Manhattan steam pipe blast kills 3
A massive steam pipe explosion on East 20th Street near Third Avenue in Manhattan closed a street and left three people dead. Dozens were injured including Consolidated Edison workers Steven Walsh and Joseph Malfatti, while Ellen Sauer was killed as a resident watched from her window. Firefighters and utility crews continued repairs as authorities investigate the cause, with the area expected to remain closed for days.
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Staten Island
Joseph Malfatti
Middle Village
Queens
Ellen Sauer
Search for bodies of 57 partygoers continues
London remains tense as rescuers lift the Marchioness hulls and hunt for more victims after a Bowbelle barge collided with the party boat in central London. Scotland Yard raised the death toll to 27 with 84 survivors and about 120 thought aboard. Police said more bodies could be found as searches extend to bilges and engine rooms. Prime Minister Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II expressed condolences as officials warn the final death toll may rise.
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Thames
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Austria
Elizabeth II
Man famed for lion work killed in camp
conservationist George Adamson, known for rearing lions with his wife Joy and featured in Born Free, was shot dead at his Kora National Reserve camp in Kenya. He was a British resident in his early 80s, killed Sunday about 160 miles northwest of Nairobi, according to officials.
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Kenya
UPI
George Adamson
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Monay
Adamson
Kora
Robert Denny
British High Commission
Denny
Joy Adamson slain at Shaba Game Reserve campsite
The death of Joy Adamson near Shaba Game Reserve in northern Kenya on January 3, 1980, left investigators unsure who killed her and what exact circumstances surrounded the incident. Adamson and her husband Adamson, known for Born Free, had helped Simba the lioness Elsa return to the wild.
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Kora
Joy
Elsa
Joy Adamson
Shaba
Kenya
Union to open as planned in Union Area School District
Teachers and the Union Area Branch of the Pennsylvania State Education Association say classes will start August 29 as scheduled after mutual agreement on an extension of the existing contract. The board and union continue talks with mediation help from the state Bureau of Mediation.
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State Bureau of Mediation
Jury selection begins in Jim Bakker fraud trial in Charlotte
PTL founder Jim Bakker faces 24 counts of criminal fraud and conspiracy as jury selection starts in federal court. He arrives with his daughter Tammy Sue, comments briefly, while wife Tammy Faye broadcasts from Orlando. More than 300 prospective jurors are summoned. Bakker cites God over courts. If convicted, he could face up to 120 years in prison.
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UPI
PTL
Jim Bakker
Bakker
Tammy Sue
Tammy Faye
Orlando
Fla
Jerry Falwell
The
Moral Majority
Wolff calls county fair one of the neatest in state
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Boyd Wolff toured the New Castle fairgrounds with his wife Peggy to promote farming. He praised the fair as a showcase of state agriculture and emphasized milk production, touring antique machinery, livestock barns, and meeting Dairy Princess Mary Werner.
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Boyd Wolff
Wolff
Beaver- Lawrence
Mary Werner
Beaver-Lawrence Dairy Promotion Committee
Deaths and ages in local memorials from multiple listings
Death notices list Mrs. Albert Butch of New Bedford aged 75 Mary E Conway 73 of Pin Oak Drive Miss Alice E Ligo 90 Shenango Home Clair E Lumley 61 Ellwood City Larry K Mitcheltree 52 Watkinsville Ga Margaret E Murphy 84 325 E Leasure Ave Steve Z Palatka 69 Henry J Ritter 65 837 Allegheny Ave Infant Chastity VanGorder 941 Mt Hope Road all entries provide names ages and residences in a consolidated death record notice.
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Albert Butch
New Bedford
Mary E. Conway
Pin Oak Drive
Alice E. Ligo
Shenango Home
Clair E. Lumley
Ellwood City
Larry K. Mitcheltree
Watkinsville
Margaret E. Murphy
Leasure Ave
Steve Z. Palatka
Henry J. Ritter
Allegheny Ave
Chastity VanGorder
Mt. Hope Road
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