Cold front eases heat across nation from Virginia to Texas
A front released the middle of the nation from heat blamed for 96 deaths in 14 states. Temperatures fell, with Chicago at 67 and Des Moines 62, while Dallas 83 and New Orleans 80 showed the cooler air’s arrival. Storms formed in Arkansas as the front met hot, humid air.
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Virgina
Texas
Matt Weston
Arington Park Racetrack
Venus
Central Plains
Ohio
Mid- Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
New York State
Northcentral
Harry Gordon
National Weather Service
Kansas City
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
New Orleans
Dallas
Indiana
Chattanooga
Salempty
Alabama Department of Public Health
Huntsville
Greensboro
N.C
Baltimore’s
Washington, D.C
Jonesboro
Ark
11 escape injury in air collision over Mojave Desert
A Cessna 172 clipped a De Havilland DHC-6 near Lancaster Fox Field at noon while both carried passengers. The Cessna pilot Roger T. Jones, 31, Ventura, said he did not see the other plane before impact. All aboard the two aircraft and six on the airliner walked away uninjured as the incident spurred renewed concern over Southern California near misses.
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Lancaster
Calif
Mojave Desert
Los Angeles
Antelope Valley
Trans World Express
Snk
Fox Field
Federal Aviation Administration
Elly Brekke
Brekke
Bob Harik
FAA
Edwards Air Force Base
Roger T. Jones
Jones
Los Ageles International
Resort Commuter Inc
Trans World Aires
Oxnard
Las Vegas
Nev
Palmdale
Harik
California
Aeromexica
Cerritos
Aeromexico
Hawthorne
el Monte
McDonald’s Ham Burger University Grants Bachelor Degree
Graduates at McDonald’s Ham burger University in Elk Grove Alabama receive a degree named Bachelor of Hamburgerology. All managers and owners of McDonald’s restaurants must earn this degree.
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McDonald’s Hamburger University
Elk Grove
Hamburgerology
McDonald's Restaurrants
Wife of Stark sailor criticizes Navy over missing information
Claudia Levern, wife of a USS Stark sailor, condemns the Navy for sketchy or absent updates after the Iraqi missile strike. She resigned as ombudsman but continues advocating for families, recalling delays in confirming crews’ fates and demanding the truth as Stark’s homecoming nears.
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Mayport
Pla
Stark
Claudia Levern
Lovern
Navy
A Severa
James
Stork
Cmdr
Ken Satterfield
Levern
Blind sailor sails solo Atlantic voyage from Portsmouth
Jim Dickson, 41, blind since childhood, starts a solo 36 foot voyage from Portsmouth to Plymouth England to prove how modern tech can empower blind people. His Eye Opener carries a $12 000 talking computer, radar and off the shelf devices including a $45 ham radio interface. Dickson, associate director of Project Vote, has 17 years of sailing experience but this is his first solo crossing and he faces wind and shipping lane hazards as he begins.
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Portsmouth
Jim Dickson
Atlantic Ocean
Dickson
Plymouth
England
Bend Boat Basin
Project Vote
Washington
Narragansett Bay
New York
Providence
Norman Kaplan
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