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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1996

Page

8

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.

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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.

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.

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