Meteor sighting in Southeast causes flying saucer panic across three states
Authorities say a bright flash seen over Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama at about 545 PM EST Monday was a meteor not a dying satellite or booster. NORAD confirmed no man made space object was entering.
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Defense Department
NORAD
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado
Cmdr
Ross Kudlick
Washington
Nebraska Boy Finds Bottle Crossing Ocean
Nebraska City junior Guy Durr, 16, who dropped a Coca Cola bottle into the Missouri River in August 1985, recalls the stunt and says a Northern Ireland girl named Rachel near Downpatrick found the bottle and wrote back after a year.
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Missouri River
Northern Ireland
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Nebraska
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Rachel
Downpatrick
Weather Outlook Signals Cooler Days Ahead
Cooler weather and rain are in the forecast for the next few days. Today’s high near 70 with a 50 percent chance of rain. Tonight a 60 percent chance of rain with a mid 50s low. Tomorrow a 40 percent chance of rain with a high around 60. Details on Page 8B.
Deaths of Nelson Adams Burckhalter Ellis McCarty and others
A list of death notices including Nelson E Adams Burckhalter Charles H Ellis Margaret H McCarty Amanda Lee McCowan Alvin McKie Jr Annie Sexton Ezell E Shealy and Betty A Wilson with a note to see details on Page 11A.
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Lancaster
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Burckhalter
Graniteville
Charles H. Ellis
Beech Island
Margaret H. McCarty
Charlottesville
Amanda Lee McCowan
Warrenville
Alvin McKie Jr
Trenton
Annie Sexton
Aiken
Ezell E. Shealy
North Augusta
Betty A. Wilson
Hostages Freed in Damascus Return to Paris
An 85 year old retired car dealer and a 54 year old businessman freed in Lebanon by Shiite kidnappers arrived in Damascus and then flew to Paris. They praised Syria for its role and the French government thanked Syria. Seventeen foreigners remain missing in Lebanon amid ongoing abductions.
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Syria
Lebanon
Paris
Camille Sontag
Marcel Coudari
Wre
Beirut
Revolutionary Justice Organization
Foreign Ministry
Coudari
Sontag
Brian Keenan
Veterans Day observances honor war dead and missing in action
Observances across the United States marked Veterans Day with parades and services. An Associated Press report notes reburial of an unknown Civil War soldier and vigils for missing Vietnam veterans. 32 marchers, many Vietnam vets, headed to Springfield Illinois for a 42 mile trek to spotlight prisoners of war and missing in Southeast Asia, with other parades planned in Georgia and Oregon to honor female veterans.
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Vietnam
Springfield
Ill
Southeast Asia
Georgia
Oregon
Thurmond Signals 1990 Run Likely If Health Holds
Sen Strom Thurmond, age 84 in December, says he probably will seek re election in 1990 if he remains sound mentally and physically. He stressed he would not run if in poor condition four years hence but indicated his inclination to pursue another term.
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Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
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Charleston
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Melvin Purvis
Record Cold Front Grips Midwest After Snowstorm
Bitter cold shattered records from Nebraska to Minnesota as eight deaths were linked to the storm. A 13 year old boy remained missing in North Dakota amid two feet of snow while rescuers used snowmobiles and dogs on the Fort Totten Reservation.
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Chuck McCain
Colorado
Canada
Fort Totten
John Robertson
Winnipeg
Manitoba
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Idaho
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Ledane
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Montana
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