Fat Jaws Alligator Attacks Boy in Florida Lake
Six year old David Wayne Abbott was attacked while playing in Casa Linda Lake at Jacksonville Naval Air Station. An alligator bit his right leg, prompting 20 stitches and a hospital stay. Carolyn Higgins pulled him free from the eight foot reptile's jaws. Doctors warn the wound could have severed tendons or damaged the kneecap. Officials removed a nearby alligator and continue to hunt a second, believed to inhabit the lake but shy of people.
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Jacksonville
Fla
David Wayne Abbott
Fred Abbott
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Casa Linda Lake
Congress May Set Aside Fund Authorization
Washington AP Congress weighs scrapping Nixon era open ended funding for highway safety programs after 300000 traffic deaths in six years. Transportation Secretary Volpe seeks revisions to boost research testing public information and new safety standards with a one year funding limit at issue amid committee votes.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon Administration
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Why August Got Its Name and Other Calendar Oddities
A reflective piece tracing how months and weekdays got their names from pagan gods and Roman rulers, noting Julius Caesar and Augustus, Pope Gregory, and Norse deities. It contrasts ancient naming with Christian Western civilization and mentions Yellowstone, Old Faithful, horse evolution, and terrariums as aside facts.
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Caesar Augustus
Julius Caesar
Rome
Julius
Augustus
Highway Dept Plans Replacement For Atwood Bridge
The Highway Department announces a $2 million federal funded replacement for the Atwood Bridge over the 5. Canadian River on SH 48 with total project cost around $3.43 million. The plan follows the 1979 Highway Act provisions to fund hazardous bridge replacements. the bridge location may shift due to hazardous land, and construction aims to begin this fiscal year with nine other bridges to follow. Governor David Hall will attend a Holdenville luncheon on August 14 to announce the new bridge, joined by local legislators instrumental in listing Atwood among the ten worst bridges.
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The
Highway Department
Atwood
SH 48
David Hail
Holdenville
George Miller
Ada
Lonnie Abbott
Hugh Sandlin
Atwood Bridge
Proposed law to treat disabled as ill in police care
Legal experts from 80 states push for a uniform statute to require police to treat epileptics diabetics and other disabled individuals encountered in a dazed state as sick, not criminals, with officers seeking medical help and protecting privacy while shielding them from arrest. The measure, tentatively approved by about 200 experts, targets broad protection including alcoholics and drug victims.
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San Francisco
Georgia
Pennsylvania
National Conference of Commissioners On Uniform
Everett
Crossword Across Bundled Ag Batlinaer Eating Tool
Puzzle clues mix with garbled phrases and partial words. Several items mention light boot three toed and poison sloth while others refer to pronouns musical notes and foreign terms. The fragmentary text resembles a crossword style with scattered definitions and wordplay hints.
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Art Beeman
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al Smith
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South Shore Beauty Supply Company
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