Anchorage Damaged by Slump Slopes From Quake Report
The Geological Survey said slides triggered by faster 8 earthquakes in Alaska caused most Anchorage damage. Unstable Bootlegger Cove clay underlayslip, with Valdez land rising 14 feet and Kodiak locals sinking eight feet. Downtown slumps destroyed about one eighth of a square mile.
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Washington
Alaska
Anchorage
Geological Survey
Interior Department
Harry Rietze
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Juneau
Rietze
Valdez
Kodiak
Ruben Kachadoorian
Bootlegger Cove
Turnagain Heights
Ship Creek
Kachadoorian
Anchorage quake risk from Bootlegger Cove clay warned
An Anchorage bulletin from 1959 described the city built on a flat outwash plain with Bootlegger Cove clay beneath. When wet the clay becomes unstable and could dislodge, as shown by the March 27 earthquake that caused slide-area destruction.
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Anchorage
Intersection Upgraded With Forty Traffic Aids in Brighton
Rochester AP reports traffic engineers redesigned a three way Brighton intersection replacing four blinking lights with eighty signals and signs. Forty traffic aids now manage 14,000 daily vehicles including eight red green lights ten walk signs two stop signs and more. A giant fruit eating bat of India is noted as the largest bat on earth with a five foot wingspan.
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Rochester
N.Y
Brighton
India
Earth
Maryland Court of Appeals agrees to hear fingerprint case
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that the full seven-judge court will hear arguments in a dispute over fingerprint records of Montgomery County school teachers. After two hours of earlier arguments before a five-judge panel, the case was set for re argument next Monday. The appeal is filed by a taxpayer two teachers and the State Board of Education challenging a Montgomery County Circuit Court order allowing the county board of education to deliver fingerprint records to police. The State Board overruled the local board but the matter proceeds to full court review.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Montgomery County
State Board of Education
County Board of Education
Local Board Action Upheld by Judge Over State Authority
Judge Ralph Shure upheld the county board in a dispute over whether the state board can reverse a local board action. Prior to May 27, fingerprint records were kept by the county board for security checks on teachers. Information was shared with local police only when the county board felt further investigation was needed.
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Ralph Shure
FSI
FBI
May 27 vote on fingerprints for teachers and staff
A 4-3 board vote adopted a resolution to turn over to Montgomery County Police fingerprint records for current and future applicants for county review. Cards would be returned to the education personnel office for permanent files. The same procedure applied to all county employees and teachers. A related item noted a bond set at 900 dollars for Elmer M. Johnson amid a jury trial request by the state.
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Board of Education Personnel Office
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