Aid grant to Bangladesh research center amid cyclone risks
The U S Agency for International Development announced a 100000 grant to the International Center for Diarrheal Research in Dhaka to head off disease problems after last week’s cyclone, adding to 525000 in relief already provided. A church settles with a 101 year old woman and a bank over a nearly 1 million dollar trust fund.
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Washington
U.S. Agency For International Development
M. Peter McPherson
International Center For Diarrheal Research
Dhaka
Bangladesh
NEW Britain, Conn
Duncan Forsyth
South Congregational Church
Jessie M. Leach
New Britain National Bank
Surfer Drifts 26 Hours on Lake Michigan before Rescue
Jeff Meek a 27 year old wind surfer started Friday from Montrose Harbor with winds up to 50 mph. After a broken mast left him adrift about 11 miles offshore he clung to his board through 15 to 20 foot swells and 56 degree water until a police helicopter spotted him Saturday and a rescue boat plucked him to safety. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital then released and plans to resume windsurfing in a week.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Jeff Meek
Police Marine Unit
Charles Rytina
Meek
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Montrose Harbor
Evanston
Witnesses recount fatal Snow Hill bus crash
Witnesses say the produce truck crossed the center line and collided with a school bus carrying children home from Snow Hill Primary and West Greene Elementary. Five children died and 20 were hurt. the truck driver Carson Lee Conger, 27, of Norfolk, Va., also died. A second truck and a car were hit. both trucks burned but the bus did not. The crash occurred on U S 13, two miles from West Greene school.
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Snow Hill
N.C
Carson Lee Conger
Norfolk
West Greene Elementary
North Carolina
U.S. 13
West Greene School
Five undocumented men killed by train at crossing
Five men believed to be undocumented aliens were killed when the car they were pushing across a railroad crossing was struck by an Amtrak passenger train at 11:15 p.m. on the Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Camp Pendleton California.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Amtrak
Special Thanks for Kindness After Loss at Crockett Jr High
The family of Stephen Allen Rhodes thanks friends relatives students teachers and coaches at Crockett Jr High School for their kindness and prayers during our moment of personal loss and for the tribute paid by the Odessa American to Stephen Allen Rhodes.
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Crockett Jr. High School
Odessa
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