End of high winds helps fire fighters
More than 800 firefighters battled an arson sparked fire line sweeping from the Santa Ynez Mountains into Santa Barbara, destroying 219 homes and threatening the city. The fire covered about 700 acres within the city limits as authorities declared a state of emergency and mobilized National Guard troops. Fire officials said it was not spreading and aimed to widen inland lines to prevent flare ups, with 22 injured and no deaths reported. Residents evacuated and some homes returned after dawn as crews repaired lines and restored services.
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Reporter Wes Gallagher Witnesses Santa Barbara Fire Outbreak
The veteran AP journalist recounts a chaotic Santa Barbara blaze driven by 40 mph desert winds as flames jumped a four mile front. Planes dumped chem wool from a nearby airport while embers swept across Eucalyptus Mil and into the poorer southern district, fanning a five mile stretch before winds eased.
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Begin in deep sorrow over U S criticism of settlements
Prime Minister Begin voiced deep sorrow and disappointment over U S criticism of Israel's settlement policy in the occupied West Bank. The cabinet empowered its settlement committee to decide on new communities, while a State Department spokesman called the move an obstacle to peacemaking.
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Bevin
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Tues
Carter
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Middle East
Tursday
Turi
Strike date set against Bell System
The Communications Workers of America warns 500000 members will strike the Bell System nationwide at 1200 am on Aug 7 if talks fail, with a midnight Aug 6 deadline. About 200000 IBEW and TIU members may join, as unions prepare for possible settlement or strike and distribute 95000 picket signs.
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Communications Workers of America
Bell System
CWA
Glenn FE. Watts
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telecommunications International Union
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Ray to Stand Trial for Prison Escape in Tennessee
James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., was ordered to stand trial on criminal escape charges for the June 10 Brushy Mountain Penitentiary breakout. He and six other inmates were arraigned at a makeshift Morgan County courtroom and given trial dates in September and October.
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Wartburg. Tenn
James Earl Ray
Astasin
Martin Luther King Jr
Braghy Mountain Penitentiary
Ray
Asbury
Wie
Knoxville
Morgan County Vocational School
Jack Kershaw
Avan
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Wereerry
David Powell
Brushy Mountain Penitentiary
Iteam
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Fire consumes homes as residents struggle with hoses
In Santa Barbara the blaze grows amid smoky skies described as an atomic war by witnesses. A hotel crowd was turned away as flames destroyed houses and residents improvised with garden hoses whose pressure failed. One man sprayed from roofs. others fled with few belongings while police noted many uninsured losses and rising fear.
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Karen East
Riead
Jones
South Korean influence buys probe and key remarks
Ally General Griffin Bell confirms prosecutions linked to influence buying. Judge sentences “Only one Woman” in San Pedro bomb threat case amid defense claims of split personality. Movie plot idea spurs real life kidnapping of 25 children and bus. Chicago unemployment at 10 2 percent draws 2000 job seekers for 300 openings paying 3.05 to 3.90 hourly. McCloskey vows to end a “damn war” over a maritime protection measure feared to cost U.S. jobs and trigger a strike. Ombudsman discusses print vs news quality. Two farm labor contractors face State Agricultural Labor Relations Board tensions. Board ranks shift as boards of directors face distrust, Sylvia Porter notes.
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Eneio Lodge
Payne Grean
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San Pedro
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Sylvia Porter
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