Philadelphia Orchestra Back From Historic China Tour
conductor Eugene Ormandy said the 105 member Philadelphia Orchestra made millions of friends in the People's Republic during their first American music tour there. He called China wonderful and unforgettable with strong Chinese appreciation and high moral standards observed by the musicians.
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Hichard Bond
Orchestra Association
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State employee wins back pay after firing over covert recording
Joseph Power, a state Justice Department lab employee in Fresno, who was dismissed after alleging a hidden tape recorded at work, received 11000 dollars in back pay. Power, later reinstated, worked in Sacramento and said a concealed microphone was found under his desk in 1998, with tape storage in a supervisor’s office safe.
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Chicanos Arrested After Sit In At New Mexico Highlands
About two dozen Chicana activists, including men and women, were arrested by state police and local officers after occupying the Brownstone administration building at New Mexico Highlands University in a midday sit in. They demanded six measures including the resignation of University President Dr. Frank Angel, who they accuse of harassing Chicano professors. Some protesters were dragged out as others left peacefully, and arrestees were booked on occupying a public building.
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World’s Only Living Course Founder Auctioned Belongings
Gernhart 96 known as The World's Only Living Course poses beside a copper casket in his basement. He kept it after his first self funeral 22 years ago as most properties were auctioned yesterday before he entered a rest home.
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Him Gernhart
Seattle Rain Myth Turns Tourist Tax Into Gloomy Pride
In Seattle a psychiatrist links sunny summers to resident gloom, arguing happiness triggers guilt and fear of worse days ahead. City tourism officials promote a rain myth with fresh air and greenery branding while rain drives visitors, despite a cooling drought ending as residents welcome showers.
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Bill Sears
Seattle-King County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Drought Decimates Libby Ponderosa Seedlings in Forest
A St. Regis Paper Co forester reported that nearly all of 130,000 Ponderosa Pine seedlings planted on company land in the Kootenai National Forest have died from summer drought. Hand planted one and two year olds and helicopter spread seedlings are a total loss.
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Berkeley Struggles With Money Sleep Over Dissent
UC Berkeley faces financial strains as it enters its second century with student unrest fading. Chancellor Bowker warns building programs lag, earthquake safety needs 80 million dollars, and library services lag. Nearly 28,500 students will start classes in seven buildings under 2,000 teachers as historic alumni like Earl Warren and Robert McNamara are noted.
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CIA
John McCone
Berkeley
Elmesh Lawrence
Bearded Man Climbs Las Vegas Neon Sign in High Gamble
A bearded man identified as John Shyvik, 4, of Palace Heights, climbed out a giant neon sign overhanging downtown Las Vegas. Police said a security guard ordered him back inside to safety. Shyvik remained in protective custody at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. He said he climbed the sign because he saw two people outside who might fall, though officials found no one there.
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Oil spill threatens Vancouver harbor beaches after ship collision
A 200 ton fuel oil spill from the freighter Erawan after a collision with the Sun Diamond ruptured tanks and fouled English Bay. Oil slicks drifted toward West Vancouver and Stanley Park, with beaches washed by the spill as weather was expected to keep containment. Authorities coordinate cleanup with volunteers and multiple agencies. cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Patrol hunts lost plane in Northern California flight
Civil Air Patrol resumed a search for a private Cessna 310 carrying two business executives. The craft departed Cedarville Modoc County at 3 a.m. Monday en route to Long Beach Municipal Airport, with expected arrival two and a half hours later. CAP conducted four dawn–dusk searches Tuesday without success and planned dawn operations to resume.
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