Quake in Bucharest Sparks Severe Casualties Across Balkans
Early reports indicate at least 1,000 dead in Bucharest with widespread damage across Romania and neighboring nations. Rescue efforts use taxis as ambulances and field hospitals form at stadiums as aftershocks extend from Belgrade to Sofia and beyond.
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Bucharest
Romania
Bulgaria
Ploesti
Danube
Svishtov
Ruse
Tanjug
Yugoslavia
Kragujevac
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Zagreb
Moldavia
Europe
Rome
Moscow
Transylvanian Alps
Vienna
Salonica
Naples
Central
Patrick Willmore
London
Institute of Geological Science
Skopje
San Francisco
Miracle Learner Pool Displays At Scottsdale Parks
A $27000 portable pool on loan to Scottsdale Parks and Recreation offers beginner swimming classes this spring. The Miracle Learner Pool from Miracle Playground Equipment Co. will be on display at Los Arcos Mall during weekday hours with city staff present to answer questions. Classes for ages 5 and up run 40 minutes at 3, 4 and 5 pm while younger children and parents meet at 1 or 2 pm. signups start a week before arrival and space is limited to eight swimmers per class.
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City Parks and Recreation
Marty Muir
Dale Blasius
Fred Petti
al Evenson
Miracle Playground Equipment Co
Marianne _— Barnett
Scottsdale Commission
Mike Mahoney
Scottsdale
West Mall
Vista del Camino Park
Eldorado
Chestnut Park
Scottsdale Stadium
Paiute Park
Agua Linda Park
Miner Rescued Probe Underway As Jackhammer Breaks Through
In Tower City Pennsylvania Ronald Adley remains trapped four days as a 50 foot coal seam is drilled for a rescue. MESA official John Shutack says about 16 feet remain and midnight or later could decide the timing of freeing him. Separately President Carter press moves to cut airline regulation, GAO notes fares up to 52 percent higher than free market estimates.
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Tower City
Ronald Adley
John B. Shutack
Federal Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
MESA
Washington
Carter
General Accounting Office
Opponents set to press CAP funding in Washington hearings
Frank Welsh of CCAP plans to testify in Washington March 21 before a presidential task force considering restoring CAP funds and 18 other reclamation projects. Carolina Butler may attend if affordable, while Arizona officials and lawmakers push for reinstatement amid budget changes.
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Washington, D.C
Carter
Frank Welsh
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Carolina Butler
Arizona
Water Projects Office
Department of the Interior
Congress
Raul Castro
Washington
Butler
Bert Lance
Cecil Andrus
Ft. McDowell
Salt River
Colorado River
Carter to cut wasteful projects in budget skirmish
President Carter says he will present to the American people his plan to cut 19 water projects funded by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation if reviews show the program is wasteful or unsafe. He spoke during a White House meeting with 22 editors and publishers.
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Washington
Carter
Roosevelt Room
White House
Army Corps of Engineers
Interior Department
Bureau of Reclamation
Fire losses down in Scottsdale 1976 report shows drop
Rural Metro Fire Department data reveals total fire losses fell about 16 percent in 1976 from 395,135 to 339,970 while fires rose modestly to 978 from 948. First aid calls surged to 1,454. non fire incidents rose to 2,761. Population used for per capita loss stood at 79,100.
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Scottsdale
Metro Fire Department
RMFD
Louis A. Witzeman
Maricopa County
Pima
Pinal
Coconino
Yuma
Witzeman
Gunman killed after hostage series across three states
Jerry Wayne Alston, 28, of San Antonio Texas, who held four people hostage during robberies in San Antonio Mountainair New Mexico and Pueblo Colorado was shot and killed by police in Colorado Springs after abandoning his car and attempting to flee on foot. He had already shot two at a Pueblo gas station.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Jerry Wayne Alston
San Antonio
Tex
Alston
Mountainair
N.M
Pueblo
Victor Morris
Opera fans force schedule shift at KLAV in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas KLAV moves President Carter call-in show to air the Metropolitan Opera at the usual time. Station owner Alvin Korngold says he can rearrange everything except the opera, as listeners call in during the broadcast.
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Las Vegas
Nev
KLAV
Carter
Metropolitan Opera
Alvin Korngold
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Bob Johnstone
City
The
Associated Press
Miner
Here
Orme
Castro
Orme Dam
CAP
Charles W. Bailey
Minneapolis Tribune
Gerald R. Ford
Pierre Trudeau
Salinas
Calif
Inez Garcia
Opera
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