July Dome event hurts Fair
Willie Nelson and up to three other top country stars are eyed for a July 2 concert at the Carrier Dome with Linda Ronstadt Waylon Jennings Merle Haggard and the Stray Cats negotiating. Dome officials caution no contract exists while Fair officials protest Dome summer bookings.
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Nelson
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Stray Cats
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Fairgrounds
Benzel
Dome
Record floods strike Gulf Coast as rivers rise
Ten people died in Southern floods with rivers at record highs across Mississippi and Louisiana. New Orleans faced severe disruptions as rain swollen basins inundated homes, while Jackson and Hattiesburg reported severe damage. Governor Treen declared emergencies in 16 parishes and mobilized National Guard units. losses scale into tens of millions. Communication outages in New Orleans were restored after hours of blackout.
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New Orleans
National Weather Service
Fred Lowery
Mississippi
Louisiana
South
California
Rocky Mountains
Jackson
Hattiesburg
Miss
Dave Treen
National Guard
Body found on Montezuma refuge may be Julie Monson
Decomposed remains discovered on the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge are to be examined in Syracuse to determine if they belong to Julie Monson an Auburn woman who disappeared September 1981. Investigators say clothing including a bra was found near the body and an autopsy is expected today with potential identification in a week.
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Syracuse
Julie Monson
Auburn
Cayuga Community College
Auburn Area
State Highway Department
Seneca County
Warren Jones
Jones
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Monson
Bridgeport
Seneca Falls
Federal Reserve
Martin Hilfinger Jr
Onondaga County
Montezuma Wild
Life Refuge
R.R. Brooks
Stuart Miller
Weather and tragedy mix in fragmented dispatch
A damp weekend forecast shows cloudy skies with patchy showers and variable winds. In a separate AP report from Wellsville six people died when a plane crashed into woods near Allegany County. details on identity, aircraft, and cause were not released. The Albany results note the daily numbers game winner as 365 and Win Four as 5837.
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Allegany County
Albany
Shuttle crew readies for return as space walk praised
Challenger astronauts pack up after a smooth mission hour by hour. Weitz and Robko prepare Challenger for landing at Edwards AFB near Los Angeles tomorrow. Musgrave and Peterson completed a double space walk and will brief Mission Control on earlier open cargo bay work. The EVA showcased the suits’ reliability and sets stage for future satellite retrieval and spacecraft refueling missions.
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Mission Control
Mary Cleave
Paul Weitz
NASA
Terry White
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Weitz
Karol Robko
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
America
Story Musgrave
Donald Peterson
Houston
Harold Craughon
Donald H. Peterson
Syracuse University
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