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Zamberletti brings some experience to the job. In 1976 he supervised rescue operations after an earthquake hit the Friuli region, northeast of Venice. His performance earned him a reputation for getting things done-and a certain fame among ham radio operators under the code name Zorro. But he admits that the success of that effort owed much to foreign assistance, especially from...
...After Friuli, the Americans did some wonderful things," he says. "They built schools, hospitals. This time the need is much greater. In this present phase of sheltering the homeless, we need 7,000 trailers, or funds to buy them...
...animals in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy inexplicably went berserk. Dogs began barking and howling, cats ran into the streets, and hens refused to roost. Mice and rats scurried out of their hiding places and ran in circles. Horses and cows fidgeted in their stalls. Pet birds flapped their wings and emitted agonizing calls, almost as if they sensed what was about to occur. At 9 o'clock that night, the Friuli area was jolted by a major earthquake...
...event, Tributsch has a personal reason for doing further research into the matter: the Friuli area, which lies in an active quake region, is the scientist's birthplace...
...down Italy last week, from the earthquake-shattered Alpine foothills of Friuli in the north to the fields of Calabria and Puglia in the south, already burning under the summer sun, an estimated 41 million voters were involved in a national election that may be the most crucial in the country's history. It was not only the Italians who were deeply concerned about the outcome. In the capitals of Western Europe, in Washington and Moscow, politicians and diplomats were anxiously waiting to learn what the voters will decide when they line up at the polls on June...