Memphis mourners hit by car outside Elvis estate
Two teenage girls were killed and a third person critically injured when an old model car swerved onto private property outside Graceland and struck mourners near Elvis Presley's home. The driver, Treatise Wheeler, was arrested after a pursuit. two accomplice teens faced charges as accessories. The incident occurred around 4 am CDT amid public vigil for Presley.
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UPI
Elvis Presley
Treatise Wheeler
Wheeler
Elvis
Lynn Lassahn
Baltimore
Graceland
Presley
Forest Hills
G.L. Utley
Storms Kill Three in California Across The State
Tropical storms spawned by tropical depression Doreen flooded the Los Angeles Basin and desert towns, closing freeways and prompting evacuations. A Malibu crash killed one, a 69 year old man died in Fallbrook, and a woman was electrocuted in Imperial County. I-5 and other roads flooded. Imperial County declared a disaster. agricultural damage pegged at 14 million dollars.
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United Press International
Los Angeles Basin
Pacific Coast
Malibu
Inman
Gus Ehrman
Fallbrook
Imperial County
Brawley
Golden State
Burbank
Luis Legispe
Imperial County Board of Supervisors
Hit and run victim near Graceland mourned by family
Tammy Bauer, 17, lay critically injured after a pre-dawn hit and run near Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis. Two other teenage girls died. the driver is jailed on two counts of second degree murder. Tammy's sister Diane Steele and relatives traveled from Missouri after Presley’s death.
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Presley
Utley
City of Memphis Hospital
Ralph Hamilton
Methodist South Hospital
Tammy Batter
Memphis
Tenn
Tammy Bauer
Tammy
St. Clair
Elvis Presley
Graceland Mansion
Diane Steele
Reds blame CIA for death of former double agent
Moscow reports claim Nicholas Shadrin formerly Nikolai Artamonov, a double agent who defected in 1959 and disappeared in Vienna on December 20, 1975, was killed by the CIA. Literaturnaya Gazeta cites a KGB source alleging termination with extreme prejudice to prevent a Soviet return.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikolai Fedorovich Artamonov
United States
Soviet Union
Artamonov
Nicholas Shadrin
Vienna
KGB
Shadrin
U.S
Literaturnaya Gazeta
Ussr
Henrich Borovik
Ger Qrov
Cedar City Chamber weighs industrial park plan proposal
The Cedar City Chamber of Commerce studies creating a planned industrial district owned by a local government entity. They cite 1976 payrolls from local firms totaling 32,376,000 and ask how a $2 million payroll and new jobs would affect tax revenue and growth.
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Loraine
Cedar City
Cedar Products
Coleman Company
Morton Metalcraft Company
Sheldon Coleman
Utah
Howard D. Bessire
Industrial Development Committee
UDOT Chief to Address Cedar City Chamber Luncheon
Cedar City Utah Kay director of Utah Department of Transportation will discuss freeway system status billboard regulations and gas taxes at Cedar Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon Friday at Leaf Cafe starting noon. Kay, since 1975, has held multiple highway roles including state highway engineer and district engineer. He is active with AASHTO Western Transportation Officials and other state energy and policing councils. He is married to Marilyn and has four children Diane Dennis Duane and Douglas.
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Cedar City
Kay
Utah
Cedar Chamber of Commerce
Moorthty
Utah Dot
Cish State Department of Highways
South Dakota State Highway Department
Utah State University
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Inter-Departmental Coordinating Council For Energy Affairs
Capitol Hill Commission
Governors Executive Police Committee
Marilyn Kay
Diane
Dennis
Duane
Douglas
Son of Sam phrase tied to Army man in Wisconsin tale
Madison based AP interview recalls a Wisconsin farm hand, Terry Peterson, linking the Son of Sam label to his Korea era friend David Berkowitz. Peterson says they called each other sons of Sam, meaning soldiers for Uncle Sam, and worried Berkowitz felt used by the system. He doubts the killer is the same man.
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Terry Peterson
David Berkowicz
Son of
Sam
Peterson
Korea
Berkowicz
Wisconsin
Uncle Sam
Madison
Wis
UPI
Sam” Killigs
David Berkowitz
New York
McFarlard
Carr
Berkowitz
Iron School Board splits on busing
Cedar City Utah The Ivon County School Board voted to grant exceptions to a two month old ruling requiring Escalante Valley elementary students to ride the regular Iron County buses and attend the Escalante Valley School. Parents including Steven and Mason Jones Trusten Hart and Marcia Fuller protested, arguing closer proximity to Enterprise. The board will review petitions individually and grant exceptions as needed while others may be considered case by case.
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Cedar City
Ivon County
Escalante Valley
Iron County
Steven Jones
Mason Jones
Trusten Hart
Marcia Fuller
Enterprise
Hostage crisis at Bahai Center retreat in Santa Cruz
A 26 year old Bakersfield man armed with a .22 semiautomatic rifle and 200 rounds seized a Bahai World Faith retreat north of Santa Cruz, taking 63 diners hostage before surrendering. He referenced Atascadero State Hospital and had a criminal history unknown to officials.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Wilson
Santa Cruz City
Bps
Santa Cruz
Iran
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