Fire kills five in Tolono house blaze with six victims
In Tolono Illinois a two story home fire killed a couple and three children from smoke inhalation. The victims were Lawrence Bleichner 44 Anna 39 James Miller 14 Eugene 12 and Kimberly 9. The blaze began in the basement or first floor and investigators pursued the cause.
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Tolono
Champaign County
Tom Henderson
Illinois
Lawrence Bleichner
Anna
James Miller
Eugene
Kimberly
Stolen 1,000-Year-Old Chinese Statuette From Vanderbilt Museum
A nine-inch high seated wise man statuette dating to the Song dynasty, about A.D. 960 to 1279, was stolen from the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport Long Island over the weekend. The single artifact, insured for $3,000, is part of the Vanderbilt collection and among a few high value pieces on display. Police described the item as an eight to nine inch figure, with no trace of a suspect as investigations continue.
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Centerport
Vanderbilt
Long Island
Jim Powers
Suffolk County Police
Windsor
Powers
Airliner forces down after wing blowout in Las Vegas
A Republic Airlines DC-9, taking off in Las Vegas, developed a six inch wing hole after a tire blowout and circled for an hour to dump fuel before landing. All 102 aboard escaped injury, with witnesses Pat and Sid Woodard describing the wing’s damage.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Republic Airlines
Republic
Beer magnate's daughter dies in New York suicide
Geraldine Straus, 40, eldest daughter of William Coors, chairman of Adolph Coors Co., died after jumping from her Manhattan apartment window. Police said she committed suicide Friday. Coors spokesman William Pauli confirmed the death and said the company would assist with funeral arrangements.
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Denver
William Coors
Adolph Coors Co
New York
Geraldine Straus
Manhattan
Coors
William Pauli
New York City
Man bites deputies as police dog is grabbed in Norwalk
In Norwalk California deputies were bitten when suspect Charles Lamping 22 grabbed the police dog during a search for him after he assaulted his mother-in-law. Deputies Falkner Rosas were treated for finger bites and released. Lamping remained hospitalized in stable condition after multiple scalp lacerations.
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Norwalk
Calif
Charles Lamping
Robert Stoneman
Lamping
John Falkner
Thomas Rosas
Stoneman
Falkner
Rosas
Whittier Presbyterian Hospital
County-Usc Medical Center
Mailman delivers postcard 35 years late in Seattle
Louie Sliva mailed a postcard from Cheyenne Wyoming on November 6 1948 to his cousin Dorene Sliva in Seattle. The card, bearing three 1 cent stamps and a greeting Dear Little One, arrived decades late with an apology from the postal service noting it may have been stuck in an unused canvas sack. Dorene, now Dorene Reddy, called it a delightful surprise and a cherished keepsake.
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Denver
Louie
U.S. Mail
Dorene
Dorene Reddy
Seattle
Shultz Rules Out U.S. Armed Action in Nicaragua
Secretary of State George P. Shultz told Meet the Press there will be no armed U.S. effort to topple Nicaragua's Sandinista government, though covert support for guerrillas will continue. He urged negotiated solutions in Central America and noted U.S. readiness to offer asylum to contras if a peace accord is reached.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
Nicaragua
Cuba
el Salvador
Meet the Press
Shultz
France
Three killed by lightning at Tennessee fish fry
A lightning bolt struck a Tennessee fish fry near Winchester killing three people and injuring nine others. Six of the injured required overnight hospital care with two in serious condition as heavy storms drenched the Southeast and nearby areas.
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Tennessee
South
Winchester
Tenn
Franklin County
Charlie Williams
Malibu
Calif
Weather Watchglass: Heat Debt and Storms Across Regions
Thunderstorms linger from the southern Rockies to the Atlantic Coast after heavy showers and hail in Arizona, California and Nevada. Heat records were set in Idaho with Boise at 106 and Mountain Home 111, while Southern California faced heat and a fatality linked to humidity.
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Gulf Coast
Plains
Oklahoma
Tureson
California
San Bernadino
Imperial
Riverside
Borrego
Calif
San Diego
Remidy
Minn
Fertile
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Arizona
Nevada
Imperial County
Idaho
Boise
Mountain Home
Lewiston
Ontario
Ore
Los Angeles
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Port Costa
Crockett
Donald Tacconi
Ociatt
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Louie Sliva
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dorene Sliva
alt-Journal
the Herald Co
Bow
Syracuse
N.Y
New York State
Imo
U.S
Reagan Administration
AWACS
Chad
Reagan
State Department
Anita Stackman
Central America
Ner
Pacific Coast Highway
Restau
Jackams
Oregon
Twin Falls
New Hanover County
Wilmington
N.C
Sea Lion
The
Associated Press
Florida
Northern Plains Region
North Atlantic Coast States
Apm
Commerce Department
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Canada
National Weather Service
San
LOS Ak
New Orleans
Tenowers
Miami
UPI
Albuquerque
Dalvna
Las Vega
Phoenix
Danver
Pitteburph
Anchorage
Abhaville
Detroi
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el Papa
Milwauki
Boston Honolulu
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