Anza Borrego Desert State Park northeast of San Diego threatening wildlife including bighorn sheep. About 700 firefighters battled the 3 day blaze which had burned 4500 acres with no structures lost and two firefighters injured.
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Ranchita
Anza- Borrego Desert State Park
Mark Jorgensen
San Diego
Jorgensen
Mexico
Chapparal
California Division of Forestry
Imperial County
Uuruly
CDF
Lobster Theft Case In Carson Food firm Report
A Carson company, Quality Col-Pak Inc., reports $50,000 worth of frozen foods vanished from storage over six months. The stolen lobster tails, in 450 pound cases valued at $5.45 per pound, followed earlier misplacement of potato salad and a claim that a Carson food products firm had not yet missed the lobster tails. Deputy Gary W. Fergu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Food Products
Col-Pak Inc
Walnut St
Carson
Gary W. Fergu
Dead Whale Found On Rock Near Coast Guard Pier
Coast Guard crews investigate a dead whale lodged at the high tide line below a 128 foot cliff near Point Vivente Lighthouse Palos Verdes Peninsula. Burglar suspects tied to theft of 11 cases of lobster and other food items were arrested after a truck was stopped and linked to two Carson men, Matthew Spencer and John Hayes, both in custody on grand theft and receiving stolen property charges with bail set at $2000 each.
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Coast Guard
Point Vivente
Palos Verdes
Peninsua
Matthew Edward Spencer
Carson
John Eddie Hayes
Weiser Ave
Los Angeles
Compton
Four die as helicopter crashes near Poway California
A General Dynamics helicopter carrying four aboard, including pilot James Burns, crashed near Sycamore Canyon northeast of San Diego. The craft likely lost power, ignited a brush fire consuming about an acre, and was extinguished after two hours. The dead are John Ehret James Walls Donald Hangen and James Burns. Police retrieved body parts over a quarter mile area.
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General Dynamics
Sycamore Canyon
San Diego
Pomona
John R. Ehret
Ontario
James Walls
la Verne
Donald R. Hangen
Etiwanda
James W. Burns
Huntington Beach
Chuck McLaughlin
Bob Gough
Hames
State Division of Forestry
Poway
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