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                  tW 26- Construction of a new V.S* Elli 
             ~baIs.sIyheIre ... was h alt'_e'd-Mon'._da_y en A out 3- 60 Soviet
             -b`--_f U 9, security officials
             W off their V s a ter
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        qw.giAqg~q .,gs%'ne'd'tb disc6ve Ai-
             4 ~itse h' r stening e-
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        Employe of Honkin Department Store.ln Akita examines debris of advei
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             ~So a een- I b 'Sovi6 t autho ities ear-
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        presuma y as one normiTa
             I & I. - - I . ~", Icons rue 16n' w6rks. The sources
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               _c s in c 1, uake, T idal, Waves
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             gegieT WC ?(rV17t ;f iciaTs or7ered'
        b~gan't9-'s-u-spect Iffia-tiffie-'machine had a different
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        TOKYO, May 26-A powerfuCear Ze ro'c
        ',W1910'bafted Aen' -?"our Kov'i'et women supervisors, pan's picturesque northern coastline today, spawning y
        In 'T -=Ncands To'-sug"g.6-4 the-yIw-eie'depu--tized for
                                                 ast a
        r] 15-foot tidal waves, leaving at 1e 32 persons de d and sioi
        ice duty, prevented--w'o"'r'ker-s-~f'ro-~m- entering the-_TEe`n_-c'_ed'

             by''a r- "' _' -th"- '-h-(_ "' ' or _h ' 'i - - - d causing widespread damage over seven of the country's Aki
        guing t ~at t e, use o t e new macli ne expose. prefectures. as
        hem to health hazards.'
        ....... '2 ;.TpThe quake, the most deadl to hit Japan in 15 years, vie,
        y
        bassy spokesman ick uih, 'escribeUt' e in
        hit shortly after noon with its epicenter in the Sea of att(
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        a ispute abo utt. e rIms-ot tract. "As far
        dopt as 'f-fhe con Japan about 100,miles off the shore of Akita prefecture fall
        d
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        6_yt bht esal , there ~r~ no health haz-- F
        s Tohoku region and 340
        _.cMqtry' north-eastern
        t t e s te., g.istere a mAgn de len
        orlb of Tok d itu
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        h r detai s on R'' - aT(" TeTj-6j0 thE
        owever, refuse fo' provi e ot ei~' o-f 7.7 on the open-ended ichter sea e, ~iT per
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        di~-e any' poie'n0ti-af eouif laffles with the Soviet Union. As aftershocks from the tremor continued to rattle the.
        ax e nji"' J
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                               ift,, F 1. g.4b.& j _4 ad, ag o After pro fr equently about diffi Ities with
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       tracted ha li & 9 er theJerms, a Soviet, workers. Under the agree-
       ent was -at the ment.' the- United States is not al-
       position inT signed
                     e foreign workers to
       and, priy~'tmq~qunts of 1ke_sqguq summit betw en JQ d, _to im"
       ezhnev and Jimmy Carter. do the job. It is allowed to have
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       gAq t i~§ new oviet Embassy com- about 40 supervisors on the site.
       _KqnGc d nsin Avenue The 900-by-450-foot, complex is
       'i i ives poun on upper isco
                  Washington was largely com- surrounded by a wire-mesh fence
       that's
             ,gLht
       two years ago when Soviet and lit by floodlights, presumably to
       . ...... pers6fiffel moved into their housing prevent clandestine installation of
       g.,.. ~_qpervi§ors_.,.,_
       facilities. listening devices.
                 iyg ""Although the cornerstone for the Other precautions include trans
            --nbw American Embassy here was parent pipes within sections of the
            not expect t4e~ S97 --laid in 1979, the project is only chancery building to allow security
            -XV; 9 tbeirJobs
       -bout 30 percent complete and is personnel to monitor possible use of
       reI4%.~qj y~en the X-ra
       --not expected to be finished until late the pipes by the Russians to sneak
       on 18 to rEt a
       e A985 at the earliest, according to in bugging devices.
       construction specialists here. Its The site was almost deserted to-
       ind the current U.S. -
                           estimated cost of $100 million has day, and several U.S. construction
       qsy co~go!Ln ho§e . 10"stOrY risen by 20 percent since 1979. supervisors were reported to be plan
        'Idini was found
                The project includes an eight-sto- ning to depart for the United States
       n it was
       chancery building, originally for the duration of the shutdown,
       in 1952.,
                           _,-slated for completion this year, an which came just as work was accel
       mat ~%p elementary school building, sports erated to take advantage of the mild
       ject since the and other, recreational facifities,and summer weather. For most of the
       o. ,,e,ay t,,,e,, p,~J 1 -.1- ".. - ~
       tw d an agreement u
       -COPP We ho, sing for 134 families. year, Moscow's harsh climate allows

       uil, i th, embassies -e,,com r
       ot W pjaip.ed fo. only a single shift.
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