Motorman Denies Marijuana Use Before Chicago Crash
Stephen A. Martin, a Chicago Transit Authority motorman, denies using marijuana before the February 4 crash that destroyed one train and killed 11, injuring about 200. His lawyer said four marijuana cigarettes found in a pouch with his CTA ID may be tested, while Martin cites a blind spot and signaling failure as factors.
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Chicago
Translt
Stephen A. Martin
Sherwood L. Levin
Martin
Chicago Transit Authority
Levin
CPA
CTA
National Transportation Safety Board
Five Die in Australian Brush Fires
Australian brush fires killed five people across western Victoria, destroying 70 fires, burning 300000 acres of grazing land and killing thousands of livestock. In Streathem a fire wiped out the shopping district. volunteers and residents faced deadly heat and wind as fatalities climbed.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Darmage
Streathem
Skipton
Richard Hurst
Graham
Neville Kirk
Cressy
Weering
Police Cadet Shoots Pilot and Stewardess on Turkish Jet
ANKARA AP A police cadet firearms incident wounded a pilot and a stewardess on a Turkish Airlines DC9 bound from Istanbul to Izmir. Passenger overpowered the gunman Aslan Mintas 17 as the plane landed safely at Izmir military airport. All 51 Turks aboard were reported unharmed.
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Ankara
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Izmir
Aslan Mintas
Istanbul
Aegean
Buffalo Food Stamp Plan Altered After Free For All
After a weekend rush to distribute food stamps turned chaotic, Erie County officials plan a more orderly distribution today with numeric queuing and coded access. More than 12 000 people visited six centers, about 5 000 were turned away as crowding and tempers flared. Two women were arrested. police noted four faintings. A new plan will issue numbers and provide daily processing timelines, with alphabetical and ZIP code break downs to limit daily applicants.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Erie
Esidette
New York
Fred Buscagila
Haley’s Son in Army Sees Roots Impact in Class work
Sgt. William Alexander Haley, son of Alex Haley, teaches minority history at Ft. Dix and avoids using Roots in class. He saysRoots was an American family story, not a manual of black oppression, and his career aims to teach rather than write. He has received reaction to the book and notes his bond with his father strengthened by wartime letters.
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William Alexander Haley
Alexander Haley
Ft. Dix Army Base
New Jersey
Sgt. Haley
Ft. Dix
Columbia
Jimmy Gant
Breanda Hendren
Los Angeles
Boone
Charlie Foster
Bill Whitehead
Kenny Baumann
Gant
Miss Hendren
Katherine Spry
James Norman
Keith Matthews
Matthews
Norman
N.J
Alex Haley
William Haley
Africa
Era
Roots
Haley
America
Vietnam
Coast Guard
Dad
Bill Haley
Marge
Suzie
Fred
Jack
Smiths
Jackie
Ice Hike Across Lake Erie Ends in Split Fates
Four men attempted a 30 mile trek across frozen Lake Erie from Catawba Point to Colchester Ontario. Wesley Schalamon and Daniel Greene completed the crossing despite harsh winds. Brian Kinal and Bob Bliss abandoned near Erie Pa after noon Sunday. Schalamon and Greene are Union Carbide workers from Parma technical center.
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Canada
Wesley Schalamon
Valley City
Ohio
Daniel Greene
Cleveland
Catawba Point
Sandusky
Colchester
Ont
Bob Bliss
Erie
Long Point
Schalamon
Greene
Union Carbide Corp
Parma Technical Center
Katya
Sophomores and seniors named to honor roll list
The roster lists R-6 sophomores Gerry Albus Chris Cox and Anne Wieschhaus juniors Brian Cox Bruce Erdel Steve Gastler Holly Hale Debbie Hoyt Lisa Mitchell Terry Patton Andy Strode and Jim Whalen seniors Kim Byrne Terri Dubbert Carol Fen newald and Randy Hoyt freshmen Steve Barker Becky Fennewald Patricia Fennewald Sherry Klante Lanna Lavinder Linda Maxwell Judy Meyer Terri Robison David Troesser Nancy Wieberg sophomores Juanita Autbur Mike Becker Rhonda Blane Donna Deimeke Kim Garnett Lee Ann Maxwell Terry Mayes Lynn Meyer and Mark Wortmann juniors Steve Arens Paula Clarke Mike Eastin Diane Fennewald Gina Graves Carolyn Heerboth Bruce Johnson Melody Joiner Anthony LaRue Annette Owens Lorie Pursifall Connie Robnett Teresa Steelman Jan Stucken schneider Calvin Webber Betty Welschmeyer Vicki Whalen and Janis Wieberg seniors Bob Becker Tom Becker Kathy Carson Dorothy Demeke Bill Eckler Rhonda Eliott John Gilltrap Kathy Hoyt Mike Korman Marcia Mitchell Delana Murphy Pam Paschal Roberta Righter Cheryl Schutte Nancy Stone and Mark Troesser.
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Gerry Albus
Chris Cox
Anne Wieschhaus
Brian Cox
Bruce Erdel
Steve Gastler
Holly Hale
Debbie Hoyt
Lisa Mitchell
Terry Patton
Andy Strode
Jim Whalen
Kim Byrne
Terri Dubbert
Carol Fennewald
Randy Hoyt
Steve Barker
Becky Fennewald
Patricia Fennewald
Sherry Klante
Lanna Lavinder
Linda Maxwell
Judy Meyer
Terri Robison
David Troesser
Mark Wortmann
Steve Arens
Paula Clarke
Mike Eastin
Diane Fennewald
Gina Graves
Carolyn Heerboth
Bruce Johnson
Melody Joiner
Anthony LaRue
Annette Owens
Lorie Pursifall
Connie Robnett
Teresa Steelman
Jan Stuckenschneider
Calvin Webber
Betty Welschmeyer
Vicki Whalen
Janis Wieberg
Bob Becker
Tom Becker
Kathy Carson
Dorothy Demeke
Bill Eckler
Rhonda Eliott
John
Miss Shannon Named to Dean’s Honor List at SEMO
Rebecca L. Shannon, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Shannon of 631 Fairground Ave, is among SEMO's top 10 percent of 8000 students on the dean’s honor list for the fall term. A 3.5 GPA between A and B is required. The Ledger provides daily family updates.
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Rebecca L. Shannon
James Shannon
Fairground Ave
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau University
Students Put Out Philly Newspaper
Fledgling journalists at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University publish special city editions to fill a newspaper void caused by a strike. The Temple News released its first special edition, Penn’s Daily, Pennsylvanian arranged extra ads to fund 12,000 additional copies for distribution in Philadelphia.
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University of Pennsylvania At Temple University
Temple News
Penn
Pennsylvanian
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