Driver Charged in Fatal Truck Wreck in Tennessee
A warrant charges Erwin Schmidt of Alamogordo New Mexico with murder by drunk driving after a truck carrying Louisiana sect members plunged 100 feet into a ravine in Grundy County. Four killed. Schmidt reportedly injured and in hospital. blood test results pending.
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Monteagle
Tenn
Louisiana
Bill Killian
Erwin Schmidt
Alamogordo
N.M
Bill Pope
Schmidt
Coffee County Hospital
Manchester
Jerry Millsaps
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Millsaps
Circuit Court
Altamont
Grundy County
Walus Identified as Former Gestapo Agent in Poland
Polish speaking witness David Gelbhauer identified Frank Walus as the Gestapo officer who ordered a Jewish woman to disrobe and shot her in Czestochowa in 1942. Prosecutors plan to call multiple witnesses. defense cross examination proceeded as court adjourned.
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Walus
Gestapo
Chicago
South Side
David Gelbhauer
Batyam
Israel
Frank Walus
Gelbhauer
Czestochowa
Poland
Wallis
Two No Trump Opening Leads to Questionable Play in Bridge
In a 1978 Chicago Tribune bridge note, South opens 2NT with a strong hand, North probes for a four card major, and the ensuing play in 3NT hinges on club distribution. The critic argues the declarer miscounted and could have forced ten tricks by a different club line, while noting the need to foresee West and East safety threats.
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Queen of
South
North
West
Declarer
Queen of Hearts
East
Ice Jam Threat Triggers Nebraska Flood Evacuations
Ice jam on the Elkhorn River near the Platte threatens renewed flooding as water levels rise. Four thousand residents have fled, with at least 250 million in property damage. Authorities warn the jam could release and push water toward Plattsmouth and Louisville as officials seek federal disaster aid.
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Douglas County
Plattsmouth
Louisville
Missouri River
Iowa
Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center
Lincoln
J.J. Exon
Carter
Exon
Fremont
Platte
Omaha
Evacuees in Valley Nebraska Face Rapid Flood Push
Roy Gilliam aged 90 and his 78 year old wife fled their home in Valley with only the clothes on their backs as the Platte River flood forced a mass evacuation of 4 000 people in seven eastern Nebraska counties. A 71 year old widow near North Bend was found dead in flood waters. she was the only fatality reported.
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Omaha, Neb
Roy Gilliam
Valley
Neb
Platte River
Nebraska
Emily Hedges
North Bend
Dodge County
Gilliams
Gilliam
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Scated Press
Scott Wood
Charlottesville
U.S
Julius Hoffman
Gellhauer
Walls
Star
Warren County Front Royal
Classified
Charles H. Goren
Omar Sharif
Chicago Tribune
Gaynor Vann
Winchester & Northern Va
B&m
Cadillag
Winchester
National Weather Service
Elkhorn
Richard Weinstedt
Life OF America Insurance Corp. of
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Broad St
Mass
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