Volcano Study Probes Novarupta Amid Alaska Wilderness
Geologists study the 1912 Novarupta eruption site in Alaska's Valley of 10 000 Smokes to map vent size and location and improve eruption predictions. The project, conducted in a remote wilderness area, involves scientists and park rangers living near Baked Mountain while balancing preservation with research needs.
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Hell
Novarupta Volcano
Mount St. Helens
Pe Ak
National Park and Preserve
Woodrow Wilson
Tom Miller
Alaska Volcano Observatory
Anchorage
Baked
National Park Service
Novarupta
Valley of 10 000 Smokes and Katmai drilling plans
Park Service eases helicopter use in Katmai backcountry in return for work while proposals to drill into the still warm volcano face opposition though an environmental impact statement is not yet written and public hearings are at least a year away. Robert Griggs described the valley as a vent filled landscape when he explored Ukak River valley in 1916 for the National Geographic Society.
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Park Service
Katmai
Alan Eliason
Robert Griggs
Griggs
Ukak River
National Geographic Society
Alaska tops income growth list after spill cleanup
Alaska posted the nation's fastest per capita income gain in 1989 at 12.6 percent, boosted by earnings from lumber and other industries tied to cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The Commerce Department said Alaskans averaged 21 656 dollars per person, with Western and farm states among the leaders in growth. The spill damaged hundreds of miles of shoreline, killing wildlife and prompting cleanup costs across the state.
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Valdez
Alaska
Hawaii
Nevada
North Dakota
Montana
South Dakota
Idaho
Iowa
Maine
Mississippi River
Exxon Valdez
North Slope
Prank Cost a Clerk His Job at Toys R Us in Tampa
A stock clerk admitted dressing Ken dolls in women's clothes as a prank at a Tampa Toys R Us. He confessed and was fired. The incident sparked national attention after the doll spoof circulated in media.
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Fla
Ken
Barbie
Toys R Us
Ron Zero
Carina Guillot
New Jersey
Arsenio Hall
Joan Rivers
Newsweek
Fortune
Ex-Thornburgh aide pleads innocent to drug charges
Henry Barr, a former top Thornburgh aide at the Justice Department and in Harrisburg, pleads innocent to four counts including cocaine possession, lying about drug use, and conspiracy. The case ties to an ongoing federal probe of drug use by public officials and could go to trial in October if indictments stand. Barr faces up to 12 years and $510,000 in fines if convicted.
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U.S
Dick Thornburgh
Henry Barr
Thornburgh
Justice Department
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Pennsylvania
Gordon Zubrod
Barr
Edwin Kosik
Zubrod
Charles Scarlata
FBI
A If Convicns
Richard Guida
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