Self-taught brothers craft 17-story Statue of Liberty balloon
In Connecticut, Gerard Lefevre 26 and Mark Lefevre 28 built a 17-story hot air balloon replica of the Statue of Liberty using 2200 yards of nylon and 12 miles of thread. They funded it with savings and hundreds of hours, abandoning their carpentry business to complete the project. Balloon Life editor Tom Hamilton called their achievement remarkable and noted most similar shapes are engineer designed.
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Jewett City
Conn
Gerard Lefevre
Mark
Tom Hamilton
Balloon Life Magazine
Malcolm Forbes
Lefevre Brothers
Hamilton
Sacramento
Calif
Gerard
Diver Attacked by Shark Improves After Surgery
Monterey California AP report shows 27 year old diver Frank Gallo of San Jose in fair condition after three hour surgery for extensive lacerations to jaw neck shoulder rib cage and forearm. He had a punctured lung and was treated in ED following a Saturday attack 30 feet underwater off Carmel River State Beach.
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Monterey
Calif
Frank Gallo
San Jose
Cindy Lloyd
Community Hospital
Monterey Peninsula
Gallo
Friends
Carmel River State Beach
Monastery
Baby hospitalized after eating crack in Pensacola
In Pensacola 18 month old Michael Antone Rivers was hospitalized after chewing four cubes of crack cocaine. His mother’s boyfriend Douglas Allen Dale, 30, was arrested Sunday on charges of child abuse and possession of cocaine with bond set at 5000 dollars.
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Pensacola
Fla
Michael Antone Rivers
Sacred Heart Hospital
Douglas Allen Dale
Pet black bear kills youngster in Oklahoma yard
In Sand Springs Oklahoma an 11 year old boy Samuel Nipps was killed by a 300 pound pet black bear kept chained in a front yard to please a friend. The bear attacked while the boy tried to feed it an ear of corn. Boatman and his son were feeding the bear when the boy was attacked. A neighbor shot and killed the bear.
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Sand Springs
Okla
Samuel Nipps
Danny Boatman
Bill Williams
Osage County
Cancer deaths fall among under 55 due to better treatment
The National Cancer Institute says improved cancer care from 1975 to 1984 cut the death rate for Americans under 55 by seven percent, from 38.2 to 35.7 per 100 000. DeVita cites higher survival rates and notes incidence rose 0.2 percent annually in these age groups while about 24 percent of new cancers occur in under-55.
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National Cancer Institute
Vincent T. DeVita
Institute
DeVita
National Cancer Advisory Board
New York City
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Lone Tree
Iowa
Dale N. Burr
Bill Crawford
Lone Tree Reporter Weekly
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Washington
Byron Srram CivicComry
Ffkce Furnit Ib
N. Texas
Monthru
Basie Griffith
Downtown
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Eastside
Westside
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Supreme Radial
Toshiba
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