Doria salvage ends with lost safe and new hull findings
The Andrea Doria expedition ends without recovering one of two safes believed loaded with jewels and currency. Led by Peter Gimbel, the Sea Level 11 crew depart Montauk after two weeks near Nantucket, having revealed massive hull damage and a giant hole confirming the sinking cause.
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Montaur
UPI
Andrea Doria
Stockholm
Montauk
Peter Gimbel
Atlantic Ocean
Gimbel
Nantucket
Pickard
Niagara divers seek treasure in river bed
Niagara River treasure seekers pursue sunken gold and silver from the Anthony Wayne. Joseph Ruhlmann of Cheektowaga estimates the stash could be worth about 80 million dollars, while divers including John Kuwik and Ruhlmann’s son recount finds like a 2000 pound anchor and a junkyard of junk along the river bottom.
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Buffalo
Niagara River
Andrea Doria
Joseph Ruhlmann
Cheektowaga
Ruhlmann
Anthony Wayne
John Kuwik
West Seneca
Joseph J
Buffalo group to meet Walesa in Poland trip highlights visit
A 25 member Buffalonians delegation visits Poland for eight days with leaders from religious, political and ethnic groups and reporters. They planned a tour of Auschwitz and a meeting with Lech Walesa in Warsaw. A symbolic $305,000 check from Western New York and Southern Canada funds food and medicine for Poland.
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Buffalo
Erie County
Thomas M. Fricano
United Auto Workers
New York
Warsaw
Gdansk
Auschwitz
Walesa
Brian Rusk
Polish American Congress
Fricano
Richard B. Solecki
Rusk
Canada
Poland
Baby still missing after fall near Niagara Falls
Hesham Sayegh, two months old, disappeared after slipping from Dania Sayegh’s arms at Niagara Falls. Authorities search the Niagara River below the falls 214 days after the incident as Ontario crown attorney and Niagara Regional Police advance the preliminary investigation.
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Niagara Falls
Ontario
Niagara River
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara
Hesham Sayegh
Dania Sayegh
Scarborough
Hesham
Collapse of Two Hell's Kitchen Tenements Kills Delicatessen Worker
Authorities comb the ruins of two 19th century four story buildings in Hell's Kitchen after a dawn collapse that killed Ahmed Nasser, 60, who was tending a delicatessen cash register on the first floor. Five injured, four in satisfactory condition at St. Clare's Hospital. Next door apartments collapsed, triggering the disaster. Residents recall a cloud of dust and sudden destruction as bricks rained down.
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New York
St. Clare’s Hospital
Ahmed Nasser
Richard Hinds
Port Authority
Sailboaters called to cruiser tragedy hearing
Coast Guard summons Thomas Tucker and wife Willie to testify about sightings from their sailboat near the Karen E. wreck in Long Island Sound. A hearing led by Cmdr. Joseph Smith seeks to determine if the 36 foot yacht was rammed by a towed barge near midnight on August 5, as multiple deaths are confirmed including Karen Elizabeth Lublin and Tina Markoski along with two Mar Koski parents.
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Tom Crane
NEW York
Coast Guard
Thomas Tucker
Willie
Karen E
Long Island Sound
Cmdr
Joseph Smith
Lublin
David McAllister
Newport
R.I
Joan
Karen Elizabeth
Karen
Tina Markoski
Tina
Thomas
Rose Markoski
Downstate New York Sales Tax Rises in NYC and Counties
A 0.25 percent sales tax hike takes effect in New York City and seven adjacent counties, lifting NYC Yonkers to 8 percent and surrounding areas to 4 to 7 percent. The levy, part of a five‑part package, aims to raise 792 million for the MTA over two years with first collections due Oct 1.
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Albany
UPI
New York
New York City
Yonkers
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA
Dutchess
Nassau
Orange
Putnam
Rockland
Suffolk
Westchester
Emergency telephones to go dead on Adirondack Northway
The 710 emergency phones along the 167 mile Adirondack Northway will be disconnected on October 1 after a 13 year run. Usage has declined from a 1971 peak of 10,400 calls to 2,085 in the first half of 1981, with annual costs rising from 130,000 dollars to 277,000. Each call costs the state about 66 dollars.
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Albany
Adirondack Northway
Jack Devine
State Department of Transportation
Devine
New York
Northway
Interstate 87
Newspaper Subscription Rates for New York and Out-of-State
Herald Journal lists mail subscription prices for various plans including daily and Sunday paper options, across New York zones and outside New York state. Rates show paper costs plus postage and total amounts for 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year.
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Herald-Journal
The
Herald Co
Syracuse
N.Y
New York State
MS Daily Lyr
W.Y
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Lena Horne
Manhattan
Tennis
Lynda Carter
Andrea Jaeger
Chris Evert Lloyd
March of Dimes
Melanie Corter
Carter
Women’s Tennis Association
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Winds
Tuckers
Philadelphia
Connecticut River
Richard Lublin
Hart
Heqdootootee
Sara Lee
P.O. Box
Clinton
Iowa
U.S. A
Consolidated Foods
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