Storms threaten tonight with 70 percent shower odds
The National Weather Service at Hancock Airport forecasts a 70 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight ahead of tomorrow's cooler high near 80. Temperatures reach 95 today with a low around 65 to 70, following a 93-degree day and a near record high of 98 set in 1966.
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Hancock Airport
Free rides end as SEPTA strike settles
Philadelphia riders get one more day of free travel on suburban trains as SEPTA ends a 44 month rail worker strike. About 1,000 conductors and signalmen had walked off over work rules and pay after the authority took over from Conrail on January 1.
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Transit Authority
Rick Wooten
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transporation Authority
Conrail
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Union
Quakes Shake Mammoth Lakes as Sierra Nevada Rattles
A moderate earthquake struck Mammoth Lakes California and four smaller tremors hit the Sierra Nevada region yesterday. No injuries were reported, but residents were reminded they live above a pool of molten rock.
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Mammoth Lakes
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Sierra Nevada Range
Lottery Winners From Albany Daily Numbers Draw
Albany reported the state's daily numbers draw produced the winning number 112 with Win Four set at 1290 in last night's results.
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Today's chuckle about hearing and overhearing
A light saying notes that what you hear is never as important as what you overhear. The witticism underscores how context and unintended remarks shape perception more than spoken words.
Nation parties it up for 207th birthday with pomp
United Press International reports diverse celebrations across the United States and abroad on the Fourth of July. From a Virginia grandfather dropping 1,000 dollars in bills by helicopter to Willie Nelson’s Giants Stadium concert, Beach Boys in Atlantic City, and Philadelphia’s pop orchestra reading the Declaration, Americans marked Independence Day with concerts, heat, and showcases. 6th Fleet crews and civilians off Lebanon celebrated with barbecues, beer, and a cutter regatta as the nation observed its 207th birthday.
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Navy
6Th Fleet
Lebanon
Reagan
Puthman County
W. Va
Calvin Jones
Teays
Charleston
Willie Nelson
Giants Stadium
East Rutherford
N.J
Nelson
Atlanta
Beach Boys
James Watt
Washington, D.C
Atlantic City
Wayne Newton
Washington
Philadelphia
Peter Nero
Philadelphia Pops Orchestra
Philadelphia Art Museum
Melba Moore
David Cassidy
Jimmy Webb
Julius Erving
Climbers Die in 300-Foot Fall on Wallface Mountain
State police report two climbers Lee A. Fowler of Somerville and Andrew Metz of Cambridge fell about 300 feet after a top-rope collapse on a 1000 foot cliff along Wallface Mountain. Autopsies planned. Missing ages but both in their 20s or 30s.
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Somerville
Mass
Andrew Metz
Cambridge
Wallface Mountain
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Family slayings in Franklin Square look professional says examiner
Nassau County medical examiner Leslie Lukash says the killings of a 49-year-old foreman James Candelara his wife Olga 51 and their 16-year-old son James Jr appear professional with all victims shot at close range. Police say there were no suspects or motive and no signs of forced entry. The daughter and her husband found the bodies after calling 8:45 a.m. Others withhold identities for safety.
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Franklin Square
Long Island
Leslie Lukash
Nassau County
Kenneth Carey
Carey
Charles Keller
James Candelara
New York City
Candelara
Olga
James Jr
Sewanhanaka High School
Floral Park
Shultz begins new Middle East mission amid doubts on Lebanon pullout
Secretary of State George P. Shultz launches a four nation swing through the Middle East after visiting four Asian nations. He cautions of acute problems and signals modest aims while meeting Saudi Arabia’s Prince Faisal who notes possible U.S. differences. Shultz intends to report back to President Reagan with a first hand reading of the Syria and Lebanon withdrawal stalemate.
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Saudi Arabia
George P. Shultz
Mideast
Lebanon
Shultz
Middle East
Saudi el Faisal
U.S
Faisal
Israel
United States
Syria
Reagan
Washington
Islamabad
Pakistan
Philip C. Habib
Morris Draper
Richard Fairbanks
Hafez Assad
Habib
Abours
Call to action for excellence in education reform
A public stance links excellence to high expectations for individual learners and institutions. It argues fairness and equity are essential, warning that sacrificing either undermines opportunities for diverse students and risks mediocrity or elitism in a changing society.
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