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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1979

Page

7

Taylor Embarks Minus Shark Cage Marathon Swimmer Tries Again

Miami AP reports marathon swimmer Stella Taylor, 48, began a third attempt to swim from the Bahamas to Florida from Orange Cay as favorable ocean and wind conditions finally came Saturday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. The voyage aims to cover roughly 45 miles to reach Florida shores.

Miami Stella Taylor Bahamas Florida Miss Taylor Orange Cay Rock Island Bimini Associated Press Doug Jennings

Domino Toppler Sets New World Record at 169713 Dominos

In Poughkeepsie New York 23 year old English hero Michael Cairney toppled 169713 dominoes in a 45 minute display at the Mid Hudson Civic Center. He aimed for 200000 but a gust and minor falls limited the run. The complex set included outlines of flags and a peacock.

Poughkeepsie N.Y Michael Cairney Cairney Greenwich Illinois

Grounding of DC-10 Fleet Ends Prolonged Night of Deliberations

Washington coverage details the overnight legal and technical battle to ground 138 DC-10s after the Chicago crash. FAA officials, lawyers, and executives race to draft an emergency order as new cracks appear in re inspections, culminating in FAA director Bond ordering the grounding at 5:35 a.m. EDT.

Mike Feinsilber Washington Jerome H. Doolittle Jimmy Carter FAA Langhorne Bond U.S Aubrey E. Robinson Jr Robinson Craig Beard Los Angeles Chicago Beard Rapidfax Roland Eckert Charles R. Foster Aviation Standards San Francisco National Air and Space Museum Doolittle Eckart Foster Bond London Paris West Coast Leon Daugherty John C. Brizendine McDonnell Douglas Daugherty Brizendine DC-10

Canadian reporter’s shoes stolen in mosque incident

A Canadian news correspondent quoted Pakistan’s law minister advocating stern Islamic punishments amid rising crime. After visiting a mosque and removing his shoes, the reporter returned to find his footwear missing, highlighting security concerns in Islamabad.

Islamabad Pakistan

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