Flooding Forces Towns to Evacuate as Dams Open
Thousands flee as dam floodgates open at 9 30 pm waters surge to 40 feet above river level. Oswego County declares emergency as Salmon River and St Regin River flood. Firefighters, Army reserves and volunteers battle sandbags amid damaged barriers and submerged roads.
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Niagara Mohawk
Buell Todd
Pulaski
Lewis Street
Army Reserve
George Brower
Oswego County
Kay Witz
National Weather Service
Bruce Mayes
Parish
Salmon
Oswego
St. Regin
St. Lawrence
Oneida
New York
Herkimer
Hamilton
Raquette
Oswegatchie
Beaver
Tug Hill
Salmon River
Altmar
Littlejohn
Redfield
Ono
Flooding of Salmon River grips Altmar area
In Altmar and nearby Pulaski residents fought a rising Salmon River amid rain and melting snow. Volunteers stacked sandbags to protect homes and a fire station served hot meals as about 2,000 bags lined riverside barriers. Evacuations occurred for three homes while residents feared bridge or dam breaches upstream.
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Altmar
Salmon
Raymond Stevenson
Violet Plumber
William Sampson
Kenneth Wayne Wheeler
Violet
Bill Holcomb
Louis Moyer
Pulaski
Lewis Street
Bill Topp
Kim
Teen murder suspect allowed to attend school in Hingham
In Hingham Massachusetts 17 year old Robert Ludwig Jr a high school senior was released without bail by District Court Judge Alvin Tamkin to attend classes until his murder trial. Police say Ludwig confessed saying I killed my father and led officers to the bludgeoned body inside the family home. The father Robert L Ludwig Sr 56 had a history of alcohol problems authorities said.
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Hingham
Mass
Alvin Tamkin
Robert Ludwig Jr
Ludwig
Robert L. Ludwig Sr
Louisville
John Y. Brown
John Y. Brown Jr
Brown
Donna Hazle
Humana Hospital
Audubon
Shelbyville
Frankfort
Enormous house explosion injures resident in Westerly RI
An enormous explosion ripped through a Westerly home on Saturday blowing out windows and doors and starting a fire. A resident, James Beauregard, was critically burned and treated in Rhode Island Hospital ICU after escaping the blast at about 7 30 am. Police smelled natural gas and state investigators probed the cause.
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Westerly
R.I
Robert Mackay
James Beauregard
Mackay
Beauregard
Rhode Island Hospital
The
Associated Press
Schroeder on TV and hospital statement on condition
Schroeder plans TV viewing on Saturday and will be visited by family and friends per a hospital statement. He will continue daily showers and gradually increase es and physical therapy workouts. He remains in serious but stable condition on his 35th day with a mechanical heart in Louisville.
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Cials
Schroeder
Texaco drills deepest Kansas well sans oil in Rift
In Barnes Kansas Texaco Inc began drilling the deepest well in the state but did not strike oil as hoped in a billion year old rift. A landowner reported the milestone drilling found no oil yet marks a notable geological effort.
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Barnes, Kan
Texaco Inc
Kansas
Texaco
Georgena Poersch
Noel
Barnes
Texa
Don Steeples
Kansas Geological Survey
Worthington pays motorists to pledge seat belt use
Worthington Industries distributed five dollars and a safety pledge card to 1,000 drivers at three Columbus shopping centers in a bid to boost seat belt use. The card urged wearing a belt every time in 1985, regardless of seating position, though signing was not required.
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Columbus
Ohio
Worthington Industries Inc
Dorothy Hartigan
Westerville
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
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