Pair Work To Lead Alaskan Iditarod Race
Grayling Alaska AP Jerry Austin and Duane Halvorson led the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Saturday as 1986 champion Susan Butcher and veterans narrowed the gap. The 1157 mile Anchorage to Nome event features good weather with teams racing to the finish.
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Grayling
Alaska
Jerry Austin
Duane Halvorson
Susan Butcher
Austin
Halvorson
Butcher
Tim Osmar
Rick Swenson
Osmar
Swenson
Nome
Well Designed Rescue Saves Pennsylvania Palomino
A 3 year old Norwegian fjord palomino named Farran fell into a 30 foot well under a barn when a concrete lid collapsed. Gary Lenzi and his Monongahela towing crew used a tripod and winch to lower a veterinarian into the well and hoist horse and vet, four hours later the horse stood and walked away under its own power with minor scrapes.
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Eighty Four
Gary Lenzi
Monongahela
Jim Sutton
Farran
Sutton
Lenzi
Woman Abort Abduction as Seatbelt Attack Turns Escape
In Sterling Heights Michigan a gunman abducted a woman and her two young sons from a Kmart lot but fled after the mother, while the child’s seatbelt was being buckled, grabbed the gun and dumped it from the car. Police later arrested William Heike in nearby Romeo for armed robbery kidnapping and felony firearms.
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Sterling Heights
Mich
Terry Killoran
Dave Young
David Bartholomew
Adam
Alex
Kmart
Clinton Township
Detroit
Mount Clemens
Bartholomew
Young
Almont
William T. Heike
Heike
Macomb
Correctionn
Pat Horne
Horne
Punished teen's mother sits in class at Whiteville High
In Wilmington AP report Milton Frink at Whiteville High tests a parent participation discipline. A tardy tenth grader's mom attended one day and observed classes while the school noted improved punctuality and behavior. The student pledged to change.
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Wilmington
Milton Frink
Frink
Whiteville High School
Mr. Frink
Questions Linger In Ferry Disaster
Zeebrugge tragedy leaves major questions unanswered about the Herald of Free Enterprise sinking. Survivors recount chaos after the ferry listed to port and capsized in shallow waters, with 134 believed dead and 409 rescued.
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Zeebrugge
Belgium
Herald of Free Enterprise
Europe
Rock Star Ordered To Pay 1000 Monthly Child Support
In Duluth Minnesota a judge ordered Daryl Hall to pay 1000 monthly child support for his 3 year old son Darren. The attorney for the mother said an appeal would follow as the amount is only a tenth of the requested sum. Hall testified he was the father.
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Duluth, Minn
Daryl Hall
Hall
St. Louis
John Oswald
Andrea
Duluth
Darren
St. Paul
David Sullivan
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Peter Ford
Ferry Company
David Lowry
North Sea
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Greg Montgomery
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American Express
J.B. White
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