Times Beach marks first anniversary of flood and dioxin buyout
Marilyn Leistner, mayor of Times Beach, recalls the ghost town status as residents return to mark the year's anniversary. The town's buyout plan, funded by 33 million from the EPA and 3.7 million from the state, proceeds slowly with 67 of 907 parcels paid and hundreds displaced.
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Times Beach
Marilyn Leistner
Larry Curtis
Capelleu LA Visiculturale
Environmental Protection Agency
Leistner
Pham
Callacava Vania Rose
Loess Lawsuipf
Lorraine Kline
George
Kies
Rose Elliott
Fugitives blamed in Maine and Massachusetts bank heists
FBI bulletin links a group to five bank robberies from Maine to Boston area cities. The gang, using wives as lookouts, targets armored cash shipments, strikes after money deliveries, and flees in stolen cars. Suspects include Joan Laaman Barbara Colombaro and the Manning and Levasseur families with multiple children.
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Maine
Joan Karl Laaman
East Boston
Somerville
Massachusetts
North Attleboro
FBI
Carol Ann Manning
Manning
Mannings
Levasseur
Laaman
Barbara Colombaro
Webster
Diver Saves Pilot Tragic Freefall Ends in Death
Morar, a trainer, and his students were aboard a plane when the chute tangled with the tail and the elevator jammed. Despite efforts to free the lines, Morar jumped last as the plane lost control. the pilot and other jumpers landed safely, but Morar’s body was found in a muddy field two miles north of Winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Netz
Morar
M .E. Netz
Yalo County
Exile Leaders Excluded From New Nicaragua Offer
Nicaraguan exiles are barred from the offer, as are former National Guard officers who committed repressive acts under Somoza. The decrees, announced at the Council of State closing, limit participation while rebels clash with government troops near Rio Negro, with 19 soldiers reported killed.
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Nicaragua
National Guard
Anastasio Somoza
Council of State
Rio Negro
Honduran
DeWitt gas explosion injures three in roadside fire
Residents on Bennett Street watched as a gas explosion ignited a car and sparked two booms. Firefighters contained the blaze after about ninety minutes using a dry chemical agent. The house frond was evacuated but no homes were damaged beyond the ignition site.
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Dick Bertrand
Bennett St
Donna Relihan
N. Hyland Ave
Wieauuw Wiidl
Lonappen
Relihan
Lois Nesbit
DeWitt
Boater Missing After 100-Foot Plunge Over Dam
In GAPFNRY South Carolina a 20 year old man is missing after his 15 foot fiberglass boat fell more than 100 feet over a dam on the Broad River. His 33 year old uncle, Thomas Webb, was rescued downstream and later released from a hospital. A second boater tried to tow them out but had to cut the line as swift water and debris swirled near the dam. Rescue teams planned to resume search with a helicopter aid as authorities probe motor failure at the dam.
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Gapfnry
S.C
Robert Lewis
Gaffney
Lewis
Thomas Webb
Cole
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Carpet Cleaning & Dye CO
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