Major Guatemala City quake ripples through Central America
A 7.5 magnitude quake struck Guatemala City and shook Honduras El Salvador and Mexico with aftershocks. Officials warned of many dead in Guatemala City up to 500. Rescue workers pulled survivors from collapsed buildings as communications and power faltered and a nearby volcano spouted smoke. CARE relief headquarters reported continuing aid efforts.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Mexico
Red Cross
Fire Department
Honduras
el Salvador
Avenue of the Americas
Care Relief
New York
New York Care
CARE
Cooperative
American Relief
William S. Salas
Salas
State Department
Washington
U.S. Em
Romeo Ucas
The
Dade County
Fla
Tegucigalpa
Hijacked Djibouti bus siege ends with deaths and frees children
French sharpshooters kill four hijackers and injure others as they free 30 French children and two adults held on a bus near the Somali border. Four children and two French soldiers are among the injured. the incident triggers a Djibouti border clash.
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Djibouti
Afars and
Issas
Somalia
Red Sea
Radio
Aref
Indictment Blames Ex AG Norvell for Corrupt Use of Power
A federal grand jury indicted former New Mexico Attorney General David Norvell on eight counts including extortion and filing a false tax return. The case ties Norvell to bribery schemes involving the Jackson Creek Cattle Co. and Sandia Savings, with co-conspirators named but not indicted. Norvell faces potential prison terms and fines, while summons set arraignment for February 12.
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Albuquerque
Atty
David Norvell
Attorney General’s Office
Norvell
Santa Fe
New Mexico House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Fed. 12
U.S. Atty
Victor Ortega
Ortega
Federal Grand Jury
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
Clovis
Robert S. Hammond
Jackson Creek Cattle Co
James R. Jenkins
Athens
Tex
Hammond
New Mexico Supreme Court Disciplinary Board
Jenkins
Paul Bloom
Steve Reynolds
Bloom
Rey Davidson
Sandia Savings and Loan Association
New Mexico Savings and Loan
Grand Jury
New Mexico Savings and Loan Association
Sandia Savings
Las Cruces
Roswell
Savings and Loan
Snider Campbell
Department of Banking
Ed Leslie
James A. Foley
Sandia
Foley
Roswell Schools to Hire Commissioned Security Guards
Roswell Independent School District wins unanimous board approval to hire uniformed commissioned guards with arrest powers to patrol campuses and parking lots. The plan targets trespassing fighting and vandalism with strict penalties for offenses and non armed guards undergoing 240 hours training.
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Roswell Independent School District
Roswell
H. Fred Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Goddard High School
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Cindy
Cindy Nelson
Lutsen
Minn
U.S
Berg Isel
Inn
Sbruck
O. Gallegos
Orlando Gallegos
Joseph Montoya
D-N.m
Gallegos
Senate
Harrison Schmitt
Silver City
Ohtoya
Ali Aref
Radio Luxembourg
Their
Liberation Front
Arf
Front For the Liberation of
San Salvador
Associated Press
KPRC
Houston
David C. Pierce
Belize City
British Honduras
Belize
Aso
D. Norvell
Robert L. Goldsborough
Bob Gold
Michael T. Garrett
Lubbock, Tex
George Welles II
Dr. Pomeroy
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