Roy Leep the Weather Legend of Florida's West Coast
Roy Leep, the longtime WTVT Channel 13 weatherman, is a local celebrity on Florida's west coast. His six nightly reports draw tourists and residents alike, with fans naming infants after him and sending photos of pets watching his weather map.
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Ongboat Key
Fla
America
Walter Cronkite
Cronkite
CBS Evening News
Florida
Roy Leep
Gulf of Mexico
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Tampa
Sarasota
Bradenton
Longhoat Key
United States
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Leep
Roy
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
West Coast
Prince Charles Visits Davos Woman In Avalanche Tragedy
Prince Charles traveled to Davos hospital to visit Patti Palmer-Tomkinson after she and her husband survived the March avalanche that killed Maj. Hugh Lindsay near Klosters. Charles arrived by plane piloted by her husband as Palmer-Tomkinson recovers from two broken legs.
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Prince
Prince Charles
Switzerland
Britain
Charles
Patti Palmer-Tomkinson
Davos Hospital
Traveling nurses fill hospital gaps across the country
A growing traveling nurse industry helps short-staffed hospitals by staffing for three months at a time. Susan Smith plans seasons across New York, New England, Hawaii while housing and travel are paid. Rates range 13 to 22 dollars per hour with bonuses up to 5000 dollars.
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New York Times
Stony Brook
N.Y
Susan Smith
University Hospital
Long Island
New England
Hawaii
Smith
New Mexico
Irv Hamilton
Florida Hospital
Orlando
Fla
Hamilton
Washington turf wars move to monument softball fields
Washington official fields on the Washington Monument grounds spark a turf battle as National Parks Service schedules reservations. Critics claim priority for government offices. NPS spokesman Earl Kittleman cites a "government town" and notes earlier calls before March 1.
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New York Times
Washington
Washington Monument
National Park Service
Monument
Interior and Public Works Committees
Congress
National Parks Service
Earl Kittleman
Kittleman
Priest apologizes for criticizing pope in Georgia church
The Rev Anthony Curran of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Stone Mountain Georgia apologized for calling Pope John Paul II "dead wrong" on priest celibacy. He acknowledged violating canon law and said he would issue a clarifying letter without discipline.
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Stone Mountain
Corpus Christi Catholic Church
John Paul II
Anthony Curran
Curran
Corpus Christi
Anton Mowat
Atlanta
John McDonough
North South exchange showcases Chicago culture to Mississippi teens
Thirteen Mississippi girls visited Chicago for a cultural exchange with inner city youths from METRO Achievement Program. They toured the DuSable Museum, saw the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, and planned to keep in contact with new Chicago friends.
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Chicago
North
Mississippi
Big City
Kina Stone
Whitney Young High School
Greenville, Miss
Metro Achievement
Daisy M. Greene National Association
Sears
Daisy Jackson
Jackson
Greenville
Marlene Seja
DuSable Museum of Black Art
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Kenya Anderson
Anderson
Chicago Bears
Judge orders Rays and school to seek out-of-court settlement
Federal judge urged a Tampa meeting between Clifford and Louise Ray and the DeSoto County school board over a policy that barred their three AIDS-exposed sons from Arcadia public schools. The suit seeks substantial damages. the Rays and board discussed a possible settlement, with a $1 million policy cap noted and comments from both sides delaying disclosure.
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Sarasota, Fla
Clifford
Louise Ray
DeSoto County
James Westberry
Arcadia
Gocio
Westberry
Kovachevich
Tampa
U.S
Elizabeth Jenkins
Fort Myers
Patrick Geraghty
National Union Fire Insurance
Ray Family
Bill Earl
Cedar Rapids Gazette Details and Subscriptions
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists publication details at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with prices for carrier and mail subscriptions. It notes AP news republication rights and directs address change submissions to P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids 52406.
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Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Associated Press
POL’ R
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Food banks get kipper catch via imported salmon caper
About 78,000 pounds of illegally imported salmon are being distributed by food banks this week. The total seized last year in California and Washington from Wescon Trading International, based in San Bruno, amounted to 580,000 pounds. The fish were allegedly caught by Taiwanese trawlers and shipped to Japan, then relabeled as Product of the U.S.A. for reexport to Japan, violating the Lacey Act.
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Washington
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
California
Wescon Trading International
San Bruno
Calif
National Marine Fisheries Service
Japan
Oakland
U.S.A
Mensa meeting in Nashville shares light bulb jokes
At a Mensa gathering in Nashville over the weekend, highly intellectual members exchanged light bulb jokes and played games. The group wore T shirts proclaiming compulsive neurotic anti social manic and paranoid but basically happy while enjoying the humorous brainy camaraderie.
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Nashville, Tenn
Mensa
Nashville
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Moorhead
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Russell
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Karen Barnes
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Colorado
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Capitol Hill
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