Drought Persists as California Sees Sparse Snowfall
In Norden California an inch of snow contrasts with typical 100 inches yearly. Officials warn a third drought year hinges on heavy Northern Sierra snowfall and timely rainfall. Reservoir filling relies on winter runoff, with regional disparities in impact across the state.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
Norden
Grasslands
Sierra Foothill
Central Valley
East San Francisco Bay Area
Sierra
Boy Killer Convicted In North Las Vegas Market Slaying
Mark Andamo Cuellar, 15, was found guilty of first degree murder for the July 10 Stop N Go market robbery killing of Steven Hyman in North Las Vegas. The same jury will decide sentencing, with options including life imprisonment with or without parole. Judge Paul Goldman barred the death penalty.
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Mark Andamo Cuellar
Paul Goldman
Cuellar
Steven Hyman
Las Vegas
Where I Stand: Sadat's peace push called ignorant by critics
Hank Greenspun argues President Anwar Sadat faces Arab critics who oppose his moves toward peace with Israel. He condemns other papers for premature editorials and recalls the death of Dianna Foster in a Lake Mead propane accident while noting corruption probes at the sanitation district and whistleblower fears.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
First U S Mexico prisoner exchange under way
A chartered jetliner carried 13 Mexican nationals from Houston and San Diego to Mexico City, marking the first structured prisoner exchange between the United States and Mexico. Officials from both countries assisted an injured Mexican prisoner at McNeill Island before departure.
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McNeill Island
San Diego
Calif
Mexico
United States
NY Times
Houston
Mexico City
Prisoners Arrive in San Diego After Mexico Release Flight
Sixty one Americans plus a baby released from Mexican jails arrived in San Diego aboard a DC-9. Parents praised the prisoner exchange amid months of fighting over torture and extortion reports. Remaining prisoners and relatives planned further flights as up to 300 Americans were slated for transfer under the program.
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Mexico
Mexico City
San Diego
Juanita Carpenter
Hawthorne
Calif
Don
Carpenter
Derek
John Martinez
California
David
Lindbergh Field
Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center
U.S
Smog May Last All Weekend in Southern Nevada
Stagnant air keeps the worst air quality reading in southern Nevada history as Clark County Health District issues a third day alert. Residents with respiratory problems urged to limit activity and drivers to curb travel. fireplaces discouraged. Air index stood at 83 by 3:30 p.m. Friday, with no weather improvement expected through the weekend.
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Nevada
Clark County Health District
U.S. Weather Service
Congress Feod Stalls Social Security Bill in Talks
Negotiations on a Social Security financing bill collapsed after a dispute over a proposed 250 dollar per year income tax credit for college and vocational students. Senators and representatives failed to agree on adding 227 billion dollars in payroll taxes over ten years while House negotiators insisted the tax credit was irrelevant to Social Security.
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Washington
UPS
House-Senate
Congress
Carter
Senate
HEW
Joseph Califano
Califano
Fiery fertilizer blast kills 21 in Cartagena Colombia
An explosion at a government fertilizer plant in Cartagena on Colombia's Atlantic coast killed 21 people and injured 22. Ammonia gas released from the warehouse drifted toward a nearby fishing village, forcing hospitalizations. Officials offered no immediate cause for the blast.
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Colombia
Empresa Colombiana de Abonos
Cartagena
Bogota
Atlantic
Holmes Renounces Interest in Mormon Will Forgery Claim
SUN senior aide Howard Hughes declares the so called Mormon will a forgery and signs a renunciation of interest in court. Witness John Holmes testified he began working for Hughes in 1949 and served as staff executive assistant from 1957.
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SUN
Howard Hughes
Keith Hayes
John Holmes
Harold Rhoden
Holmes
Hughes
Rhoden
Renunciation Lacks Signing in Hughes Will Trial
Testimony proceeds in the Howard Hughes case with aides expected to testify later. The alleged Mormon will dated 1968 proposes that Hughes death estate be divided among his personal aides and the key men of his companies. a renunciation document was released during a trial recess.
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Judge Hayes
Rhoden
Bitting
Holmes
George Francon
Clarence Waldron
James Rickard
Howard Eckersley
Levar Myler
Myler
Hughes
Howard R. Hughes Jr
Decedent
Howard Rughes Jr
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