Rafts of Cuban Refugees Found on Florida Beach
A Florida beach near Vero Beach yielded two homemade rafts with rudders and improvised propulsion likely carrying Cuban refugees picked up by Coast Guard in the Florida Straits. The writer recalls personal journeys of escape and compares historical exoduses, then moves to a gossiping roundup of public figures and sport notes.
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Atlantic Ocean
Vero Beach
Fla
Our
Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Castro
Democrats worry about low turnout in key races
Democrats fear weak turnout among core voters could tilt close contests to an energized Republicans. An $8 million national push aims to boost election-day turnout while strategy centers on courting black churches and warning seniors about GOP tax and benefit cuts. Party leaders urge closing-fast messaging as candidates distance from Clinton amid low poll numbers.
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Michael Jackson
Lisa Marie Presley
Michael Jordan
Chicago
Bulls
Mike
Pope John Paul II
Zagreb
Brooke Shields
Andre Agassi
Brooke
Andre
Ryne Sandberg
Sandberg
Cubs
Jordan
Clinton
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Seattle
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
United Nation
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norway
Washington
House Gop
Don Foley
Democratic National Committee
David Wilhelm
White House
Bill McInturff
Christian Coalition
Vintage jeans craze in Tokyo boosts prices up to haute couture levels
Yo Murata paid 2500 for a pair of old Levi's jeans in Tokyo as a vintage craze drives demand and prices. Experts like Kawamura and Wakui note prices have surged since the 1980s boom, with Levi’s from the 1930s fetching thousands and magazines fueling the trend.
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Tokyo
Yo Murata
Murata
Levi's
Japan
Hideyuki Kawamura
Delaware
Kawamura
Goods Press
Levi Strauss
Hideo Wakui
Voice
United States
Los Angeles
Yoshifumi Yamamoto
Shuttle ends Great Mosquito Hunt in space
The Endeavour crew found and squashed a mosquito aboard during orbit. Astronaut Steven Smith kept the dead insect in a bag, and NASA reported no bites or disruption to the radar science mission. The $366 million radar continued scanning volcanoes including Etna and Kilauea.
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Fla
Orbit
Smith
Endeavour
NASA
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Sicily
Mount Etna
Hawaii
Kilauea
Klyuchevsky
Russia
Far East
Gazette champions sustainable printing and recycling program
The Gazette promotes agriculture by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton located at 4250 Sixth St SW or at the nearest recycling site.
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City Carton
Sixth St
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