Toilet paper cylinder causes Delta jet scare in Boston
State police with dogs boarded Delta Flight 136 from Fort Lauderdale after pilots reported a mysterious cylinder taped to a lavatory wall. It was revealed as a roll of toilet paper placed by a maintenance worker prior to takeoff. The plane evacuated 92 passengers and seven crew members to a remote runway.
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Boston
Delta Airlines
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Dan Malloy
Logan International Airport
Delta Flight 136
Malloy
John Schwartz
Four robbers interrupt church service in the Bronx
Police said four men in their late teens and early 20s robbed about 40 worshipers at Our Savior Roman Catholic Church in East Tremont shortly after 9 p.m. One suspect brandished a nickel plated revolver as the robbers forced parishioners to the floor and took money and jewelry.
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New York
Bronx
Our Savior Roman Catholic Church
East Tremont
Polloe
48Th Precinct
Cross Bronx
Peter Ruane
Parachutist Bypasses Sears Tower Landing Plans
A parachutist drifting from a single engine plane altered course upon spotting repair workers atop the Sears Tower and landed in a parking lot to the west. Police reported the man was whisked away in a patrol car before securing identification or charges.
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Chicago
Sears
William Moorin
Police chief on the line as friend is shot
In New Concord Ohio Police Chief Bob Watkins recounted a fatal shooting at a service station. He said Robert Payne 23 called from the lot reporting a suspicious van then was shot five times. Watkins said there were no suspects.
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New Concord
Ohio
Bob Watkins
Watkins
Robert Payne
Payne
Ex-student sues state over alligator attack in Florida lake
Christopher Palumbo, 21, a former University of Florida student, sues the state and its Board of Regents for 2 million dollars after an Aug 20, 1982 attack by a 29 foot alligator in Lake Wallberg. He claims the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission failed to remove the reptile and university officials posted no warning signs. Palumbo lost use of his right arm and faces a lifetime with 3 inches of bone damage and uncertain recovery.
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Tallahasser
Fla
University of Florida
State Board of Regents
Christopher Palumbo
Lake Wallberg
Leon County
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
University
Palumbo
Navy
TV inspired teen gun thefts in Laramie police say
Five boys aged 15 and 16 formed a self styled Teen age Commando Squad after viewing The A Team investigators say. They planned to steal handguns an M 1 carbine and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from a sporting goods store two youths worked there part time.
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Laramie
Wyo
Gary Puls
Puls
NBC
Law
Stare
Boss-Lift at Fort Drum Shows Reserve Training Value
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve officials argue that Reserve duty is not a vacation as managers witness a two week annual training. The event at Fort Drum includes 10,000 to 16,000 National Guard and Reserve members training on 164,000 acres, while corporate leaders observe new logistics and discipline benefits for civilian work.
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Fort Drum
Page
U.S. Army
Devendorf
Guard & Reserve
Guard
Reserve
Richard Gray
Syracuse-Gray
Nondaga
Madison
Cayuga
Oswego
Oneida
Gray
Peter Anderson
Anderson
Anderson Electric Service Inc
Kurt Umbach
National Guard
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Umbach
Port Drum
Martin Venawine
Eastern Ambulance
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Eteeters
Neil Young
Carrie Snodgress
Marvin Mitchelson
Los Angeles
Zeke
Young
Miss Snodgress
Bette Davis
Robert Lantz
Gail Shaffer
Albany
Shaffer
Washington Avenue
Denver
Raymond Joyce
Dallas
Jack Ewing
Jim
Miss Ellie
Barbara Bel Geddes
Southern Methodist University
SMU
Donald Shields
Lorimar Productions
Lee Rich
Lorimar
Elizabeth Taylor
Noel Coward
Miss Taylor
Sandy Molloy
Washington
Brooke Shields
Princeton
George Eager
Eager
Miss
Richard Eccles
Seth Resnick
Tracy Bickford
Conrail
Syracuse
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