Tangshan Earthquake a Year Later Still Razing Tangshan
A year after the Tangshan quake the city remains ruined with thousands living in shelters atop rubble. Officials say 655,237 died and 779,000 injured per a Hopei province document dated Aug 6 1976. Travel through Tangshan now shows conical graves along rail lines.
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Tangshan
Peking
China
Hua
Party
Hopei
Oil Flow Halted Again Near End Of Trans-Alaska Pipeline
The first flow of North Slope crude halted again near the pipeline terminus as crews repair a faulty weld at the terminal. Alyeska spokeswoman Beverly Ward said restart is uncertain, possibly 24 to 48 hours, with the flow already reduced since June 20.
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John Engstrom
Valdez
Alaska
UPI
North Slope
Beverly Ward
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co, Inc
Anchorage
Alyeska
Prudhoe Bay
Atlantic Richfield
Cherry Point
Wash
Lynn Crystal
Inflation halts prosecutions for small bad checks in Ada County
Ada County Prosecutor David Leroy said inflation ends the practice of prosecuting writers of bad checks under $40. He noted the $25 cutoff is impractical now and resources cannot sustain it while ensuring convictions. However, he warned that checks for $39.99 remain prosecutable.
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Boise
UPI
Ada
David Leroy
Leroy
Firefighters Battle 2000 Acre Fish Lake Fire Near Omak
A 2000 acre forest fire near the Okanogan National Forest northwest of Omak continues out of control as 580 firefighters from five states work to contain it. Ron Neely, a scout, disappeared after losing contact with his crew. radio contact remains lost. The blaze, 40 contained as of 9 am Thursday, burns ponderosa pine and timber with 1800 acres on state land and the rest on forest land. seven tankers assist the effort.
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Omak
Wash
UPD
Fish Lake
Okanogan National Forest
Here
Ron Neely
Neely
Mary Alice Pontarolo
Department of Natural Resources Land
Forest Service
Campers Frisked and Shot At Near Pocatello
Bannock County officers report three people arrested after two camping couples near Justice Park on Scout Mountain were stopped by two men and a woman claiming to be sheriff's officers. The assailants fr isked the campers and fired at their car as they left. no injuries were reported. Arrested: Stewart Lyland 36 Ernest J Rice 21 and Vickie Hoffman 21 all of Pocatello. They are jailed awaiting further charges.
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William Freeman
Donald Drum
Larry Wertz
H.E. Crutchfield
Wertz
Pocatelli, Idaho
Bannock County
Justice Park
Scout Mountain
Pocatello
Sheriff’s
Stewart Lyland
Ernest J. Rice
Vickie Hoffman
Prosecutor Probes Funds in Warm Springs Water District
Ada County Prosecutor David Leroy reviews possible funding irregularities in the Warm Springs Water District tied to more than $18 000 in questioned disbursements. He says charges could be filed but declines to confirm if former commissioner Robert Hamersley is a target.
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Robert Hamer- Sley
Nighttime double murder in Carol City home shocks neighborhood
Police search for three black men in a tan and white Ford Thunderbird after a targeted execution style shooting left three men dead in a single story white cinderblock home in northwest Miami near a vacant lot. A neighbor recalled a bound woman found bleeding while another witness described a hurried exodus from the scene.
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Carol City
Miami
Ralph Page
Dade County Public Safety Department
Julius Davis
Davis
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