Flooding Evacuates 255 Veterans Hospital Patients in Denver
A broken water main flooded the basement of a Veterans Administration hospital in Denver forcing evacuation of 255 patients, mostly elderly, into teens temperatures. Patients spent up to 10 minutes outside before transport to other facilities as 7 feet of water left the building without water and heat.
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Denver
Veterans Administration
Public Safety
John Simonet
Helen Fisher
Beirut Marines receive two tons of cookies from Lancaster
Edward Stricker a retired Air Force sergeant in Lancaster Pennsylvania collected two tons of home baked cookies for U S Marines in Beirut. He recalled Christmas goodies from Japan and Iwo Jima and said cookies boost morale. Local residents responded enthusiastically and doubled his initial goal.
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Lancaster
Japan
U.S
Beirut
Edward Stricker
Air Force
Iwo Jima
Lancaster County
Stricker
Columbia
U.S. Postal Service
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Gus Yatron
D-Pa
Grinch steals Christmas gifts during PTA play in Pontiac
Joyce Berry a 31 year old PTA volunteer and mother of four in Pontiac reports her home robbed during a performance of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Thief took clothing, some presents and food, leaving Berry reliant on Aid to Dependent Children aid. Local reactions include community letters and cookies from seniors to support families at holiday time. The story also mentions Stricker’s cookie drive linked to a larger charity effort for Christmas aid.
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Pontiac, Mich
PTA
Joyce Berry
Berry
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corp
Walt Whitman
Whitman
Woman scout leader sentenced in sex case
Bonnie Gavagan a 28 year old Explorer scout leader pleaded guilty to risking injury to a minor and was sentenced to five years in Danbury Superior Court. Judge William B. Lewis called her actions despicable and warned of deterrence as she faces a jury trial January 17 on seven additional sex and morals charges involving girls in the Explorer troop. Reginald DePalma, 38, Gavagan's boyfriend, was found guilty of statutory rape and other charges but remains unsentenced after vanishing October 17. Two accusers aged 13 and 15 testified to intercourse. another 15 year old said she was touched but resisted.
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Danbury, Conn
Bonnie Gavagan
Danbury Superior Court
William B. Lewis
Reginald DePalma
DePalma
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Mark Agnew
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Kermit
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