Lifeboat Heroism Between Uncle And Nephew On Sea Voyage
William Quinlan sacrificed himself to save his 18 year old nephew Dave Lucas during a hurricane tossed trip to the Galapagos. With only 50 ounces of water and 30 ounces of candy, Quinlan chose to go overboard and swim away to certain death after writing a farewell to his wife and children. Lucas, rescued two days later, returned to San Diego to reunite with his mother and stepfather and recount the ordeal on the dock.
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San Diego
UPI
William Quinlan
Dave Lucas
Arcata
Calif
Lucas
Quinlan
San
Diego
Galapagos Islands
Tong Sea
College of the Redwoods
Fanatically religious husband drives family tragedy
In Salt Lake City a distraught widow identified as Rachel David hurled seven children from a ninth floor hotel balcony before leaping to her death. Four children died. three remained critically injured. David and her husband Manuel, a self-styled religious leader, had lived in local hotels while police investigate their deaths and the couple’s sect. Witness Felix Palacios described the events as bystanders shouted warnings during the morning rush hour.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
International Dunes Hotel
Rachel David
Manuel David
Duchesne
Utah
David
Nick Paloukos
International Dunes
Bruce David Longo
Salt Lake Valley
Felix Palacios
Palacios
ICU Recovery After Heart Surgery Described in Time Capsule
The passage portrays a patient in the Intensive Care Unit after heart surgery, sleeping most of the time while waking to a kaleidoscope of sounds and pain. Tubes and machines monitor and support life functions in a stark, clinical setting.
Open Heart No 4 in a series by eT Reporter Karel Neikirk
The piece describes a patient enduring open heart surgery at Elyria Memorial Hospital on May 2, 1978 after chest pains post dental work. The account details a five hour operation, surrounded by a six member surgical team, and notes the patient as the 34th EMH open heart case.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Yvonne Hazlett
EMH
Floods close LBJ ranch entrances threaten grave site
In Stonewall Texas flood waters after 20 inch rains closed entrances to the LBJ Ranch and crested near the cemetery where Lyndon B. Johnson lies. A National Weather Service bulletin warned of further rises and officials said conditions could worsen if water climbs another three to four feet.
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Stonewall, Texas
UPI
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
National Weather Service
Harold Woods
LBJ State Park
Market hits record during NYSE first hour
Market prices surged as Wall Street opened with the New York Stock Exchange recording a record start in the opening hour. Page E-3 provides details on the performance and key movers.
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Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Bomb suspect linked to school bombing in Beachwood
Police said George J. Cicero 48 Warrensville Heights admitted involvement in a $100,000 bombing at Fairmount Elementary Beachwood. Authorities found eight dynamite cases in his store and three bombs in his apartment along with a list of local schools.
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Cleveland
API
Beachwood
George J. Cicero
Warrensville Heights
Fairmount
Warrensville
Joan J. Joyce
Cicero
Weather outlook: cloudy, cool with passing storms
Cloudy and cool tonight with scattered thundershowers and lows 55 to 60. Friday becomes mostly sunny and mild. Tonight’s rain chance is 20 percent, tomorrow 10 percent. Details on page C-5.
Soviet court fines US reporters over libel retractions
A Moscow court fined Craig Whitney of The New York Times and Harold Piper of the Baltimore Sun $72.50 each for missing an earlier retraction deadline and ordered five more days to print corrections. Judge Leo Almazov warned of possible measures, including withdrawal of accreditation or confiscation of property, if they do not pay. The papers plan to pay court costs instead of retracting the articles.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Leo Almazov
Craig Whitney
New York Times
Harold Piper
Baltimore Sun
Almazov
I broke through the new Rt 2 road opening in Cleveland
The narrator boasts of driving east on the new stretch of Rt 2 in Cleveland at 3:30 pm amid speeches by local dignitaries including Governor Rhodes and mayors, claims there was no enforcement, and recalls the crowd, traffic control, and a missed check on the return trip.
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Rt. 2
West 140Th St
West 117Th St
Cleveland
Road Department
Dennis Kucinich
Governor Rhodes
Lakewood
West Side
James A. Rhodes
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Marmaduke
Oberlin College
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Richard Young
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Dave Zapotosky
Sylvester Cicero
Elizabeth Cicero
Baeere
Renee DI
Wellington
Durkee
Jubbe
C-T
Pete Rose
Warren Road
Rob Durkee
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