Rickety bridge blown up after worker lost leg
A rickety bridge on the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh was blown up after an ironworker lost a leg. Spectators watched as charges toppled the 120 foot span, sending debris into the river and ending the dangerous site where rescue teams had fought to free Ralph Winner.
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Monongahela River
Ralph Winner
Don Stonaker
Martin's Explosive Co
Monongahela
Winner
Brady Street
Birmingham
Oakland
Metropolitan Homeowners Insurance Offer Promises Great Coverage
Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance joins Metropolitan Life in promoting a Safekeeper home owners policy that sounds almost too good to be true.
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Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life
Ae Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Company
Warwick
Civil service bill would expand whistleblower protections
Washington AP The Carter administration moves to broaden civil service protections for dissident bureaucrats who report criminal acts or rule violations Within the bill whistleblowers would have confidential protection within government and new inspector general offices would investigate complaints Aimed at staving off congressional opposition the White House negotiates limits on exposing intelligence personnel while pledging strong probes into personnel grievances and illegal activities
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Washington
Carter
Congress
House
White House
Senate
Fred Lazarus HW
Organism Found Photosynthesizes in Dead Sea
National Geographic reports the discovery of a micro-organism in the Dead Sea that is the only known biological substance besides chlorophyll capable of photosynthesis, signaling a remarkable addition to photosynthetic life.
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Dead Sea
National Geographic
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