Miss Colorado 1977 crowned amid stormy pageant
Suman Joanne Hogan, a UNC coed, won Miss Colorado as heavy rain and hail disrupted Sterling auditorium. The event featured 13 year old Mike Hogan presenting the winner's crown amid leaking roofs and damaged windows. First runner up Morlis Delagis and other finalists were named, while admission notes cited recent legal disputes involving last year’s winner Karen Land.
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Sterling
Colo
Suman
Joanne Hogan
Lastenia
Morlis Delagis
Colorado Springs
Rhonda Lucille
Ross
Denver
Rui Ursula Senn
Conifer
Karen Land
Littleton
Pageant Board of Directors
Miss Land
Hail and Wind Strike Sterling Causing Widespread Damage
Sterling residents cleaned up after a half hour hail and wind storm damaged trees broke windows and blew away a wind gauge. The storm produced hail up to golf ball size, with damage estimated in the thousands. Winds gusted to 87 miles per hour, water leaked into Northeaston Junior College auditorium during a Miss Colorado pageant. nearby fields also showed heavy hail damage.
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Sterling
Calo
National Weather Service
Northeaston Junior College
Logan Comunty Sheriff's Department
Five DAs order crackdown on white-collar frauds
Five district attorneys offices in Denver Los Angeles Columbus and Prince George s County will computerize and exchange information to crack down on white collar business fraud in local newspaper ads. The National DAA said fraud schemes have risen and the task force will pursue prosecutable cases and tougher laws.
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Denver
UPI
Los Angeles
Calif
Columbus
Chio
Searle
Wash
Prince George's County
National District Attorneys Association
Dale Tooley
Robert J. Sussman
Seitz Noaa
Gilbert Garcetti
Rocess
Ipat Solon
Ohio
Gaid
Sussman
Bond Rhye
Atttorneys
NOAA
Girl Scout attack report withheld in Italy case
Denver report notes a 13 year old Girl Scout from Boulder was attacked in a tent at Flying G Ranch near Denver. Officials say details were withheld to avoid alarm and clarify interpretations of incident while tying to prior 1981 strangulation and recent Oklahoma camp slayings.
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Karen Lard
LitQelon
AP Wirepaolot
Denverope
Italy
Boulder
Colo
Flying G Ranch
Denver
Eliabeth Hayden
Lowsma
Oklahoma
Miss Hayden
Misa Hayden
William Flint
Jefferson County
Flint
New Mexico forest fire causes $8 million in damage
A massive fire near Los Alamos destroyed about 10 000 acres on federal lands and threatened the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Bandelier National Monument. Firefighters from Oregon aided crews amid near zero humidity as one National Parks Service worker died. The blaze was 80 percent contained with total containment expected by Tuesday.
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Oregon
New Mexico
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
T Hat
Uut
Capulin Canyon
Jim Bates
National Park Service
Energy Research and Development Administration
U.S. Forest Service
Los Alamos City
Bandelier National Monument
Yan
Santa Fe
Alamogordo
National Parks Service
Juan G Alder
Vallecttos
Aldus
Forest Service faces criticism over cottonwood harvest program
The State Wildlife Division denounces a Forest Service plan to harvest Colorado cottonwoods from river bottoms to spur private timber markets. Officials warn habitat loss could devastate wildlife, including half the state's bird population, urging restraint and highlighting potential illegal harvest risks amid regional crate and pallet markets. A separate report notes a wildfire in the Jemez Mountains burning 11,000 acres.
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Denver
UPL
State Forest Service
State Wildlife Division
Colorado
Bul
Ron Deslite
Slate
South Platte
Jack Grieb
Wildlife Division
Forest Service Cay Cookel
Cuban prisoner’s relatives see hope of release
Relatives of Tony Lunt aged 53 who has spent 12 years in Cuban prisons for alleged espionage say improved U S Cuba relations may bring his freedom within one or two months. His son, Tony Lunt Jr, reports hope from Belgian ambassador Victor Ailard and notes his father’s good health and strong faith.
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Penver
UPT
GIA
United States
Tony Lunt
Colorado State University
Fort Colling
Lawrence K. Lunt Jr
Lunt
Newton
Wheatland
Wyo
Cubs
Belgium
Apri
John Lunt
Saratoga
Victor Ailard
Hilary Weed
Denver
Aire
Weed
Youth drowns in river near Durango Colorado
A 12 year old Fort Garland youth drowned in the Animas River about 12 miles south of Durango. The incident occurred Saturday evening when he and a family friend were tossed from a raft by strong current. The raft lodged between rocks and the boy was held underwater after becoming entangled in a rope attached to the raft. Responders recovered him but could not revive him.
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Durango
Cola
Fort Garland
Animas
la Plata
Sheriff's Office
Pau Hugkans
Joe Bellaya
Fynetana
Calif
Hawkins
Sheriff's Department
Hevayo
Youth Conservation Corps program under way in New Mexico
In Santa Fe 167 youths aged 11 to 18 began work today at 12 camps in New Mexico under the Youth Conservation Corps. In its fourth year the program aims to provide employment and spark environmental interest while improving public lands. Agency head Scott Wilson said New Mexico received 205000 for the program, with most work in landscaping trail and shelter construction and repairing boat facilities at parks.
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Santa FE
N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Youth Conservation Corps
Scott Wilson
Wilson
Bcat
Solar energy conference set in Denver in 2031
About 600 scientists engineers and educators are expected to attend the annual meeting of the International Solar Energy Conference in Denver in August 2031. Presentations will cover technical solar system results and solar economics, said Dr. C Byron Winn of Colorado State University.
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Denver
C. Byron Winn
Colorado State University
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