Sunken ship hoards gold as salvagers target $1 billion haul
Off the South Carolina coast salvage crews on the SS Central America vow to stay through winter to recover as much as a billion dollars in gold and coins from the 1857 disaster. A 62 pound gold bar valued at about $270,000 and coins up to $20,000 each have been recovered as workers raise bars and coins from the sunken paddle wheel steamer traveling from Panama to New York when it sank in a hurricane.
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Charleston
S.C
Lois Ace OY
Vailidinans
Valled de Apreiegau Cacal
South Carolina
Central America
Panama
New York
Whistleblower Warns Brewery Over Polluted River Water
Michael Ford, a former Anheuser-Busch plant worker in Lysander, blew the whistle after reporting a four inch bypass hose and a rigged system sending dirty water into Seneca River. He lost his job and the company later paid 1 million in fines and penalties. Ford alerted state investigators, detailing how brewery by products moved to the wastewater plant under Route 31.
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Michael Ford
Seneca River
Ford
Anheuser-Busch
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Lysander
Aaron Guuumal
McHael Ford
CIS finds a buyer for Continental Inform assets
Continental Inform accepted a 420 million offer from CIS Acquisition Corp led by Harold Geneen. The deal pays 75 million in cash and 845 million in impacu and nrambenty notes for assets keeping Syracuse operations and 320 workers, while 450 worldwide. Shares fell to 0.375, creditors’ claims exceed 400 million, requires Bankruptcy Court approval.
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Continental Inform
ITT
Harold S. Geneen
CIS Acquisition Corp
DeWitt Company
Impacu
Geneen
Syracuse Computer Leasing
Continental Informa 11
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of
New York
Bomb blasts hit Bogota banks amid extradition moves
Four banks in Bogota were hit by blasts around 12:30 a.m. no injuries reported. Police unnamed spokesman said all banks damaged. Authorities linked the attacks to pressure over extradition of Medellin cartel figures Bernardo Pelaez Roldan and Guillermo Bueno Delgado, facing U.S. drug trafficking charges. The government mobilized emergency powers and deployed troops to Cali area cities amid new battles with traffickers.
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Bogota
Colombia
United States
Medellin
Medellin Cartel
Puerto Paca
Pacha
Barco
Bernardo Pelaez Roldan
Guillermo Bueno Delgado
National Security Department
FBI
Pelaez
Detroit
Justice Department
Washington
Bueno Delgado
Tallahassee
Fla
San Francisco
Grudge Turns to Mass Shooting at Printing Plant
Joseph Wesbecker, a 47 year old Gravure Corp pressman in Louisville, returned after being fired, killing several co workers and wounding 13 before shooting himself. Police say his permanent disability on mental illness contributed to his motive. Former coworker George Oswine recalls the vow to get even.
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Louisville
Joseph Wesbecker
Sever
al the
Olanaara Gravure Corp
Wesbecker
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