Wildfires scorch dry range across six states
Wildfires swept across six states, burning about 100000 acres of brush and timber in Utah and Nevada. Crews fought fast moving blazes near Reno with 75 engines, bulldozers, helicopters, and eight air tankers. Dozens evacuated as counties reported new fires near the California line and Elko County, Nevada, saw 27000 acres burn in rugged terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elapos
Utah
Nevada
Reno
California
Nigla
Sierra Foothills
Belli Ranch
Elko County
Utah Line
Nev
Army grenade blast kills one at Fort Campbell
An Army live-fire exercise at Fort Campbell Kentucky ended in a grenade accident that killed one soldier and wounded eleven others. Three were moved to a Nashville hospital while eight were treated at the base hospital. Details remain under investigation and the conditions of the injured were not immediately known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Campbell
Colieyman John
Nashville, Tenn
Navy POW pilots show long term nerve and joint problems
A study of 70 former Vietnam Navy aviators and 55 non POW peers finds POWs suffer 8.4 times more nerve issues in extremities, 1.8 times more back pain, and 1.5 times more joint difficulties. About 14 percent have psychiatric illness, far below WWII POW PTSD rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Chicago
North Vietnam
Joseph Westermeyer
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical
D. Stephen Nice
Naval Health Research Center
San Diego
Navy
South Vietnam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spence Bocks
Loop Desert
Nevada Bar
MCH Family Health Center
W. Clements
Family Health Center
Midland Odessa Immunization Coalition
Bealls
Permian High School
PHS
Seeeere
Calman i
Ed Builders Square
Builders Square
SS Square
Icen
Erlan
MIDLAND/ODESSA
ICI
Andrews
Builders Square, Inc