Winter Storm Bales West Mountains and East Coast
A sweeping storm dumped up to 3 feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada and high elevations while the Northeast saw its first snowfall of the season. The death toll rose to 27 as icy conditions spread from the Rockies to the Great Lakes with strong winds and significant rainfall in the San Francisco area and mudslides near Placerville.
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Associated Press
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Great Lakes
New York City
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New York
Sierra Nevada
New Mexico
Chama
Utah
Parley's
Salt Lake City
Lake Tahoe Basin
California
Park City
San Francisco
U.S. 50
Placerville
Alpine Meadows
Norden
Lake Tahoe
RMH Board Approves Lab Upgrade and Budget Moves
Trustees approved a $24,685 lab equipment purchase including a $16,500 blood gas analyzer to replace a worn unit from 1975. Dr. Corder backed the upgrade, noting faster results would enhance hospital care. board members also set budget talks and reviewed a proposed retirement plan pending an auditor’s report.
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Mettenburg
Vince Thorpe
Scott Corder
Thorpe
Eagles Lodge
PLO Factions Call Truce in Tripoli Lebanon
PLO mutineers and loyalists agreed to end the three week battle in Tripoli with a two week evacuation plan. Saudi Arabia and Syria announced a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement, as mortars and machine guns fired during clashes around the city. Arafat's stance and the safety guarantees for loyalists remained unclear. In Beirut, Lebanese forces and Shiite militiamen fought near the Marine base at the airport as Marines answered with limited fire.
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Tripoli
Lebanon
PLO
Saudi Arabia
Syria
PLQ
Yassif Arafat
Damascus
Prince Saud al- Faisal
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
Khaddam
Arafat
Middle East
Beirut
Maj
Robert Jordan
Juco Tuition Fight Heads to Kansas Supreme Court
Lyon County Kansas commissioners appeal a 1982 state law requiring counties to pay out of district tuition to 19 community colleges and Washburn University. They claim home rule powers after a district court struck down two ordinances exempting the county from such payments. Oral arguments set for next week as the court hears 32 appeals.
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Topeka, Kan
Lyon County Board of Commissioners
Kansas Community Colleges
Washburn University
State Supreme Court
Lyon County
Community Colleges
Washburn
High Court
Lyon County District Court
Estate of Ruth Brooks hearing on final settlement
District Court of Franklin County Kansas publishes notice of hearing on petition for final settlement in the matter of the estate of Ruth Brooks. Petitioner Donnie R. Rumford and attorney Richard O. Skoog of Skoog & Latimer P.C. in Ottawa Kansas provide contact details and date range for publication.
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District Court of
Franklin County
Kansas
Ruth Brooks
Tollons
Bonnie Rumtoed
Ruth J. Brooks
Ottawa
Richard
Skoog
Skoog & Latimer
P. C. Box
Turkey Donors' Stomachs Grows Los Angeles Thanksgiving Scandal
Thousands who paid 16 for a Thanksgiving feast found cupboards bare as the Ecumenical Coalition of Concerned Americans failed to deliver. Only 6,000 turkeys were distributed and 7,000 five dollar gift certificates offered while investigations by state officials continued into the charity’s funds and fundraising.
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Los Angeles
Aly
Ecumenical Coalition of
Coalition
Coalition Apokcaman
Robert Herstek
Herschel Elkins
al Albergate
District Attorney’s
Russell Lee
County Department of Social Services
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