Mystery legionnaires disease claims 21 lives in PA
Harrisburg reports 21 deaths and 140 hospitalizations across three states linked to a Legion convention. Health officials plan statewide hospital checks as federal and state researchers test tissue cultures and evaluate swine flu as a possible cause.
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Pennsylvania
Leonard Bachman
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Walter Dowdle
New Jersey
New York
American Legion
Philadelphia
Connecticut
James Sykes
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Hospital
Legion
Taft
Senate
Bachman
Bellevue-Stratford
Andrew Hornack
Monessen
Hornack
Center For Disease Control
Gary Noble
State Health Department
David Fraser
U.S. Public Health Service
Death mars Missouri senator candidate in plane crash
A light plane carrying U S senator hopeful Jerry Litton, his wife and two children, along with the pilot and an aide, crashed after takeoff from Chillicothe Airport en route to Kansas City. The incident disrupted Tuesday’s primary across four states and left multiple fatalities.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Jerry Litton
Chillicothe
Kansas City
Department of Public Safety
Litton
Howard Hall Demolished at Ohio University Site
A wrecking ball toppled the former Dor Mitoy dormitory Howard Hall at Ohio University turning it into rubble on Tuesday. Additional photos appear on Page 3.
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Ohio University
Howard Hall
Sandra Walker Testifies in Court About Murder Claim
Sandra Walker testified Tuesday that her husband Jesse killed Thomas Lowery and threatened her to force a confession. She is expected to take the stand in the murder trial in Athens County Common Pleas Court.
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Jesse
Thomas Lowery
Walker
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Bloodmobile Visit Sets Record in Athens
Tuesday's Red Cross blood collection in Athens drew a record number of donors, filling the center and signaling strong community participation. Page 2.
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Red Cross
Athens
Fair Queen Crowned at Mason County Fair
The Mason County Fair opened in Point Pleasant with Denise McDaniel crowned queen. The event runs through Saturday at the exposition grounds on Route 62 in the former TNT plant area.
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Point Pleasant
Denise McDaniel
Exposition Grounds
Route
TNT
Weather forecast Page 12 details
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with lows in the mid to upper 80s. Rain chances are 10 percent tonight and 20 percent Thursday. Details on Page 12.
Indictments Freeze Defrauding Scheme in Cleveland Case
A Cuyahoga County grand jury charged 20 people including four doctors and two lawyers with defrauding the Ohio Bureau of Workmen's Compensation. Thirteen indictments claim $65,000 in 1974 75 against a fictitious company A B Vending Co. in this scandal.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Insurance Plan Clears Way For Swine Flu Vaccination Program
Congress advances a federal insurance plan to cover damages from swine flu vaccines as Pennsylvania investigates deaths linked to a Legion event. The measure, approved by the House subcommittee, would make the government liable for injuries or deaths from the program and extend to manufacturers distributors and medical staff.
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State Health Department
Philadelphia
Bob Costello
New Jersey
Congress
House Health Subcommittee
David Mathews
Richard Wells
Turnersville
Aldo Provenzano
Cherry Hill
New York State
June Stanger
Bradford County
Tioga General Hospital
Tioga
N.Y
White House
Ford
William Lukash
Washington
Sen
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
House
Rogers
Full
Commerce Committee
Judiciary Committee
Pennsylvania
American Legion
Health, Education and Welfare
Mathews
Subcommittee
HEW
Coal Strike Spreads From West Virginia Through the Region
Nearly 90,000 coal miners stayed off the job in a strike that began in Kanawha County West Virginia three weeks ago. The walkout ties to a 16 July federal contempt citation against United Mine Workers Local 1759 and grows from long running tensions between miners and coal operators backed by courts and troops.
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Associated Press
W. Va
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Beverly Holstein
Hayes
United Mine Workers
Junctions
U.S
Dennis Knapp
Cedar Coal Co
UMW District 17
FTC to Probe Auto Makers In Antitrust Push
The FTC announces a full scale probe into the auto industry’s economic structure targeting General Motors Ford and Chrysler. Officials say the civil inquiry could last years and may lead to antitrust charges with DOJ involvement if criminal action arises. GM chairman Thomas A. Murphy defends competition and laments resources spent.
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Washington
U.S
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Federal Trade Commission
Justice Department
FTC
CIA drug tests on unwitting subjects revealed in declassified files
Newly released documents show the CIA funded experiments using narcotics agents to administer mind altering drugs to informants and criminal suspects in a program begun in 1955 as MKULTRA MKDELTA. Reports note testing occurred in normal life settings with safehouses and covert delivery to study drug effects and interrogation potential.
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Washington
CIA
Rockefeller Commission
Senate Intelligence Committee
Center For National Security Studies
Technical Services Division
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
Narcotics Bureau
Narcotics) Bureau
Inspector General
U.S
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