Million Dollars Vanish From Locked Chicago Bank Vault
The First National Bank of Chicago reports a missing one million dollars from a main vault cart labeled T-12 despite steel cages, a two foot thick vault door, and CCTV coverage. FBI probes possible embezzlement or burglary as weekend access logs show limited personnel and guarded operations.
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Chicago
UPI
First National Bank of Chicago
FBI
First National
Homer J. Holland
Holland
Satellite monitors fire danger in California forests
NASA funded system uses 20 electronic monitors to relay weather data via satellite to Sacramento for fire danger calculations. The goal is to replace some field weather stations, offering faster updates for loggers and firefighters. Testing continues for about two years to prove durability and cost effectiveness.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Clint Phillips
State Department of Forestry
North Coast
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virginia
Phillips
Balloon crashes near Paradise Calif during test flight
An Air Force high altitude balloon, launched to test infrared sensor use, crashed in foothills near Paradise California. The unmanned craft, heavily instrumented, aimed for a seven hour flight to central Nevada and back at 100000 feet but ended after two hours Thursday. The main payload was recovered by the Air Force.
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UPI
Air Force
California
Nevada
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