Nine Years On Fresno Mall Shows Mixed Downtown Rise and Decline
Fresno’s pedestrian mall nine years old amid declining down town sales. About half of initial 300 outlets vanished while remaining stores rely on fountains and landscaping to attract customers. Department stores expand to suburban centers, yet some still outperform in downtown with growing branch sales.
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Fresno
Calif
James Roberts
Downtown Association
San Joaquin Valley
Roberts
Bolivian Troops Rescue General Amid Peasant Road Blockades
In central Bolivia near Cochabamba angry peasants protesting 100 percent food price hikes held Gen. Juan Perez Tapia prisoner. Government spokesman says two peasants were injured as troops cleared a 30 mile road corridor between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz and freed the general.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Guillermo Bulacia
Cochabamba
Juan Perez Tapia
Santa Cruz
Okinawa to Return Five U.S. Army and Two Marine Bases
The United States agrees to give up five Army and two Marine bases on Okinawa and release 12 more sites after relocating personnel and facilities. The move, approved by the Japan U.S. Consultative Committee, marks the largest post 1972 base realignment on the island with the Naha port base among those to be released.
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Tokyo
United States
Okinawa
Japan
Naha
Foreign Ministry
Masayoshi Ohira
U. S
Thomas P. Shoesmith
Adm
Noel A.M. Gaylor
U.S
Pacific
Okinawa Prefecture
Blood ruling reversed in Huffman vehicular death case
The 5th District Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision, allowing a blood test used to determine alcohol content to be admitted as evidence in the Huffman Newark case. Huffman, charged in the July head on collision that killed Clair Rubeck, faced trial delays after the initial ruling.
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Newark
Ohio
Licking County Common Pleas
5Th District Court of Appeals
George M. Huffman
Clair Rubeck
Huffman
Rubeck
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Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Senate
Union
Central Avenue
Central Ave
U.S.D.A
U.S.D.A. Choice
Armour Star
Diliman
I Central Ave
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