Fear Grips Drake Neighborhood as Rapes Stun Des Moines
In a Des Moines area near Drake University eight women aged 20 to 30 were raped since May 5. Police say one or two attackers used window screens to enter apartments, covering victims with sheets. Residents report fear and multiracial community tensions as seminars and counseling increase.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Drake University
John Neubauer
Jack Rickman
Rickman
Neubauer
Roommates bridge generations with Kansas City Homesharing
In Kansas City, about 400 people from ages 18 to 94 participate in the Homesharing Project a nonprofit pairing students and elderly residents. Teresa Hansen, 20, rooms with 86-year-old Mary Mantz, while others share space for little or no rent in exchange for help with chores. The program emphasizes companionship over nursing care and operates on a $50,000 annual budget with volunteer visitations and a $5 applicant fee.
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Kansas City, Mo
Teresa Hansen
Mary Mantz
Elizabeth Ossorio
Ms. Ossorio
Lasverprotu
Penn Valley Community College
Car Stops 10 Feet From Gap in Bridge Collapse
William Anderson and Shannon Kelly narrowly escaped a bridge collapse on I 95 near Greenwich Connecticut as two trucks jackknifed and a 100 foot section fell 60 feet into the Mianus River. Three died, three injured. the couple halted 10 feet from the hole and watched others plunge. Anderson, a UT graduate student, and Kelly were heading to Maine for a wedding. He hailed a tractor trailer after the disaster and prayed as neighbors helped in the hours before they recovered.
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Greenwich
Gordon Gilman
Anderson
Shannon Kelly
Atlanta
Ms. Kelly
Knoxville Journal
Portland
Maine
New York Yankees
Connecticut Turnpike
Bridge collapse on I 95 prompts probe in Connecticut
Governor William ONeill ordered a state police probe into reports that transportation officials ignored warnings before an Interstate 95 bridge near Greenwich collapsed into the Mianus River killing three people and injuring others. Investigators cite a possible loose steel pin as a factor while residents had warned of danger.
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Greenwich
State Transportation Department
New York City
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