Medical Sleuths Hunt Flu Like Disease Origin
In Harrisburg a mysterious illness struck Legion attendees at a Philadelphia convention July 21 24. By week’s end 25 died and 87 fell ill with pneumonia like symptoms while investigators pursue a virus or toxin without a confirmed target.
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Harrisburg
American Legion
Philadelphia
Bachman
Ray Brennan
Athens
New York
Legion
William Baird
Bloomsburg
Frank Aveni
Clearfield
Francis Grove
Altoona
Charles Chamberlain
Chambersburg
Ernest Campbell
Explosion at Carter station injures three children
Three children were injured, two girls and a 16-year-old boy, in an explosion at a Billy Carter owned service station in Plains Georgia. They were taken to a Americus hospital after the blast damaged the station and nearby building. The incident occurred as a bus group from Hugley Church stopped for a restroom break.
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Carter
Americus
Hugley
Globe-News Scholarships Reward Area Carriers
Seventeen Globe-News carriers receive cash scholarships and endowments for grades leadership citizenship and service. The Amarillo ISD plans a vote tomorrow on a 31.4 million dollar budget for the year. Weather partly cloudy to tonight with mid 90s highs and mid 60s lows and southwest winds.
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Globe-News
Amarillo Independent School District
Mars soil tests renew life-possible signs aboard Viking
Scientists in Pasadena report tantalizing activity in Martian soil from the Viking mini laboratory, with both Viking 1 tests and Viking 2 in orbit. Officials caution against assuming life, noting alternative explanations and planning sterilized-control tests, rechecks, and further analyses to confirm any biological activity.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking Mini-Laboratory
Mars
Harold Klein
Viking Biology
Viking 2
Norman Horowitz
Klein
Horowitz
Earth
Antartica
Viking
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National Hurricane Center
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