Skeleton identified in 82 year old Webster murder case
Authorities in Salem Massachusetts confirmed that the remains found in Hamilton identify as Joan Webster a 25 year old Harvard graduate student who vanished from Logan Airport on November 28 1981 The district attorney said a state forensic dentist matched Webster s dental records to the skeleton The case has long implicated Leonard Paradiso but no charges have been filed Paradiso is a former Revere Mass fish merchant and inmate at Walpole prison
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Salem
Mass
Essex County
Hamilton
Joan Webster
Harvard
Logan Airport
Webster
Camondge
University
School of Design
George
Terry Webster
Glen Ridge
Kevin Burke
Walpole
Paradiso
Revere
Boston
Teen shoots self in class at Sheridan High School
In Sheridan Arkansas a junior at Shendan High School told his fifth period teacher he wanted to speak to the class before shooting himself in the head at about 1 pm. Police say he professed love for a girl, waved a gun, and pulled the trigger. he died about four hours later.
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Sheridan
Ark
Thomas Smyth
Shendan High School
David Hooks
Smith
Centenarian runs for Congress in North Carolina
GOLDSBORO NC centenarian Henry Stenhouse a 100 year old eye doctor announces his first electoral bid in the 3rd Congressional District. He aims for the May 8 primary after years of correspondence with Republicans. Feds follow paper trail to bogus bills.
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Dec
Congress
Goldsboro
N.C
Henry Stenhouse
Brushfire ravages Everglades acres in drying winds
A brushfire sparked by lightning spread across the Everglades National Park, growing from about 60 acres Monday to more than 5,000 acres as dry conditions and high winds fueled the blaze that continued to burn uncontrollably early today. Park and forestry officials said Pat Tolle, the park’s spokeswoman, provided the details.
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Everglades
Miami
Park and Forestry
Pat Tolle
Everglades National Park
Goldberg Grocery Closes for Renovation In Deadwood Shuffle
In Deadwood South Dakota a downtown grocery once run by Larry Shama since 1876 faces renovation as the town shifts from hard goods to gambling. Since low stakes gambling was legalized six months ago activity has swelled Main Street with slots and cards, adding jobs but changing local life. Goldberg's will reopen in July with only the soda fountain and expanded slot machine line remaining.
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Deadwood
Larry Shama
Wild Bill Hickok
Black Hills
Shama
Goldberg Grocery
Main Street
Goldberg's
Litter leads climber to safety near Mount Rainier
Christopher Trump of Toronto was lost for a week on the southern flanks of Mount Rainier after a blizzard heavy snowfall and snow blindness. Two beer bottles in Nameless Creek helped him pinpoint civilization, leading to a road where a helicopter crew spotted and rescued him.
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Seattle
Christopher Trump
Mount Rainier
Trump
Toronto
Ramer
Reed Freed From Lebanon Captors in Hospital Welcome
Reed, the longest-held hostage, was released and sent to Wiesbaden hospital where he smiled and waved to about 170 personnel. Tehran Times and Damascus voiced hope for a US response while Bush signaled possible prisoner releases by Israel if conditions allow.
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Tehran Times
Iran
Washington
Damascus
Syria
Farouk al-Sharaa
Bush
Israel
U.S
Edward Djerejian
Reed
Organization of the Islamic Dawn
Polhull
Polhill
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Lebanon
Sheik Abdul-Karim Obeid
Obeid
Hezbollan
Hezbollah
Terry Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
Wiesbaden
The
Free World
Family remembers other captives after Reed release
The AP reports Frank Reed, freed after 314 years of captivity in Lebanon, reunites with wife Fahima and son Tarek in Frankfurt. Six Americans remain, including hostage statuses and reactions from Reed’s family in Malden and Boise as details emerge about the abduction in 1986 and Reed’s career in Lebanon.
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Fifi Reed
Right
Frank
Marilyn Lang
Frank Reed
Tarek
Ston
Malden
Mass
Lebanon
Leota Sprague
Reed
Jesse Turner
Estelle Ronneburg
Eawward
Reed Woud
Organization of Islamic Dawn
Whitefield
N.H
Beirut
International College
Lebanese International School
Report shows sharp decline in global terrorism
The State Department report notes a worldwide drop in terrorism and fewer American victims, with incidents down 38 percent from 856 in 1988 to 528 last year. Iran Syria and Libya show mixed results while Hezbollah and other groups remain under scrutiny.
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Washington
Syria
Iran
Bush
Frank H. Reed
State Department
Congress
Libya
Pan American
Hezbollah
Lebanon
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Salman Rushdie
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
Hashemi Rafsanjami
Israel
West Bank
Aza
Rafsanjani
Pakistan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
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Secret Service
Alpharetta
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Bruce T. Autellet
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Federal Reserve
Cox News Service
Seattle Times
Sonally
Jean-Paul Kaufmann
Asst
Rhein-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
Germany
Peggy Say
Cadiz
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