Severe quake rocks Southern California
A powerful earthquake centered in the San Fernando Valley rocked Southern California before dawn, buckling freeways, causing fires and blackouts across Los Angeles. Three dead were reported. Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan declared a state of emergency as the 4:31 a.m. quake registered about 6.6 on the Richter scale. The temblor buckled the Santa Monica Freeway overpass and collapsed an intersection of Interstates 5 and 14 in the Valley.
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Northridge Quake Shakes Pennsylvania Readers Also
Ground shakes reach Pennsylvania on Saturday as two earthquakes rattle the Reading area. Fires rage along a freeway with red flames shooting into the air. A news helicopter reports 30 to 40 homes ablaze near Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley.
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Snowfall peaks then cold snap hit New Castle area
Forecasters say New Castle area has seen the heaviest snow of the storm and will see freezing temperatures tonight to as low as five below. Three to four inches more snow are expected today with strong west winds drifting powder. Tuesday brings flurries and bitter cold while many schools and offices delay or cancel.
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Ridge vows 10 percent cut in governor budget
Pennsylvania GOP hopeful Tom Ridge says he would lead by example and trim 10 percent from the governor’s office budget if elected. A House records review shows Ridge ran the second most expensive Pennsylvania congressional office in the first nine months of 1993, with $649,674 spent across five offices.
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Truck tied to deer processor from New Wilmington
About Town notes a truck seen in Union Township two months ago carrying a load of deer with hooves in the air, reportedly belonging to a deer processor from New Wilmington.
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Weather Outlook For The Week Ahead
Partly cloudy Thursday with a high of 5 to 15 and a low near minus ten. Partly sunny Friday with a high in the 20s and a low from minus five to five.
Beatles plan studio reunion for Anthology project
Paul McCartney George Harrison and Ringo Starr aim to record new music and unreleased Beatles songs in a studio as part of The New Yorker reported Anthology project a 1995 TV series. John Lennon was murdered in 1980.
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Death notices and obituaries list multiple individuals
Death notices list Lillian C Aldridge 90 New Castle Eleanor C Byers 67 Niles Ohio Louise Cangey 86 Garden Grove California Thelma Hinkson 90 Englewood Avenue Joseph H Lalley Jr 74 Adams Street James Mancino 84 Laurel Boulevard Alice A Pfahles 55 Hanna Street Ann Leone Pizzuto 86 Warren Michigan Ruby O Punnock 89 Haven Home Harold F Sanders 79 Center Church Road Polly Schultz 67 New Wilmington Road Ruth Smith 78 Bessemer Leslie Weldon 64 Mercer Janice M Wilson 57 Beaver Falls TV veterinarian dies Dr Stephen M Kritsick 42 AIDS related lymphoma veterinarian and ABC Good Morning America editor died yesterday
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