Big Thompson flash flood devastates canyon killing dozens
Rescue teams evacuated most residents by nightfall as 6 to 10 inches of overnight rain unleashed a flood cresting at 10 to 15 feet. Eyewitnesses described tidal waves sweeping vehicles and people, with debris and destroyed bridges along Trail Ridge Road. National guardsmen were mobilized and bodies were later found downstream along the South Platte.
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Big Thompson River
Loveland
Colo
Watson
South Platte River
Kansas
George
Swann
Trail Ridge
Drake
Big Thompson
Little Thompson
Cache la Poudre
Weld County
South Platte
Colorado
Collapse of Vienna Reichsbruecke Kills Mystery Four Missing
A 500 yard section of the Reichsbruecke in Vienna collapsed into the Danube early Sunday. Four people were missing after a bus and two cars on the bridge plunged into the river. A blue Ford Transit involved in a stranded car rescue was reported among those affected. Police cite metal fatigue. no explosion detected. Firemen saved the bus driver Emerich Volesamer. The Olteniia riverboat near the scene carried 100 passengers with no injuries.
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Vienna
Austria
UPI
Reichsbruecke
Danube
Olteniia
Emerich Volesamer
Franz Andras
Ford
Fed Eyes On Nev Uranium
A federal study on uranium deposits in seven western states starts in Nevada this month. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory scientists will sample ground and surface water for uranium in Central Nevada before expanding to the rest of the state. The survey under the federal energy research and development administration contract should complete by end of 1977. Samples collected by private geologic survey firms in Nevada will be evaluated at Livermore.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Livermore
Calif
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
Search hampered for two women after Catalina cruiser capsizes
High surf hindered the Sunday search for two women missing after the 25 foot cabin cruiser Cherry Bomb capsized off Dockweiler Beach. Eight others were rescued, including Donald Bohannan Emily Collins Karen Hooker James Herbon James Denny Pat Rust and Harold Johnson. Loretta Dobbs of Culver City and Silvia of Maryland were missing and presumed drowned. Lifeguards used patrol boats and helicopters. scuba divers were not deployed due to rough seas.
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Playa
Playa del Rey
UPI
Dockweiler Beach
Loretta Dobbs
Culver City
Silvia
Maryland
Marina del Rey
Sheriff's Department
Donald Bohannan
Los Angeles
Emily Collins
San Francisco
Karen Hooker
Oakland
James Herbon
James Denny
Pat Rust
Harold Johnson
Beverly Hills
Drought May Spark Rolling Blackouts in Nor Cal
Pacifi c Gas & Electric warns rolling outages are possible in Northern California due to severe drought. The utility may curtail power to whole neighborhoods for at least an hour, with only San Francisco and Oakland business districts exempt.
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San Francisco
UPI
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
California
Oakland
Pg&e
State Public Utilities Commission
Mars Soil Oxygen Rate Slows in Viking Chamber
UPI reports Viking scientists in Pasadena say Martian soil in a three chamber lab shows an appreciable slowdown in oxygen emission and in radioactivity, with uncertain link to metabolism. They note the process could mimic life but must be studied weeks.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking
Hal Klein
Klein
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Edward T. Swann
Nev
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High Surf Hampers Search
PUC
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