Salvage Crews Face Sea Battle at Seven Mile Bridge
MARATHON FL A P salvage crews with heavy equipment battled the sea to recover wrecked trucks and two riders who plunged from the Seven Mile Bridge after a Friday collision. Missing and presumed dead were Thomas James and W B Easterling. It was unclear if they were swept seaward or trapped under wreckage as the flatbed and tractor trailer toppled into the Atlantic.
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Marathon
Fla
Florida Keys
Thomas James
W. B. Easterling
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard rescues seven swept into Atlantic by tide
A tractor trailer with two men and a woman aboard was swept 4,000 feet offshore after the rig rolled into the Gulf of Mexico. Three men rode the vehicle and were saved by highway workers. A Coast Guard helicopter plucked the others from the water near the Atlantic shore.
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Gulf of Mexico
Joe L. Summerson
Miami
John Pippen
Frank Holmes
South Miami
Lonnie Allen
Thomasina Newton
Belle Glade
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Youth shoots man in Kansas City apartment case
A 15 year old boy said he shot to death Lloyd Howard Cook 62 after Cook threatened to kill him while visiting an uncle in the same building. Wilson admitted firing a rifle after Cook broke in and shouted threats, and the youth was to be turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Kansas City
Lloyd Howard Cook
James Robert Wilson
Wilson
Cook
Boys Questioned Over Typewriter Theft Plan
Glens Falls police questioned two boys about a typewriter stored by a local shop. The youths said removing the machine was easy because a clerk held the door open for them.
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Glens Falls
N.Y
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MR. Beasley
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Frank EichHorn
M.O
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