Arson Probed In Lindbergh Plane Fire At Downtown Bank
A five alarm fire in Minneapolis damaged two buildings including the Donaldson's department store site and the Northwestern National Bank tower. The Curtiss Jenny airplane in the bank lobby sustained smoke and water damage while the Lindbergh exhibit was spared serious harm. Fire officials estimated up to 30 million dollars in damage with 100 to 150 firefighters deployed and investigators seeking suspects seen fleeing the area.
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Minneapolis
Bank
Charles Lindbergh
Donaldson’s Department
Northwestern National Bank
Aviation Pioneer
Allan Wold
Hennepin County Medical Center
Nicollet Mall
Donaldson’s
Raymond Luniewski
W. James Armstrong
J.C. Penney
IDS Tower
Penney
IDS
Christmas Town Readies for Holiday Mail Surge
In Christmas Florida post office expects about 100000 pieces of mail in December to carry the Christmas postmark. Joy Chittum, postmaster since 1975, notes letters arrive from around the world and anonymous Santa helpers respond to children. The town lies on US 50 near Orlando with 3500 residents over a 100 square mile area and features a yuletide post office display.
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Fla
Santa
Florida
Joy Chittum
Chittum
Fort Christmas
Reta Barnes
Poisoned Pollen Stolen From Miami Factory
A poisoned batch of honeybee pollen was stolen along with 8 000 pounds of untainted pollen from Dr Felix Murats pollen factory in Miami. Health officials warn the tainted batch could appear in local health food stores and urge buyers to verify sources.
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Miami
Dade County Health Department
Richard A. Morgan
Felix Murat
Myriam Enriquez
Western Germany housing woes haunt U S troops families
In Wiesbaden, Jill Grant and her family live in a run down former hotel amid a strip of girlie cabarets while 42 000 U S soldiers in Europe dwell off base. Army officials flag housing as Europe’s top problem with aging barracks and decaying family housing years after World War II.
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Wiesbaden
West Germany
Jill Grant
Mrs. Grant
Gene
U.S
Europe
Army
Heidelberg
Frederick Kroesen
U.S. Army
Kroesen
Butzbach
Army housing poverty in Stuttgart and Mannheim soldiers families
The Grants and other GI families live in cramped quarters off base with inadequate heat hot water and space. A sergeant in Stuttgart shares a three bedroom apartment with his pregnant wife amid pests and two dozen structural issues. Privates in Mannheim face rent with no hot water while others in Hanau wait 44 weeks for quarters. The Army only offers government family housing to E-4s and higher, forcing some to leave family at home.
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Army
Kroesen
Stuttgart
Mannheim
Hanau
Grant
Blind man uses sounds to guide rescue after crash
Kenneth Meggison, blinded and bloodied by a crash in a ravine, guided rescuers by reacting to sirens while in an empty house. He woke on a kitchen floor clutching a telephone as sheriff deputies homed in, aided by a barking dog in a garage. Meggison sustained corneal abrasions and eye burns but expects sight to return with healing.
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Topeka
Kan
Kenneth Meggison
Meggison
Associated Press
St. Francis Hospital
Shawnee County
Rosalind Lewis
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