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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1973
Page
1
Federal investigators seek years of Spiro Agnew personal and tax records as part of a probe into alleged extortion and kickbacks involving contractors. Beall’s office collected copies, Agnew offered to be interviewed, while officials question briefing norms in this case.
Intense heat and smoke hampered attempts to reach two miners trapped 1,200 feet underground after a tunnel collapse at Hecla Mining Co. in the Papago Reservation. Rescue teams faced flames but prepared to re-enter as oxygen and heat resistant gear arrived.
In Oscar Sherer State Park south of Sarasota a 16-year-old girl, Sharon Elaine Holmes, was mauled and drowned by an alligator while swimming with her father Bert Russell Holmes. Divers found the body after the animal remained in the lake. The alligator was killed and authorities recovered a hand and an elbow from its stomach. An autopsy was awaited to confirm the cause of death.
Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger warned at a Friday news conference that successful Soviet tests of multiple independently targetable warheads may allow Moscow to deploy MIRVs within two years and match U S land based MIRVs in about six years, with a formidable force if submarines adopt MIRVs.
Weather officials hoped for a break as 19 major fires burned 14 000 acres in Oregon 10 000 in Idaho and 14 000 in Montana with 7 000 firefighters on scene including 400 civilians. Evacuations and base camps were set up in Oregon Idaho and Montana as containment efforts continued near Mt Hood and in La Grande amid warned tinderbox conditions.
Warren Sheriff Gary Keyser reports ongoing probe into the body found in the Fork district. Investigators in Frederick County and with Sheriff Lacy Anderson pursue leads while a large suspect pool is polygraphed. On site searches near Rt 615 recover socks a plastic bullet carrier and a stained cloth as tests proceed.
The weeklong rainfall totals 3.75 inches through last night with 1.3 inches Monday and 1.03 inches Tuesday. No local flash flood warnings issued though nearby counties report warnings per the National Weather Service. August totals reach 4.03 inches per the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory.
A fiery collision on the Monterrey to Monclova highway left 16 dead and 40 injured, including four Americans. Victims were mostly bus passengers. four drivers perished as fuel ignited after the crash near Monterrey.
Young racers from across the United States and abroad compete at Derby Downs with $40 construction limits and up to $150 paint costs. Cheerful prize money includes a $7,500 scholarship for first place and $1,000 for ninth. Rhonda Coley, 15, of Vallejo, California, aims to win and says she enjoys racing against boys.
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