Five dead in Danbury prison fire deemed arson
Five inmates died and about 76 were injured when a three story cellblock fire at the federal Danbury prison swept through early today. Officials suspect arson though some inmates claim an electrical fault in a dormitory washroom. Firefighters faced locked gates delaying rescue as smoke filled the area.
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Danbury
Robert Lovell
Billy Davis
Maury County
Columbia
Tenn
Lovell
Richard Evans
Federal
Indictments target Ohio drug and stolen property network
Federal grand jury unsealed indictments naming Herschel Weintrub and Carl Sutton Jr as ringleaders of a southwest Ohio crime network. Police arrested 37 named defendants. at least 96 others linked but unnamed. The case details heroin distribution, jewelry and firearms trafficking, mail fraud, and multiple regional networks led by Edwin Adams and others.
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Herschel Harold Weintrub
Cincinnati
Carl Sutton Jr
Forest Park
Ohio
Weintrub
Spencer's
Sutton
Cleveland
Edwin Adams
Park Drive
Carlisle
Norbert
Norbert Weintrub
Revco
Elmer S. Joseph Jr
Audubon Drive
James C. Pieratt
U. S. Penitentiary
Sandstone
Edwin
Franklin
Adams
Pieratts
Barach
Edwin D. Adams
Lakeses
Muscari
Combs
Gillie
Hensley
Edwin A. Adams
Hill
Grand
Chinese pilot defects with MIG19 to Taiwan
A Chinese air force squadron commander Fan Yuanyen aged 41 defected by flying a MIG19 to Taiwan and seeking political asylum. He is reportedly offered about 700000 dollars in gold. He carried documents on coastal military sites and defense information. He departed from Chintsian air field Fukien and landed at Tainan after crossing the Formosa Strait.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Defense Ministry
Fan
Chintsian
Fukien
Formosa Strait
Tainan
Bridge repairs choke Cincinnati interstates 71 74 75
Traffic snarls on I 71 74 and 75 near the Brent Spence Bridge cause hours of delay as crews lay a waterproof membrane. Officials urge rerouting, expecting completion in about two months. Elevated heat worsens air pollution levels, with idling cars blamed for the worst emissions.
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Brent Spence
Ohio River
Cincinnati
C.B. White
Kentucky Bureau of Highways
White
Mary Taylor
Southwestern Ohio
Lucky 7s Turn Up In Century's Peak New York Chronicle
AP reports July 7 marks 77-77 with tales from the New York Times 1877 record. Drowned unlicensed dogs, a London collision, a North Adams fire loss of 20000, a Civil War vet’s sudden death, a horse Idalia misbehaving, illicit whiskey arrests at 208 West 36th Street, church ornament seizures at Holy Saviour, a well collapse rescue near midnight, and a stock market boast by a Coral Gables astrologer.
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New York
New York Times
New York City
Pound
Times
Auguste
London
Otis Hodge
North Adams
N.Y
Joseph Griffith
Iowa City
Iowa
the Times
Idalia
Monmouth Park
N.J
Zoo Zoo
Austin Spencer
West 36Th St
Episcopal Church of the Holy Saviour
Madison Avenue
25Th Street
Abraham Carter
Weather outlook with warm, humid conditions ahead
Skies will be partly cloudy tonight and Friday with continued high humidity. The low tonight near 75 and Friday's high near 90. A 20 percent chance of rain tonight rising to 30 percent Friday. Yesterday's high 96 and overnight low 74.
Heat wave boosts power use across Ohio and Indiana
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co predicted a new peak load on Wednesday after Tuesday’s record as Dayton Power and Light Co expected to top its high demand. Canton's Ohio Power Co cited industrial vacations and plant closures reducing output. Coal firms in Ohio and West Virginia were off 300 megawatts, aiding the supply scenario as heat spiked daytime use.
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Columbus
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Dayton Power and Light Co
Indiana
Illinois
Canton
Ohio Power Co
Ohio
West Virginia
Akron
Ohio Edison
Dp&l
Columbus Power Company
Ohio Power
Heat wave sparks power use as records loom
The article notes rising electricity demand across Ohio utilities as humidity climbs, with Columbus and Ohio Power hitting near or above recent megawatt records. It cites expected Wednesday peaks, NOAA weather guidance on heat safety, and farm conditions as corn height rises and wheat harvest proceeds.
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Darnell Kinnard
Washington, D.C
Nationwide Insurance Co
Edwin A Adams, Weintrub
Nationwide
Fan Yuanyen
Robert Ball
Astrological Metaphysical Research Center
Coral Gables
Fla
Ball
Ann Landers
Ene County
State
Eer Evens
Ceves Eesne
Eeeveereees Heloise Ee
Middletown
Area
Rts Pe Ee
Elevision
Eee Ee Eee
Eereene
Dayton
National Weather Service
Homer Carter
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