Quake Triggers Surges of Damage Across Southern California
A major quake and aftershocks rattled the San Diego area, causing broken glass, scattered rock slides, power outages, and minor damage from Oceanside to Laguna Beach. San Onofre entered unusual event status briefly. no major damage reported. A second temblor near Palm Springs left $5.75 million in damage and 40 injuries. A Chula Vista woman suffered a cardiac arrest during the quake.
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San Diego
Jackie Parker
Perrin Lim
del Mar
Oceanside
Dave Jones
San Onofre
Los Angeles
Charles Beal
Southern California Edison
Laguna Beach
Laguna Canyon Road
Anita Fisher
Pat Allen
San Diego County
Sheriff's Department
Dan Eberle
Office of Disaster Preparedness
Point Loma Safeway
Randy Edwards
Palm Springs
Russ Needham
National Earthquake Information Center
Golden
Colo
California
Meredith
Arless Wilson
Chula Vista
Chula Vista Community Hospital
Midwest Recycling Coalition Formed to Boost Waste Reuse
Nebraska and Illinois leaders announce a Midwest Recycling Coalition to inform lawmakers and communities about recycling options. The group cites job growth and energy from waste and notes obstacles in markets and transportation. A two day conference in Omaha on Oct 23 24 aims to raise interest and public support.
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Nebraska
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Midwest
Dale Goebbels
Nebraska Recycling Association
Goebbels
Darrell McAllister
WAWM
Energy Policy Council
Svanoe
McAllister
Scott Kramer
Harkin
Guebbels
Omaha
South Africa tightens school rules amid anti apartheid unrest
South Africa imposes identity cards for students, assigns classes, limits movements and outdoor activity during school hours to curb protests. Police delay reopening, unions plan national day of action, and court challenges target the emergency decree as detentions rise. Reprisals spark student walkouts and label schools as Nazi camps by opposition groups.
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State Department of Education and Training
National Education Crisis Committee
Transvaal Students’ Congress
Congress
United Democratic Front
Congress of South African Trade Unions
Cosatu
Natal
Supreme Court
Durban
South Africa
Soweto
Mzimhlope
Meadowlands
Congressional Travel Costs Reveal Party Abroad Patterns
In 1985 House leaders authorized travel totaling at least $471,014 while Senate leaders approved at least $255,012. House Speaker Thomas ONeill led two trips costing $42,966 for lodging and meals and $106,651 for transportation to Germany Ireland and Spain. The Geneva Paris trips and other foreign travel involved 426 trips overall for 113 members and staff across both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
West Germany
Soviet Union
Spain
O'Neill
O’neill
Ireland
Garret FitzGerald
Charles Haughey
Cork
Dublin
Emerald Isle
Switzerland
Senate
Geneva
House
Congress
Canada Readies Tough Sanctions on South Africa Amid Thatcher Split
Prime Minister Mulroney and British PM Thatcher clash over South Africa policy after a Bahamas meeting. Mulroney says Canada will act unilaterally if needed while Thatcher warns sanctions risk harm to Black South Africans. Eminent Persons Group report cited.
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Canada
South Africa
Margaret Thatcher
Mulroney
Thatcher
Montreal
Bahamas
Mirabel
Quebec
Brian Mulroney
Commonwealth
Eminent Persons Group
Eminent Persons
London
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Mirabel International Airport
Iowa Delegation Tours Far Abroad in 1985
Rep Neal Smith of Iowa logged the most foreign travel among the state delegation in 1985 visiting 10 countries on two trips. He went to France Sudan South Africa Zaire Senegal and to the Netherlands Poland Czechoslovakia West Germany Luxembourg on separate trips. Colleagues Berkley Bedell visited Brazil and Argentina and Jim Leach went to Cuba on official business.
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Washington
Neal Smith
Iowa
Smith
Jim Leach
Berkley Bedell
France
Sudan
South Africa
Zaire
Senegal
Netherlands
Poland
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Luxembourg
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Swanee
Svanee
Erea
New Life Fitness World
Longbranch
West
Westdale
S. Africa
Jim Wright
D-Texas
Paris
Jaycees
Cedar Rapids
Scott Ovel
Scott
Data Processing Services Corp
First Realty Commercial Brokers
Cedar Rapids Area
Fen
Firme
Zola Budd
Annette Cowley
Edinburgh
Bedell
Brazil
Argentina
Leach
Cuba
Bausch & Lomb
Lomb O
Sears
Dubuque
S. Locust St
Waterloo Crossroads Ctr
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