Disabled climbers scale Mount Rainier despite setback
Paradise Washington (UPI) nine of eleven disabled climbers reached the 14 410 foot summit as part of International Year of the Handicapped. Five blind, two deaf, an epileptic and an amputee among the group. Icefall danger during descent at Disappointment Cleaver caused chaos but the rope team narrowly escaped with injuries few.
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Fourth of July traffic toll nears two hundred
United Press International reports the mid Saturday count shows 189 traffic deaths in the long holiday weekend. Texas leads with 24 deaths, followed by North Carolina 16 and Michigan 11, with several states trailing.
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Atlanta suspect linked to others in slayings case
UPI reports Wayne B Williams faces charges in the Cater murder and investigators link him to additional Atlanta killings. Fiber evidence from Williamss home and his dog companion matches fibers found on Cater and other victims as prosecutors consider a multi murder case.
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Cancer victim evicted by NIH dies at 19
Joseph Kreuter, a Washington area cancer patient expelled from the National Institute of Health in 1980 for disciplinary reasons after three years of treatment, died Wednesday in Arlington Virginia. He had wandered the streets after eviction, was robbed, and later became a volunteer at the St. Francis Center’s Healing Heart program. The Washington Post reported his death and past statements about his hopes for college and basketball before cancer changed his life.
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