Segregated Maryland reunion saddens black leaders
The Grand Homecoming reunion at Somerset County Civic Center gathers Washington High School alumni from the 1940s to 1960s. Organizers say it honors old era music and culture, while black leaders note ongoing racial divisions on Maryland's Eastern Shore and limited integration since the 1960s.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Chesapeake Bay
Leon Johnson
Somerset County
Mickey Wigglesworth
Somerset County Civic Center
Washington High
Kirkland Hall
NAACP
Eastern Shore
Cambridge
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Maryland State College
Maryland
After Ivan Chucky the gator found on Ala coast
A 14 foot 1 000 pound alligator named Chucky escaped during Hurricane Ivan from the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo and was tracked to a ditch on the zoo property by volunteers police and state troopers. He was captured and moved to a temporary den while the pond is repaired.
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Chucky
Ala
Gulf Shores
Alabama Gulf Coast
Woman and baby slain in Connecticut park murder
In Addis Park along the Housatonic River in New Milford a 31-year-old woman Lisa Aviles and her 4-month-old son Damien Stone were found stabbed to death. Police identified a person of interest and autopsies confirmed multiple stab wounds.
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New Milford
Conn
Housatonic River
Connecticut
Lisa Aviles
Damien Stone
Addis Park
Aviles
J. Paul Vance
Keith Mitchell
Vance
Cops and EMTs to get lotion for chemical attack treatment
The Army will allow emergency responders to obtain Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion ASDL after FDA clearance in 2003. The move enables police, fire departments, the State Department, Capitol Police, and NATO partners to stockpile the product for chemical attack victims. The lotion neutralizes mustard gas sarin and other agents.
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United States
Food and Drug Administration
Army
O’dell Engineering
State Department
U.S
NATO
Japan
Tokyo
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