Oil slick threatens Padre Island from Mexican well blowout
Corpus Christi reports a large oil slick from a Bay of Campeche well blowout, about 107 miles south of Texas. Federal monitors decline to forecast impacts on the Texas coast while Padre Island officials fear debris and oil may wash ashore along the island's beaches by weekend.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Gulf of Mexco
Padre Island
Padre Island National Seashore
Mexico
Bay of Campeche
Brownsville
Gulf
Bob Whistler
Bay
Campeche
UPI
Max Hancock
Carl Posey
Coast Guard
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rio Grande
Posey
NOAA
US -Mexico
Barrier Islands
Church feud ends in murder at Michigan church
A 69 year old woman, Mrs Roger Mae Wiley, is held on open murder charges for shooting Verdza Billings, 65, during a Bible class at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Pontia, Michigan. The feud over the church nurses unit led to the fatal shooting as witnesses report a derogatory remark before the attack.
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Pontiac Mich
UPI
Roger Mae Wiley
Verdza Billings
New Hope Missioner Baptist Church
Wiley
Robert Kirkman
Chronicle Telegram item Elyna notice
Elyna publication number referenced in Chronicle Telegram archive item with minimal readable details. No further context provided to identify event, date, or involved organizations.
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the Chronicle Telegram
East Avenue
Elyna
Chicago snowplow rampage driver sentenced amid Blizzard of ’79
Thomas Blair a 46 year old Cedar Lake Indiana snowplow operator pleaded guilty to reckless homicide after a rampage that killed one and damaged 34 cars during the Blizzard of 1979 He received 90 days in prison and two years probation in a Monday court appearance.
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Chicago
UPI
Thomas Blair
Blizzard
Blair
Cedar Lake
Ind
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