Edwin Wilson obituary marks controversial CIA operative die at 84
Edwin P Wilson, a former CIA officer later convicted for shipping arms to Libya, died at 84 in Seattle from heart surgery complications. His 1983 Texas conviction and 1982 Libyan arrest were overturned or annulled after he served 22 years in prison, with ongoing efforts to clear his name.
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Edwin P Wilson
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Libya
Wilson
Craig Emmick
Columbia Funeral Home
Edmonds
Wash
Scott Wilson
Seattlepi.com
Houston
Nampa
Idaho
University of Portland
Central Intelligence Agency
Virginia
Washington Post
New York
Texas
Northfork and Vondelere join for Last Blast community event
Huff notes shared event origins while Hargraves, town clerk, reports cross town cooperation. She and Vondelere attended a Berea College grant writing workshop September 11 to 14. Curtis Ray says such activities keep youth engaged and out of trouble as music, food, face painting, and basketball draw young people to Keystone city hall area.
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Berea College
Hargraves
Curtis Ray
Keystone City Hall
Keystone
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
NRDC’s BioGems campaign defend Arctic seas and bears
Earth Talk outlines NRDC efforts to protect Alaska whales in Cook Inlet and Bristol Bay bears, halt Alberta tar sands pipelines, and oppose Pebble Mine. It lists six core campaigns including keeping Shell from Arctic drilling and stopping Big Oil’s harm to whales, plus urging public involvement and donations.
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Cook Inlet
Yellowstone National Park
NRDC
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American Arctic
Big Oil
Atlantic Seaboard
Alberta
Texas
Obama
Bristol Bay
British Columbia
Spirit Bear
Mercer County Heritage Festival Draws Civil War Echoes
Glenwood hosts a three day Mercer County Heritage Festival October 12 to 14 at the 4-H Camp celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Pigeon's Roost with a Civil War program parade of Lincoln, Belle Boyd, Grant, and Jackson and a period ball. Sponsor Mercer County Historical Society.
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Glenwood
Pigeon
Princeton
Mercer County
Gates
Abraham Lincoln
Belle Boyd
Ulysses Grant
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Mercer County Historical Society
Lois Miller
Mercercountyhistoricalsociety
Yahoo.com
Floating base USS Ponce tests Gulf anti mine drills
The USS Ponce, reborn as a floating base, hosts large scale anti mine exercises in the Persian Gulf. MH-53 helicopters sweep for mines while divers train in small boats. Navy officials caution against sensational conflict while pressuring Iran over its nuclear program and the Hormuz strait stakes.
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Persian Gulf
Gulf
Iran
U.S
Tehran
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Tazewell
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