Texan Earth Goes To New York Birth Ward
Linda LaPerre, a Texas native living in Scotia New York, had her first baby delivered in a New York hospital with a pouch of Texas soil placed under her during labor. She kept the pouch for luck and says Texas soil gives confidence and a boost. The incident, reported by The Associated Press, mixes Texan pride with a hospital birth in Schenectady County.
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Schenectady
Linda LaPerre
Texas
Paul
New York State
Mrs. LaPerre
Raymondville
Scotia
Schenectady County
New York
Dogcatcher gets the boot for dogging it
Rockville Maryland a dogcatcher Dennis D McCarthy 61 spent 18 months reading and listening to classical music before being suspended and possibly fired He was moved to the 25573 a year post in 1982 after 11 years with Montgomery County He says he is allergic to dogs and his job caused stress but medical exams show no animal allergies He declined to appeal calling it a chore and was replaced by acting animal control director Ferguson
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Rockville
Dennis D. McCarthy
Montgomery County
McCarthy
Exocet
Thomas B. Ferguson
David E. Wheeler
Ferguson
Three win Lotto jackpot split $18 million in Pa drawing
Harrisburg reports three winners will share $18,162,911.34 from the biggest U S lottery jackpot. Each gets $6,054,303.78 in 21 installments of $288,300.18 after Friday’s numbers 18 31 7 20 39 28. Winners urged to sign tickets and contact Middletown headquarters Tuesday.
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Harrisburg
Lottery
Middletown
Lynn R. Nelson
New Jersey
Chrysler UAW to resume contract talks in Detroit
Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers plan to restart negotiations halted in July. UAW President Owen Bieber said he had contacted key leaders to convene their Chrysler committees and engage the corporations promptly after a Friday talk with Chrysler Chairman Lee A. Iacocca.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
Owen Bieber
Chrysler
Marc Stepp
Bob White
Canada
Bieber
Lee A. Jacocea
Skeleton in closet: Modesto widow buried husband in closet
In Modesto California a 64 year old widow Linah Brantley hid her dead husband in a closet after he died in late 1970s. Workmen found the skeleton Aug 19 covered with clothes and plaster. Police say no charges likely beyond a health and safety violation with the statute expired.
Marines honor slain Lebanon Marines at memorial service
In a rainy Camp Lejeune chapel, hundreds mourned 2nd Lt. Donald Losey and Staff Sgt. Alexander Ortega. Col Johnston praised their hope for peace as Chaplain Majorana spoke, with wreaths, hymns, and comforting words from fellow Marines.
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Jacksonville
N.C
U.S
Lebanon
R.B. Johnston
Donald G. Losey
Alexander M. Ortega
Beirut
Camp Lejeune Marine Base
Losey
Winston-Salem
Ortega
Rochester
N.Y
John Majorana
Robin Lee Ortega
Robin
Johnston
8Th Marine Regiment
Winston- Salem
Parkcrest
D.J
New York
Bluford Leads Praise At Shuttle News Conference
Guion Bluford the first black American in space hailed the Challenger flight as a dream fulfilled and thanked crewmates Richard Truly Daniel Brandenstein Dale Gardner and William Thornton for a spectacular job. The five astronauts spoke at Johnson Space Center eight years after the last space to ground briefing during their fifth day in orbit answering questions about mission progress and space sickness study. Truly called the flight extremely successful and Thornton noted progress on his space sickness research while Bluford, a 1978 selected Air Force lieutenant colonel, said zero gravity work felt easy and could encourage more Black participation in the space program.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Guion Bluford
America
Space
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Truly
Thornton
Bluford
Air Force
Five premature quintuplets die within day in Alabama
Five premature quintuplets, the second US set born in the last two weeks, all died within 16 hours of delivery. The four girls and a boy, born four months early to Jan Roberts of Talladega, perished Friday. University of Alabama Medical Center spokesman John Wright confirmed the deaths.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jan Roberts
Talladega
John Wright
University of
Bama Medical Center
Wright
Roberts
U S Creates Largest Central America Drill With 5000 Troops
The United States launches Big Pine, a major Central American exercise with over 5000 ground troops and air personnel and more than 40 ships including three carriers and the New Jersey battleship. Defense Secretary Weinberger to visit Panama El Salvador and Honduras amid a warning to communist forces.
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Washington
United States
Central America
New Jersey
Reagan
Big Pine
Soviet Union
Cuba
Nicaragua
Defense
Caspar W.weinberger
Panama
el Salvador
Honduras
Retary
U.S
Pentagon
Weinberger
Protesters call Soviets murderers in nationwide wave
Demonstrators condemn the Soviet Union after the Korean Air Lines flight 007 incident. Omni Foods workers dump 350 dollars worth of Russian vodka to protest. Governors and officials withdraw from conferences, attendances canceled, and protests flare in major cities including San Francisco and Los Angeles. A $99 billion class action suit against the Soviet Union and Korean Air Lines is filed in San Francisco federal court.
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Omni Foods Inc
Omni
Spokane
Wash
Missoula
Mont
Evan Armstrong
New Jersey
Moscow
Idaho
Georgia
New Mexico
Soviet Union
Korean Air Lines
Thomas H. Kean
Geor
Gia
Zell Miller
San Francisco
Federal
Los Angeles
Sheryl Laurence
Clayton
Calif
Cleveland
Dianne Feinstein
David Hutchinson
Boonville
U.S. District Court
Melvin Belli
David Sabih
Labor Day Weather Outlook and Record Heat Across the South
The forecast predicts mainly clear tonight with a 60 degree low and southwest winds. The Labor Day weekend brings sun Saturday, with a mid 80s high, then scattered showers Monday and a chance of more rain Tuesday before fair Wednesday. Record heat scorched the Great Plains and South, with 108 degrees in Pierre and heavy rain from a tropical storm dousing Naples and Florida’s west coast. relief comes as rains aid farmers and soybeans.
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National Weather Service
Hancock International
Great Plains
Minnesota
Texas
Pierre
S.C
Florida
Naples
Fort Myers
Sarasota
Daytona Beach
Tampa
Edisto Beach
D.C
Weather data report for the date
The bulletin lists yesterday's high 81 and notes a low not shown, with a record high 97 in 1953 and record low 3S in 1941. Normal temperature 66. Sunset 7 36 pm and sunrise 6 32 am. The broadcast informs listeners NOAA and radio frequency 162550 MHL ug for 24 hour weather updates.
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National Oceanic and Arm
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