New 108 mile San Andreas branch linked to Hosgri fault
Earthquake experts unveil a map linking offshore faults into a longer Central California rift, connecting the Hosgri fault near San Luis Obispo to a 108 mile San Andreas branch off the coast. The state map also pieces faults around Los Angeles and San Diego, raising concerns of a potentially magnitude 8 quake along the central coast.
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UPI
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San Andreas
Santa Barbara
California
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San Diego
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Diablo Canyon
San Luis Obispo
Point Conception
Eli Silver
University of Santa Cruz Geology Department
Stanford University
State Division of Mines and Geology
U.S. Geological Survey
Carmel
Newport-Inglewood
Kenneth Lajoie
Senate
California coastal plan faces significant costs and benefits
Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post cautions the 100-page coastal plan cannot determine net costs versus benefits in quantifiable terms. The plan would require on site parking, recreational facilities, and runoff controls while raising fees and taxes and funding $180 million for coastal acquisitions via bonds.
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State Coast Plan
Sacramento
UPI
California
A. Alan Post
Post Thursday
Kissinger embarks on two week Africa tour
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger begins a two week mission visiting Kenya Tanzania Zambia Zaire Senegal Ghana and Liberia. He criticizes Soviet aid to Angola rebels noting relations cooled and says the United States seeks goodwill ties with black Africa and opposes white minority regimes.
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UPI
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Senegal
Ghana
Liberia
Kissinger
United States
Africa
Ex-Hughes secretary claims she typed part of will
Elanor Rohrbeck, a former Hughes secretary, says she typed an addition to Hughes 1949 will in 1951 and that aides hid the document to hide theft from the billionaire. She plans to tell IRS officials and expects a subpoena while denying outside involvement. The codicil named an uncle as executor and reportedly stated no one would receive a dime.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Howard Hughes
Internal Revenue Service
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Desert Sun
David Smith
Los Angeles
IRS
Frank
Two Year Paramarriage Plan Proposed
Philadelphia doctor Dr. Thaddeus L. Montgomery proposes a two year paramarriage system for teens where 18 year old men and 17 year old women could obtain a license to live together without long term commitment. Tests for syphilis and gonorrhea would be required and contraception provided. If children are born during the period they are legitimate and the couple stays together the license becomes a marriage license.
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Chicago
UPI
Philadelphia
Thaddeus L. Montgomery
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
United States
Montgomery
Weather spreads rain and snow across the nation
Scattered rain covered much of the United States with snow dusting the mountains. Four inches of fresh snow fell at Livingston Montana Thursday night and early today before light rain arrived. Showers stretched from the northern Appalachians to the middle Mississippi Valley with rain over west Texas and from the Central Rockies to the Plains. Rain and snow also swept the Northern Rockies.
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United Press International
Livingston
Mont
Appalachians
Mississippi Valley
West
Texas
Rockies
Plains
Seven candidates win round in battle for fund release
Seven money starved presidential hopefuls won a preliminary lower court ruling in their Supreme Court suit to free 2.2 million dollars in federal campaign funds blocked by congressional inaction. The DC Court of Appeals granted Ronald Reagan and six Democratic contenders permission to participate in the case, noting the urgency of the matter.
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UPI
Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Ronald Reagan
Thousands march in Boston led by White and Dukakis
Thousands gathered for an anti violence march in Boston led by Mayor Kevin H. White and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. Police estimated about 4 000 people at Beacon and Charles streets near Boston Common as evacuees flooded the Suffolk County Courthouse after a bomb scare.
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UPI
Kevin H. White
Michael S. Dukakis
Beacon and
Charles
Boston Common
Suffolk County
Governor Appoints Sheriff and Officer to Standards Commission
The Governor named Orange County Sheriff Brad Gates and Sacramento police Sgt. Jacob Jackson to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Other items note judges and district attorneys must file financial disclosures, drivers may pay minor fines by mail, a proposal to divide California into three states, and a call to modify the diamond lane experiment on the Santa Monica Freeway.
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Brad Gates
Sacramento Police
Jacob Jackson
Commission On Peace
Duffy
Hanford
Assembly
California
Roberts
Los Angeles
Diamond
Santa Monica
Rosenthal
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