Thousands Aid in Fight Against Western Forest Fires
Fires across six states threaten 130000 acres with 26 major blazes. More than 10000 firefighters, including 120 Alaska natives, mobilize as arson investigations begin. Major California blazes Granite and Pilliken loom, with Oregon and Montana fronts active and resources shifting as fires spread.
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Associated Press
Dick Klade
Interagency Fire Control Center
Boise
Idaho
Klade
Northwest
California
Forest Service
Granite
Stanislaus National Forest
Pilliken
Eldorado National Forest
Montana
Oregon
Califoria
Pine Creek
Boise National Forest
Small fires burn acres across region near Republic and Carson City
Fire crews battled two small blazes northwest of Republic that scorched about 70 acres and another near Barrett Creek estimated at 20 acres. A distant fire 20 miles southeast of Carson City Nevada was reported improving as of late.
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Oregon
Orindale
Klamath Falls
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Hells Canyon Dam
Klade
Hells Canyon
Saddle Creek
Colville National Forest
Washington
U. S. Forest Service
Sheridan
Republic
Barrett Creek
Carson City
Nelgada
Farmers Hit Melons With Laxatives to Catch Thieves
In Vallice, Czechoslovakia farmers fed laxatives to nearly ripe melons to identify culprits behind a melon theft spree. The Miada Fronta reported the thieves were actually a herd of deer, not people.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vallice
Miada Fronta
Indictment in Salute to Ted Agnew Case Expands
Annapolis AP reports a grand jury indicted Blagdon H. What for perjury and election law violations tied to the 1972 Salute to Ted Agnew fundraiser. The probe, begun last year, involved a $49 900 contribution from the National Finance Committee and scrutiny of donor sources and conspiracies. State's Attorney Warren B. Duckett hinted more details to come, though no further indictments were certain.
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Annapolis
Alfund
Blagdon H
Loshion
Ted Agnew
Maryland
Atty
Warren B. Duckett
Baltimore
Duckett
Bob Hope
Frank Sinatra
Hie
National Finance Committee
Alexander Lankler
Lankler
J. Duckett
Missing Chief Found In Barnstead New Hampshire
A predawn search by Belknap County sheriff's office located Barnstead police Chief Steve Byers who disappeared while working on a drug case. He said he planned to be gone only a few minutes and answered the police radio at 3 a.m.
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Barnstead
N.H
Belknap County
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