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...sets of twins were on hand. One of its two black members was present. The other had been glimpsed around town years ago, but where he was now was a mystery here in Kittanning, Pa., a hilly little county seat on the Allegheny River some 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, homelike if not home to the members of the Kittanning High School class...
Ambulances and private cars ferried maimed and disfigured victims for emergency treatment to Tarragona, Valencia and 120 miles northeast to Barcelona. West German and Swiss rescue planes were pressed into service to transport others to specialized burn centers in their home countries. But doctors predicted that most of the injured, burned over 90% of their bodies, could not survive...
Twenty miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, is the city of Monrovia (pop. 30,100). Unlike many of its wealthier neighbors, which developed in the post-World War II boom, Monrovia was incorporated in 1887. It grew into a working-class town, with some pricey sections in the foothills, some slums near the freeway and a lot of modest homes in between. Four years ago, a new redevelopment agency brought an ailing business district back to health with some strategic investments; the completion of the freeway in 1976 spurred further growth. Housing...
...hardly the opening Japanese officials had envisioned for their country's new $2.4 billion international airport at Narita, 40 miles northeast of Tokyo. But then, tensions being what they were, there was a measure of relief simply because nothing catastrophic occurred when the first aircraft, a Japan Air Lines cargo plane from Los Angeles, finally touched down on the runway early last week. Within two days all 33 airlines that will use Narita had moved into their terminal quarters, and an average of 150 flights a day were landing and taking off at the new facility, which replaces...
...John's smoked favored Temple, 15-6, in the final game of the NCAA Northeast Regional baseball playoff Sunday to win the six-team tournament and gain a berth in the College World Series in Omaha. Harvard had been eliminated from the double-elimination tourney after losses to Delaware, last Wednesday, and St. John's, Thursday...