Four Die as Plane Crashes Into Pacoima Patio
A light Piper Tri Pacer plummeted into a Pacoima home patio killing four aboard and injuring none of eight diners nearby. Victims, all Chico, California residents, were identified as Harry Harris Smith Terrance P Lockhart Robert F Patterson and Owen S Wallis. The crash followed a wing failure as the plane approached Whitman Airport amid ongoing local air-crash fears.
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Pilot reportedly aborts engine before crash into patio
Police say the plane crashed into a patio after the pilot shut off the engine seconds earlier. no explosion or fire occurred and the cause is under investigation.
Russian Poet Vladimir Lugovskoi Dies in Yalta
Soviet poet Vladimir Lugovskoi died suddenly in Yalta while working on a new collection titled Blue Spring. He had presided at the Longfellow anniversary celebration Feb. 27 and died during the 40th anniversary year of the October Revolution.
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