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Heat waves and odd events across the East Coast and beyond
A sweeping heat wave triggers quirks from Chester to Philadelphia, with a false alarm cooling, a dim Thorpe alert glitch, and a hail brief near Wilkes-Barre. Across the nation, aspirin mishaps in Los Angeles, a Texas cantaloupe protest, and a Michigan driver’s egg truck spill accompany strange scenes as youths cross the Detroit River for soda.
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Atlantic
Chester
Dim Thorpe
Civil Defense
Wilkes-Barre
Pallas
Charles Wesley Wall
Monroe Cleveland Jackson
Jackson
Wall
Wes
Cross River
Detroit
Riverview
Cnt
Harbor
Robert Pattison
Richard Fritch
Robert Greenwood
John Rockett