Second California quake rattles coast from San Diego to Oxnard
A 5.3 magnitude offshore quake shook Southern California at 6:46 a.m. injuring 14 and causing one heart attack death. Damage neared $500000 as aftershocks followed. at the San Diego Zoo hoof stock reacted while residents described the rolling tremor across a 150 mile coastal stretch.
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California
Pacific Ocean
Arizona
San Diego Zoo
Miriam Shuster
Laguna
Laguna Beach
Gloria Butler
San Diego
Oxnard
Los Angeles
Mike Ahlering
California Institute of Technology
Meredith
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
la Jolla
Veterans win Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby titles
Veterans Juanita Franta and Roy Walters of Cedar Rapids cruised undefeated to division titles at the Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby’s 25th running. The champions, racing Jiffy Lube and Guaranty Bank & Trust cars, advance to Akron’s Race of Champions on Aug. 9 pending car inspections.
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Juanita Franta
Roy Walters
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Area
Akron
Ohio
Walters
Franklin Junior
Chad Hamlett
Robert
Larson
Unzeilig
Roosevelt
Guaranty Bank & Trust
Gordy Ralston
Chosen Few
Ryan Hall
Waterloo
Rydell Chevrolet
Trisha Raisch
Aplington
Waterloo Industries Inc
South Africa to rein in students amid school protests
President Botha invoked emergency decree to empower officials to bar or expel students without hearing as 1.7 million black learners return to segregated schools. Protests by students and black trade unions loom, with reports of clashes and several deaths in Soweto and other areas.
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Gazette Wire Services
Johannesburg
South Africa
Pieter W. Botha
Soweto
State Bureau For Information
Botha
Iowans Explore Recycling To Build State Industry
A Des Moines meeting organized by U S Senator Tom Harkin the Iowa Department of Water Air and Waste Management and the Iowa Energy Policy Council gathered Iowans to discuss expanding recycling. The event included a two day caucus on June 5 and 6 to explore consolidating and growing recycling into a marketable industry.
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U.S
Tom Harkin
Iowa Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
WAWM
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Des Moines
Des
Today's Chuckle about Temptation and Forwards
A light joke notes many can run from temptation but most leave a forwarding address. The quip plays on the idea of escaping temptation while implying it follows them.
Congress Travel Bill Totals 4.7 Million for Foreign Travel
Congress spent more than 4.76 million dollars on official overseas travel last year with the House accounting for about 4.08 million. Forty three of one hundred members took at least one trip overseas. Sen. Ted Stevens led with seven trips. Senate travel totaled at least 681 thousand dollars as lawmakers and aides used military aircraft and other arrangements, with cost disclosures often incomplete.
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Congress
Ireland
Geneva
House
Oes
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Capitol Hill
Senate
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