Blast destroys crippled Mississippi bridge at Keithsburg
The 5,000 spectators watched as two spans collapsed into the river during a Sunday blasting of the damaged Mississippi River bridge near Keithsburg Illinois. A 200 ton counterweight toppled the west span while the other section fell largely intact.
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Keithsburg
Ill
John J. Charpentier
Xplo Corp
Gretna, la
Larry Lockwood
U.S. Coast Guard
Davenport
Charpentier
Illinois
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ray Gall
Corps
Gall
Chicago & North Western Railway
Soviet Bolshoi Ballerina Defects and Seeks Asylum in West
U S Consulate in Istanbul grants political asylum to Galina Chursina 26 a Bolshoi corps member who slipped from her troupe in a bazaar and spent the night at the consulate The defection follows a pattern of Bolshoi dancers choosing to remain in the West during tours and stresses Western travel and goods restrictions in the Soviet Union.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U.S
Bolshoi Ballet
Galina Chursina
Bolshoi
Corps de Ballet
Chursina
Ankara
Instanbul
Miss Chursina
Moscow
Rudolf Nureyev
Natalia Makarova
Leningrad
Kirov Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Kirov
Canada
American Ballet Theater
New York
Valery Panov
Galina Ragozina
Soviet Union
Baryshnikov
United States
Alexander Gudonov
New York City
Leonid
Valentina Kozlov
Los Angeles
Gudonov
Ludmila Vlasova
Aeroflot
Kennedy
West
Yuri Stepanov
Rome
Mikhail Messerer
Japan
Messerer
Maya Plisetskaya
Liverpool Riots Rage Through Toxteth District
Hundreds of youths hurled bricks bottles and gasoline bombs as police battled in Toxteth Liverpool injuring at least 150 across nine hours of clashes. Fires looting and a BBC crew theft accompanied the unrest amid calls it out of control.
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Liverpool
England
Toxteth
Britain
London
Southall
Kenneth Oxford
West London
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Stump proves perfect seat for parade ice cream
A Belle Plaine Fourth of July celebration drew a crowd as 2 year old Shawn Fintel sat on a tree stump to enjoy an ice cream cone during the town event.
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Shawn Fintel
Belle Plaine
The Quickest Way to Replace a Lost Item
A columnist argues a pragmatic shortcut to recover from loss is purchasing a near replica of the missing item. The piece contrasts emotional attachment with practical speed, suggesting speed over sentiment in daily life recoveries.
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Mississippi Bridge
Bony Venedikt
The
Venedikt
Oxford
Vio
Iowa
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