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Published 12:00 am Sunday, July 7, 2019
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Man arrested in death of original Mouseketeer — Authorities in Oregon have arrested a man in the death of an original member of Disney’s “The Mickey Mouse Club.” Oregon State Police said 36-year-old Daniel James Burda was taken into custody Friday on charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, abuse of a corpse, criminal mistreatment and identity theft in the death of Dennis Day. It’s unknown if Burda has an attorney. Day’s husband, Ernie Caswell, first reported him missing nearly a year ago while at the hospital with memory loss. Day’s body was then found at their Phoenix home in Oregon in April following a monthslong missing-person investigation. Neighbors say Burda had lived with the elderly couple at their Southern Oregon house. Day was a founding member of the Mickey Mouse Club for two seasons in the 1950s.
6 rescued from sinking salmon fishing boat on coast — Six people were rescued from a sinking boat on the Oregon Coast early Friday. The U.S. Coast Guard saved them from a 24-foot chartered salmon fishing boat. Five people were wearing life jackets while another held onto a flotation device in the 60-degree water. All were taken to a pier and evaluated by emergency medical services. A radio distress call for help was sent about 5:40 a.m. Friday while the boat was trying to cross the Umpqua River Bar in Winchester Bay. It had been hit with a hard wave across the bow, which broke a window and flooded the boat. The Coast Guard was assisted by two other civilian boats that were nearby.