Six killed when school bus is struck by truck in Florida
A school bus carrying 19 handicapped children and two aides was hit broadside by a tractor trailer at a rural Levy County intersection. Six people died including the bus driver. 17 were injured as the truck failed to stop at a sign.
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Bronson
Fla
Levy County Sheriff’s Department
Ola
Williston Middle
Janice Zipperer
Levy County School Board
William Franco
Franco
Troy Reid
Fire destroys AIDS brothers home amid threats in Arcadia
In Arcadia Florida a Friday fire gutted the home of three AIDS infected brothers whose court ordered school attendance drew death threats. Their uncle Andy Ray, 27, was hospitalized in stable condition for smoke inhalation. The father claimed a fire bomb may be the cause, though unconfirmed. Fire officials and the state fire marshal investigated. no home were reported as present.
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Arcadia
Fla
Clifford Ray
Bill Earl
Earl
Andy Ray
DeSoto Memorial Hospital
Deborah Crews
Airlines pledge to shift schedules at four busy airports
Under government pressure six major carriers sign a consent agreement to reduce chronically late flights. The Transportation Department warns of civil penalties for repeat delays and the airlines promise to adjust timetables at Hartsfield Atlanta Chicago O Hare Dallas Fort Worth and Boston Logan. Three killers were executed Friday while a fourth gained a last minute stay marking the busiest death penalty day since 1976. Wayne Ritter Pierre Selby Beauford White executed as noted. one stay reported.
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Washington
Eastern Airlines
Transportation Department
Hartsfield Atlanta
Chicago O’hare
Dallas-Fort Worth
Boston Logan
Supreme Court
Wayne Eugene Ritter
Alabama
Pierre Dale Selby
Monsanto cleared in dioxin case by federal appeals court
A 4th U.S. Circuit panel ruled Monsanto Co. did not knowingly expose seven Nitro plant workers to dioxin and upheld a 1985 jury verdict. The court found the chemical grant liable for risking a worker's health with a second chemical.
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Charleston
W. Va
Monsanto Co
4Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Monsanto
Sheriff Seeks Center Director Post Amid Animal Shelter Turmoil
The sheriff applied for the center director job vacated Aug 6 by Dr. C K Jones. Wheeler said she would like to work at the shelter again if not chosen. She was dismissed in Sept 1986 after nine years with rising duties, then moved to a new animal cruelty department before her firing.
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C.K. Jones
Wheeler
Jones
Animal Cruelty Department
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