Word: rey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Emmett Ashford, 65, first black major league baseball umpire, an ebullient Californian whose booming voice and animated gestures behind the plate delighted the fans at American League games from 1966 to 1970; of a heart attack; in Marina Del Rey, Calif...
...beachfront town of Malibu. Because of a power failure, the Tapia Treatment Plant shut down, causing 15,000 gal. per min. of raw sewage to flow down Malibu Creek to the ocean and forcing officials to close beaches along 25 miles of shore, as far south as Marina Del Rey. In Redondo Beach, harbor officials scuttled the Lady Alexandra, a 225-ft. ship converted into a restaurant and disco. Storm-whipped waves had turned the ship on its side, and officials feared the vessel might break its mooring cables and block the channel...