Two Swimmers Attacked by Shark Off Alabama Coast
Two men were bitten in the Gulf of Mexico near Gulf Shores Alabama around 6 45 am while training for a triathlon. Chuck Anderson a vice principal and coach at Robertsdale High School and Richard Whatley a barber were hospitalized with serious and stable injuries respectively. Anderson may lose an arm as doctors report. The attack closes a 30 mile beach stretch until further notice. George Burgess of the International Shark Attack File notes this is the Gulf’s first attack this year and Alabama’s first unprovoked attack in about 25 years.
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Painter Jacob Lawrence dies at 82 in Seattle
Seattle AP reports painter Jacob Lawrence died Friday in his sleep at his Seattle home at age 82. The modernist artist helped illuminate the black experience with bold color in works such as the Migration series. Lawrence's career spanned WPA funding, early Haiti rebellion studies, abolitionist portraits, and later softer tones after a 1949 breakdown.
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U S and Mexico Draw Gulf Boundary Lines in Pact
President Clinton and President Zedillo witnessed the signing of a border accord in the Roosevelt Room that delineates gulf deep water zones. Mexico gains 4100 square miles, the United States 2536, with a 10 year moratorium in a 3 mile buffer to discuss resource division.
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