Mudslides strand hundreds rescue efforts after California storm
Rescuers battled toppled trees and crumbled roads to reach up to 500 stranded in Santa Cruz and nearby counties as rain-triggered mudslides killed at least 23 with up to 20 more feared. Damage topped 200 million dollars. National Guardsmen patrolled Marin and cleared routes while power outages affected tens of thousands.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
California
Gary Patton
Board of Supervisors
Santa Cruz County
San Francisco
Ward and Lee
Ben Lomond
Earl Robertson
Soquel
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Reagan
White House
Sausalito
U.S. 101
Golden Gate Bridge
Patton
Carmi Synfuel funding list includes MAPCO plant
MAPCO plans a 1 billion coal liquefaction plant near Carmi in White County remains in contention for U S Synthetic Fuels Corp funding. The agency announced 27 projects eligible for assistance with up to 8.6 billion in loans or price guarantees. Final word awaits the Jan 18 board meeting in Nashville.
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Carmi (Ap
MAPCO
Carmi
White County
U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corp
Synfuels Corp
Karen Hutchinson
Synfuel Corp
Mid-America Pipeline Co
Grain elevator operators sue farm co op Bloomington
Twenty five Illinois grain elevator operators sue GROWMARK Inc. and two subsidiaries in federal court in Peoria seeking about 6.2 million dollars. They allege failure to disclose market values of property and assets under a 1979 tentative agreement, affecting retained earnings and shareholder value. Illinois Grain Corp. and FS Services are named along with GROWMARK.
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Coop
Co-Op
Illinois Grain Corp
FS Services
Linois Grain
Growmark
Illinois Grain
Eight hour standoff on freighter ends in Miami
A man with a shotgun boarded the Nas sau Bazaar freighter in the Miami River and held off police for eight hours until he surrendered after tear gas was released down the ship's smokestack. No shots were fired and no one was injured. The incident began around 9 a.m. during rush hour. negotiators and a SWAT team eventually flushed him out with gas at about 5:45 p.m. He reportedly acted to protest unpaid work on the ship. Two shipyard workers were aboard but were escorted to safety.
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Miami
Jack Sullivan
Miami River
McEwan
U.S
Sullivan
Blizzard disrupts Poland railways and power as strikes loom
Blizzard conditions crippled northern Poland with grounded ships and halted rail service. Two Solidarity leaders urged passive resistance while underground activity and trials of union militants continued. Polish authorities reported deaths while disputing figures, and martial law restrictions broadened as officials purge local communists.
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Associated Press
Poland
PAP
Hel Peninsula
Sulwaki
Solidarity
Wladyslaw Frasyniuk
Zbigniew Janas
Warsaw
Army
Eee
Zolierz Wolnosci
Independent Students’ Association
Radio Warsaw
Students’ Association
Katowice
Huta
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Love Creek
Ross Harriman
Roger Lee
Joseph Ho
Oakland
San Jose
Synfuel
Nashville, Tenn
Hutchinson
Sue Farm Co-Op
Southern Illinoisan
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
Souern Illinoisan
Illinois
Southern Isan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Lodz
Wieslaw Gornicki
Jaruzelski
Lech Walesa
Gornicki
Walesa
Aistatatih Hee el AS
Che
Shawnee Equipment
Adam Lee Equipment
Marion Ford Tractor
Murphysboro Tractor Companies
Herr
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