Tangshan Earthquake Deemed Deadliest in Four Centuries
Tokyo dispatch reports Chinese officials finally acknowledge the Tangshan quake of July 28 last year as China’s most deadly in over 400 years. The officials said the disaster, long kept secret, caused extreme destruction in Tangshan City near Peking with residents lifted and buried by the tremors.
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N.Y. Times
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Tangshan
China
Peking
Richmond
Don Alphonso Murrell
Steve A. Dalton
Murrell
Cinna
Larissa Lomnitz
National University of Mexico
Mexico City
Tania
Lomnitz
Mexican Research Council
Mexico
Kou Wen Chue
Seismological
State Seismological Bureau
Hopei
Lomnitzes
Hussien County
Lemnitzes
Fong Huang Hill
Chiang Ching
Mao Tse-tung
Hua Kuo-feng
Campground Hearing Continues Amid Rezoning Debates
Opponents led by Doug and Woodrow Cornwell urged a public hearing on a conditional use permit for Belle Grove area campground citing need and access, while Belle Grove administrator Wynn Lee sought more time to study the issue. The session also covered a revised junk car ordinance and a separate zoning delay over Redwood Motel septic data.
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Belle Grove
Doug Cornwell
Woodrow Cornwell
Cornwell
Planning Commission
Wynn Lee
Commission
Ben Belchie
Winchester-Frederick County
Ron Berg
Thomas Rosenberger
Board of Supervisors
Dr. D.A
Elia Arena
Board of Zoning Appeals
Garland Pugh
Norfolk gay coalition mobilizes against Anita Bryant visit
About 2,000 gays are expected in Norfolk for a counter protest to Anita Bryant's June 8 Scope Auditorium revival. The Norfolk Coalition for Human Rights formed to mount the largest possible response while Bryant campaigns to repeal a Dade County civil rights ordinance and oppose House Bill 2998. Gay Pride Day events and an interfaith fast are planned.
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Anita Bryant
Miss Bryant
Scope Auditorium
Norfolk Coalition For Human Rights
Dade County
Fla
Scope
Gay Coalition
Coalition
Weather forecast and rainfall statistics for Northern Valley and Virginia
Fair and cool tonight with lows 45 to 50 in the Northern Valley and upper 40s to 60s in Virginia. Friday brings mostly sunny pleasant weather with highs mid to upper 70s. Extended outlook shows mainly fair skies through Saturday to Monday with a chance of showers Monday and highs in the 80s. Noon high today 84, no rainfall in the past 24 hours. Five year and historical rainfall figures are listed, including 1972 as the wettest year with 53.02 inches and 1930 as the driest with 17.15 inches.
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Great Lakes
Northern Valley
Virginia
Miller Secures Willey Endorsement in Virginia Governor Race
In Richmond Miller gets support from Edward Willey a Byrd ally and Finance Committee chair while Howell decries Miller seeking former Gov Tuck backing. The day also sees a Baptist Ministers Conference of Petersburg endorsement for Miller and a Virginia student recall case in Alexandria where a judge grants a temporary restraining order over a Loudoun County high school ban.
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Byrd Organization
Miller
Richmond
Senate Finance Committee
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Byrds
Senate
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William M. Tuck
Tuck
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
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Albert Bryan Jr
Loudoun County
Miss Schillieff
Bryan
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