Seattle weather myth turned into tourist lure
In Seattle a renowned psychiatrist attributes a nationwide sunny summer to guilt among residents, while a local bureau turns the myth to attract visitors. Officials promote rain as a draw, marketing fresh air cards and branding Seattle’s greenery and cleanliness as tourism assets amid a rare drought.
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Ponderosas die in drought on company land
A St. Regis Paper Co forester said in Libby on Tuesday that nearly all of the 130,000 Ponderosa Pine seedlings planted on company land in the Kootenai National Forest have died due to the summer drought. Mel Parker noted both hand planted one and two year old seedlings and helicopter seeded stock are almost totally lost.
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State employee wins back pay in narcotics unit case
Sacramento UPI reports Joseph Power, a state Justice Department employee fired after alleging secret recording at work, received an 11.00 back pay check. Power was dismissed from the Fresno Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement in 1970, was ordered reinstated by a state hearing officer last year, and collected back wages this month.
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