"A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION."
It was the summer of 1979.
A research group here is doggedly tracking a worldwide environmental threat all but forgotten in the headlines of the Chernobyl nuclear accident and other more visible concerns.
In the year since California's worst outbreak of food poisoning--the epidemic involving tainted Jalisco cheese--efforts to prevent a reoccurrence have focused on two fronts: tightening surveillance of the nation's cheese and dairy industries and designing a speedier test that could warn the public of potentially deadly food products.
Hindu and Sikh militants fought with rocks and daggers in northern Punjab state Monday during a general strike called to protest the massacre of nine Hindus by Sikh extremists, state officials said.
Ten black mine workers were killed in a second night of factional fighting at the giant Vaal Reefs Gold Mine southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, the Anglo American Corp. reported, bringing the two-day toll to 20.
A proposed 45-story hotel-office complex on the north side of Pershing Square downtown is the latest focal point of a struggle over urban growth that is becoming the dominant political issue in Los Angeles.
Oh what a lovely radio war.
Police in riot gear used clubs, tear gas and water cannon today to disperse about 5,000 supporters of ousted President Ferdinand E.
With the war in Nicaragua reduced to sporadic clashes set off by rebel ambushes on mountain roads and trails, even the poorest farmer and isolated soldier in the remote northern hills of this country seem to know that the next important rounds will be fired in Washington--by ballot in Congress.
After more than two years of costly legal skirmishing, and 18 weeks of trial, Gen. William C.
This is absurd. PBS presented a 13-part documentary titled "Vietnam: A Television History" in 1983.
Rival Sikh groups fought with swords, stones and field-hockey sticks in the Golden Temple complex of the Sikh holy city of Amritsar, India, leaving 12 wounded.
Beirut's two most powerful militias fought each other with grenades, heavy machine guns and automatic weapons, killing six people and wounding 16, police said.
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The Los Angeles investment firm, headed by former Financial Corp. of American head Charles W.
Jeffrey A.
Hundreds of students occupied the compound of Seoul's Roman Catholic cathedral, erected barricades and battled police with firebombs and rocks today as supporters tried to break through to reinforce them.
Car Salesmen Should Battle for Free Time I am curious as to how the advocates of Saturday opening in Detroit "Shopping for Car in Detroit?
University, Dominguez Hills, have resigned in the wake of a months-long battle with student government leaders for control of the publication.