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Shorts #4

Here are (mixed up) reporter notes from actual news stories (well, plausible news stories…). Identify the WWWWWH and then use the key info to write leads for the story. Conform to AP style.

Slug: Speech
There was a speech at USU . It was sponsored by the political science department. It was about how history repeats itself, titled, “Déjà Vu All Over Again: Rise of the New Russia.” It was at the Eccles Conference Center on campus at 7 p.m. About 200 people attended. The speaker was from the University of Virginia—Professor Igor Dullard, an expert in Russian and Soviet history and author of a new bestseller, “The Bear Is Back: Russian Adventurism in the 21st Century.”

Slug: Crash
From Logan Police Department reports: Traffic stop, 11:43 p.m. . 1400 block of North Main Street. Blue Datsun sedan, 1998 (UTlic: HGI 901), failed to stop at stoplight at 1400N, northbound, hit left front bumper/fender of white Chevy van, 2004 (IDlic. IDSPUD). Datsun attempted to leave the scene but damage to right front wheel made vehicle undriveable. Officers apprehended driver and passenger near Deseret bank. Driver, Jerald Doolittle, d.o.b. 6/13/88, 438 East 500 North, Apt. 2B, Logan, UT, declined BreathAlyzer field test and was arrested on suspicion of DUI. Driver of Chevy, Howard Russet, d.o.b. 3/21/57, 14500 East 2500 North, Pocatello, ID, uninjured.

Slug: Thai protest
Thousands of protesters are camped in front of the prime minister’s compound in Bangkok, Thailand, protesting alleged government corruption. The prime minister is Samak Sundaravej. He has denied charges of corruption. He’s been in office for seven months. He refuses to step down. Protest leaders are calling for 1 million people to join in a nationwide protest, disrupting government functions and rail and air service.

Slug: La-Z-Boy
John Frontman said today that the 57-year-old La-Z-Boy Co. in Tremonton, Utah, will close its doors next month. The company, which makes recliners and other furniture, employs more than 500 people at its Box Elder County plant. The jobs will move to Mexico, where labor costs are lower, Frontman said. He said current La-Z-Boy workers will be welcome to relocate. Union officials called the announcement “a disaster.”
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