Cargo Ship Sinks With 7 Dead 13 Missing
In the Gulf of Mexico the 410 foot Panamanian vessel Ukola sank in heavy seas with seven sailors dead and 13 missing. Captain Alejandro Felix and two crewmen survived. Felix was treated and released. The ship carried bulk sugar from the Dominican Republic to Galveston and sank about 200 miles northwest of Key West in 12 foot seas and 35 knot winds. Searchers later found 10 men in life jackets but only three survivors and seven corpses.
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Miami
Gulf of Mexico
Alejandro Felix
Coast Guard
Dominican Republic
Galveston
Texas
Key West
Felix
St. Petersburg
Akola
More Patients May Have Had Legionnaires' Disease
ATLANTA says CDC researchers warn some hospital patients labeled viral pneumonia may actually have the Legionnaires' disease bacterium. They stress uncertainty about how common or rare the infection is and note the Legionnaires' outbreak linked to the Bellevue Stradford hotel convention killed 29 and sickened 151.
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Atlanta
UPI
National Center For Disease Control
Theodore Tsai
CDC
Tsai
Bellevue-Stratford
Philadelphia
American Legion
U.S.-Backed Tanker Loans Approved Big Government Guarantee
Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson approved 727 million dollars in government backed loans to General Dynamics to build seven tankers leased to a British firm tied to U.S. probes. The guarantee, the largest ever, promises thousands of U.S. shipyard jobs and supplier work despite potential ties to disputed payments.
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Washington
UPI
Elliot Richardson
U.S
General Dynamics Corp
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Richardson
General Dynamics
David Lewis
al Spivak
Quincy
Mass
Charleston
S.C
Cascade Jack Advocate Promotes Litter Reduction
Washington Department of Ecology features Cascade Jack known as John Eckerson urging litter prevention. The campaign likens him to Smokey the Bear and Woodsy Owl to boost environmental awareness.
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Cascade Jack
John Eckerson
State of Washington
Department of Ecology
Smokey the Bear
Woodsy Owl
Leaders Agree to Prohibit Palestinian Raids into Israel
Lebanese Christian leaders and Syria's Hafez Assad reached a pact to bar unauthorized Palestinian raids into Israel from southern Lebanon. The agreement, reported from Beirut and Damascus, aims to avert Israeli reprisals and relies on nonstate militias amid a fragile security scene along the border.
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Israel
Nicosia
Cyprus
Hafez Assad
Lebanon
Beirut
Safir
Damascus
Christian Lebanese Front
Assad
Suleiman Franjieh
Pierre Gemayel
Phalange Party
Arab League
Elias Sarkis
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Micrin
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Kieck’s
Missy
Women’s & Girls
Roy
Thirty Second
Oakland Rd
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