Sea wreaks havoc on get-a-way home
Ventura resident Jan Harmonson recalls two fierce winter storms, January 27 and March 2, that devastated his two bedroom beach cottage at Faria Beach. The waves ripped a window and a tree trunk destroyed half the house, leaving his kitchen flooded and belongings scattered. He remains in place, opposing relocation despite repeated damage and federal disaster declarations.
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Ventura
Calif
Jan Harmonson
Pacific
Harmonson
State Office of Emergency Services
California
Reagan
Los Angeles
Golden State
Faria Beach
Patricia
Iet
Indictment in Mobile lynching tied to Klan member
A mobile grand jury indicted Henry Francis Hays, 28, on capital murder for the 1981 lynching slaying of Michael Donald, 19, whose body was hanged in a Mobile neighborhood after a coroner ruled death occurred before the lynching. The case spurred civil rights demonstrations nationwide.
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Mobile
Ala
Special
Ku Klux Klan
Henry Francis Hays
FBI
Michael Donald
Donald
Hart Loses Colorado Law License Over Missed Fee
Denver AP Hart's law license suspended by the Colorado Supreme Court for failing to pay a $10 annual registration fee due Feb 28. A clerk said a notice was mailed April 18 to Hart's Washington office, and the license was suspended June 9 after no response. Hart will need to petition for reinstatement and pay a $50 revival fee. The case marks first-time inactive attorney fees enforcement in Colorado. Also Washington AP Ford introduces a bill to grant tax credits to federal employees contributing to both Civil Service and Social Security systems, targeting hires after December 31. The bill aims to ease combined CSRS and Social Security contributions under the new system.
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Denver
Gary Hart
Colorado
Colorado Supreme Court
Cheryl Taylor
Hart
Washington
Taylor
Tom Gleason
Gleason
William D. Ford
Dmich
Ford
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Murderer given death on his 41st birthday
George Banks, a former prison guard, was sentenced to death by jurors in Wilkes-Barre for 13 murders including five of his children. The panel weighed his mental illness against the premeditated killings and chose execution by electrocution.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Thomas Boory
George Banks
Tank production dips as Soviets shift to better guns
Defense Intelligence Agency officials say Soviet production of tanks and armored vehicles fell from 1977 to 1981 while more advanced weapons were developed. Army Lt. Gen. James A. Williams notes fewer early model tanks are being produced as sophistication increases.
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Washington
Defense Intelligency Agency
Army
James A. Williams
Intelligence Agency
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House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Solidarity Trade Union
White House
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Civil Service
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Chic
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