Record cocaine busts in San Juan and Los Angeles
Customs officials in San Juan and Florida found about 4700 pounds of cocaine in 54 containers aboard two Honduran ships. Los Angeles police seized over a ton with a street value of 363 million dollars in a record drug seizure. Authorities opened containers Friday in Miami and Thursday in San Juan as they pursued the owners.
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Los Angeles
Suzette Wire Services
Puerto Rico
Florida
U.S
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
California
Chicago
Michael Sheehan
Colombia
Sheehan
Court of Appeals decision praised as public school triumph
Timothy Dyk, lawyer for the Hawkins County Board of Education, hailed the Court of Appeals ruling as a wonderful decision and a great triumph for the public school system, while Farris criticized the ruling as a narrow First Amendment view.
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Farris
Timothy Dyk
People For the
American Way
Hawkins County Board of Education
Court of Appeals
Dyk
Hull
Foreign student exchanges face school district limits
High school programs bring over 4500 foreign students to American families this year as districts limit placements. Rotary International says housing is arranged via district partners, while others struggle with district caps and publicity boosts expanding competition among exchange groups.
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Rotary International
William Skelton
Rotary Foundation
Rotary Organization
John Wilhelm
Agusa International
San Francisco
Douglas Hunt
The
Council On Standards For International
Reston
Murray Shaw
United States
AFS Intercultural
New York
Melrose Man Shares Illinois Lotto Jackpot With Second Winner
Melrose resident Joe Sinnott 44 wins 4,111,358.50 from the August 8 Illinois Lotto jackpot of 8.2 million. Sinnott bought the ticket at The Beverage Mart Gulfport and will receive 205,500 yearly for 20 years, while his family includes Connie and six children. The other Aug 8 winner is Earl Miller 64 of Iuka retired from the Air Force, who bought his ticket at Salem IGA Foodliner.
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Melrose
Joe Sinnott
Sinnott
Illinois Lottery
Dale Arvidson
Arvidson
Deere & Co
Ottumwa
Connie
Earl Miller
Iuka
Air Force
Salem Iga Foodliner
Salem
Iowa Band Seeks Funds for Vienna World Festival Trip
Band leader Law says 158 members from seven years of play will be invited to Vienna for the world festival. About 75 to 80 members will tour this year, each paying own way as fundraisers begin. Estimated cost is 1500 per person, with 100000 total needed. Efforts include contacting Grassley Harkin NEA state officials local businesses and national corporations. Uniforms are also sought. performances include up to three concerts a festival parade and a mass concert with European bands. The program will feature American and Iowa flavor including a Karl King march and possibly a Meredith Willson piece from The Music Man.
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Cody
Court of Appeals
Holt
Rinehart
Anne Frank
Margaret Mead
Isaac Asimov
Hans Christian Andersen
Rebecca Hagelin
Concerned Women For America
People For the
Norman Lear
Law
Vienna
Iowa
Charles Grassley
Tom Harkin
National Endowment For the Arts
United States
Karl King
Fort Dodge
John Philip Sousa
Meredith Willson
Britain to reflag tanker amid Gulf convoy maneuvers
The Guadalcanal and Jarrett completed mine hunting and reported no overt threat from an Iranian vessel that approached within 2 1 2 miles of a convoy. Separately, two small dhows neared the Bridgeton convoy eight miles away. Kidd and Crommelin fired across their bows after warnings. Pentagon said efforts to confirm a northbound convoy were unsuccessful.
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Guadalcanal
Jarrett
Penta
Gon
Kidd
Crommelin
Pentagon
Washington
Lonetree Sentenced to 30 Years for Espionage
Defense and prosecutors clash after the court martial verdict as Lonetree receives a 30 year term. Prosecution notes no parole for a decade whether life or 30 years, while defense warns of potential appeal and calls it a hard fight ending.
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William Kunstler
Lonetree
Maj
David Beck
Beck
Festival drawing 52 Austrian bands and 3000 musicians
Law said last year’s festival drew 52 Austrian bands totaling 3000 musicians and included groups from Liechtenstein Switzerland and Italy. He reported members reacted with happiness and excitement upon news of the selection, calling it a once in a lifetime chance.
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Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Italy
Law
Iowan suspected of killing Minnesota man then self
Ames Iowa man Eric Hagen 24 was found dead in a Tyler motel room after authorities say he killed Art Storm Jr 56 in rural Jackson County Minnesota and shot himself with a .387 Magnum. Hagen had four fifty dollar bills found with him as blood on clothes suggested unrelated injured blood.
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Jackson, Minn
Minnesota
Ames
Iowa
Jackson
Himsel
Eric Hagen
Tyler
Dale Matthews
Hagen
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Art Storm Jr
Storm
Matthews
Grinnell Man Killed Driving Through Lumber Company Window
Randolph Morrow 65 is believed to have had a heart attack Monday while driving a pickup that smashed through a window at Grinnell Lumber Limited. The vehicle barreled through a Dairy Queen lot and up to a timber pile before crashing into the building. Five to seven people were inside but unharmed. owner Shutts and Deputy Duffus were among those assisting. Services for Morrow are pending. Autopsy pending results.
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Mas
Poweshiek County
Marty Duffus
Randall Morrow
Dairy Queen
Morrow
Grinnell Lumber Limited
Duffus
Lumber Company
Ake Shutts
Mike
The
Gazette
Shutts
Smith Funeral Home
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