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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1999

Page

5

Fireball from leaking gasoline kills three in Washington

In Bellingham a massive explosion and fireball followed gasoline leaking from a pipeline. Three people died including two boys as flames and fumes forced residents to flee. A six mile smoke plume rose into the sky from the incident.

Bellingham, Wash Grant Stevens

Star Trek actor DeForest Kelley dies at 79

Los Angeles AP reports DeForest Kelley known as Dr. Leonard McCoy on Star Trek died Friday after an extended illness. Born January 20 1920 in Atlanta he also appeared in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Gunfight at the O K Corral Raintree County and Apache Rising. He was 79.

Los Angeles DeForest Kelley Crusty Dr. Leonard Bones” McCoy Outer Space Kelley Carol Pfannkuche Ley Home and Hospital Woodland Hills Spock McCoy Dr. McCoy NBC Atlanta O.K. Corral Raintree County

FBI seeks author of virus infecting major firms

The FBI pursued the creator of Worm.Explore.Zip after it disabled files at firms like Compaq, Motorola, AT&T, Boeing and GE. The malware spreads via zipped email and mimics a friend’s message, targeting Windows 95 98 and NT machines and sending itself in replies. First spotted in Israel, it mirrored the Melissa outbreak in method but may not spread as rapidly.

New York FBI Compaq Computer Motorola At&t Boeing General Electric Israel Microsoft Jan Kaminski FastLane Technologies

Hackers Attack Senate Web Site in Second Cyber Assault

Computer hackers defaced the U S Senate homepage www senate gov in a taunt to the FBI and supporters of Kevin Mitnick. The attack made senators pages and committee data unavailable for about an hour as the FBI probes the incident and a prior May 27 breach.

Gastonia N.C Crowders Mountain Amvets Post 920 Senate Washington U.S. Senate Senate.gov Robert F. Kennedy D-N.y FBI Debbie Weierman Inter

Major historical milestones from 1967 to 1994 recap

The passage lists key events: 1967 Supreme Court ends bans on interracial marriage. 1978 Berkowitz sentenced to 25-to-life per six Son of Sam killings. 1979 Bryan Allen flies Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel. 1987 Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. 1989 Supreme Court broadens white male challenges to affirmative action. 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman murdered in Los Angeles with OJs later civil liability.

Supreme Court David Berkowitz Bryan Allen English Channel Reagan Berlin Mikhail Gorbachev Nicole Brown Simpson Ronald Goldman Los Angeles O.J. Simpson

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