Dennis Ketcham recalls life with Dennis the Menace
Dennis Ketcham, Hank Ketcham’s son, recalls a tough childhood marked by being the model for Dennis the Menace. He served with the Marines in Vietnam and worked at the Ohio Penitentiary before settling in Circleville with his wife and young daughter. He says the comic helped make growing up harder and notes a tentative reconnection with his father, who lives with his new wife in Switzerland.
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Rosemary Armao
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Mr. Wilson
Dennis the Menace
Dennis Ketcham
Hank Ketcham
Real Dennis
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Vietnam
Ohio Penitentiary
Circleville
Ketcham
Dennis
Arizona
California
Roxanna Waites
Jennifer
Bob
Switzerland
Dennis (the Menace
Ohio
Nation faces drought as bitter winter ends
Winter '77 closes but drought looms over West and Midwest. Iowa Wisconsin and Missouri report heavy crop losses and disaster designations. Oregon California and Kansas fear million dollar losses and water shortages loom. Navajo cattle deaths cited. power shortages risk in California. irrigation districts in Washington struggle for supply.
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John Lesar
United Press International
Iowa
Paul Waite
Midwest
Wisconsin
High court ends gag on juvenile crime reporting
The Supreme Court ruled newspapers may continue naming a juvenile when his name has already surfaced in a widely reported public court proceeding. The decision reverses an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling upholding a gag order by Judge Charles Halley to protect Larry Donnel Brewer in a case tied to a railroad worker’s death.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Charles E. Halley
Larry Donnel Brewer
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Oklahoma
Brewer
Oklahoma City Times
Daily Oklahoman
Sunday Oklahoman
Military bases face more cuts across the United States
Defense Secretary Harold Brown warns the Carter administration will expand base closures and realignments. The moves could affect more than 6,400 civilian jobs in 40 states as studies determine further bases to close or cut. Brown says more bases will close to save about 264 million annually amid the current realignment. Forecast calls for clearing tonight and sunny tomorrow.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Harold Brown
Carter Administration
Defense O
Defense Department
Pentagon
Brown
Bat Brown
Drought Forces Many To Leave And Others Stay Hopeful
The drought drives farmers like Ron Kmieck to quit farming in North Dakota after two hard years of failed corn and soybeans. It reaches 24 states with dry wells, empty lakes, and dust storms, threatening the wheat crop and triggering warnings of water rationing and costly farm losses.
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Peter M. Kelly Denver
UPI
Ron Kmieck
North Dakota
Kmieck
California
High Plains
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Pacific
Canada
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Minnesota
Albert Piescowicz
Beloit
Wis
Seattle
Gordon Vickery
Rockies
Sierras
Oregon
Bob Straub
West drought grips 13 states across the West
A 13 state breakdown on Western drought effects lists Arizona water supplies lasting two years, California summer blackouts and low Sierra snowpack, Colorado losses at 86 million, dust storms threatening wheat, Iowa and Minnesota drought impacts, Kansas groundwater drops and towns in shortage, Missouri wheat destruction, Montana emergency task force. The report notes federal drought disaster declarations and cloud seeding proposals as drought persists.
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Colorado
J. Evan Goulding
Carter
Missouri
Jack Runyan
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Kansas
Washington State
Seattle Light
Montana
Wyoming
Minnesota
New Mexico
Colorado Rockies
Ford
Vail
Colo
California
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
United Press International
Arizona
San Carlos
Sierra Mountain
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Kansas Water Resources Board
Mid-State Ag
Nebraska
Thomas Judge
Bonneville Power Administration
Columbia River Basin
Adley mine rescue and historical notes prompt hopeful cries
Adley family awaits news as Ronald Adley, trapped a coal mine for 116 hours, is freed after rescuers reach him Sunday. A somber scene follows as two other miners are found dead. Seismic tools monitor for life signals while the ad hoc relief effort continues.
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Ronald Adley
Independence vote echoed as history records its 200th anniversary
In a page-long note the journal reflects on politics and polls, remarking that with nationwide indecision the nation marks two centuries since its independence vote. The piece blends editorial tone with a historical nod to the milestone and public sentiment remains unsettled.
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Adley
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Mars
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Ford Motor Co
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Rhine
Remagen
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Europe
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Ronald
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