Army nerve gas tests blamed for sheep deaths at Skull Valley
In Skull Valley Utah residents and ranchers recount rapid sheep die offs beginning March 14 after a March 13 nerve gas spray at Dugway Proving Grounds. Hatch ranch and Rush Valley flocks show severe losses. Army investigators retreat from certainty while locals urge caution. Lake Powell nearby is a separate note noting its 9 trillion gallon reservoir capacity.
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Carlos Army
Skull Valley
Robert Kuesterman
Associated Press
Army
Z. A
Russell
Clarence Rasmussen
Hatch
Hatch Ranch
Adja
Dugway Proving Grounds
Sill ‘Valley
Rhode Island
Proving Grounds
Russell Ranch
Rush Valley
Rasmussen
Fey Mata
Dugway
Chain letters illegal say postal inspector in Centralia
U S postal inspector C W Norsworthy warns chain letters are illegal as they spread from Centralia toward Carbondale. He notes hand delivered letters to two recipients and mailing five dollars to the top share constitutes a federal offense, with risks of lottery-style violations under state law.
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U.S
C. W. Norsworthy
Centralia
Carbondale
Norsworthy
Hogs spared slaughter for Cleveland meal plan
In Tiffin Ohio the National Farmers Organization saved 1000 hogs from burial and arranged for Waldeck Packing Co to slaughter and process them. Hogs from local farms will be killed Wednesday, cut up Thursday and delivered to Cleveland to feed poor families. The feature also notes goliath frogs in Cameroon and Rio Muni Africa, three feet long and weighing seven pounds.
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Tiffin
Ohio
Cleveland
National Farmers Organization
Sandusky
William Waldeck
The
Waldeck Packing Co
Cameroon
Rio Muni
Africa
Drummond Assigned to Duty in Vietnam
Pte. Walter Drummond has been assigned to duty in Vietnam. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Drummond of Lemont. His mother is the former Helen Riskus of Herrin and his grandmother is Mrs. Martha Riskus Stratinsky of Herrin.
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Walter
Drummond
Vietnam
Marvin Drummond
Lemont
Helen Riskus
Herrin
Martha Riskus Straginski
Rock fall injures Herrin miner at Orient 5 mine
Kerr Derry, 28, of Herrin, is in Franklin Hospital Benton with two compound hip fractures and a mild concussion after a rock fall at Orient 5 coal mine in West Frankfort Thursday. The accident occurred during mining operations.
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Derry Kerr
Herrin
Franklin Hospital
Benton
West Frankfort
Kerr
Driver Ticketed in Murphysboro Collision
Charles E. McMannis, 30, of Murphysboro was ticketed for failure to yield the right of way after a 6:20 pm Friday collision at 19th and Spruce in Murphysboro with Bobby L. Sutton, 27, of Sparta. Police said neither driver was injured.
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Charles E. McMannis
Robbe St
Murphysboro
Bobby L. Sutton
Sparta
19Th
Spruce Streets
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Colorado River
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Sdeal
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Les Seellen
Smitieallop
Helleny
MARS
Sawyer
Smith-Allop
Treece Supply
Brook’s
Anna
Mardale
Just Call
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DuPont
Barwick
Marion
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