Winemakers Cut Prices To Battle Industry Slump
Associated Press writer Louise Cook reports that U S wine producers cut prices to stimulate demand amid a 1982 downturn. Domestic shipments grew modestly, with price discounts of 5 to 20 percent. imports gained in table wines as Italian and French brands offer cheaper options. The weaker economy and strong dollar boosted bargain hunting.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
America
Marvin Shanken
Impact
Shanken
U.S
Italy
France
Four Die In Balloon Fiesta Accident At Albuquerque
At the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta a hot air balloon exploded as passengers prepared to applaud a landing. Nine aboard were affected. four fatalities and five injuries. Pilot Joe Gonzales was among the injured when a propane tank erupted and the craft rose, then fell as survivors jumped to safety. Witness Thomas Speer described a hissing sound and vapors seconds before the blast.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Thomas Speer
Speer
Lakewood
Colo
J.W. Nimmo
Nimmo
Gonzales
Christina Robinson
London
Nick Brainard
Pamela
Brainards
Grain Storage Dwindles Amid Harvest Space Crunch
Kansas and nationwide grain storage pressures rise as 19 billion bushels of capacity risk 93 percent full by fall, with farmers repurposing old depots and plants to store milo, soybeans, and corn while weather delays harvest. Some Kansas firms add space. others brace for possible shortages.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
United States
Minnesota
Gary McKinney
C-G-F Grain Co
Topeka
Farmers Cooperative of
Alden
Sterling
Saxman, Lyons, and
Pollard
Don Dumler
Dumler
Jim Kinney
Far-Mar-Co
Hutchinson
Kinney
Vietnamese Children Reunite With American Families
Eleven Vietnamese children aged 7 to 15 depart Vietnam to join American fathers and families across the United States under a 1979 program. They travel from Los Angeles and reunite in destinations including Washington DC Seattle Atlanta Portland San Diego Sacramento Tucson and Dallas. Relative reunions and future departures accompany the event as authorities review prior safety inspections from the Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse case in Kansas City.
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Associated Press
United States
Luis Carlos Villegas
San Diego
Los Angeles
Vietnam
U.S
Washington, D.C
Seattle
Atlanta
Portland
Ore
Sacramento
Calif
Tucson
Ariz
Dallas
Lindbergh Field
Villegas
U.S. Naval Training Center
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Nguyen Thi San
Nguyen Quoc Viet
Dennis Junior
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Loan
Susan
Dennis Everton
Richard Everton
Kansas City, Mo
Hyatt Regency
Kansas City Star and Times
Hyatt
Crown Center Redevelopment Corp
U.S. Bureau of Standards
Main
Action Furniture
Ottawa
Ottawa Herald
Paxson
Vari
Folger’s
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Rees
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