Fires Ravage California as Counties Declares Disaster
A sweeping series of wildfires scars multiple counties from Orange to Los Angeles with thousands evacuated and hundreds of homes destroyed. Officials report $2 million in damages and dozens of major blazes burning across 12 miles in Malibu Latigo Canyon and other areas aided by air tankers and backfire operations.
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Silverado Canyon
Silverado
Aaa
Orange County
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Elmer Osterman
City of
Orange
Abigial Blodgett
Riverside County
San Jacinto
New Mexico
Cabazon
Fie
Latigo Canyon Road
San Diego County
Romona
Poway
Topanga Canyon
Woodland Hills
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Monano
Ranch Fight Fire Harms Irvine Ranch Executives
Irvine Ranch executives battled the Paseo Grande blaze two miles from the corporate complex near Tustin. Armendariz and Perkins were burned. Armendariz hospitalized at Santa Ana Community Hospital. The fire destroyed watersheds and ground cover. some cattle were lost, evacuation of canyon residents occurred. A reseeding program is under study to restore the watershed.
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Irvine Ranch
Orange County
Paseo Grande
Tustin
William R. Mason
L. Eberling
Warren Fix
Manuel J. Armendariz
Robert Perkins
Peters Canyon
Armendariz
Santa Ana Community Hospital
Perkins
Southland
Japan Holds Solemn State Funeral For Yoshida
Japan paid a solemn state funeral to Shigeru Yoshida the wartime prime minister who guided postwar recovery. Yoshida died October 20 at 87 in Tokyo where he led the nation for seven years and helped rebuild Japan into a peacetime partner of the United States.
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Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
United States
Tokyo
Prosecutor Attacks Kirschke Boss Over Victorville Quiz
Testimony details a tense cross examination as prosecutors probe Kirschke’s involvement and tension with investigators. Long Beach police led the inquiry while witnesses describe late night calls and the deaths of Kirschke and his wife, with testimonies from Jacombe Arsenault and a Naples neighbor.
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Long Beach
Harris
Compton
Fes
Kirschke
Orville William Drankhan
Drankhan
Wayne Warmer
Rivo Alto Canal
Naples
Human Wave Assault Smashed Near Saigon
Near Loc Ninh, government forces repelled a large Communist assault, killing about 110 enemy fighters and raising total Communist deaths to nearly 400 over three days. American and South Vietnamese troops launched artillery and air power to deter the attack coinciding with South Vietnam’s first freely elected leaders inauguration. U.S. jets hit Hanoi Haiphong targets for a seventh day, destroying four airbases and Haiphong harbor power plant.
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Saigon
Loc Ninh
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi- Haiphong
Haiphong Harbor
Lumber Firm Accepts Redwood Moratorium
Washington reports Arcata National Corp has agreed to a year long moratorium on redwood cutting within proposed 54000 acre Redwoods National Park boundaries. Kuchel notes pledge buys time for House action as Senate debate centers on park boundary trade provisions and administration positions remain unsettled.
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Washington
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Senate
Redwoods National Park
Kuchel
Arcata National Corp
Congress
House
House Interior Committee
Senate Interior Committee
Forest Service
Drew Pearson Morals Probe Sparks Reagan Fury
The long running Pearson column on morals provokes a sharp response from Ronald Reagan. He accuses Pearson of fabricating facts and attacks the columnist as dishonest. The dispute centers on alleged homosexual staffers and quotes from Pearson's unnamed sources.
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Drew Pearson
Reagan
van Court
Pearson
Prisoners Aid Firefighting Effort in California
More than 1,800 inmates from California state conservation camps and centers assist in battling forest and brush fires in Southern California. Governor Reagan says he may declare disaster areas as National Guard trucks and state facilities join the effort. He recalls past fires near his ranch and Pacific Palisades home and notes the prisoners’ role alongside official forces.
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Sacramento
State Department of Corrections
California
Reagan
National Guard
Malibu
Bel Air
Pacific Palisades
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Ta Costa Drive
Cowan Heights
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Villa Park
Lemon Heights
Ranch Fight Fire
Victorville
Elaine Tory Kirschke
Long Beach Yacht Club
Edward Jacombe
Paul Arsenault
Sen
Clinton Anderson
D-N.m
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Orville Freeman
Interior
Stewart Udall
Clean
Lyn Nofziger
Nofziger
Art van Court
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University of California
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