Lebanon seeks U S aid to stop Mideast clash
President Elias Sarkis urged the United States and Arab oil powers to avert a Syrian Israeli confrontation in southern Lebanon. Syrian peacekeeping troops control most of the country as Israel masses troops near the border. Sarkis held urgent consultations with Arab leaders and may offer a plan including a Palestinian durable moratorium and a Lebanese border patrol force.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Elias Sarkis
United States
Israel
Sarkis
Yasir Arafat
U.S
George Lane
King Khaled
Saudi Arabia
Parched Farmers Test Artificial Rain
Drought lingered into 1976 harvest with hay shortages, halted plowings, and delayed tobacco stripping. Farmers consider irrigation and soil practices as UWEX recommends chisel plows to improve moisture retention. SCS reports cannot build flood-control earth dams this fall. 1500 feet of riprap completed and 95 acres of contour strips planned amid ongoing drought concerns.
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Soil Conservation Service
Soil and Water Conservation District
LWCD
Mindoro man hailed after thwarting Holmen store robbery
Allen Hinrichs, 43, wounded in a scuffle with an armed robber, is praised as a hero for foiling the Holmen grocery store holdup. He is in serious condition at St. Francis Hospital with stomach and foot injuries. Suspect John E. Bater, 18, of Winona, faces armed robbery and attempted murder charges with bond set at 50 000. A 16 year old Winona youth tied to the case is detained as an accomplice.
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Allen Hinrichs
Mindoro
Holmen
Hinrichs
St. Francis Hospital
Richard Eggen
Eggen Plumbing and Heating
Eggen
Hindrichs
John E. Bater
Winona
la Crosse County
County Court Branch
Leonard F. Roraff
Carol Hinrichs
Lacia
IGA
Marshland Grassfire Charred Medary and La Crosse Sides
A grassfire of unknown origin burned the area between U.S. Highway 16 and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad tracks in Medary and on the eastern edge of La Crosse last night into today. Onalaska and La Crosse fire units battled the flames, with Medary fire largely out but still capable of reigniting. Wind and thick grass threaten resumption. origin linked to a passing train. acreage burned not disclosed.
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U.S. Highway 16
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Medary
City of
la Crosse
Onalaska
Stanley Borchert
Borchert
Snowbound relief efforts in quake hit Muradiye
Relief workers labored through snow and blocked roads to aid thousands after the Turkish earthquake. Officials reported 3,027 bodies recovered with fears the toll nears 4,000 as survivors huddle outdoors in subfreezing temperatures awaiting tents blankets and fuel.
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Muradiye
Turkey
Mevlut Sivasoglu
Ankara
Van
Caldiran
Strong Quake Hits Northern California Shaking Wide Area
An early morning 5.8 magnitude quake centered near Ferndale shook a 100 mile coastal corridor from Eureka to Crescent City with no reported damage or injuries. Officials note the epicenter offshore and explain Richter scale readings and regional geology while residents felt rolling tremors in Ferndale and Eureka.
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Ferndale
Calif
California
University of California Seismographic Laboratory
Berkeley
San Francisco
Eureka
McKinleyville
Arcata
Crescent City
Oregon
Charles Goff
Pacific Ocean
Goff
George Johnston
U.S. Geological Survey
Washington
D.C
Montello Town Aims to Buy its Rail Line with 20100 Loan
Montello Nevada residents seek to purchase the Southern Pacific owned portion of their 320 acre town. Elko County commissioners approved a 20196 no interest loan to complete the sale if the railroad agrees. The town, once an overnight stop for SP crews, is now small with retirees and limited services.
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Montello
Nev
Nevada
Southern Pacific Railroad
Montello Justice of the Peace del Pruitt
Nevada Route 30
Interstate 80
Idaho Line
Southern Pacific
Elko County
West Coast
Ogden
Utah
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Lake Onalaska
Ken Wesely
the Tribune
John Ellenbecker
The
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Peter Schmidt
Jerome Servais
David Hilly
St. Josph’s
University of Wisconsin-Extension
James Cropper
U. S. Soil Constvation Service
SCS
George E. Nettum
Northern Wisconsin Cooperative Tobacco Pool
Viroqua
Raymond Krueger
Melrose
Krueger
Sagias
Sacia
White House
Diane
Kenneth Guenther
Buzzie
Rollie Fingers
San Diego Padres
KINS
Johnston
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