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Captain John Manley commanding the 14 gun schooner Lee captures the British ordnance brig Nancy at Boston harbor entrance. Nancy yields muskets flints shot and a large brass mortar later named Congress. Washington names Manley commander of Washington's Navy in January. He finishes with a notable privateering career and, in January 1783, captures Braille in the West Indies.
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John Manley
Lee
Nancy
Boston Harbor
Congress
Manley
Washington
West Indies
Fitzgerald Skipper feared ship’s risky buffeting before sinking
Former Fitzgerald second mate Richard Orgel recalls Captain Ernest McSorley saying the freighter scared him at times as Lake Superior storms battered the Edmund Fitzgerald. Orgel, now a tugboat captain, says McSorley ordered a northerly course and to slow, while the vessel twisted in heavy seas. A maritime lawyer notes Orgel may testify to the Coast Guard inquiry. Plimmon H. Dudley, born 1843 in Freedom Ohio, is mentioned separately.
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Ernest McSorley
Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Richard Orgel
Atlantic
Orgel
McSorley
Pittsburgh Teachers Strike Threatens School Year
Pittsburgh teachers walk out for the third time in eight years despite 62 000 pupils being told to attend classes this afternoon. Albert Fondy led a vote for the strike after rejecting the district offer of 1000 across the board and a contract extension.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Albert Fondy
Fondy
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Edmund Fitzgerald
Victor Hanson
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Plimmon H. Dudley
Freedom
Portage County
Ohio
Jerry C. Olson
Norris Music
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Midway Plaza
Route 73
I-75
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