Balloonist Karl Thomas Missing as Coast Guard Expands Search
The U S Coast Guard broadened the Atlantic search for Karl Thomas missing over three days to include nine aircraft. The 27 year old balloonist, attempting a solo Atlantic crossing, had radio silence since Sunday night and sightings turned out to be false. The operation centers at Governor's Island with planes from Elizabeth City Detroit Woodbridge England Suffolk County N Y Iceland Bermuda and Halifax Nova Scotia. Thomas and his wife Michelle reside in Troy Michigan after leaving Lakehurst New Jersey Friday.
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Halifax
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Tall ships fleet sails toward New York July parade
About 135 sailing ships from some 30 nations gather at Newport Harbor heading for New York for a Fourth of July sail past. The American bark Eagle leads the fleet, a 295 foot Coast Guard training ship, with two Soviet square-riggers in the lineup. Spectator boats are expected to number around 20,000 as the fleet approaches New York and the Brooklyn Bridge presents height restrictions for tall masts.
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Three Clevelanders sentenced to die in police slaying
In Cleveland, three youths George Clayton 18 Duran Harris 19 and Dwain Farrow 18 were sentenced to death by electric chair for the shooting death of Bedford Heights police sergeant William A Prochazka during a store holdup on Nov 10 1975. A fourth suspect is still at large. In Mansfield a grain elevator at Early Daniels Co was destroyed by a fire prompting evacuations as flames reached 30 feet above the 120 foot structure damaging a credit union and nearby properties.
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Ohio crime victims may claim compensation up to 50000
Gov Rhodes signed a bill allowing crime victims and good samaritans who are injured while pursuing or preventing crime to seek up to 50000 in economic losses from the Court of Claims. The plan adds commissioners, requires examinations, and uses a new fund from court costs.
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David Hartley
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