Orange County Inferno Intense Fires Threaten Suburbs
A major Orange County fire raged toward Orange and Tustin suburbs as aerial bombers dropped retardant on canyons. Homes in Silverado Canyons evacuated while one ranch home and two outbuildings were destroyed in Topanga Canyon. Firefighters battled through wind driven flames across 21,200 acres, with parallel blazes in Riverside and San Bernardino counties prompting disaster declarations and widespread evacuations.
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Orange
el Toro Marine Base
Silverado Can- Yons
Foresty
Black Star
Topanga Ganyon
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Divison of Forestry
Riv-eiside
San Joan
Beaumont
Julian
San Diego
Otangs
Corélla
Riverside County
Santa Ana ‘Canyon
Black Canyon
Orange County
Bel Air
Santa Ana
Tustin
Nohl Ranch
Marymount School For Girls
Irvine Park
Irvine Lake
E. Billingsley
Cerra Villa Drive
Orange Park Acres
Brush fires force evacuations in Orange and Riverside counties
Fire emergency closes three high schools a junior high and an elementary in Orange Unified, evacuating about 100 homes in Santiago Canyon and near Green River Golf Course. A refugee center is set up at El Medina High. In Palos Verdes Estates 15 acres burned near Paseo la Cresta, firefighters contained it by 6 am. One firefighter was singed. arson is suspected in Latigo Canyon, Malibu area near Pacific Coast Highway. New fire reported near Laguna Niguel in Southern Orange County.
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Imperial Highway
Orange County
Riverside County
Orange Unified
Santiago Canyon
Green River Golf Course
Santa Ana Canyon
el Medina High School
Southland
Palos Verdes Estates
Paseo la Cresta
Dennis Donelson
Latigo Canyon
Malibu
Laguna Niguel
Alibi of Kirschke Bolstered by Las Vegas Standby Scene
Las Vegas on April 7 saw Esman, a Bonanza Airlines customer, in a standby line from 6:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. and missing boarding as Kirschke’s alibi grows. He later took a Western Air Lines flight at 12:30 a.m. to the casino city, while Wallace Harve, ex-Denny’s assistant manager, identified Kirschke in a photo shown a week after the murders. Peggy Peterson testified she served Kirschke wheat toast and sausage between 12:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. on the morning of the murders. Harre admitted uncertainty about Kirschke’s identity until he recognized him at the counter after the photo.
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Las Vegas
Esman
Bonanza Airlines
Kirschke
Western Air Lines
Wallace Harve
Denny's
San Bernardino
Peggy Peterson
Harre
Yanks Eradicate Viet Cong Company in north of Saigon
U S infantry surprise a Viet Cong company about 72 miles northwest of Saigon. Spokesmen say the Viet Cong body was perhaps 150 strong and 80 enemy troops were killed. U S losses were three dead and three wounded. The air war continued with strikes near Haiphong and Cat Bi base. Weather was turning ominous as monsoons approached.
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Saigon
1St Infantry Division
U.S
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Cat Bi Mig
Chi Lai
Simple Rites Mark Burial of Billy Rose in Mausoleum
Simple rites mark the burial of showman Billy Rose in a granite mausoleum at Westchester Hills Cemetery. Rabbi Edward E. Klein eulogized Rose as a self made American success story as sisters Polly Gottfish and Miriam Stern, actor John Payne, Elia Kazan, Harold Rome, and Paul Osborne attended. Rose died February 10, 1996 at 66, with a $50 million estate tied up in litigation over the Billy Rose foundation. The mausoleum cost $127,000 after executives pressured the estate, replacing the sisters lofty $500,000 wish. The 15 by 20 foot chamber features three stained glass windows of Rose’s life.
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Hastings - ON - Hudson
N.Y
Billy Rose
Westchester Hills Cemetery
Edward E. Klein
Rose
John Payne
Elia Kazan
Harold Rome
Paul Osborne
Polly Gottfish
Beverly Hills
Calif
Miriam Stern
Billy Rose Foundation
Samuel DePalco
Humphrey Presents Ten Purple Hearts in Vietnam Visit
Vice President Humphrey, amid tight security, pins Purple Hearts on ten wounded U.S. soldiers in the Mekong Delta near Saigon. One award goes to Sgt. Earl Nigon of Rochester Minnesota who is told his parents will hear he is fine. Westmoreland and Ambassador Bunker accompany him on the front tour.
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Saigon
Vps
Hubert H. Humphrey
Mekong River
Humphrey
Rochester
Minn
Minnesota
Earl Nigon
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Ellsworth
Bunker
Hostage Bride Shot as Ex-Suiter Kills Self
In Johnstown Pennsylvania police ended a tense siege when Batch, a man with psychiatric history, shot at officers and held a hostage girl in a three story attic. After failed negotiations aided by Batch’s mother, a final gunshot killed Batch and left the girl injured. priests aided attempts at release during the siege.
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Batch
Martha Smith
Johnstown
Butch
Newsman's Daughter Missing in El Cajon Abduction Suspected
Denise King nine year old daughter of Larry and Mrs. King, a San Diego Union copy editor, failed to return from a grocery trip near her El Cajon rural home. Sheriffs intensified the search after bloodhounds aided the night effort. Denise left a neighbor's house around 1 pm Sunday to walk to a store less than a mile away. Authorities say she is a happy and responsible child who knows the area well and abduction is suspected.
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EL Cajon
San Diego
Denise King
Larry King
el Caeron
King
San Diego Union
Denise
Canal in Corinth Closed by Slides
The Corinth Canal was closed to all navigation on Sunday after landslides from heavy rain blocked sections of the four mile waterway between the Greek mainland and the Peloponnesus peninsula.
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Corinth
Greece
Corinth Canal
Peloponnesus Peninsula
Rape Trial Dropped for 2 Negroes in Towson Md
Two Negro brothers, James and John Giles, once convicted six years ago of raping a white girl, were freed as their second trial began when the state dropped all charges. State's Attorney Linthicum cited inadmissible testimony from swo w witnesses. A crowd of over 100 spectators watched the scene as the defendants smiled.
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Towson
William Linthicum
W. Albert Menchine
Baltimore County
James
John Giles
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Billingsley
Don Magargee
Cerra Villa
Ridge Street
North Mesa Drive
Riverside
Topanga Canyon
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Mey Babe
Ane
Canyon Corona
San Clemente
Arils
Parker Markle
Kirschke Alibi
Viet Red Company
Washington
National Machine Tool Builders’ Association
Imperial Hardware Company
Long Beach Blvd
Long Beach
Yarl
Feidoys
Hilesteck
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