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hree days of drenching rains in the Pacific
San Francisco sewer line T Northwest swell rivers to overflowing, caus­
A bursts under pressure ing severe flooding in Washington in December.
from battering rainstorms, In the town of Carnation, a pastor conveys a
creating a monster sinkhole woman to dry land with a wheelbarrow.
that swallows a $2-million
house in the Sea Cliff district.
One-hundred-mile-per-hour
winds knock out power to
tens of thousands of homes
and nearly blow a truck off the
Bay Bridge.
Brant Ward, San Francisco Chronicle/Gamma/Liaison
The federal government repeals
the national 55-mile-per-hour

highway speed limit, enacted in
1974 during the oil embargo.

The legislation allows states to set
their own limits. On Montana
highways, speed limits are
eliminated completely.

frican-American men from ir Force Captain Scott
A across the country converge A O’Grady (right) is rescued
on Washington, D.C., for the from pursuing Bosnian Serb
Million Man March on October forces by U.S. Marines on
16. The march, led by Nation-of- June 8, six days after his plane
Islam minister Louis Farrakhan, is shot down over Bosnia.
promotes African-American O’Grady survived on insects,
unity, dignity, and family values. plants, and rainwater.

AFP/Bettmann

The nation comes to a standstill
U.S. Senator Bob Packwood of on October 3 as more than 150 After a year of fame as a
Oregon resigns on September 7, million people watch live TV Two-thousand volunteer
the day after the Senate Ethics coverage of the outcome of the Illinois suffers a record heat conservative revolutionary, firefighters battle a raging
Speaker of the House Newt
Committee voted unanimously to nine-month-long trial of the wave in July, with temperatures Gingrich slumps in popularity, wildfire in eastern Long Island,
expel him for sexual misconduct, century. After less than four as high as 104°. The heat takes tainted by the government New York, for three days in
embarrassingly detailed in his hours of deliberation, the jury the lives of 457 people shutdown, his stalled Contract August. The fire, following a
diaries, which were made public. finds former football star O.J. statewide. At Wrigley Stadium, 21-day drought, consumes
Simpson not guilty of the Jaime Navarro helps faithful With America, and investigations 5,500 acres of pine barrens and
into his political action com­
murders of his ex-wife Nicole Chicago Cubs fans stay cool. mittee and his financial affairs. damages a dozen homes. There
and her friend Ronald Goldman. are no injuries or fatalities.