Biloxi boy rescues five-year-old from Back Bay water
Fourteen year old John Joachim III acted quickly when Regina Graham fell from Porter Avenue pier into six feet of water. He waded into the bay, grabbed the child in a headlock like move and pulled her ashore. Both were safe though Joachim faced possible trouble at home for his skateboarding near the street.
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John Joachim III
Biloxi
J.S. Joachim Jr
Joachim
W. Bayview Ave
Porter Avenue
Regina Graham
Regina
South Mississippi Sun
Sonny Pippin
John Joachim II
U S ambassador and aide shot in Beirut crossing
U S ambassador Francis Me loy Jr and economic counselor Robert Waring were killed crossing Beirut’s no man s land toward Sarkis peace talks. Their Lebanese driver Zoheir Maghrabi also died. Ford called the killings an assassination amid a mission of peace. No group claimed responsibility.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
No-Man's Land
Washington
Ford
Francis E. Meloy Jr
Robert O. Waring
Zoheir Maghrabi
Elias Sarkis
Sarkis
Opposi
State Department
Robert Funseth
White House
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Middle East
Teamsters Elect Frank Fitzsimmons President by Acclamation
The Teamsters chose Frank Fitzsimmons as union president by acclamation, marking a unanimous decision announced on page A-8. The ceremony affirmed Fitzsimmons leadership and set the tone for the union's future priorities.
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Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Page
U S sends planes and helicopters to Cyprus for Lebanon evacuation
The Pentagon says three Air Force transports and four HH53 and HC130 helicopters are stationed at Akrotiri on Cyprus with UK consent to evacuate Americans from Lebanon if needed. 125 personnel accompany the aircraft. Officials deny any imminent evacuation or Cyprus troop deployment. A U S Navy task group led by Guadalcanal remains about 400 miles off Lebanon.
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Washington
United States
Air Force
Cyprus
Lebanon
Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S
Akrotiri
Francis E. Meloy Jr
Beirut
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Air
Naples
Houston Flood Kills Six and Closes City
More than 13 inches of rain in about 13 hours unleashed floods across Houston. Six people died including a 22 month old swept away. Art museum and hospital damages reached hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.
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Houston
John Self
Hermann Hospital
James Harithas
Contemporary Arts Museum
University of Texas Medical School
Houston Fire Department
Jill Serlin
Greater Houston Hospital Council
Medical Center
Kent Wolfe
St. Luke’s Hospital
Confessed mass murderer Carr haunted by guilt
Robert Carr III, 32, father of two, says a compulsion to rape and kill drove him to murder and that guilt haunts him. He led authorities to four gravesites in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Connecticut, confessing to killings of two Miami boys and a 15 year old Miami girl and a missing woman. He agreed to an NBC interview to reveal his motive and burden.
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Miami
Robert Carr III
Carr
Mississippi
Louisiana
Connecticut
Norwich, Conn
NBC News
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West Beirut
Melcy
U.S. Army
Turkey
U.S. Information Service
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Mercy
Waring
Funseth
Abdul Salam Jalloud
Pierre Gemayel
Phalange Party
Hannibal, Mo
Tom Sawyer
Oakland
A’s
Johannesburg
Soweto Wednes
Associated Press
Astrodome
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates
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