Seven Die As Tanker Bus Crash Sparks Inferno In Oakland
An early morning crash inside the Caldecott Tunnel near Oakland involved a gas tanker and an AC Transit bus. The resulting explosion melted vehicles, killed at least seven people, and sent flames roaring for hours as firefighters searched for victims and closed the highway.
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Oakland
Calif
Orinda
John Speakman
Jim Mattos
CHP
Caldecott Tunnel
California Highway Patrol
Mattos
Speakman
AC Transit
Mike Curry
San Francisco Bay
GOP seeks labor support with new advisory push
The Republican Party chair Richard Richards aims to form a labor advisory panel within GOP to counter unions aligned with Democrats. He spoke to building trades delegates as Labor Secretary Donovan addressed the group. White House aides hinted at adding a union liaison. Sen Weicker urged earning labor support rather than leaving the party.
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Republican Party
GOP
Richard Richards
Labor Council
Democratic National Committee
Richards
Building Trades Union
Jennifer Hillings
Organized Labor
Raymond Donovan
White House
Construction Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Robert F. Bonifati
National
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Building Trades Union Conference
Walter F. Mondale
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Crime rate stabilizes in 1981 FBI reports rise in robbery
The FBI says major crimes in 1981 leveled off for the first time in five years. Among offenses, robbery rose 5 percent while murder fell 3 percent, aggravated assault down 2 percent, forcible rape down 1 percent, motor vehicle thefts down 4 percent, burglaries down 1 percent, arson down 8 percent, and larceny unchanged. FBI Director Webster cautioned against complacency and noted 1980 had the record high crime volume.
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Washington
Uss
FBI
William Webster
Reagan plan swap programs halted in welfare shift talks
Washington AP reports the Reagan administration paused drafting a bill to shift welfare and food stamp programs to states and Medicaid to the federal government. A key impasse remains as both White House negotiators and the National Governors Association seek terms on how transfers will work under the new federalism.
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Reagan
Office of Management and Budget
New York Times
White House
National Governors Association
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Governors
Mount St Helens eruption risk eased by new lava dome lobe
VANCOUVER Wash AP scientists said a new lobe was forming on the lava dome in Mount St Helens crater. The lobe reduces immediate prospects of a major eruption though small gas and ash pulses may persist, said USGS expert Kathy Cashman.
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Vancouver, Wash
Mount St. Helens
Kathy Cashman
U.S. Geological Survey
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