20 Dead in Las Vegas Desert Bus Crash in Mojave
A bus and a car collided on a sagebrush desert highway near Baker Barstow in the Mojave. The crash left 20 dead and 12 survivors treated at Barstow Community Hospital. Firefighters and investigators from federal agencies aided in rescue and identification efforts.
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Las Vegas
Barstow
Federal Bureau of Investigaton
United States Transportation Department
San Francisco
Barstow Community Hospital
Industrialist Dies in Hagerstown as West Virginia ties noted
K J Funkhouser 78, an industrialist and former Maryland legislator, died today in Washington County Hospital Hagerstown. In the 1940s he challenged for the West Virginia Senate and governor. Fire scene descriptions recount a bus blaze near Baker with injured passengers and volunteers, as crew attempted to control flames.
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Hagerstown
K. J. Funkhouser
Maryland
Washington County Hospital
Senate
West Virginia
GIs in Viet Locked in Fierce Fight
South Vietnamese infantry and allied Marines pressed a coordinated sweep along the Cua Viet River delta, clashing with Communist forces on both riverbanks. In separate actions near Hue, 21 enemy soldiers were killed and 25 bodies found. at Khe Sanh, Rangers killed 27 attackers from a tunnel near the base. Westmoreland announced a northern headquarters reorganization with Cushman retaining overall command and Lt. Gen. Rasson named to direct operations from Hue north.
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Cua Viet River
4Th Marine
Hue
Khe Sanh
William Co
Wind and Rain Endanger Drivers Across Vincent Thomas Span
A night of heavy rainfall and slick roads led to two deaths in traffic on Southland streets. Torrance driver Harry Loupas Jr., 20, was critically injured when his car hit a pole on Crenshaw Boulevard near 190th Street and was hospitalized. Flooding and rainfall reached up to three inches in some areas, with responders racing to assist stranded motorists.
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Southland
Torrance
Hils
Talny Crenshaw Boulevard
190Th Street
Harry Loupas
Annie Ave
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Vincent Thomas
Terminal Island
San Pedro
Harbor Division
Los Angeles Harbor
Downey Avenue
Flower
Reach Pact in Detroit News Strike
Detroit News and Teamsters Union negotiators announced a new agreement aimed at ending the 114 day newspaper blackout after lengthy talks began about 10 a.m. Thursday. Teamsters said they would polling members for ratification, and the News spokesman said the pact was essentially the same as the February 5 agreement that Teamster members had rejected.
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Detroit News
Teamsters Union Today
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the News
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