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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF was settled by drawing lots in Virginia. In 1971, Republican William H. Moss Sr. appeared to lose the election for a seat in northern Virginia. But after a recount ended in a tie, Moss was declared the winner after a blindfolded state elections offi- cial pulled his name out of a large decorative cup, according to news reports at the time. The race between Yancey, a three-term incum- bent, and Simonds has bounced back and forth since the November election, when Virginia Dem- ocrats — fueled by voter anger directed at Repub- lican President Donald Trump — wiped out a 66-34 advantage held by Republicans in the House. The election has been widely seen as a potential harbinger of the 2018 midterm congres- sional elections. Associated Press Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling, including Pacific WASHINGTON — Sources say the Trump administration is moving to vastly expand off- shore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans, including opening up federal waters off the coast of California for the first time in more than three decades. The new five-year drilling plan could also open new areas of oil and gas exploration off the East Coast in places from Georgia to Maine, where drilling has been blocked for decades. The Interior Department is set to announce the plan today. Two sources described the plan on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it before its release. It’s the most expansive offshore drilling pro- posal in decades and comes in response to Pres- ident Donald Trump’s executive order in April encouraging more drilling rights in federal waters. New book leaves Trump ‘furious,’ ‘disgusted’ with Bannon WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former top adviser Steve Bannon, responding to a new book that portrays Trump as an undisciplined man-child who didn’t actually want to win the White House and quotes Bannon as calling his son’s contact with a Russian lawyer “treasonous.” Hitting back via formal White House state- ment rather than a more typical Twitter volley, Trump insisted Bannon had little to do with his victorious campaign and “has nothing to do with me or my Presidency.” “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind,” Trump said Wednesday. It was a blistering attack against the man who helped deliver the presidency to Trump, spurred by an unflattering new book by writer Michael Wolff that paints Trump as a leader who doesn’t understand the weight of the presidency and spends his evenings eating cheeseburgers in bed, watching television and talking on the phone to old friends. Late Wednesday, Trump attorney Charles Harder sent Bannon a letter saying the for- mer Trump aide violated confidentiality agreements by speaking with Wolff. The letter demanded Bannon “cease and desist” any fur- ther disclosure of confidential information. Ban- non did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Harder today sent cease-and-desist letters to Wolff and publisher Henry Holt and Co. Neither immediately responded to requests for comment. Trump has a history of threatening to sue when he doesn’t like something but rarely acts on those threats. White House aides were blindsided when early excerpts from “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” were published online by New York magazine and other media outlets ahead of the Jan. 9 publication date. Divided Democrats face liberal backlash on immigration WASHINGTON — With a new deadline fast approaching, Democrats in Congress are struggling to adopt a unified strategy to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Their inaction has enraged liberal activ- ists across the country, who have shifted their 18 killed, about 260 injured in South Africa train crash Stan Dube/Ira Dube These sketches provided by Ira Dube of U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division soldiers were among more than a dozen done by his father, Stan Dube, during World War II. Faces of war: Who are the men in soldier’s WWII sketches? SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Before the Army’s 27th Infantry Division was decimated in a bloody World War II battle, Stan Dube sketched portraits of his fellow soldiers. The 17 drawings were forgotten after the war and stashed in an attic for decades before being found a year ago by his son. Now, Ira Dube is on a mission to identify the men in his late father’s 75-year-old artwork. So far he has definitively identified two of the soldiers, both New Yorkers who served in the 27th Division’s 105th Infantry Regiment, which suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Saipan in the Pacific. One was killed on Saipan; the other died in the 1970s. Because the 27th was a former New York National Guard unit, Dube believes most or all of the other 15 men also were New Yorkers. He recently donated the original sketches to the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in hopes its artifacts and records could be used to help identify more of the soldiers. It’s not known whether any of the men depicted in the artwork are still alive. “These people need to be remembered,” said Ira Dube, 61, a retired Navy veteran living in Woodland Park, Colorado. “I look at these sketches and I see a hero.” Dube found the signed sketches in the attic of his sister’s home in Mississippi early last year while they were going through their father’s belongings. anger in recent days from Republicans who control Congress to Democrats seeking to bal- ance their commitment to a progressive pri- ority with their desire to avoid an explosive government shutdown heading into the 2018 midterm elections. Liberal groups with millions of members, like MoveOn, are threatening primary elec- tion challenges later this year against Demo- crats who don’t fight hard enough for so-called “Dreamers.” Meanwhile, the liberal organiza- tion CREDO is pledging to block campaign cash from uncooperative Democrats, and the pro-immigration United We Dream is prepar- ing a new wave of camera-friendly protests at the Capitol and outside congressional Demo- crats’ offices nationwide. “The unity and trust between the grassroots and elected Democrats is rapidly eroding. It could turn ugly if this goes on any further,” said Ben Wikler, MoveOn’s Washington director. At issue is President Donald Trump’s deci- sion to rescind an Obama-era executive order that created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gave protected sta- tus to about 800,000 immigrants in the United States illegally. Popularly known as “Dream- ers,” many were brought here as infants or chil- dren and have known no other country except the U.S. T HURSDAY E VENING (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM RICHMOND, Va. — By luck of the draw, incumbent Republican David Yancey won a Vir- ginia state House of Delegates race so close that its outcome was determined today when an elections official pulled his name out of a ceramic bowl. The drawing of lots happened after the race between Yancey and Democratic challenger Shel- ley Simonds ended in tie. The win allows Repub- licans to maintain a slim majority in the House, though a final tally is still uncertain because Simonds could ask for another recount. Adding another wrinkle: Another close legislative race is in doubt because it’s locked in a court battle. The drawing drew quite a crowd to the Vir- ginia elections board meeting. Most of the people packed into the room were Simonds’ supporters. Yancey did not attend but did have a representa- tive there. The name of each candidate was printed on a piece of paper and placed into separate film canis- ters. The canisters were put into a cobalt-blue-and- white ceramic bowl made by a local artist, stirred around and Yancey’s name was chosen first. It’s been nearly 50 years since a legislative seat 3 cars on Amtrak train with 311 passengers derail, none hurt SAVANNAH, Ga. — Three cars on an Amtrak train carrying more than 300 passengers on a route from Miami to New York derailed in snow-covered Savannah after a fierce winter storm, but no injuries were reported. Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams said Sil- ver Meteor train 98 was backing slowly into the Savannah station about 10 p.m. Wednesday — hours after the storm clobbered the Southeast coast — when two sleeper cars and a baggage car derailed. “All three cars — a baggage car and two sleeper cars — are fully upright,” Abrams said early today. He said there were 311 passengers on board, in addition to crew, but he had no reports of any- one hurt. Abrams’ statement said the main train was to continue its journey north though some of the sleeping car passengers had to be put aboard a different train. He didn’t say what caused the derailment, and the statement also gave no immediate indication whether the storm that coated Savannah with a rare snowfall on Wednesday was a factor. SCHEDULE THE DAILY ASTORIAN A Virginia Republican’s name drawn from bowl, giving him win JOHANNESBURG — A passenger train car- rying people home after the holidays slammed into a truck in rural South Africa today, killing at least 18 people and injuring about 260 others, authorities said. Officials said the truck driver allegedly tried to cross the tracks just ahead of the oncoming train, part of which burst into flames after the collision, trapping some passengers in carriages. Those who were able to escape with their lug- gage hurriedly dragged bags from the smoking wreck to a nearby road. “The truck driver was taking chances. He thought that he was going to pass through,” Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi told jour- nalists. “Little did he know that the train was going to hit him. That has cost a lot of lives.” Some of the dead were badly burned, said Mthuthuzeli Swartz, acting CEO of the state- owned passenger rail agency. The train with 429 passengers aboard had been traveling from Port Elizabeth to the coun- try’s commercial hub, Johannesburg. Video showed part of the Shosholoza Meyl train in flames after the collision that occurred between the communities of Hennenman and Kroonstad in Free State province. The crash derailed half a dozen carriages, and power lines were damaged. A large vehicle was upside down beside a train carriage that appeared to have partly crushed another, smaller vehicle. The truck driver emerged unscathed and the train driver and his assistant suffered minor inju- ries, Swartz said. Evening listings THURSDAY J ANUARY 4 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Jeopardy! (N) Wheel Fortune (N) The Middle KATU News at 6 (N) Amer. 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