QE2 ran aground off Martha's Vineyard sails into dry dock
Captain Robin Woodall testified at a Coast Guard hearing that ocean charts showed 39 feet depth plus 2 more at tide, yet the Queen Elizabeth 2 left a 74 foot hull gash and evacuated 1,815 people after grounding on August 7, now in Boston repairs. he claimed strong confidence in British admiralty charts.
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Boston
Queen Elizabeth 2
Martha's Vineyard
Cunard Lines
Robin A. Woodall
Coast Guard
Woodall
Admiralty
Town Officials Firebombed in Pagedale Missouri
The campaign of intimidation against city officials continues as four 40 ounce beer bottle bombs filled with gasoline damaged Mayor Mary Louie Carter and Alderman Pauline Carmet homes in Pagedale early Thursday. Carter’s living room window was shattered, carpet burned, lace curtains ruined, and drapes smoke damaged. A second blast failed to ignite, while Carmet’s home suffered exterior damage including a melted awning and stained steps.
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ST. Louis
Pagedale
Loa. Marly
Mary Louie Carter
Carter
Pauline Carmet
Feather
Doctors seek AIDS-like illness clues with AIDS experts help
Federal health officials in Atlanta turn to AIDS specialists to determine the cause of an AIDS-like illness in patients who lack HIV. The CDC releases data on 14 of 35 global cases, all HIV negative with very low CD4 cells as doctors collaborate after Amsterdam conference raised concern.
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Atlanta
Demares
Feee US
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Kent Taylor
James Curran
Amsterdam
Exotic car wash sparks controversy in St Albans scene
In St Albans West Virginia a new B and B Auto Bath car wash charges about triple the typical rate and employs women in G strings. Owners defend it as harmless entertainment while workers describe their outfits and describe daily wash traffic of about 30 cars. Local manager Audra Masiarczyk says the gimmick is legal and part of the business model.
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St, Albans
B&b Auto Bath
Tina
Audra Masiarczyk
Mastarcayk
Florida University
Parents get 99 years for starving son
In Fort Worth area, Jay and Linda Hill received 99 year terms after a jury found they starved and restrained 13 year old Stephen Hill to death in their White Settlement trailer. The couple must serve at least 15 years before parole eligibility.
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Galveston
Texas
Jay
Linda Hill
Stephen
Stephen Hill
White Settlement
Fort Worth
Douglas
Hs Brother
Tailhook probe targets El Toro Marines
Pentagon investigators pursue lie detector tests for dozens of Marines at El Toro MCAS amid Tailhook allegations from a Las Vegas aviators convention last September. The probe centers on reports that up to 36 women, including at least 13 officers, were groped and undressed during the event.
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el Toro
Calif
Pentagon
Las Vegas
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Orange County Register
Baby delivered in apartment dies after emergency care
Paramedics rushed a newborn girl from a West Colvin Street apartment to University Hospital after a difficult delivery and resuscitation efforts. Despite intubation, interosseous access, CPR, and epinephrine, the infant died at 7:03 a.m. The mother Shuler faced cocaine exposure and remained hospitalized. autopsy pending.
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Mosher
Huling
Noce
West Colvin Street
Webster Avenue
Shuler
Mike Henn
Henn
Colvin Straat
Dure
University Hospital
Toby
Mana
Roger
Radin
Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital
University
Huter
Syra
Onondaga County Medical Examiner's
District Attorney
Olivia
Loomis Fall
Salina
Kenyan-Nairobi Based Doctor Aids Somali War Suffering
Dennis Walto and the medical corps operate field hospitals in Mogadishu Belei-Huen and Baidoa while flying weekly missions from Nairobi with medical supplies fuel and food. They face constant danger from gunfire and kidnapping demands as they strive to save 2 million Somalis predicted to perish amid drought civil war and chaos.
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Somalia
the Medical Corps
Somala
Corps
Los Angeles
Walto
International Red Cross
Save the Children
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Pittsburgh
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Justice Department
St Louis Post Dispateh
Iwest
Jane Mee
Syracuse
Waldo
Mogadishu
Nairobi
United States Office of Foreign Disaster
European Community
Unicef
Medical Corps
Digfer Hospital
Belei-Huen
Baidoa
Ethiopia
Gary Hart
Nelson Mandela
United States
New York City
Appalachia
Mississippi Delta
Central Park
Washington, D.C
Housing Now
Dennis
Joseph Walto Sr
Westfall Drive
Geddes
Hunt
Dennis Walto
Ofan
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