No Hope Held For Missing In Cave-in
In Saint Jean Vie nney Quebec a mud filled crater formed after a cave-in during a Stanley Cup game watching session. Forty two cottages collapsed with 26 missing and five bodies recovered as geologist Jean Yves Changnon warned of potential future slides if rain continued. Residents described dramatic escapes and rescue efforts as mud flowed from the canyon to the Saguenay River.
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Jean Vianney
Que
St. Jean Vianney
Francois Richard
Jean-Yves Changnon
Quebec City
Changnon
Saguenay
Calm Laforge
Laforge
Stop Eating Swordfish FDA Warns
Washington AP The FDA told the public to stop eating swordfish after testing showed 95 percent of 853 samples contained mercury above safety levels. Officials warned that children and women of childbearing age should especially avoid the seafood.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Edwards
Rescue workers guide to presented ribbons and campers
Civil defense workers in Brantford Canada evacuated about 1200 people to shelter centers at Kenogami and Jonquiere in July. About 1300 campers attended the weekend event with 17 families from the Little Dixie Campers and Hikers.
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Gilman
Brantford
Canada
Kenogami
Jonquiere
Little Dixie
Gordon Gilman Poster Wins at State Anti-Pollution Contest
Gordon Gilman won first place in the state Campers and Hikers Association poster contest with the slogan Be a Litter Bugger Not a Litter Bugger. The winning design features a large litter bag and earned him a sleeping bag as a prize. Mrs Mundy took second and Mrs Gilman third at Sedalia's annual spring gathering.
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Gordon Gilman
Campers and Hikers Association
Sam Mundy
Sedalia
Luncheon Saturday For Truman's 87th Birthday
Former President Harry S. Truman will not attend a downtown Kansas City luncheon honoring his 87th birthday. Guests include officials, dignitaries, and 15 World War I Battery D Army Artillery veterans he commanded, with commemorative stamps and a candlelight singalong planned at the event following Truman Library ceremonies in Independence.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Independence
Los Angeles
New York
Louisville
Eddie Jacobson Memorial Foundation
Missouri
Gener. Winton M. Blount
Warren E. Hearnes
Thomas Hart Benton
William Morris
Winston Churchill
Contract Change Ruled Invalid
Jefferson City AP Atty. Gen. Danforth ruled that a school board cannot terminate a superintendent and then redraw his contract to boost pay. The opinion says resigning and being rehired with higher pay is unconstitutional as a grant of public money to a private person violating Article III Section 38 A.
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Jefferson City
John C. Danforth
Danforth
Donald J. Grabke
D-St. Louis
St. Louis
Seminoles Fight Massive Fires Beyond Big Cypress Reservation
Fires in the Big Cypress swamp threaten Copeland and the Seminole reservation as 10 000 acre blazes push toward the southern border. State crews battle fires amid explosive conditions across most of Florida with tribesmen and foresters working through swamp terrain.
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Big Cypress Swamp
Fla
Copeland
Florida Peninsula
Big Cypress
Fort Lauderdale
Kem Blacker
Division of Forestry
Connie Ryan
Wallace Risher
Department of Interior
Seminole tribe faces acreage loss on Big Cypress Reservation
Side by side with convict volunteers from the Hendry County jail, tribal leader Risher notes about 6,000 acres lost on the Big Cypress Reservation including pine seedling to saw timber. The swamp has long been a refuge since the Seminole Wars, with about 300 families presently on the reservation.
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Hendry County
Risher
Big Cypress
Andrew Jackson
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