Hunt Goes On For Convention Poison
In Harrisburg researchers pursue toxins as a possible cause of the Legionnaires disease that has claimed 25 lives. CDC director Dr. Sencer says some questions may never be answered, while tests broaden to chemicals, pesticides, and household products. officials note no new outbreaks and caution against panic as investigations continue.
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Ford
Three Killed As School Bus Crashes Bridge
A private trip to a swimming site near Neola Iowa ended in disaster when a bus struck a bridge abutment and flipped into Mosquito Creek killing two eight year olds and a twelve year old. Lori Ring survived and described the crash as the bus driver yelled. Dozens were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and a University of Michigan team were sent to study the wreck.
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Lori
Paulling
Neola
Carolyn James
Council Bluffs
National Transportation Safety Board
Tri-Center
Avoca
Mosquito Creek
Page James
Jim Gilbraith
Lowell Gilbraith
Robbie Hood
Ernest L. Hood
James
Willard James Sr
Marti
Safety Board
Ann Arbor
Mich
Martinez
Calif
All Night Vigil at Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia
Roman Catholics from many nations gathered in Philadelphia for an all night vigil at the Spectrum arena as part of the 41st International Eucharistic Congress. Cardinals and priests led prayers, with readings, hymns, and candlelit processions while the consecrated host rested in a monstrance.
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America
Veterans Stadium
Plane Crash Kills Two Pilots In Chicago Suburb
Investigators sift through wreckage of a converted 1940 bomber that struck two homes on Chicago’s southwest side after an emergency call. Pilots John Worley, 47, from Medina Ohio, and Kenneth Schons, 52, of Arlington Heights, died. A woman inside one home was killed and three others injured. The aircraft, taking off from Midway Airport, stalled short of the runway and crashed near a vacant elementary school as children watched from a nearby park.
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Midway Airport
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Medina
Ohio
Berry
Kenneth Schons
Arlington Heights
McCarthy Calls for Scrapping Vice Presidency
In Lansing McCarthy said he would eliminate the vice presidency though undecided about a running mate. He floated a joking idea to run someone for vice president and let that person pick a presidential partner. He also suggested an interim occupant and a national election if a president dies.
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Lansing
Mich
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
East Lansing
Reagan Winds Up Schedule Today
Ronald Reagan neared the end of his nine month campaign traveling toward West Virginia with Sen. Richard Schweiker confirming some Pennsylvania delegates may back the Reagan Schweiker ticket. Schweiker avoided numbers while noting pressure on delegates and a mixed reception in Mississippi as Republicans eye the convention.
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Ronald Reagan
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Pennsylvania
Richard Schweiker
Reagan
Schweiker
Associated Press
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Kansas City
New Jersey
Mississippi
Washington
Jesse Helms
Rn.c
Strom Thurmond
Rs.c
Mae West Finds Man Tall Dark Handsome for Sextette
Los Angeles AP reports Mae West has selected Timothy Dalton, a 36 year old British actor known for Heat hcliff in Wuthering Heights remake and films like Mary Queen of Scots Cromwell The Lion in Winter and Permission to Kill, as her leading man for Sextette.
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Los Angeles
Mae West
Timothy Dalton
Heathcliff
Policy Of Secrecy Begun On Russ Nuclear Blasts
The White House will no longer disclose Soviet nuclear test sizes, citing national interest. The State Department said Congress was briefed privately on two underground July tests, with public details limited to time and place.
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White House
Ford
State Department
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Frederick 2. Brown
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Energy Research and Development Administration
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NSC
Ronald Reagan
United States
Reagan
Hiroshima
Rosalind Russell undergoes hip replacement surgery
Actress Rosalind Russell, famed for Auntie Mame, has had hip joint replacement surgery at UCLA Medical Center to correct an arthritic condition. A hospital spokesman said she was progressing satisfactorily a week after the operation.
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Rosalind Russell
Los Angeles
Mame
Ucla Medical Center
Silly Putty inventor Peter Hodgson dies at 64
Peter Hodgson, creator of the silicone molding substance Silly Putty, died Friday at Yale New Haven Hospital in Madison Conn. He was 64.
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Madison, Conn
Peter Hodgson
Yalenew Haven Hospital
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