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Show 4 The Daily Herald Friday, July 5, 1S9S Fireworks, parades highlight celebration of Independence Day Record set for line dance ' REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) Shuffle, shuffle, twist. Shuffle, shuffle, twist An estimated 3,770 people danced shoulder to shoulder in this northern California town on Thursday, kicking up their heels for what they believe is a record for the longest line dance. ' The dancers, who had to shuffle together for at least five minutes to break the record, did the Cowgirl Twist along a street to the song Days really get longer, 3 .) says stu r Deeerr.ber Octob? - The previous record of 3,197 people was set in Rowlett, Texas, at that town's Tortilla Toss contest on July 1, 1995. The Redwood City dancers bet the Texas dancers a tortilla against a can of San Francisco fog that California would break the record. Wildfire rages in California A CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) raging forest fire charred nearly 3,000 acres of mountain terrain, while rising humidity and dropping temperatures helped firefighters contain two other blazes that burned across a total of 11,800 acres. Also Thursday, fire crews in southern Idaho gained the upper hand on dozens of wildfires as itew ones ignited, In the rugged lava rock southeast of Richfield, Idaho, a fire exploded from 2,000 acres to 50,000 acres on Thursday afternoon, racing across fields of cheat grass, said Frank Miller, dispatching manager for the Bureau of Land Management in Shoshone. No structures were threatened. r iauts mark holiday - CAPEWithCANAVERAL, "America the (AP) Fla. Beau- tiful" and "God Bless the U.S.A." playing in the background, Columbia's crew beamed down a white and blue sorry, no red view of the United States from 1 70 miles above Earth. "Happy Independence Day, America," Air Force Col. Terence "Tom" Henricks, shuttle commander, said Thursday. "It's amazing. In the time it takes to play two songs, we went from coast to coast," he added. Henricks offered "special thoughts" to those who lost loved ones in last week's Saudi Arabia bomb attack and those who were injured. "We are here to serve as they did," he said. Olympics bring many foreigners The normal complement of 250 Immigration and Naturalization Service employees in the Atlanta district is being reinforced with 145 out- of whom will be NEW YORK What's the Fourth of July without a hot-do- g eating contest? For Edward Krachie, no celebration at all. While Krachie was gobbling down 22 franks in 12 minutes others celebrated America's 220th birthday with spectacular fireworks shows, rousing parades and concerts to stir the hearts of patriots. The country also welcomed the newest Americans at immigration ceremonies nationwide. Krachie, 33, beat out 19 other hot-do- g lovers to win the contest sponsored by famed Nathan's of Coney Island. But he put back on some of the 90 pounds he had lost since winning the title last year. "I feel guilty right now," said Krachie, who weighed in at 280 on Thursday and claims to be on a weight-los- s program. His secret weapon? Forget mustard, he dunked the buns in water so they slid right down. The mechanical engineer will have plenty of franks to practice with for next year: He won a year's supply of hot dogs. Across the country, many Americans celebrated Independence Day traditionally, while others marked the holiday in their own way. In Gloucester County, N.J., skydivers unfurled a American flag during their descent. And 170 miles above the Earth, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia beamed down scenes of the United States as "America the Beautiful" played in the background. " In ceremonies Wednesday and Thursday, more than 5,000 immigrants were welcomed as citizens in Boston, Detroit, Lincoln, Neb., El Paso, Texas, and Charlottesville, Va. 1,600-square-fo- ot sta- tioned at Atlanta's Haitsfield Airport. L Among those dispatched to Atlanta will be special investigators, intelligence officers and experts in detecting fraudulent passports and other false documentation. Cuban team The is rich with prospective medal and perhaps asylum winners seekers as well. At the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1993 in Puerto Rico, more than 40 athletes and officials from Cuba's delegation deserted. cr - a ' VOLil pho, f ' 1 a! rdpkliB.tCirj)' ""Jjft 2 Sit- April 4, '-- . 'sd in Anion true st Uf Killed - v4 laity i , If your day WASHINGTON seems to be getting longer and longer, it is. Tidal forces from the gravita-- T tional pull of the moon have caused the rotation of the Earth to. . slow over millions of years, a change that gradually is making each day a fractional second longer than the one before, according to a ' new study measuring changes in, , the motion of the planet The change can't be measured by an ordinary clock, but over' eons, the lengthening day does make a difference, said Charles P. of the study Sonett, being published Friday in the journal Science. "About 900 million years ago, the Earth's day was only 18 hours long." Sonett, regents professor sciences at the Universi-- . ty of Arizona in Tucson, led a team measured the historic changes in tides by microscopically examining sediments laid down over millions of years at sea beds in the States and in Australia. University of Utah geologist,. Marjorie Chan was one of the,, researchers. She analyzed sedi-- ., ments in Big Cottonwood Canyon ; southeast of Salt Lake City. called i The sediments, "tidalites," were deposited in,) ancient channels and estuaries in patterns that reflected the tidal I influence of the moon and the sun j on the ocean. Tides change throughout a month, ranging from neap, or low- est tides, to the spring tides, which occur when the sun, Earth and moon are nearly aligned. These n changes are reflected in the thick- -' 0 ness of the sediments. By measuring the sediment lay-ers, said Sonett, it is possible to cal-- " culate the frequency of the neap and " spring tides. This, in turn, allows the researchers to calculate the '.' the time it takes " length of the day the Earth to rotate on its axis. The same data also reflect the distance between the Earth and the moon. r ' i love always, Fred (the $nj$ertV f Love -- death, but soiret,. to fight ihh dirty v vith Marine T Moslut us are sc best We go! us her lo be 2 By PAUL RECER AP Science Writer Dear Mom&a:f t ind -- Hi Moff. "You live here, you do everything, but you're not entirely a part of it," said Arlen Dolly, a native of Trinidad who lives in Southfield, Mich. "I'm finally becoming a part of the entire process." In Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 776, two descendants of the signers tapped the Liberty Bell 13 times, giving the signal for thousands of bells in churches, schools and government buildings across the country to start pealing. Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Jordan's King Hussein were honored with the Philadelphia Liberty Medal for their efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. "For us, this medal symbolizes liberty from war," Peres said. "It is aptly awarded in the cradle of Philadelphia American liberty." The holiday also had its share W'jg '' Ik. or T rbVF ts - tf I mm1 Hi4d j f Mfc UNttfcf W.I of tragedy. A man died after being struck by lightning while watching a l TS. fireworks show near Mims, Fla., in the Cape Canaveral area. About 20 people were injured by lightning elsewhere in Florida. In Reynoldsburg, Ohio, a spectator died in an explosion of fireworks at a show at a park. ' ; - J ' I Six people were injured in Los as rival Angeles Independence Day demonstrations on illegal : ; 1 , turned violent. immigration About 150 police officers separated several hundred protesters, who struck each other with fists, AP Photo picket signs and full soda cans. In New York, hundreds of The shadow of the American flag is cast across the Vietnam thousands gazed skyward for Memorial in Indianapolis as Glen Mills, a resident of the Indiana city, pauses to read it Thursday afternoon in the American Legion Macy's 20th annual "Fireworks Mali. Mills, a World War II veteran, was among thousands of peoRiver. East over the Spectacular" who turned out for the city's Fourth of July Festival. ple It featured a continuously illuminated tall Statue of set pieces on two of the four firlight and color from 12,000 tall Liberty ing barges. In all, there were shells and effects during the Liberty and show. more than a million bursts of Bell, both electrically powered nfiir i "iz is? A if I -- 60-fo- ot 44-fo- ot ... 5 j j Teachers union offers to support Clinton bid r " i " fj t,,j. PresiWASHINGTON (AP) dent Clinton received a vote of support for his hopes from the nation's largest teachers union. Clinton garnered 9J percent of the vote tallied by the 2.2 million-membNational Education Association, which announced the endorsement during its 134th annual convention Thursday. The union also backed Clinton in ; " & "Kids must be the focus," National Teacher of the Year Mary Beth Blegen said in an interview after addressing the convention. "It is the determination of this gathering that Clinton is the one who will make kids the focus." The endorsement came a day after Clinton unveiled a "Manual to Combat Truancy" to the 10,000 national delegates attending the four-da- y convention. The manual is a guide for setting up programs aimed at chronic school truants. "During the last four years, he has stood firm against daunting odds to protect children and strengthen public education in this nation," NEA President Keith Geiger said. 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