Arson Suspected After Million-Dollar Indianapolis Fire
Fire Chief Donald Jam says witnesses reported an arsonist at the scene in downtown Indianapolis. The blaze destroyed 8 to 9 million dollars in real estate improvements, with six injured, five of them firefighters. Water cuts and wind aided flames from Grant's department store toward the Washington Towers. A wheelchair user and infant escaped from the burning hotel as investigators guard the area.
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Nixon tapes search theater recounts Watergate talks
The Nixon tapes search moves forward as the Watergate prosecution runs under Leon Jaworski. Senate Watergate panel chair Sam Ervin signals openness to a private White House meeting with Nixon to obtain his account, possibly published afterward.
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Kissinger heads toward Tunis on Arab tour
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, after talks with King Hassan II in Rabat, travels to Tunis to meet President Habib Bourguiba before Cairo. In the Golan Heights, Syrian jets repelled Israeli air formations. fighting tensions surface along the cease-fire fronts as Kissinger urges a fair Middle East peace. He scales back Nobel prize plans citing pressing duties, while U.S. probes into Watergate and Jaworski’s appointment play out in Washington.
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Prop. L vote forecast stirs California campaign talk
Secretary of State Hol and G Brown Jr declined to issue a turnout forecast for Prop. L. Moretti warned that heavy turnout was essential to defeat Prop. 1 while Reagan warned of looming spending if Prop. 1 failed. Moretti, campaigning for governor, denied a spending surge, and both sides planned get-togethers in Los Angeles as election day approached.
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Death by own action moves Kemper to Vacaville prison
Edmund Kemper III, on trial for eight murders, was transferred from San Mateo County Jail to the State Medical Prison at Vacaville after another death by own action attempt. The case centers on Kemper and the ongoing legal proceedings.
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Freeways speed limits cut back to 65 mph
California officials announce a 65 mph speed limit on freeways, with a 70 mph allowance only where conditions assure safety. The move, tied to offshore drilling safeguards and fuel allotment disputes, impacts agriculture, trucking, gravel pits, and school buses. Federal officials say the plan is in effect, though some leniencies exist for farmers to access needed fuel.
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Gas tanker and car crash kills two in Salinas storm
A gas line tanker collided with a car on Highway 161 in heavy rain, causing a massive fire. The Highway Patrol reports at least two deaths and eight thousand gallons of gasoline spilled. Intense heat hindered rescue as traffic was rerouted past San Miguel Canyon Road.
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San Miguel Canyon
New York Firefighters Stage Five Hour Strike
New York City firemen walked out for five hours the first strike in 18 years. The walkout ended when Richard J. Vizzini of the Uniformed Firefighters Association ordered 10,900 strikers back to work. Fire Commissioner John T. O'Hagan warned of imminent peril as a five alarm fire was reported in a vacant Brooklyn building.
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