Quake fear grips Beijing as Tangshan suffers heavy damage
Chinese officials warned of another strong quake as Tangshan, 80 miles from Peking, faced extreme damage and potential entombed miners. Reports say Tientsin and Peking also sustained damage while foreign missions received alerts and civil shelter measures expanded.
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China
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Peking
Foreign Ministry
David Dean
U.S
Warren Duncan
Tangshan
Hsinhua
Kailun
Tientsin
Transient from Nebraska killed in Amarillo garbage truck incident
Russell Ray Krantz, 44, of Sterling, Nebraska, was identified as the man who slept in a garbage container. The container was dumped into a sanitation truck, compressed with Krantz inside, and his body was found at a landfill outside Amarillo during the day’s first dumpings.
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Amarillo
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Nebraska
Russell Ray Krantz
Potter County
Krantz
Sterling
Neb
Texas Panhandle
Man Escapes Old Well After Narrow Descent Near Broken Bow
F W Carlin fell into an abandoned well about 15 miles northwest of Broken Bow on Aug 14. He describes crawling up through curbing and mud using a knife as a tool, then hiking 1.5 miles to a house for food after a two day ordeal, urging neighbors to fill old wells and trust in God.
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Great American Desert
Everett Dick
Nebraska State Historical Society
F W Carlin
Carlin
Custer
Chanty Beacon
Broken Bow
Toréndon
Charles Francis
Professor Dick
Fair booth plans set by Sidney group
Gainers held a picnic Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Herb Statler in Sidney. Final plans were made for the Cheyenne County Fair booth. The group will meet again Aug. 31. Four July birthdays were celebrated with a birthday box draw: Mrs. Alfred Jung, Mrs. Wilber Higuchi, Mrs. Roger Plank, and Mrs. Statler.
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Gainers
Herb Statler
Sidney
Cheyenne County Fair
Alfred Jung
Wilber Higuchi
Roger Plank
Statler
Union Pacific Wins Golden Spike Public Safety Award
Union Pacific Railroad has received the National Safety Council's Golden Spike Award for outstanding public safety in 1975, announced from Omaha via the Associated Press.
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Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
National Safety Council
Government to sell notes yielding 8 percent
The Treasury plans a major sale next week open to investors with a minimum of 1000 dollars. The 10 year notes pay 8 percent interest with semiannual payments and require a 20 percent down payment for purchases under 500000 dollars. The offering aims to raise about 25 billion dollars in new cash to fund maturities and reduce annual borrowing.
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Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Edwin H. Yeo III
Yeo
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