Winter gales batter Chicago and record West Coast storm
A Christmas Lake Michigan gale flooded Chicago shorelines and disrupted rush hour while a West Coast storm dumped up to 62 inches of snow in three days and caused two deaths with 35 missing at sea. Power outages lingered for thousands in California as the system weakened moving into Nevada Utah and Idaho.
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West Coast
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National Weather Service
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
New York
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Erie
Ontario
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Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Milwaukee
Scenic Lake Shore Drive
Chicago Area
San Francisco
Canada
Norden
Sierra Mountains
Donner Summit
Mike Ekern
Inmate riot at Oregon State Correctional Institute shocks system
More than 200 inmates were confined to cells as a riot at OSCI left the prison smoky and debris scattered. Officials opened inmate interviews to determine triggers, with 48 identified as instigators. No injuries were reported. Fire hoses quelled flames and damage was pegged at a few hundred dollars amid overcrowding.
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Salem, Ore
Oregon State Correctional Institute
Dave Fiskum
State Department of Human Resources
Fiskum
Kenneth L. Hansen
OSCI
Ceasefire Nears as Guerrillas Return to Salisbury
A Rhodesian refugee reads a newspaper at home while a car floats in rainwater at Salisbury's garbage dump where 300 people, products of unemployment and guerrilla war, live. A cease-fire set for Friday midnight. the first group of guerrilla officers flying home were greeted by jubilant crowds at Salisbury airport.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Search resumes for 30 aboard overturned Panamanian carrier
The search for 30 people aboard the overturned 15,528 ton Lee Wang Zin off British Columbia continues as heavy winds and high seas hamper efforts. An empty life raft was sighted 28 miles off the Queen Charlotte Islands as air crews report no survivors.
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Prince Rupert, British Columbia
UPI
British Columbia
Cmdr
Dick Pepper
Queen Charlotte Islands
Pepper
Prince Rupert
Japan
United States Hercules
Kodiac
Alaska
Buffalo
Canadian Forces
Comox
B.C
Hecate Strait
Tremor Shakes Southern Scotland and Northwest England
A 30 second earthquake hit a 150 mile swath of southern Scotland and northwest England just before 4 am local time. No deaths or injuries were reported and damage appeared minor though thousands felt momentary panic. Experts called the quake one of Scotland's biggest in years.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
England
Graham Neilson
The
Institute of Geological Sciences
New York City reports Christmas killings push homicide record
New York City surpassed its yearly homicide record with nine killings on Christmas Day amid ongoing shootings and stabbings. An unnamed officer lamented the violence, noting cold weather failed to deter offenders.
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New York
New York City
Slayings Target Right Wing in Turkey Amid Leftist Attacks
A policeman and four right-wing linked individuals were killed in separate attacks across Turkey, including the slaying of public prosecutor Mustafa Gul in Tunceli and labor leader Yusuf Bas in Ankara. Police tie the four killings and an office bombing to a coordinated leftist campaign to plunge Turkey into anarchy.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Mustafa Gul
Tunceli
National Movement Party
Yusuf Bas
American student set for release in Turkey on bail
American student Lo retta J. Dooley 18 from Tracy California was moved from Sagmalilar prison to police headquarters in Istanbul as bail release nears. Bail set at 1500 dollars after a judge noted Christmas day significance. Next hearing February 5.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Loretta J. Dooley
Sagmalilar
Miss Dooley
Tracy
Calif
America
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