Dubuque storms interrupt record swim attempt
California man Roger Guy English, 24, of San Diego, paused his Mississippi crossing from Piersons to New Orleans due to lightning. He aims to complete the 1,878 mile swim in about eight days and holds three quirky world records. Juli Ann Berg, Miss Oregon 1974, hopes to win Miss America this Labor Day, with her mother a 1948 finalist. In Toronto, Evel Knievel faces a $3 fine before his Snake River jump attempt, vowing to ride the sky cycle for a dramatic canyon crossing.
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California
Sy Roger Guy English
San Diego
Mississippi
Piesalls
New Orleans
Fred P. Newton
Clinton
Oklo
Newton
English
Juli Ann Berg
Oregon
Jo-Ann Amorde Berg
Juli
Atlantic City
Toronto
Evel Knievel
Idaho
Snake River Canyon
Snake Fiver Gorge
Inmates Caught Using Hose To Smuggle Liquor
In Bridgeport Connecticut two youths, JOSEPH P. MAURO and ALBERT RODRIGUEZ, were found outside a first floor window of the Bridgeport Correctional Center with a rubber hose through which they tried to siphon wine and liquor into an inmate. Warden JOSE SANTOS said the plan would have required many attempts and the pair were charged with smuggling unauthorized materials into the prison.
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Conn
Newton's
Bridgeport Correctional Center
Joseph P. Mauro
Albert 8. Rodriguez
Jose Santos
Imate
Anthonites
Mauro
Rodriguez
Clear Lake pair claim world tag team jump record
Two youths from Clear Lake Iowa claim a world record in tag team trampoline jumping with 145 consecutive hours. Brad Morel 12 and Todd Kephart 13 reportedly jumped 72 hours each, totaling 609000 bounces in a period from last Wednesday to 10 am Tuesday. They started after a week of practice and described the effort as a test of endurance. The report also notes newlyweds J D Lynch and Barbara Bennetts Lynch taking legislative posts in Montana and their plan to live apart while serving, and a local note from Coruna Spain on Generalissimo Franco’s health showing recovery from hospital treatment.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Brad Morel
Todd Kephart
Helena
Mont
J.D. Lynch
Barbara Bennetts
Lynch
Rulte
Barbara
Mother fatally stabs youth to shield son in Philadelphia
North Philadelphia mother of seven, widow of a slain son, killed Curtis Jackson, 19, with a kitchen knife as a gang chase pressured her son and brother into the Rawlsshore home. Police report the incident followed threats against the family as gang violence spikes in the city with over 20 deaths this year.
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Philadelphia
UPD
Bernice Rewis
Curtis Jackson
Jackson
Joseph
Crash kills Congress nominee in leveling crash near Winchester
Marl Lloyd, 43, a Democratic Congressional candidate and veteran broadcaster, was killed when his private single engine Swift crashed near Winchester Virginia Tuesday. Sheriff David Breswell said the engine rusted and the plane dropped about 1,000 feet before hitting trees, with Lloyd slumped in his seat. Lloyd had just left Shelbyville for the campaign.
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Chattanooga
UPI
Marl Lloyd
Congress
Lloyd
Winchester
Franklin County
David Breswell
Tnd
Mort
Dot
Braswell
Shelbyville
Lawman Planting Bomb In Station Aims For Promotion
A reserve policeman Robert Woalum 26 was charged after he allegedly planted a bomb in the police station bathroom and reported it to improve his chance of becoming a regular officer. bail set at 3500. He admitted planting the device to aid his police exam hoped for on Saturday.
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Wayward
UPI
Robert Byers
Robert Woalum
Wealumn
Peter Quevedo
Wealum
Boston baptism controversy sparks abortion clash at church
A Jesuit priest from New York baptized Nathaniel Ryan Morreale on the Immaculate Conception Church steps in Marblehead Massachusetts after local church authorities vetoed the ceremony over the mother’s public support for abortion rights. Cardinal Humberio Medziros backed officials, and superior Rev. Talbot called the action forbidden. The crowd jeered with “Baby Killer” chants as the baptism proceeded outdoors.
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O'Rourke
Joseph Talbot
New York
Frederick B. O'Connor
Talbot
Baby
Nethaniel
Ge Curke
Nathaniel Ryan
Nathaniel
Bairdan
Baird
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