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...Bonefish and its two sister ships, the Barbel and Blueback, are among the last of the Navy's diesel-electric submarines and are used principally to mimic Soviet submarines in training exercises. The Soviets still operate about 100 diesel-electric boats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Search Continues After Sub Explosion | 4/26/1988 | See Source »

...British Columbia to plant in the lake. The first batch died and the townspeople of Sandpoint, Idaho were skeptical. But in 1941 the sportsmen tried another 100,000; these hatched successfully, were planted in the lake as fingerlings. Pend Oreille's deep water and an abundance of blueback salmon to feed on seemed to be just what the Kamloops (local name for the over-sized rainbow trout) needed. Some grew 15 lbs. in one year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rainbows in the Lake | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

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