Niagara replica rises as Erie marks ship's torchlit tale
Erie plans a Lake Erie tourist ship replica of the 1813 Niagara. Private and state funding total about 4.4 million dollars under master shipbuilder Melbourne Smith. Forty crew members and the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps rebuild the hull with hand tools, aiming for a Sept. 10 launch anniversary.
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Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Melbourne Smith
Annapolis
Carlton Reaves
Pennsylvania Conservation Corps
Reaves
Smith
Palm Beach
Fla
Baltimore
Put-in-Bay
Ohio
Great Lakes
United States
Perry
Misery Bay
Lake Ene
Coast Guard
Ohio set to sign open burning ban amid drought warnings
Governor Celeste planned to sign an executive order banning open burning statewide in Ohio due to extreme dryness. He would videotape public service announcements urging water conservation as farmers seek emergency loans and hay from a large relief convoy arrives to aid drought-stricken counties.
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Celeste
Ohio
Richard Celeste
State Fire Academy
Reynoldsburg
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Dean Simeral
Farm Bureau
Simeral
Columbus
Congress
Michael DeWine
National Weather Service
California
Clinton County
J. Brien McGarvey
McGarvey
Teamsters face rough path after Presser death
In Washington the Teamsters race to choose a new president amid calls for federal control and a potential internal revolt. Weldon Mathis and William J. McCarthy emerge as top contenders on the 17 member board, while indictments and a government trust loom over the union.
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Washington
Jackie Presser
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Presser
Teamsters
Weldon Mathis
William J. McCarthy
Boston
New England
Chicago
New York
Roy Williams
Union
Post
Mathis
Teamsters Local 728
Atlanta
Labor Department
Hamadi says Martyrs financed Iran shrine visit
Mohammed Ali Hamadi charged with air piracy and murder for the 1985 TWA hijacking said the Organization of Martyrs paid for his trip to Qom and Mashhad in Iran via Tehran. He claimed the 1985 visit date but later said he could not recall.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
Mohammed Ali Hamadi
TWA
Beirut
Organization of Martyrs
Iran
Hamadi
Qom
Mashhad
Tehran
Neetchiye Wene
Amal
Hezbollah
Lebanon
Athens
Rome
U.S. Navy
Robert Stethem
Waldorf
Maryland
Viets rescue three U S pilots from South China Sea
A Vietnamese destroyer rescued Lt. Richard K. Maurer Lt. jg. Elizabeth A. Steinnecker and Petty Officer 1st Class Michael A. Neel after their CT-39E jet ditched near the Spratly islands. The ship was taking them toward Vietnam with details pending.
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Manila
Philippines
South China Sea
Vietnam
Subic
Singapore
Spratly Islands
Cmdr
James van Sickle
Richard K. Maurer
Harvey’s Lake
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth A. Steinnecker
Corpus Christi
Texas
Michael A. Neel
Albuquerque
New Mexico
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Niagara
Sacramento
Calif
James Madison
Northwest Territory
Detroit
W.H. Powell
Capt
Lawrence
The
Associated Press
County Farmers Home Administration
Mammoth
Carolinas
Virginia
Ohio Department of
Natural Resources
Todd Ambs
Department
Division of Water
Northwest
South
Teamster Affairs
Joseph Trevotola
McCarthy
Trevotola
Burley
Iowa
Abdul-Hadi
Hezbol
Lah
Heiner Mueckenberger
Viets
U.S
China Sea
Information Office
Subic Naval Base
State Department
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