Hugo Heads Ashore as Carolinas Brace for Hurricane
Residents along the Atlantic coast awaited landfall as Hugo neared shore with 110 mph winds, the strongest in a decade. The storm hammered the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and forecasters warned of widespread flooding and potential impacts reaching as far as the Northeast. Charleston opened emergency shelters and prepared a mandatory evacuation as authorities urged residents to leave vulnerable areas.
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Virgin Islands
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Charleston
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Weather Outlook Gray Cloudy Friday Rain Develops
A weather brief notes a gray night followed by a cloudy Friday with rain developing during the afternoon. Details reference A2.
Rolling Stones open Dome party to extra fans
Promoters tried to sell a surprise Dome concert by the Rolling Stones opening to 1000 more fans but word did not reach many. An unexpected 15-foot bleacher swath was left unused on each side of the stage while ticket lines formed late.
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Rolling Stones
Jim Narrie
Biles
Bais
SSG
Survivors recount East River crash on USAir flight
Brooklyn social worker Larry Martin and his wife Valerie describe the chaotic moments after USAir Boeing 737 stalled at takeoff and plunged toward the water. They say passengers were urged to exit via doors and slides into a dark, wet catastrophe as the plane slid into the river. Flight had been nearly four hours late before departing at 11 15 p.m. on Wednesday. THE DRENCHED, Page 44
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East River
Usair
Larry Martin
Brooklyn
Valerie
Martin
Plane crash at LaGuardia kills two in East River
A USAv Boeing 737-400 aborted takeoff at LaGuardia and splintered into three parts, with nose atop pylons and wing sections in water. Two passengers died, 45 hospitalized, up to six missing as Coast Guard searched. Officials said weather was not a factor. airport reopened six hours later.
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Usav
East River
Tom Newberry
New York City
LaGuardia
Coast Guard
Susan Young
Charlotte
N.C
Ed Koch
Stephen Berger
Port Authoriy
Larry Johnston
Taxpayers buy cars for county workers headline
Taxpayers fund cars for more than 150 county workers as lawmakers consider an 8.8 percent tax hike next year. County Executive Nicholas Pirro reportedly drives a 1988 Pontiac Bonneville and Edward L. Griffin a 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity, with other officials including Drainage and Sanitation Commissioner John also listed in the county review.
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Herald-Journal
Nicholas Pirro
Edward L. Griffin
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Python snake encounter leaves officer scratched and unsure of length
Investigator Mark Hogan was bitten by a non poisonous reticulated python on West Newell Street and required a tetanus shot. Disputes over length arise as Phinney says four feet while Hogan estimates fourteen feet with eyeing a possible twenty feet tomorrow. The snake was captured with a broomstick and taken to Phinney’s Pets pending owner identification.
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Crocodile Dundee
Tim Phinney
Phinney
South Geddes Street
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New York
James Boynton
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