Far West digs out from a billion-dollar flood
The Far West recovers from a $1 billion flood that left 15,000 homeless and damaged hundreds of farms and businesses across California Oregon Washington and Idaho. Officials report 37 deaths and ongoing airlifts and relief as communities isolate highways and counties assess damage and rebuild.
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Far West
Jim Morrison
Eureka
Calif
Humboldt County
California
Oregon
Wacon
Idaho
Nevada
Yreka
Sowle
Yreka Civil Defense
Morrison
Department of Interior
West
Washington
Willamette River
Mark Hatfield
Reedsport
Red Cross
Johnson
Yakima River
Cascade Mountains
The
Office of Emergency Planning
Oregon City
Ore
Tom Stowe
Northern
Ing
Richard Gordon
Charles Wood
OEP
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. 101
U.S. 199
Arcata
John Wayne says he conquered cancer and plans return
Hollywood icon John Wayne, 57, publicized that doctors removed a lung tumor and declared the cancer conquered after a hospitalization for an abscess. He says he quit smoking, refuses to hide illness, and resumes work January in Durango on The Sons of Katie Elder.
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Hollywood
Nero Jon Wayne
Two Jima
Big Duke
Wayne
Scripps’ Clinic
la Jolla
Durango
Mexico
Katie Elder
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles
Guilty Plea In Slaying Of Policemen
Bruce Walter Leikett 26 pleaded guilty to murder in the killings of Fredericksburg patrolman William F. Mines and Sgt. Roy G. Wright. A special grand jury indicted him, and a prior death sentence was overturned on a court error, prompting a new trial.
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Fredericksburg
Bruce Walter Leikett
Detroit
Leikett
William F. Mines
S. Bernard Coleman
Roy G. Wright
Wright
Coleman
Leskett
Four Danville policemen suspended over statutory rape case
Four Danville police officers were suspended after charges of statutory rape against two and contributing to the delinquency of a minor against two. Chief Eugene G. McCain said the 16 year old girl alleged incidents occurred in autumn in a car and a local motel. Dalton and Stevens faced statutory rape charges with $500 bonds. Owen and Gibbs posted $250 bonds.
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Eugene G. McCain
D. L. Dalton
L. N. Stevens
J. G. Owen
W. L. Biggs
McCain
Dalton
Stevens
Owen
Gibbs
Plea Admitted In Absence Of Defendant In Murder Case
In a rare jury question answer, Leikett acknowledged the risk of a first degree murder conviction carrying death or 20 years to life in prison. He said he understood the potential sentence and that his plea was voluntary with no promises. Leikett had been arrested after a high speed chase in a Detroit suburb following the May 5 shooting deaths of Wright and Mines behind a Fredericksburg shopping center.
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Wright
Mines
Fredericksburg
Leikett
Detroit
Barbs by Hal Cochran on high rise boom and rents
The column critiques the nationwide surge in high rise apartments and rents. It references December completion of a New York Narrows Verrazano bridge and a Brooklyn ferry, then shifts to a quip about a nickel item and giving versus receiving with a chilly punchline.
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New York
Narrows-Verrazano Bridge
Brooklyn
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