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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1979

Page

4

Winter Storm Slams Pacific Coast with Rain Snow and Outages

The Associated Press reports a fierce winter storm battered the Pacific Coast driving boats aground in California torrents in Oregon avalanche warnings and widespread power outages across Washington California and Oregon. Winds reached 60 mph on Mt Tamalpais and Seattle airport saw 49 mph gusts as heavy snow and rain flooded basements closed highways and forced several radio stations off air. Ski lodges welcomed Tahoe snow while residents faced structural damage and coastal floods.

Associated Press California Oregon Washington Pacific Coast Mt. Tamalpais San Francisco San Francisco Bay Bridge Redwood City Calif Joanne Blocker Nevada Manchester Port Orchard Wash Puget Southworth Ferry Terminal U.S. Forest Service Seattle-Tacoma International Cougar Mountain Issaquah Seattle Don Noel Puget Sound Power & Light Co

Explosion injures two Tennessee officers in Norris

A parcel delivered to the Norris public safety building exploded injuring two police officers. Alan Harris and David Williams were treated at St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville for cuts and scratches. Authorities said ATF and Postal Inspection Service agents investigated the incident likely involving a pipe bomb with a fictitious return address.

East Tennessee Alan Harris Knoxville David Williams Norris Lowell Thomas St. Mary's Harris

Wall Street Little Change on Christmas Eve Trading

Wall Street in quiet Christmas Eve trading with the Dow Jones industrial average down 1.54 to 837.37 by noon. NYSE-listed issues showed more losers than gainers by about a 32 to 1 margin as ticker tape ran four minutes late before catching up. Brokers expected slow pace through the four day weekend while noting oil minister Yamani forecast possible oil price declines next spring.

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