Scientist to make 6000 foot dive in Benthoscope test
Otis Barton, 48, prepares to descend 6000 feet in the Benthoscope off Santa Cruz Basin near Santa Barbara to push the depth record. The mission, backed by the Allen Hancock Foundation, includes instruments and cameras and aims to explore deep ocean life and resources. Barton previously co held the 3028 foot Bathysphere record with Dr William Beebe in 1934.
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Fredericksburg Readies For Its Annual Fair
Texas oldest Gillespie County fair prepares Aug 19 opening with race barns grandstand expansion and night entertainment. Livestock space filled, 100 plus horse stables booked, 50 60 more entries eyed. Baseball games, street parade and Gillespie Fair Band to perform during a three day event.
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Houstonian Charged In Assault on Girl 11
Marvin Hugh Bullock, 28, faced charges of statutory criminal assault on an 11 year old playmate after the girl told detectives he grabbed her when she paused with two other girls at his house to drink water. The incident occurred in Houston. Bullock works as a cement worker and was charged Friday.
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Driver Blamed In Fatal Bloomington Greyhound Crash
Coroner Robert E. Lyons ruled driver Wayne Cranmer at fault for a Greyhound bus crash near the Muddy Creek bridge that killed 16. He said Cranmer failed to clear the right abutment and stressed no mechanical failure. Investigations by ICC state police and fire marshal were ongoing.
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Guest Trapped By Hotel Blaze Saved
A woman was rescued from a sixth floor window ledge of the Missouri Hotel in Jefferson City after a blaze started around 2:45 am in a sixth floor room. Fireman John Grisham used an 85 foot ladder to reach Mrs Ethel A Barnhouse of Seattle who cried for help as the fire alarm sounded. The hotel guest A F Noecer of Clayton, Missouri died of a heart attack during the incident. Mrs Barnhouse was en route to Ottawa, Kansas to visit relatives.
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Ethel A. Barnhouse
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John Grisham
Wife Seeker Offers Hawaiian Honeymoon for Bride
St Joseph Missouri reports a Colorado rancher, 28, seeks a wife via a newspaper ad and promises a Hawaiian honeymoon as grand prize. The ad follows a prior success that led to Charles Donelson’s marriage after more than 200 responses.
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US Marshal Refunds Overpayment of Cent
US Marshal J R Wright refunded a Oklahoma City law firm one cent after discovering a payment of 2.19 dollars but total fees were 0.82 dollars. The mishap involved the Fort Worth office and occurred on a Friday. The firm had sent a check for fees, which Wright corrected to reflect the proper amount.
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J. R
Red) Wright
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Penicillin Linked To Hairy Tongue in Patients
Dr Samuel Wolfson of Los Angeles reports in JAMA four cases of a hairy tongue condition linked to penicillin use. He notes 2 percent of studied penicillin users show the symptom with onset within 46 hours and hairlike filaments up to half an inch. tongue hairs typically vanish about a month after stopping treatment.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
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New Berlin Blockade Reported at Helmstedt Checkpoint
BERLIN August 12 (UP) The Russians reportedly imposed a new restriction during a four hour period on Berlin trucks allowed to pass the Helmstedt checkpoint.
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Fast New Cruiser Roanoke Joins Naevys Fleet
The USS Roanoke is reported as one of Naevys newest cruisers. It is described with a speed of 1 knot, indicating a rapid entry into service and signaling enhanced naval capabilities.
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Houston KKK Cross a Childish Prank Sparks Little Alarm
In Houston on Friday police described a late Thursday night cross with a small KKK sign as a childlike prank. A motorist stopped briefly to investigate while nearby residents, including several hundred yards away, were largely unperturbed and unaware of any injury. Police photographed the display and then knocked it over with a stick.
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