Briefs

All missing hikers found in Grand Canyon

PHOENIX (AP) - Rescue crews have located a handful of hikers who were missing after flooding struck a remote part of the Grand Canyon, authorities said Tuesday.

Briefs

Maine church bell traced to Paul Revere

AUBURN, Maine (AP) - A bell housed in the tower of an old church on an Auburn lot has a connection to Paul Revere's brass and bronze foundry in Boston. Rudy Wing purchased the South Baptist Church property four years ago with plans to start a golf school.

Briefs

Man uses baseball bat to fend off burglar

LEOMINSTER (AP) - Said Salles says he was just trying to protect his wife and property when he used an aluminum baseball bat to bash the head of a man trying to break into his home.

But he also left a clue that helped lead police to a suspect.

Lotteries

TUESDAY Daily - 0-1-1-0. The payoffs based on a $1 bet were: Exact order, all four $4,563, first or last three $639, any two $55, any one $5; any order, all four $760, first three $213, last three $213.

A Look Back

50 YEARS AGO

Kenneth T. Walden, formerly of Northampton, has been named manager of the retaining ring division of the Ramsey Corp. in St. Louise, Mo. Mr. Walden joined the Ramsey Corp. in 1957 and served in various capacities in the service sales division.

Planned training overhaul to give Guard more time at home

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is determined to overhaul both training and active duty tours for the Army National Guard, but finding a way to give these part-time soldiers more time at home will cost over $128 million, The Associated Press has learned.

Widow of Confederate soldier dies

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Maudie White Hopkins, who grew up during the Depression in the hardscrabble Ozarks and married a Confederate army veteran 67 years her senior, has died. She was 93.

Floodwaters begin to recede in South Texas

McALLEN, Texas - Flooding receded Tuesday in southern Texas and main highways reopened after a deluge of as much as 13 inches of rain, as the drenching weather shifted to the northern end of the state and Oklahoma.

Fay strengthens over Florida

NAPLES, Fla. - Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening - once again - to become a hurricane.

Funeral homes amass abandoned ashes

BOSTON - The abandoned ashes are stacked floor to ceiling in the basement of the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, tucked neatly on wooden shelves and tables and in an unused dumbwaiter.

Someone loved the people once, enough to have their bodies cremated - then promptly forgot or decided they didn't want them.

Mashpee honors fallen sons

MASHPEE (AP) - Hundreds of mourners attended a candlelight vigil at the Mashpee Veterans Garden to honor two servicemen from the Cape Cod town who died last week.

The Monday night ceremony across from Mashpee Town Hall drew family and friends, as well as local officials, and some service members in military uniforms.

Reward offered in student's killing

BOSTON (AP) - A $25,000 reward has been posted in the unsolved slaying of a Northeastern University student.

The family of Rebecca Payne, along with the university and her former employer, Legal Sea Foods, posted the award Tuesday for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.