Parachutist Dies in Show Over Shannon Airport
Sgt 1st Class Thomas Johnson of the Golden Knights died after leaping from a plane at 10 000 feet during an air show at Shannon Airport near Fredericksburg Virginia Parents and relatives watched as another jumper Sgt Carter Edge opened his chute Johnson 33 was a veteran with more than 1 200 jumps The accident halted the display and left spectators stunned in the crowd were Johnsons parents Mr and Mrs Charles Johnson of DeRuyter New York and his brother Charles Johnson Jr The two jumpers had performed a baton pass before deploying chutes the second jumper landed safely while Johnson failed to open his chute
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Johnson
Charles Johnson
de Ruyter
Madison County
Charles Johnson Jr
Carter Edge
Army
Maj
Thomas Woods
Fort Bragg
N.C
Edge
Thomas Johnson
Golden Knights
Shannon
Fredericksburg
Ft. Bragg
Court OKs patents for new life forms
United States Supreme Court rules 5 to 4 that man made living organisms may be patented, upholding protection for an oil-eating bacterium used to combat spills. The decision signals large impact on recombinant DNA and future human trials for genetically engineered drugs.
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Washington
UPD
Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
California
Imperial Valley
Storm damages and power outages hit Camillus area
A violent thunderstorm swept central New York injuring eighteen and leaving under five thousand customers without power in Onondaga Madison Cayuga and Oneida counties. In Camillus twenty five families evacuated as trees fell on homes and cars blocking Genesee Street. Camillus Cutlery closed for the day as Niagara Mohawk rerouted crews from across the region to restore power.
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Metro
Camillus
Camillus Cutlery Corp
New York
Niagara Mohawk
Eigh
National Weather Service
Comstock Avenue
Onondaga
Madison
Cayuga
Oneida
Red Cross
Manley Field House
Comstock
Genesee Street
Colvin Street
Ainsley Drive
Syracuse
Fulton
Pulaski
Oswego
Cortland
Vancent
Jamesville
Motel explosion rocks Cypress California injures eight
An explosion at the 28 unit Cloud Nine Motel in Cypress near Los Angeles at 2 21 am collapsed eight motel units and forced evacuation police said eight people were injured with at least two in critical condition authorities are investigating the blast and its cause
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Cypress
Calif
Los Angeles
Maybe some day economists figure out two million auto workers
A compact ad style item notes a paradox about two million people employed in the automobile industry and earning from something no one has paid for. It also includes a slogan about the most valuable gift being a good example and a contact line for Donoghue Dodge in Cicero with RT-11.
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Donoghue Dodge
Cicero
1980 Legislature not a 10 but wasnt too bad either
Albany reports that the 1980 state Legislature rated a midlevel five on a 1 to 10 scale. Democrats and Republicans balanced by pursuing middle ground with tax cuts and cooperative bills. Both chambers closed the year with claims of progress and mutual cooperation despite partisan divides.
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Kenn Peters
Albany Bureau
Albany
Thetoren
Assembly Democrats
Senate
Democrat Assembly
Steuben Couple Found Slain at Gatehouse Estate
In Wayne, Steuben County, a 66-year-old man Robert Wills and his 68-year-old wife Dorothy were found dead in the yellow stucco gatehouse of a former Isle of Pines estate. Police said the deaths appear to be a double murder. investigators from the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Steuben County District Attorney’s office were on the scene. The couple ran an antique business from a barn near the gatehouse and spent summers there, wintering in Florida. The gatehouse site is near the former estate in Wayne town, approximately 200 yards from the Schuyler County line. Isle of Pines mansion burned in 1974.
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WAYNE
Gerald Willower
Steuben County
Robert Wills
Dorothy
Reapers
Corning
Florida
Larry Bates
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Isle of Pines
Schuyler
Isle of Piles
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