Lone sailor safe after Coast Guard sighting of damaged sloop Boodles Ginny
Coast Guard search plane located Robert Gainer adrift in a 3-foot sailboat about 600 miles east of San Juan. Gainer, 23, had set out Oct. 2 for a solo world voyage and was heard from after 17 days with hull damage and no sail or power.
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Robert Gainer
Gainer
Hillsdale
W.J
Harold Gainer
San Juan
Puerto Rico
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Fertilizer barge sinks in Chesapeake Bay
A 191 foot Allied Chemical Co. barge loaded with 208,000 gallons of liquid Uran fertilizer capsized and sank in Chesapeake Bay near Old Point Comfort while being towed from Norfolk to a storage facility. No crew injuries reported. About 200 gallons of diesel aboard created a small surface sheen. authorities assessed pollution risk as low but could not rule out environmental impact. This followed a prior Allied Chemical barge capsize in the bay three months earlier involving 130,400 gallons of sulphuric acid.
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Allied Chemical Co
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
Allied Towing Co
South Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Old Point Comfort
Hampton Roads Bridge- Tunnel
Noote
Allied Chemical
Woman vanishes from cruise ship off Miami
The search for 29 year old Khin Saw Myint missing from the Miami to Nassau SS Veracruz was called off. Myint, a Burma native and Toronto student, was last seen by cabin mate Milna Capoe. Passport and handbag were not recovered. The Bahama Cruise Lines and Coast Guard had searched the area but found no clues.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Khin Saw Myint
Veracruz
John Fasolino
Myint
Burma
Toronto
Fasolino
Don Russell
Russell
Coast Guard
Miss Capco
Ice bound Inuit hunters rescued in Arctic return home
Gjoa Haven residents welcomed back 12 hunters and eight children after weeks stranded in the Arctic. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police corporal said temperatures fell to 20 below zero during the 120 mile rescue, with three seeking help last week. Gas for cooking and warmth had run dry, but fish and caribou were on board the 40 foot boat.
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Northwest Territories
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Gjea Haven
Scott Wentzell
Spence Bay
Queen Maud Gulf
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Wentzell
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