Wallet Lost Off Coast Returned After Fish Hook Catch
Randolph resident Randy Lindquist 31 lost his wallet off the New Hampshire coast during a blue fish tournament. Dennis Murphy of New Castle hooked the wallet with a lure on August 26, recovered the next day with all cards and $93 intact. Murphy declined a reward and proposed future blue fishing together.
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Randolph
New Hampshire
Randy Lindquist
Lindquist
Dennis Murphy
New Castle
N.H
Murphy
Park Spot Punk Charges for Free Parking Near Art Museum
Philadelphia police arrest 27 year old Eugene Harris for charging drivers 3 to 5 dollars to park near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He hands out stubs and claims entrepreneurship while officials struggle to prosecute due to lack of witnesses. Harris sleeps at a railroad station and scavenges stubs from other lots.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Eugene Harris
Harris
Rey Models
Cloudy Skies with Showers Possible Today
Weather update shows mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers. The high reaches the lower 80s while the low settles in the upper 60s. Page 6A carries details.
Deaths Lawrence Glover Amanda Thomas Virginia Neumar Nealie Webb
Obituary notices list several individuals including Lawrence Glover Amanda Thomas Virginia Neumar Nealie P Webb Ella Bonnette and Robert Casey with details referenced on Page 6A of the Belvedere Trenton Sumter and Columbia editions.
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Lawrence Glover
Trenton
Amanda Thomas
Belvedere
Virginia Neumar
Nealie P. Webb
Augusta
Ella B. Bonnette
Sumter
Robert F. Casey
Columbia
Bomb strike hits Medellin shops as U S gear arrives
A bomb ripped through shops in Itagui Medellin wounding five as U S military gear and personnel arrive for the government's anti narcotics push. The blast damaged a bank, insurance office and retailers amid a city curfew with no claim of responsibility.
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Bogota
Colombia
Medellin
U.S
Itagui
Alonso Villanueva
Colombia Red Cross
Inter
Cuba jet crash kills 126 aboard Milan flight
A charter Cubana de Aviacion jetliner exploded after takeoff from Havana injuring 63 on the ground and killing all 126 aboard, most Italian tourists bound for Milan. The crash near Jose Marti airport halted power in the area as rescue teams responded.
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Mexico City
Havana
Cubana de Aviacion
Cuba
Prensa Latina
Notimex
Tass
Rogelio Acevedo
Mexico
Excelsior
Jose Marti
Milan
Italy
Cologne
West Germany
Rome
AGI
Italian Foreign Ministry
Crisis Unit
Radio
Relaj
London
British Broadcasting Co
Fidel Castro
Poll Findings Show Broad Backing for Higher Federal Minimum
A national Media General AP poll finds Americans favor raising the federal minimum wage from 3.35 to 4.55 per hour, with two thirds supporting Congress approved but Bush vetoed by June. About 60 percent back a training wage allowing 3.35 for six months.
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New York
Media General
Associated Press
Congress
Bush
Island-Hopping Proved Marines More Than Show
James Andrew Peterson a Del Rio Tex native joined the Marines in June 1940. He rose to gunnery sergeant in the 3rd Marine Division and fought on Iwo Jima during February and March 1945. The assault aimed to deny Japanese airfield use and provide U.S. fighter cover for convoys.
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James Andrew
Jim) Peterson
Marines
Peterson
del Rio
Tex
San Antonio
Pacific
3Rd Marine Division
Iwo Jima
Little
U.S
Holiday weekend accidents leave several dead and many injured
A Labor Day stretch of accidents across the nation left multiple fatalities and dozens of injuries. A New Hampshire stunt truck crash at Hopkinton state fair killed a 62 year old truck driver. A Florida powerboat struck a sleeping woman in a houseboat off Islamorada. Five motorcyclists died in northern California after a flatbed truck lost a load of firewood near a Labor Day festival. Additional crashes in Connecticut, Georgia, and Minnesota produced more deaths and injuries amid the holiday.
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Florida
California
Sierra Nevada
Hopkinton
N.H
Dave McCarthy
Mifflintown
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Maine
White House
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Poll
Miami
Barbara Basford
Jacksonville
Islamorada
Florida Keys
Middletown
Conn
Man
Niantic River Bridge
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Perry Lake
Crosby
Minn
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