West Seneca station fires manager after emergency broadcast
Robert Allen and former chief engineer John Bunkfeldt were arrested after cutting power to WUWU FM studio and broadcasting from the transmitter for 43 minutes. Allen, 33, claimed FCC sanction, while owner Dr. Ronald Chmiel said Allen pushed a metal heavy playlist triggering sponsors to threaten withdrawal.
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Firm recalls four contact lens solutions nationwide
A Denver company recalls Sereine Wetting & Soaking Solution Sereine Wetting Solution Sereine Cleaner and Sereine Soaking & Cleaning Solution for hard lens wearers due to possible bacterial contamination and mislabeling. About 60 000 units affected.
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50 Ugandans slain dumped along road near Kampala
The Munno newspaper reports 50 Ugandan victims shot and stabbed to death and dumped beside a road near Musakita village about 30 miles north of Kampala. Residents say the bodies were tied and removed from an unmarked truck last Tuesday.
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U S team to seek data on MIAs in Vietnam
A four member U S team will visit Hanoi for technical talks with Vietnamese officials on Americans missing in Vietnam. It is the third such trip since regular expert meetings began. The United States seeks accounting for about 2 500 missing Americans from the Southeast Asia war.
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Walleyed Pike Worth $10,000 Becomes Dinner Story
Frank Swanson of Clear Lake hooked a walleyed pike tagged for the Easter Seal Society's $10,000 Super Fish Contest. The fish, sought by 360 anglers May 13 to 15, carried a metal jaw tag but no one won the prize. Swanson says catching the fish was exciting though it is now just a meal and a tale.
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Reno Candidate Dave Howard Launches Fourth Ward Run
Reno candidate Dave Howard announces a city race for the Fourth Ward. He will jog the ward perimeter on Sunday and run two hours daily through neighborhoods, then walk doors to reach voters ahead of the June 7 election. He invites residents to join him for a mile or two during the run. Howard also aims to contend in the upcoming San Francisco Marathon in July.
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Rhode Island School of Design grads toast 1983 with wine diplomas
Rhode Island School of Design awards 468 graduates diplomas with an offbeat twist this year. Sakonnet Vineyards bottles from Little Compton bear hand-lettered 1983 labels. Past diplomas included a sheriff's badge emblem, a plastic-bubble paperweight, a diploma-shaped cookie, scarves, sky writing, and a Frisbee.
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New York Eyes Label Rules for Imitation Cheese
Albany and New York City will host hearings as New York tightens rules on imitation cheese disclosures under a 1982 law. Restaurants and packaged foods must reveal substitutions. penalties can reach $200 and seizure of mislabeled items.
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Exec quits $36,000 job lives in car
John Robert Owens, once a $36,000-a-year labor relations executive for U.S. Steel, now lives in a Volkswagen Scirocco in Pittsburgh. He left his job in 1980 after 15 years, wandered seeking work, then returned to a mobile life, bathes at a bus station, and says he feels more alive yet fears hardship for a family.
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Blast blamed on Cuban exiles in Miami bank explosion
Police and fire units investigated a bomb blast that damaged a two story bank building in Miami's Little Havana. Windows of nearby buildings were blown out. An anonymous call to media blamed Omega 7, a militant Cuban exile group.
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UPI
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Omega 7
Snow melt floods Utah city as crews build canal to control water
In Salt Lake City and across northern Utah crews rushed to turn a four lane downtown street into a canal to manage flooding from Mountain Dell Reservoir. A 6 foot dike of plastic and sandbags was erected along 1300 South Street as about 30 people were evacuated to Red Cross shelters and engineers planned controlled releases into the Jordan River to prevent overflow into homes.
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Pearl River flood control plans eyed as river retreats
Jackson officials map full scale cleanup after Pearl River crest 9.6 feet above flood stage. Senate panel may fund 2.3 million for Pearl flood control. about 6,000 Jackson residents displaced. Mississippi River at Vicksburg expected crest with 1,200 evacuated. Gov Winter seeks disaster declarations for 24 counties amid 80 million dollars in damage.
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