Worst Rainstorm Hits Southland Area in 70 Years
A severe storm battered the Southland leaving two deaths and multiple rescues. A Hollywood Hills mother Elsa Gilbert, 37, and her daughter Marie were swept to their deaths in Little Cujunga Canyon. Other incidents include a Long Beach worker killed by high voltage wires and a 2-year-old surfer missing at Playa Del Rey. Coast Guard searches for two mariners near Channel Islands, and widespread coastal warnings disrupted travel and caused road closures and evacuations in Malibu and nearby areas.
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Gold Creek
Little Cujunga Canyon
Lee Jorlan
Elsa Gilbert
Marie
Stmnday
Monterey
Terminal Island
Long Beach
Morra Bay
Raymond Geisler
Coast Guard
Port Hueneme
Channel Islands
Roy £. Ball
Santa Monica
Marina del Rey
Santa Barbara Island
Malibu
Newhall
al Playa
al Playa del Rey
Sherifi
Gabriel Villcana
Madison St
Dominguez
Villicana
Harter General Hospital
Rick Linn
Los Angeles
Playa del Rey
David Apodaca
Jet Blown Off Runway In Alaska
A Pan American 707 with 88 aboard was blown off the runway at Fairbanks Alaska during landing from New York to Tokyo. Winds of 4 mph pushed a nose section into heavy snow drifts but no injuries occurred. The aircraft was pulled back onto the runway and resumed its flight six hours later after inspection.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
APL
New York
Tokyo
Multiple Fatalities in County Road Crashes Reported
Interstate and county highway crashes claim several lives while injuries mount. Officers identified Joseph Cyr Plourd of Denver and Charles Arthur Heald of Monrovia among the dead, with others injured in crashes on Hawthorne Boulevard near 147th Street and on the Santa Ana Freeway near Garden Grove. The incident adds to California's high fatality tally as authorities described a Sunday with multiple collisions and emergency responses.
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Joseph Cyr Plourd
Denver
Hawthorne Boulevard
147Th Street
Lawndale
Charles Arthur Heald
Monrovia
Orange County Medical Center
Santa Ana
Garden Grove
California
John Charles Smith
Arnelt Drive
Huntington Beach
Warner Avenue
Oak Street
Reagan Freezes State Spending Over Fiscal Crisis
The governor orders a freeze on new state spending as the budget faces a slump in tax receipts from the recession. He urges welfare reform with Congress to curb costs and warns that continued crimping may worsen the tax burden. Officials project a tiny June surplus, but a weak fiscal outlook persists amid a GM strike and lower revenue.
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Orr
Houston J. Fiourhoy
Baez Pursues Naturalization Through Spanish Classes
Kansas City resident Jose R. Baez, 81, prepares for naturalization with citizenship classes conducted in Spanish and plans to answer the naturalization test in Spanish.
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Kansas City
Kan
Jose R. Baez
Ford UAW Optimistic on Talks Ahead of Deadline
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers voiced optimism they can avoid a GM strike repeal as bargaining resumes at Chrysler. Ford VP Malcolm Denice and UAW VP Ken Bannon said progress and hope for settlement before the Dec 7 deadline, with Ford's 500 page contract letter aligned to the GM package amid lingering non-economic issues.
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Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Ford
Malcolm Denise
Industrial Elations
UAW
Ken Bannon
Tford
U S raids expand defense to protect pilots in war zones
The United States broadened protective actions to cover pilot flying strikes via Laos into Cambodia and South Vietnam after new raids. A F105 mission targeting North Vietnamese radar guns followed two prior attacks. Navy reports a POW camp raid in South Vietnam freed 19 locals with no American casualties. Enemies increased ground assaults in Vietnam and Cambodia, with heavy rocket and mortar fire and a northern river ferry land link seized by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong.
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Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Suchatc
U.S. Command
U.S. Navy
Navy
Mekong
Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Doctor in Long Beach area may allow delivery room for husbands
Question asks if a Long Beach area doctor and hospital will permit a husband in the delivery room. Answer notes few hospitals allow it, citing concerns about fainting and disruption. One example is Dr Samuel Schreiber at Anaheim General Hospital who invites fathers into the delivery room.
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Long Beach
K. M
Ares
Ohoteiician
Samuel Schreiber
Anaheim General Hospital
Watch Out Q and watch repair woes discussed
ACTION LINE notes many watch repair services billed via mail return delays and unreturned items, with firms often using a PO box and poor customer response. Tax questions arise on labor charges, guidance says installation labor generally non taxable, tax on total possible when charges are bundled, and itemized bills limit tax to materials only.
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Action Line
Cnve
Q. Trevently
A.S
Lng Beach
John Sheehay
Hollywood
State Board of Equalization
Sheehay
T Ie
Local
Board of Equalization Office
Boards
Is vehicle inspection mandatory in California
A CHP officer states that Section 2814 of the California Vehicle Code requires drivers of passenger vehicles to stop and submit to inspection when posted signs appear. Refusal can result in a citation with a maximum fine of $50 for a first offense.
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California Highway Patrol
W.Q
Cerrilus
Richard Noonan
Highway Patrol
Noonan
Action Line
California
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