Anniversary joy turns to tragic loss in Decatur
In Decatur Georgia Mr and Mrs Edger Darnell celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary hours before his sudden death from complications after strokes. Mrs Darnell waited outside DeKalb General Hospital emergency room as his condition worsened and he died at 9 20 am. The couple, high school sweethearts who eloped in 1905 in Tate Georgia, had long shared a life of devotion with family recalling their long marriage and the interrupted anniversary party planned for Fountainist Convalescent Center.
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Tate, Ga
Newark Football League Tryouts Open to Boys and Cheerleaders
Newark Football League announces tryouts for boys aged 16 to 16 at Newark High School starting 10 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday. The league also seeks female cheerleaders ages 10 to 15.
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Newark Football League
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Salvation Army Opens Newark Center at New Headquarters
The Newark Service Center of the Salvation Army hosts an open house from 12 to 4 p.m. to celebrate its new headquarters at 7322 Thornton Ave. Viola Blythe, service director, previously ran the center from her home.
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Newark
Kennedy Won't Seek 1978 Presidential Nomination Says ONeill
House Democratic leader Thomas ONeill said he now believes Senator Edward Kennedy will not run for president in 1978. ONeill had previously predicted Kennedy would be a candidate after Kennedy told him he would not pursue the nomination.
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Group sponsors more Vietnamese refugees in Issaquah
ISSAQUAH WASH UPI Seven more Vietnamese refugees arrive with sponsors from the Issaquah Community Aid for Vietnamese including Huy Binh Dao his wife and five children A ninth member family of nine is due next Wednesday The effort began from a church program at Our Savior Lutheran Church and expanded with Pine Lake Presbyterian and six other local churches joining in including Foothills Baptist Communi Baptist Covenant Presbyterian St Michael's Episcopal Issaquah Christian and Wilburn Lutheran Churches
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Pine Lake
Farm Bureau chief accuses AFL-CIO of sabotaging trade
William J. Kubfuss, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, accused the AFL-CIO of sabotaging American trade policy by opposing grain sales to the Soviet Union. He said union action harms the national economy and increases food costs by masking higher labor costs and seeking special privileges for maritime unions.
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Soviet Union
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Asswiliun
United States
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U N pullout bill introduced in Senate
Senator Lloyd Bemsen and Republican Leader Hugh Scott sponsor legislation granting the president power to withdraw the United States from the United Nations if another member nation is expelled. The bill would cut funding to any U N body that discriminates against a member nation amid threats to expel Israel, South Korea, and South Africa.
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Theater row erupts over onstage insult and exits
In a public clash during rehearsals Moseley and Kirschbaum dispute a televised insult to Mrs Moseley. Moseley pulls his daughter from the cast, demands a public apology, and leaves the show while Kirschbaum defends director authority and vows no return.
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Restructuring of school priorities backed by CTA group
Lavone King urged the California Teacher Association board to push a statewide campaign pressuring the legislature and governor to restructure funding priorities for schools. About 45 local CTA leaders met in Dublin while thousands of teachers across Alameda and Contra Costa counties await action.
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San Francisco
Teachers Seek Public Aid For Bill In Sacramento
Teachers press for state aid as schools plan to open next month if Sacramento acts. Brown withholds support until public education reforms meet his standards. Four reform task forces work on proposals while a community finance outreach and door-to-door canvass are organized.
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Senate votes partial Turkish arms embargo lifting
The Senate approved a partial lifting of the Turkish arms embargo but House delays doom any chance of final passage before recess. House leadership failed to move the bill as Rules Chairman Madden blocked action, while administration lobbying sought to sway Turkey amid still tense relations over seized American assets.
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Rules Comemition
Ray Madden
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White House
Holainki
Missing Hoffa Feared Dead After Disappearance
Police said Jimmy Hoffa 62 was last heard testing a meeting, then vanished after a call directed authorities to a Pontiac car lot. A Teamsters leader and Hoffa’s family fear murder. no signs of struggle or kidnap evidence, authorities say, with FBI not yet involved.
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FBI
Tri City area firemen battle multiple blazes in a day
A series of grass and house fires kept Tri City firefighters busy. A 472 Hoyt Street Fremont home suffered 10000 in property damage with 12000 in contents loss. Firefighters battled five minutes to extinguish. Other fires on Mill Creek Road and Coyote Hills burned about 10 acres each. A Paseo Padre brush fire near railroad tracks took six units and 22 men about 2.5 hours to extinguish with three acres burned. No injuries reported. A large five alarm blaze near Dublin drew help from Tri Valley and East Bay agencies after 4 p.m. The cause remains under investigation and may involve a discarded match.
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Fremont
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Farm product prices rise 3 percent in July reports
The Agriculture Department said the July 15 farm price index rose due to higher prices for wheat soybeans hogs potatoes and cotton. Wheat hit 3.39 a bushel up 41 cents from June but 71 cents below a year earlier while cattle fell 2.30 to 96.20 per cwt and hogs climbed 6.80 to 54.10 amid tight supplies.
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