Roving tiger in Pennsylvania may be pet animal
Reports of a large tiger in northeastern Pennsylvania farm towns prompted warnings for parents to keep children indoors. After a two day search by rifle-toting officers investigators grew skeptical a wild beast is on the loose and considered the cat may be a Bengal tiger kept as a pet or a mountain lion. Witness Cindy Belmont said she and her brother saw the animal in her father’s pasture, describing it as beige or off-white with a long tail and traveling with a collie.
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Jackson
Pennsylvania
Cindy Belmont
Susquehanna County
Miss Belmont
Navy Missile Strikes Tanker No Injuries
A U S Navy Sidewinder missile struck the Western Sun tanker 60 miles east of Norfolk during exercises. The 30,000 ton Sun Oil Co vessel had a 24 foot hole in its superstructure. fire was extinguished and no cargo leaked.
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Norfolk, Va
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Norfolk
Bill Sonntag
Sun Oil Co
Marcus Hook
Nederland
Texas
U.S
Weather More Of The Same Continues
Fair warm nights and sunny hot days persist with no rain in sight. Tonight’s low in mid 70s and tomorrow’s high near 100. Details on Page 14A.
Deaths in South Carolina area announced
Obituary notices list George E. Eubanks of Prosperity William M. Harris Jr of Augusta Harry H. McCarty of Aiken and B W Warren of Belvedere with details on page 11A of the publication.
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George E. Eubanks
Prosperity
William M. Harris Jr
Augusta
Harry H. McCarty
Aiken
B.W. Warren
Belvedere
Train brings hay and hope to drought toughened South Carolina
The 77 car Hay Lo train donated by CSX carried over 1800 tons of Indiana hay arriving in Laurens Spartanburg and Newberry before Columbia. Farmers load hay onto pickups hoping to feed cattle as Bouknight 65 warns many may lose farms without rain. He praises the gesture saying it reflects American sharing and could help hold communities together.
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Thelbert Bouknight
Bouknight
South Carolina
CSX Corp
America
FERC clears Augusta canal hydro project amid South Carolina opposition
FERC moves toward a license for Augusta Canal hydroelectric plant as North Augusta officials are on vacation. The assessment says no permanent harm to the Savannah River or canal and outlines river flow protections, though dissolved oxygen concerns prompt monitoring plans. Rep. Derrick says he may drop objections if findings stand.
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North Augusta
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
Augusta
Augusta Canal
Charles B. Martin
Thomas W. Greene
South Carolina
Savannah River
Commission
Office of Hydropower Licenses
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
South Conton
Purple Footprints Protest City Garden Demolition in NYC
In predawn New York a 55 year old Missourian Adam Purple supporter covers 40 miles of sidewalks with over 100000 purple footprints protesting the destruction of the Lower East Side Garden of Eden for public housing. George, 32, describes a drum of paint leaving spaced prints while evading legal trouble.
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New York
Purple
Adam Purple
Lower East Side
Garden of Eden
City Hall
U.S
City Housing Authority
Adam
George
Manhattan
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