Nyad Ends Cuban to Florida Swim After 44 Hours
Diana Nyad abandoned her 103 mile open water attempt from Cuba to Key West as winds and currents thwarted progress. Stella Taylor continued toward Palm Beach, with a shark nearby and a 100 mile target, though her status remained uncertain.
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Best Revenge
Diana Nyad
Cuba
Key West
Rich du Moulin
Stella Taylor
Palm Beach
Martin Meskiel
Miss Taylor
Ken Gundersen
Florida Straits
Gundersen
Gulf Stream
Northwest pilots end 108 day strike with three year contract
A 108 day pilot strike affecting Northwest Airways flights ends as pilots sign a three year pact. The agreement adds about 51 million dollars in wages and benefits and prompts recertification for pilots and co pilots after 90 days idle. Recertification begins today and first flights are expected to resume in three to four days.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Roy Erickson
Northwest
Evacuation Ordered After Explosive Tank Rupture Near Orange
A rupture at Sterling Plastics Co. near Orange, California released 52,000 gallons of a highly explosive chemical. Firefighters evacuated about 2,500 residents as tanks were cooled with water while a dense fog spread from the spill.
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Orange
Calif
Sterling Plastics Co
Archbishop Iakovos to Remain After Resignation Rejected
Archbishop Iakovos will continue as head of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas after church leaders rejected his resignation. The move followed his denial of permission to attend Pope Paul VI’s funeral as part of the American delegation. Spokesman Takis Gazouleas said the resignation was not accepted.
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New York
Iakovos
North
South America
Lakovos
Paul VI
Takis Gazouleas
Gazouleas
Western Hemisphere
Chamber sues to halt agency payments for consumer group study
The U S Chamber of Commerce sues the Energy and Agriculture departments claiming tax dollars are used to pay for biased advice from the Consumer Federation of America. One suit targets 85 690 to CFA for a study on reimposing price controls on heating oil. A second suit challenges 23 536 to CFA for a study on the economic impact of net weight labeling regulations on canned foods.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Energy and Agriculture Departments
Energy Department
Consumer Federation of America
Agriculture Dertment
Bus Crash Kills 24 in Minas Gerais Brazil
An overloaded bus on a dark highway in Minas Gerais collided with an empty trailer, spun out of control, and exploded killing 24 and injuring 17. Police said the exact cause was unclear as reports emerged from Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
UPI
Minas Gerais
Rio
X ray tests overused in head injuries and pregnancy
Dr. Leon Phillips of the University of Washington told a House health subcommittee that skull X rays add little information in head injury cases and that X rays of pregnant women may raise the risk of leukemia and other childhood cancers in their babies.
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Washington
Leon Phillips
University of Washington
Seattle
House Health
Postal pact faces new union rejection in vote
The American Postal Workers Union delegates vote 8 to 1 to reject the proposed contract after the Letter Carriers Union already did. The plan offers a 6 percent raise over three years with a cost of living cap. Results to be announced August 25.
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Denver
UPS
Postal Service
Postal Workers Union
American Postal Workers Union Convention
Letter Carriers Union
Morris “Moe” Biller
Northeastern Regional Council
New York
Biller
William Bolger
Emmet Andrews
Aug. 14 and Aug. 12 Birth Notices and Local Incidents
Birth announcements list multiple couples from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns with names and addresses, noting a mix of daughters and sons. The Cedar Rapids Gazette also reports several Monday afternoon incidents including a backfire on Second Avenue SE, an electrical welder battery short at Tamara Drive SW, and a wood-form issue near the Interstate 380 Cedar River bridge construction.
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Second Avenue SE
Tamara Drive
Wood
Cedar River
The
Gazette Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowe
Gazette
Associated Press
Weather summary and Mississippi River stages update
Highs near the mid 70s to mid 80s and overnight lows in the lower 60s with showers and thunderstorms likely Friday and Saturday. Winds SW at 8 mph at 10 am, sunrise 6 15 am, sunset 8 06 pm. River stages: LaCrosse 5.2, Lansing 7.9, Dam 9 12.9, McGregor 6.7, Guttenberg 4.6, Dubuque 8.5, Davenport 5.0, Keithsburg 6.4, Keokuk 2.8, Clinton 7.0, Cedar Rapids 3.75.
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Mississippi River
LaCrosse
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Dubuque
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Clinton
Cedar
C.R
Kennedy gains in polls as Carter falters in survey
New York surveys show Edward Kennedy rising to new highs while Jimmy Carter slips. An ABC News Harris poll puts Carters approval at 69 percent disapproval 30, and a Time poll shows Kennedy beating Ford 47 to 41 though Carter would lose to Ford 44 to 35. Voters back cutting the capital gains tax 35 percent maximum, Carter opposing.
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New York
UPI
Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Ser
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
New Heights
Carter
ABC News-Harris
Time Magazine
Chappaquiddick
White House
Yankelovich, Skelly and White
Gerald Ford
Ford
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Madison School
N.W
Sharyl Achilles
Carol Lakin
Cedar Rapids
Paul Jones
Bill Grunewald
Conferees retain funds for breeder reactor project
A House-Senate conference panel agreed to a 10.2 billion dollar public works appropriation for the coming fiscal year. It includes funds for a breeder reactor project opposed by President Carter, and requires release of impounded funds for parts of the Garrison Diversion Project in North Dakota. The bill also funds completion of Tellico Dam in Tennessee despite the snail darter ruling.
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House-Senate
Carter
House
Senate
House Public Works Subcommittee
Appropriations Committee
Garrison
North Dakota
Tellico
Tennessee
Supreme Court
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Gary Froehlich
Sixth Ave
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Hiawatha
Daniel Lyon
Olive Drive
Robert Craig
Ricky Bulman
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Vinton
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Debra J. Harrington
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William J. McArthur
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