Gems hid in Windsor lake during WWII by king and librarian
The Sunday Telegraph reports King George VI and his librarian Sir Owen Morshead secretly hid Britain’s crown jewels, including the 108 carat Koh-i-Noor diamond, in a Windsor Castle lake in 1940 to prevent German seizure. They wrapped the gems in cotton, placed them in a tin, and submerged them until victory.
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London
Britain
Windsor Castle
Sunday Telegraph
George VI
Owen Morshead
Morshead
Windsor
Germany
Mandrake
Light
CIA linked to Mandela arrest shocks Atlanta
AP reports a CIA deep cover agent in Durban helped lead to Nelson Mandela’s 1962 arrest by South African authorities. Mandela was jailed until this year. CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield declined comment. ANC member Edward Ndlovo dismissed the tale as an old rumor.
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Atlanta
Nelson Mandela
CIA
Durban
South Africa
Mandela
African National Congress
Cox News Service
Mark Mansfield
Washington
Edward Ndlovo
ANC
Geneva
Switzerland
Ndlovo
Mostly Sunny Skies with Breezy Today
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies and breezy conditions today with highs in the low 70s. Tonight will be mostly clear and cool with lows in the mid 40s. Weather package, A-8.
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National Weather Service
Two Die In Alcohol Related U S 52 Accident Near Bramwell
A 1985 Chevy pickup crossed the center line in a no passing zone striking Larry Shields 30 and Terri Shields 28 of Chapel Hill N C. Claude Musick Jr 37 of Maybeury faces two counts felony DUI and passing a double line.
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U.S. 52
Bramwell
R.A. Hill
Mercer County
Larry Shields
Shields
Claude Musick Jr
Maybeury
Hill
Musick
Bluefield
Ronald Musick
Ronald Call
Sheriffs Department
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Rebels seize Liberia international airport as evacuation begins
Rebels gained control of Monrovia's international airport and a rubber plantation as peace talks loomed, while hundreds of foreigners fled Liberia on evacuation flights. The United States arranged three Air Guinea charters to Abidjan and then Charleston, as volunteers recounted escape trials and a 54 percent civil war raged with over 1,000 dead.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Libéria
Samuel Doe
United States
Spriggs Payne
Air Guinea
Ivory Coast
Abidjan
Charleston
S.C
Johnny Connelly
Madison
Janice
Josiah
Rosalind Towe
Zanwhea
Towe
AIDS victims return home to loved ones in southwest Virginia
In Richlands Virginia Marlene Peters co chair of the Appalachian AIDS Coalition describes the states first AIDS related homecomings as affected families bring ill relatives back from cities to be cared for by loved ones. The trend is seen as traumatic and may reflect stigma and limited local exposure to the disease. Nellie Wright of Tazewell County Health Department notes no similar cases yet but considers the pattern possible.
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Richlands
Southwest
Virginia
Marlene Peters
Appalachian Aids Coalition
Peters
New York City
Nellie Wright
Tazewell County
Mega Borg Blazes Aground Off Cape Cod Then Oil Spill Expands
A damaged Bermuda Star ran aground two miles from Woods Hole Cape Cod in heavy fog forcing the evacuation of 680 passengers and 380 crew. Repairs failed as tugs could not free the ship and fuel leakage was contained. In Texas, Mega Borg explosions aboard the burning tanker spurred crude spills along the coast with prospects of sinking but salvage teams worked to stop fuel valves and contain the slick.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Bermuda
Keane
Scott Graham
Coast Guard Marine Safety
Providence
R.I
Graham
Coast Guard
Greg Creedon
Buzzards Bay
New Bedford
Galveston
Texas
Mega Borg
Todd Nelson
Gulf of Mexico
Frank Whipple
Whipple
Nelson
Smit America Galveston Bay
Freeport
Corpus Christi
Pilot saved as cockpit windshield shatters midflight
London AP reports a British Airways captain was sucked partly through a cockpit window at 24 000 feet as the BAEC 111 from Birmingham to Malaga suffered a windshield failure. Co pilot landed the plane at Southampton. Tim Lancaster hospitalized with serious injuries. eight passengers treated for shock. Deputy crew and steward restrained the pilot to prevent him being pulled out. Civil Aviation Authority investigating the cause.
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London
British Airways
Sai
Tim Lancaster
Margaret Simmonds
Birmingham
England
Malaga
Spain
Britis Airways
Lancaster
Southampton
Civil Aviation Authority
Chris Opie
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Dan Vineski
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