Word: nearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four of the dead were decidedly not civilians. Brigadier General José Ivan Alegrett, 47, the guard's tough chief of operations, who was openly contemptuous of Somoza for having capitulated to the Sandinistas at the National Palace last month, died when the plane he was piloting crashed near the Costa Rican border. Killed with Alegrett were three of half a dozen foreign mercenaries employed by Somoza to train the guard. One of these was an American known in Managua as Mike the Mercenary. When news of the death of the most hated guard officer spread through Managua...
...mountainous farm region in eastern Iran, the strongest earthquake recorded anywhere in 1978 reduced villages to what one survivor called "a mound of rubble, bent iron beams and dirt." At least 9,000 were feared dead in the quake, which measured 7.7 on the Richter scale and was centered near the town of Tabas...
...wipe out a city. But many fear less dramatic accidents, including "melt down," which could occur if a reactor lost the water used to control the temperature of its core, ruptured and released radioactive gas and other material. Many also worry about radioactive contamination and fear that those living near nuclear plants may be subject to constant and eventually deadly exposure to radiation...
Police also said they expect to recover more of the stolen property in the near future. The $15,000 in stolen goods includes $10,000 in jewelry and approximately $5000 in miscellaneous items...
...recent years, McDaniel devoted most of his time to collecting fossils and seashells near his homes in Coconut Grove, Fla. and Martha's Vineyard. He once attributed his longevity to good genes, good wives, and abstinence from tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco...