Shark sighting shuts three New York beaches briefly
A 6 to 8 foot shark caused an early morning scare off Brooklyn beaches as it neared the shore after a gaff broke. Officials cleared swimmers for about two hours while Coast Guard boats and a helicopter searched, and the beaches reopened with no injuries reported. A separate plane crash near Manhattan Beach killed the pilot but was not connected to the sighting.
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Michael Fiquet
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Brooklyn
Robert Goldring
Manhattan Beach
Steven Hein
Canker outbreak hits Florida nursery
A Florida citrus canker outbreak leads to the burning of 3 million trees at Adams Citrus Nursery in Haines City. Officials say the outbreak will not cripple the $2.4 billion Florida citrus industry, noting three months without a grove infection and ongoing destruction across 10 nurseries since August 1984. State Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner calls the situation a critical time but maintains optimism.
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Doyle Conner
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FBI reports 54 officers killed in first half of year
The FBI said 54 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in the first six months, up from 35 in 1984. Firearms caused 37 deaths, with handguns used in 29 cases. 4 officers were killed by motor vehicles and 2 by blunt instruments. Geographically, 21 died in the southwest, 8 Midwest, 6 Northeast, 5 West, with 3 in Puerto Rico and 1 in Mexico. Most victims were city police, with seven county, eight state, and one federal officer killed.
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Danny drives heavy rains eastward from remnants of hurricane
The storm system drenched the central Atlantic states with rain and thunder, injuring 24 in South Carolina and sparking a possible tornado that damaged an airport in Georgia. Watches stretched across Carolinas, Tennessee Valley, and Virginia as floods and wind affected mobile homes and parks.
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Spartanburg
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Gaston County
Ray Hovis
Louisiana
National Weather Service
Edwin Edwards
Police Detain 152 in South Africa Sweep
Police reported the largest sweep since emergency powers, detaining 152 people amid ongoing riots. Two Black men were killed in clashes near Worcester and Bethal as curfew tightens in Soweto and other Black districts while violence inflames tensions with the mixed-race Parliament chamber.
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South Africa
Soweto
Government ready to drop housing rules
Washington reports the federal government plans to abolish the Minimum Property Standards of the FHA and replace them with state and local codes to cut federal regulation. The move, slated to take effect by year end, sparks debate over potential benefits of more housing variety and concerns about possible quality gaps.
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Federal Housing Administration
Louis Ripskis
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Lowell W. Springer
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Tax cuts and hikes reshape state budgets in 1985
A nationwide survey shows state legislatures reduced income and other taxes by over 1 billion dollars this year while 25 states raised taxes and 19 lowered them. Major cuts occurred in Minnesota Ohio and New York with New York’s rising to 1.7 billion by 1988. Oregon enacted a sales tax and lowered property and income taxes pending referendum.
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National Conference of State Legislatures
Michigan
Steven D. Gold
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New York
Ohio
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Northeast Kansas Weather Forecast Mixed Sun and Thunder Chance
Northeast Kansas expected fair to partly cloudy today with a high in the low 80s and 15 mph winds. Tonight cool and mostly clear with a low around 59. Monday brings mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures in the low 80s. Official readings show highs near 88 and 64 at 4 pm, 68 at 10 pm, with a 0.32 inch precipitation total by 4 pm.
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