Debate over hatch condition on doomed ship Marine Electric
Portmouth VA AP reports conflict over coffin fish Marine Electric hatch covers. Survivors testified covers were warped and holes present, while Marine Transport Lines official Joseph Thelgie said hatches were serviceable and weathertight. The vessel sank 30 miles off Chin-Se Wa Feb 12 with 31 dead after carrying 24 800 tons of coal from Norfolk to Somerset MA. Officials questioned prior deterioration report by MacGregor Services noting possible danger to seaworthiness.
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Portsmouth
Marine Electric
Chin- Se Wa
Joseph Thelgie
Marine Transport Lines, Inc
Coast Guard
National Transportation Safety Board
Thelgie
Norfolk
Somerset
Mass
Thergie
Oil slicks breaking up from sunken Marine Electric
Coast Guard officials report two slicks from the sunken coal carrier Marine Electric are breaking up due to strong winds and heavy seas. A Friday helicopter survey found only a minor sheen near the sunken vessel. another survey was planned. The ship sank Feb. 12 about 30 miles off Chincoteague with 62 dead and three survivors, carrying 147,000 gallons of No 6 crude oil, of which 4,500 gallons were seen on the surface on Feb. 14. The amount leaked remains uncertain.
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Portsmouth
Sip Marine Electric
Coast Guard
Cosington
WE. Horn
Coast Guard Marine Safety Office
Hampton
Marie Electric
Atlantic Ocean
Chincoteague
Virginie
Covington
Marine Electric
Corneal transplant at Gettysburg Hospital in 83-year-old man
An 83-year-old Gettysburg man underwent a corneal transplant at Gettysburg Hospital to restore sight in one eye. The left eye received a donor cornea during a one hour procedure combined with cataract extraction. Recovery was favorable.
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Gettysburg, Pa
Gettysburg Hospital
Spain faces ongoing deaths from tainted oil syndrome
In Madrid and across Spain the toxic syndrome continues to claim lives nearly two years after victims first fell ill. Avelina Ambres Menendez died in February, bringing the toll to hundreds, with thousands affected by a tainted rapeseed oil sold as olive oil. Authorities pursue fraud charges while doctors seek the mystery’s cause and a remedy.
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Madrid
Spain
Jaime Vaquero Gare
Avelina Ambres Menendez
Ambres
E] Pats
King's Hospital
Petra Sandoval Gomez
Ministry of Health
Nino de Jesus Children’s Hospital
Juan Tubuenca
European
United States
Garcia
Javier Rincon
Felipe Gonzalez
Carmen Salanueva
Ms. Salanueva
Civil War Roundtable to feature Duryee Zouaves speaker
Bnan PohankaTime Life writer will speak at the Hagerstown Civil War Round Table February 24 in Herman Lewis Memorial Hall Chewsville. Topic The 6th New York Duryee Zouaves dinner at 7 pm by reservation call 733-3403 in Hagerstown. Pohanka a Dickinson College graduate and Time Life author discusses Zouave regiments and Civil War era influence.
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Bnan Pohanka
Time Life Books
New York
Herman Lewis
Chewsville Community Center
Whitehall Road
Chewsville
Ed Weneck
Hagerstown
Pohanka
Dickenson College
Carlisle
Time-Life
Youth testifies in murder trial over fatal shotgun slaying
A 16 year old says years of abuse by his father pushed him to kill on November 16 with a shotgun. He describes fear and anger, saying he wanted to become a man, while his sister faces conspiracy charges in the related case.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Richard J. Jahnke
Jahnke
Richard C. Jahnke
Deborah
Internal Revenue Service
Jehnike
Maria
Maryland trainer suspended for drug found in winning horse
Maryland racing stewards suspend trainer King T Leatherbury for 15 days after theobromine was found in Flush N Diamonds, winner at Laurel on December 21. Leatherbury says he bought a cocoa flavored supplement and accepts the rule that trainers are responsible for any prohibited substances.
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Bowie, Ma
Maryland
King T. Leatherbury
Laurel Race Course
J. Fred Colwell
Leatherbury
Flush N Diamonds
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Katrin Owings
South Carroll and
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