Japan Faces Bearer of Disaster as Earthquake Menace Grows
Tokyo faces heightened alarm over a potential megaquake as officials note Japan endures about 1,000 tremors yearly. A 1923 Kanto scale disaster killed 100,000. government spends 25 million annually on prediction research. Tokyo planners stockpile water, rice, biscuits, blankets, and mats for 43 days for 4.1 million people.
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New York Times
Tokyo
Japan
Sea of Japan
Honshu
Hokkaido
Akita
Kanto
Yokohama
Clinch River breeder survives political assault and site work continues
At Oak Ridge Tennessee the Clinch River breeder reactor site shows ongoing site preparation with bulldozers and cranes despite House funding bans. Critics say Congress aims to halt federal spending while backers insist the project persists, aided by shifting political support and postponed construction permits.
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Milton R. Benjamin
Washington
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Clinch River
Breeder
Carter
House
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Congress
Reagan Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Percy Brewington Jr
Parking meter doubles as billboard in St Louis trend
St Louis first to place paid messages on meters with Huntington Beach emerging as second. MeterMessages Inc will pay cities a flat rate and sell space to advertisers, promising income even when units are idle. Critics call it eye pollution while officials hail new revenue without tax increases.
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Los Angeles Times
ST. Louis
Huntington Beach
Calif
Larry C. Williams
Carolyn Toft
The
Landmarks Association of St. Louis Inc
Williams
London
Godfrey Harris
Los Angeles
Harris
Mountain turmoil in Lebanon drives mass kidnappings near Aley
Amid seven months of fighting between Maronite Christian and Druse militiamen the Lebanese mountains near Aley see 1797 kidnappings. Victims include civilians and soldiers with 159 killed and 304 missing. The violence ties to the Israeli invasion and multinational peacekeeping forces as residents flee or endure terror.
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Aley
Nap
Beirut
U.S
Druse
Deir Dourit
Chouf Mountains
Mustachioed
Bikfaya
Amin Gemayel
Lebanon
Drive-Ins Thrive Then Decline as Suburbs Embrace Cars
A survey of drive-in theaters notes their peak in the 1950s 60s with about 4000 venues and the shift toward multi screen sites. It recalls Frances Smith opening a drive-in in 1952 and Sumner Redstone predicting extinction by decade’s end. The article paints a nostalgic portrait of families eating in cars and shows how rising costs shrink playgrounds heaters and insurance while audiences linger with carnivalesque features and outdoor ambiance.
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Sumner Redstone
Valley Stream
N.Y
Redstone
Ledgewood Drive-In
Drive-In
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