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...Squaw Valley, seven miles west of Lake Tahoe, an avalanche crew was trying last Wednesday to dislodge a huge overhang of snow on a ridge overlooking the Alpine Meadows ski resort. The resort, like many others in the Sierras, was officially closed; only about a dozen of its 250 employees were on hand, along with a few valley residents purchasing emergency food supplies at the lodge. Suddenly, in midafternoon, the ridge mass gave way. Propelling 100-m.p.h. winds before it, a wall of snow half a mile wide and 20 ft. high slammed down into the valley snapping...
...thing to whip up. Local citizens were dubious, and some are now peeved. But what was not long ago a desolate downtown patch of rail sidings and weeds is now a nearly complete 77-acre complex of gleaming pavilions, an aerial tramway, a fabric-covered amphitheater and a quarter-mile-long pit that will soon be World's Fair Lake. The fair's signature structure: the Sunsphere, a steel shaft housing two restaurants, which with its gilded-globe top looks like the world's only 266-ft. microphone. Says Fair President S.H. ("Bo") Roberts: "This is going...
...still the people came-by hundreds, thousands and hundreds of thousands-defying the guerrillas' threats and claims to their allegiance. Under a sweltering sun in the San Salvador suburb of Mejicanos, voters stood in a half-mile queue while a firefight raged six blocks away. When the action moved closer, the people dropped to the ground until it passed, keeping their places in line. In another northern suburb, San Antonio Abad, voters hid in their homes until the end of a skirmish that left twelve rebels and three soldiers dead. When the fighting stopped about...
...they were attacked, but they have a military edge over Argentina. Most experts attest to British superiority, despite the great distance between the Falklands and Britain and despite the defensive position the Argentinians now hold on the islands. The British used their advantage well when they declared a 200 mile war zone around the Falklands and threatened to sink any Argentine ship to cross the invisible line in the sea after dawn on Monday. Given the circumstances, and Britain's aggressive response, the Argentines will have...
...Criterium--a short (16-28 miles) race held on a circular course--the Crimson entered five men in the 28-mile mens "A" race, two in 20-mile "B" competition and two women in their 16-mile event Quite unexpectedly. Swansey finished second in the Men's B race, and sophomore Dove Scherr looked strong until she crashed late in the women's race...