Floods strike Southern California as rains ease drought
Heavy rains across the southern third of California quell fire danger but bring floods. Imperial County sees major damage and evacuations, with at least two deaths and a missing boy. A flooded Los Angeles River swallows a child. Malibu records a fatality. Transit incidents rise as I-5 slicks trigger crashes. Space Shuttle Enterprise flight delays noted.
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Russell Sherwood
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Ocotillo
Chip And Caron Carter Reunite At Camp David Visit
The Carter family resumes togetherness after public speculation about their marriage. Chip Carter joins his wife and their six month old son James Earl Carter IV at Camp David Maryland as they plan to return to Plains Georgia.
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Mary Finch Hoyt
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Arctic Icebreaker First Surface Ship To Reach Pole
The Soviet atomic icebreaker Arktika cut to the North Pole becoming the first surface ship to reach it. Moscow television announced the feat, dated at 1 a.m. GMT, with a plaque planted at the geographic pole and a greeting sent to Leonid Brezhnev.
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Moscow Television
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Leonid Brezhnev
Sibir
Traveling Veterinarian Possible Victim Of Pneumonic Plague
Nearly 150 people who had contact with Dr. Joseph T. Cordell, a traveling veterinarian, are under precautionary treatment after his death was attributed to a form of bubonic plague, with officials stressing rapid treatment drastically improves survival. The case raises alert across Monterey, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties.
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Calif
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Joseph T. Cordell
Janice Rylander
Santa Clara County
Cordell
Monterey
Santa Clara
San Mateo
Virginia and North Carolina Weather Forecast Brief
Virginia scales into fair conditions Thursday and Friday with highs in the 70s and 60s at night. North Carolina shows partly cloudy skies with showers and possible thunderstorms Thursday into Friday, mountain areas cooler with upper 60s to mid 70s highs and cooler nights. Downtown log notes calm winds and scattered readings through Thursday.
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North Carolina
Bernstein Festival Opens in Austria at Carinthia Event
Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra drew long ovations at the Carinthischer Sommer Festival in Austria as the first European Bernstein Festival, featuring lectures and films on the American composer conductor writer, with tickets fetching high black market prices for concerts including Chichester Psalms Jeremiah and The Age of Anxiety.
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Austria
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Helmut Wobisch
Carinthia
Bernstein
Vienna Kurier
Jeremiah
W. H. Auden
Elvis and record hobbyist recount Roanoke show memories
Donahue, a devoted Elvis collector from Way back, recalls seeing Presley in Roanoke in 1972 at the Coliseum. He describes long balcony seating, a Space Odyssey encore frenzy, and police restraining screaming fans while his wife briefly tried to reach Presley. He laments Presley’s death and praises the artist’s enduring impact.
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Donahive
Donahue
Elvis
Greensboro Coliseum
Roanoke
Hage
Hvis
Presley
Roanoke’ Colisseum
Hijacker Holds Bus Hostages Near Santa Cruz
A lone gunman armed with a sawed off rifle hijacked a Santa Cruz city bus Wednesday night and forced the driver toward a remote Baha i School retreat. Police said 30 to 40 people including the driver were held captive as negotiators worked to resolve the crisis. The hijacker claimed the bus, identified himself only as Jack Kimbro, and gave no clear demands.
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Calif
Santa Cruz
Hostle
Tom Wamsley
Tostage
San Francisco
Associated Press
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