Titan 3 Launch Sends Intelsat VI Satellite Skyward
Martin Marietta launched a Titan 3 from Cape Canaveral at 6:52 a.m. EST to deliver a 5-ton Intelsat VI communications satellite. The $140 million craft, owned by an international consortium, deploys 25 minutes after lift off with first signals 60 minutes after launch. The satellite will handle up to 120,000 telephone calls and three TV channels for over 18 years.
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Nursing home fire in Arkansas kills three
A fire in the west wing of the Dardanelle Nursing Center in Dardanelle Ark killed three patients and injured at least 25 others. Two firefighters suffered smoke inhalation, one hospitalized. The blaze began about 9 30 p m and was extinguished two hours later. Up to 30 patients were moved to three area hospitals and 50 more to a National Guard armory.
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Little Rock
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Newton
Hesston
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Syracuse
John Elardo
National Weather Service
Lake Ontario
Eiardo
Kansas
Newton Medical Center
Chris McKellip
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Young Adults Most Prone To Weight Gain Study Says
A decade study of nearly 10 000 adults aged 24 to 74 finds young adults especially likely to gain weight with women more affected than men and those aged 25 to 34 at greatest risk. The Chicago based American Medical Association reports the findings led by epidemiologist David Williamson of the U S Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
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Yigutation Division
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Aspen mayor survives recall vote amid fur ban clash
Colen voters narrowly reelect Mayor Bill Stirling and remove a supporter in a recall tied to his failed effort to ban fur sales at the resort. Stirling kept the mayor's chair by about 180 votes on Tuesday as the count continued.
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Tornadoes kill 2 and devastate Hesston Kansas homes
A swarm of roughly a dozen tornadoes struck south central Kansas injuring dozens and destroying or severely damaging between 75 and 100 homes in Hesston. Dozens sought shelter at local high school and college with National Guard assistance incoming. Two deaths were reported near Burrton and Goessel, while nearby Worthington Iowa saw a fire house destroyed and multiple homes damaged.
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Kan
Hesston Tornado Tests Stranger Bond At Heritage Inn
Strangers huddle in a Hesston Kansas motel as a tornado bears down at 5 37 p m CST striking the Heritage Inn. Guests and staff endure a dark hallway shelter with hotel wreckage and the car roofed over nearby. Rescue crews arrive quickly.
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Claridy Stauffer
Lincoln
Prernight
Ohio
Margaret Hamilton
Tornado Strikes Hesston Area Leaving Homes Destroyed
Survivors recount a deadly tornado on I-135 near Hesston driving home to McPherson and seeking shelter in a ditch. Bernice King and another woman prayed as debris and wreckage filled the parking lot. Rescue crowds gather as cars are abandoned and Hesston College residents survey the damage.
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Wichita
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Hesston College
City plans to hire four workers to issue Carousel mall permits
The city seeks four new staffers to handle plumbing electrical elevator heating sprinkler and building permits for Carousel Mall in a $200 million project. The effort would cost about $221,678 and boost permit fees this year.
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Bruce Keenan
Finance Committee
Joan Christensen
Big Politi
Thomas Young
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