Rains Hamper Firefighting on Mortar Creek Fire in Idaho
In Idaho heavy rains cooled the Mortar Creek fire but grounded all aircraft, hindering more than 2,200 firefighters from the Middle Fork of the Salmon River area. The 64,800 acre blaze near Boise saw limited access by pack mules or trucks due to wet conditions. Meanwhile in Washington, President Truman marked the anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender with no ceremony observed.
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Boise, Idaho
Mortar Creek
Norm Hesselbahl
U.S. Forest Service
Middle Fork
Salmon River
Boise
Death Toll Rises in India Machu River Dam Disaster
AP reports unofficial death toll estimates from 10,000 to 25,000 as monsoon rains hinder relief and rescue in Gujarat. Hindustan Times cites 25,000 victims including Morvi, Lilapur, Adepar. UN India says 10,000 possible, state officials confirm at least 1,000 drowned near Morvi.
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New Delhi
India
Machu River
Hindustan Times
Morvi
Lilapur
Adepar
Gujarat
United News of India
Fall sports ramp up as TV mounts new schedules
The SDN Column notes networks prime for fall sports with football four or five nights weekly, more baseball into October, and upcoming basketball. It laments instant replay overkill during a Jets Oiler game and asks why fans pursue competition beyond youth. WACIL MCNAIR
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Jets-Oiler
NBC
Oil Patches Threaten Padre Island Beaches
Scientists warn Gulf winds could push miles of oil from a Mexican slick onto Padre Island beaches. NOAA official John Robinson says relief is not in sight as two oil patches appear on South Padre Island, with a larger patch previously washing ashore 90 miles north.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas
Padre Island
John Robinson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
South Padre Island
Robinson
Brownsville
Carter Disturbed By Food Prices
President Carter’s inflation adviser Alfred Kahn says the food industry should recheck pricing fairness after Carter summoned 16 major food industry reps to the White House. The meeting followed concern that supermarket prices rise while farm prices fall, with a Food Marketing Institute official denying profiteering and citing normal industry lags and inflation as the driver.
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Carter
Alfred Kahn
White House
Robert O. Aders
Food Marketing Institute
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Fonda Compared to Joan of Arc by Soviet Press
A Soviet youth newspaper portrays Jane Fonda as a symbol of American freedom fighters, likening her to Joan of Arc and noting Hollywood blacklist concerns. It cites V Krivchin of Komsomolskaya Pravda stating US agencies monitor her, while mentioning her Oscar loss for They Shoot Horses Dont They.
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Jane Fonda
Hollywood
Angela Davis
America
V. Krivchin
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Pentagon
CIA
FBI
Joan of Arc
Miss Fonda
Clements and Tamaulipas Governor Meet in Victoria
Texas Governor Bill Clements and Tamaulipas Governor Enrique Cardenas Gonzalez meet in Ciudad Victoria to discuss mutual issues including undocumented workers cross border drug traffic and oil and gas production. Clements to wreath honor on Tamaulipas first governor and address congress before palace talks.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Ciudad Victoria
Mexico
Texas
Bill Clements
Enrique Cardenas Gonzalez
Tamaulipas
Rio Grande
United States
Nardo Gutierrez de Lara
Clements
Jorge Baldimir Joch
Tamaulipas Congress
School Trustees Weigh Salaries in 1979 Budget Plan
Snyder school trustees meet at 8 p.m. to discuss raising salaries on a percentage basis relative to the state minimum, a change from the current $1,000 above minimum. They will set a public hearing date for the new budget, choose a depository, appoint steering committee reps for a county appraisal board, set policy on free meals, and ratify personnel changes.
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Snyder
Why does 42nd Street green light last so short at College
The green for 42nd Street entering College Avenue is traffic activated. It stays green only briefly until vehicles on 42nd approach. Once a car reaches the intersection the cycle shifts to give 42nd Street priority, then returns to College Avenue green until more traffic arrives. Left turns at College and 37th will also become traffic activated once new signals are installed.
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42Nd
College
42Nd St
College Avenue
College Ave
37Th
Escaped convict captured after hostage escape in Ulster County
Richard Gantz, 28, who fled prison and held a hostage for nearly two days, was captured after slipping from a rural Ulster County home into heavy underbrush. The hostage remained unharmed. A trooper fired a shot during the chase, but the suspect was surrounded and taken to Highland state police barracks about two hours after the escape.
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Associated Press
Gardiner
N.Y
Ulster County
Richard Gantz
Stanley Kowalik
Middletown State Police
Kowalik
Gantz
Highland State Police
Policy Changes On Agenda At College Policy Changes On Agenda At College
Scurry County Junior College District trustees meet at 6 45 p m in Western Texas College admin building to consider policy changes and act on the resignation of George Patterson Patterson Snyder city manager for 17 years will move to Highland Park to become city manager September 1.
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Scurry County Junior College
George Patterson
Texas College Administration
Patterson
Snyder
Highland Park
Scurry County
WTC
Weather Snyder Plains: warm with scattered storms through Wednesday
The forecast shows a high of 92 and a low of 68 today with no precipitation. West Texas will see considerable cloudiness through Wednesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in west and north areas. locally heavy rains possible in the southwest. Cooler conditions expected across most areas and the Panhandle by Wednesday. highs range from lower 80s to lower 90s, with 70s in the mountains and nights from 60s to mid 70s. Wednesday highs 70s to 90s across mountains to extreme south.
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Panhandle
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