Tower man faces charges after nine hour hostage siege
Vietnam veteran Ashley Leach of Huntington West Virginia held 13 hostages for nine hours at Cleveland s Terminal Tower demanding veterans rights and changes by Chessie System Inc FBI officials say he will be formally charged with kidnapping and may face extortion and threats charges.
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Virginia Leach
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Ohio boy’s bait sale case dismissed amid agency mixup
An Oak Harbor youth faced a juvenile court hearing for illegally selling live fish bait due to a miscommunication between state wildlife staff and local authorities. Judge Merrill B. Rudes dismissed the complaint after the incident drew criticism from Sen. Paul Gillmor. The boy earned four dollars fifty cents in two weeks, two of which came from undercover agents.
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Unknown disease cause linked to nickel carbonyl gas
Philadelphia reports health officials call the claim inconclusive and a long shot a report that poisonous nickel carbonyl gas might have caused the mysterious Legionnaires disease. Dr. F William Sunderman Jr. comments.
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Lewis Polk
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Dr Polk
Atlanta
Federal Center For Disease Control
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Don Berreth
Philadelphia
Seattle Hosts Legion Convention Amid Legionnaires Disease Fears
The Seattle gathering drew 25 000 attendees as health officials fought the mystery illness linked to Philadelphia events. Officials conducted 24 hour surveillance, tested water and ice, and launched early warning systems while 177 cases and 28 deaths were reported among Legion and Eucharistic Congress attendees.
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Richard Wade
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No Jump Julie finally plunges from county fair pole
Julie Kellum a 24 year old part time waitress from Port Angeles climbed a 45 foot pole at Kitsap County Fair and leaped into a water tank. She struck the tank and fell into the water causing a broken leg and other injuries. She remained in Harrison Memorial Hospital's intensive care unit in fair condition. The event comes after previous attempts at the Tacoma Narrows Bridge drew headlines and jeers from the crowd.
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Julie Kellum
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Stan Johnson
Bremerton
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast Tonight and Saturday
Skies will be partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a 40 percent chance of showers or thundershowers tonight and a 50 percent chance on Saturday. Tonight's low is in the mid 60s and Saturday's high in the mid 80s.
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