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Groton Daily Independent
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 079 ~ 15 of 40
—Woodward Theater marquee, Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood
—Yale Theatre, Oklahoma City
—Trower Building, Parker Hall and other African-American landmarks in Philadelphia’s Germantown
neighborhood
—Dr. McPhail Building, Franklin, Tennessee
—Collin County Courthouse exterior, McKinney, Texas —Historic buildings, Granary District, Salt Lake City —Fading signs on historic buildings in Seattle’s Chinatown —James Hughes Building, Washington, D.C.
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Bombers deployed from Ellsworth used in show of force
ELLSWORTH, S.D. (AP) — Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from the Ellsworth Air Force Base launched from Guam ew into international airspace over waters east of North Korea in a show of American military might.
The bombers and ghter escorts ew on Saturday to the farthest point north of the border between North and South Korea by any such American aircraft this century. The Pentagon said the mission in inter- national airspace showed how seriously President Donald Trump takes North Korea’s “reckless behavior.”
Three-hundred- fty airmen from the 28th Bomb Wing at the South Dakota base are among military personnel on Guam, the tiny Paci c island that’s been the focus of recent global attention with escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.
Ellsworth’s 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed to Guam in July.
Aberdeen mall ooded by water line break still closed
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Cleanup continues at an Aberdeen mall ooded by a water line break earlier this month.
Super City Plaza Manager George Casanova tells the American News that the entire building was dam- aged by water the night of Sept. 16.
About two dozen workers from several companies are working on cleanup and repairs. Mall tenants also are helping with the work.
Casanova says “there’s no telling” when the mall will reopen. Several businesses have been forced to temporarily close or relocate, along with a child care center.
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Information from: Aberdeen American News, http://www.aberdeennews.com
Mexico tallying the economic cost of big earthquake By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican government of cials are tallying up the economic losses of the magni- tude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, but for the manager of a downtown restaurant, the result is already all too clear.
Sitting in the entrance of his Guapa Papa restaurant Monday, surrounded by caution tape, Antonio Luna said: “This is a bust. It’s already closed due to structural damage to the building.”
He had to let go the three dozen employees at the 1950s-themed restaurant and is just trying to salvage whatever furniture and equipment wasn’t damaged.
“In the end the company let everyone go because it couldn’t continue having expenses,” Luna said.
Moody’s Investors Service said in a report Monday that the Sept. 19 earthquake that has killed at least 326 people in the capital and nearby states “has the potential to be one of Mexico’s costliest natural ca-