Gas leak at private camp grounds sends 40 to hospitals
In Eureka Missouri a 100 gallon chlorine tank at a private campground near Six Flags Over Mid America leaked at about 10 p.m. sending about 40 people to St. Louis area hospitals for chlorine gas inhalation. Assistant camp manager James Main, 21, was found near the tank and may have opened a valve.
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Eureka
St. Louis County
James Main
Main
St. Louis
Mid- America
Pope Paul VI Read Solzhenitsyn Works
In a Wednesday audience, Pope Paul VI said he reads Alexander Solzhenitsyn and praised The Gulag Archipelago for exposing the inhuman exercise of class power. He noted the book as evidence of oppression and the plight of prisoners.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
Gulag
Bowling costs graduate top ranking in St Clair County
Port Huron AP report notes John Wakeen 20 lost summa cum laude status after earning a B in bowling a required physical education course. His 3.98 GPA dropped him to magna cum laude while trustees debate pass fail options. In Jefferson City Mo AP reports Joseph Mertens 23 died from injuries after a car struck his motorcycle on Cole County Route 5 last Sunday.
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Port Huron
Mich
John Wakeen
Wakeen
St. Clair County Community College
Jefferson City
Joseph Mertens
Highway Patrol
Mertens
Cole County
Bomb blast at Tower of London kills one and wounds 37
Britain tightens security after a 10 pound explosives bomb in the Tower basement injures 37 and kills Dorothy Household. Americans and New Zealanders among the injured. A caller claimed Provisional IRA responsibility. The Tower remains closed to the public while other sites face heightened checks.
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London
Tower of London
England
Irish Republican Army
Scotland Yard
Joan Halgran
Minnesota
White Tower
Dorothy Household
South London
Edward Klein
Missouri
Christina Grillo
Jacky Ford
Shelagh Gray
Boston
Mass
Daily Mirror
Northern Ireland
Westminster Hall
Houses of Parliament
Eagleton Urges Postal System Probe Over Delayed Mail
Senator Thomas F. Eagleton calls for a full investigation of the U S mail delivery. He cites Missouri business losses from late mail including a $3 000 bid from Magnamusic Baton Co to Governors State University in Park Forest Illinois that arrived too late. The firm mailed a special delivery letter on May 22 and the Park Forest Post Office received it two days later. Three days later further details emerge.
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Thomas F. Eagleton
Park Forest
Missouri Mail Delays Spark Pickup at Post Offices
Eagleton alleges widespread mail delays in Missouri with up to 700000 letters delivered late daily. He argues the Postal Service should measure efficiency from origin to destination, not mailbox to door, implying unnecessary air mail stamp costs.
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Postal Service
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