Rocket nearly misses Delta jet over West Virginia
A small rocket glided past a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 at 29,500 feet above Charleston West Virginia during a Pittsburgh to Atlanta flight. About 60 passengers were aboard. The missile came within roughly 600 feet below the jet. Military officials were notified and investigators consider a possible homemade rocket.
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Dog with pit blood mauls mother and girl in yard
SAN FRANCISCO AP A woman 32 and her 5 year old daughter were mauled by a pit bull terrier in a relative’s yard. The mother suffered a deep bite to the leg and was listed in serious condition at San Francisco General Hospital. The girl was bitten on the forearm thigh and shoulder according to hospital spokespersons.
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Soviets Report 49000 Drug Addicts, No Cocaine Or LSD Use
Deputy Health Minister Alexei Moskvichev said the Soviet Union has about 49,000 drug addicts in treatment and has had no known cocaine, heroin, or LSD abuse in 10 to 15 years. He noted most use opium poppy and marijuana preparations, with higher abuse in the Caucasus, southern Ukraine, and coastal Far East regions.
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Czech man swims to Austria for freedom
Libor Veselsky, 31, using a diving suit and compressed air, swam beneath the Thaya River to reach Austrian territory near Bernhardsthal on May 17 after leaving Breclav, marking a border crossing from Czechoslovakia to Austria.
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