Fire safety tips for family motorboats from NFPA guidance
Assistant Chief R H Ellison lists ten precautions to prevent fires aboard boats from fueling rules to proper extinguishers and fuel system standards. Emphasizes no smoking during fueling, marine approved stoves, ventilating engine compartments, drip pans for outboard motors, proper bilge drainage, and portable fuel tank removal while fueling. Also notes NFPA 302 recommendations and a Jetsons TV listing for Sunday night.
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R. H. Ellison
Bureau of Fire Prevention
Ellison
National Fire Protection Assa
International Fire Safety Organization
Gamblers Anonymous helps addicts beat the urge to bet
A San Francisco Gamblers Anonymous meeting features speakers who confess losses to gambling from petty theft to high stakes. The article notes GA's growth from 1957, its three stage recovery, the Fresno national convention, the shared support system, and the group prayer guiding members to accept change and seek help.
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Fresno
Calif
Gamblers Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Cedar Rapids to distribute cycling safety pamphlets
About 15,000 four page safety pamphlets will be handed to public and parochial school children during bike registration this month. Cedar Rapids police will give out the folders, a gift from the Cedar Rapids Association of Independent Insurance Agents. The project aims to raise awareness of cyclist safety with illustrated tips on riding practices and bicycle care.
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Cedar Rapids
Forced To Swim LISBON Life on the Tagus Gutted Pendant
More than 130 boys were forced to swim for their lives Wednesday when a ship anchored in the Tagus River near Lisbon was gutted. The Cedar Rapids Assn. of Insurance Agents held a training meeting at the Embassy club Tuesday noon.
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Lisbon
UPS
Cedar Rapids Assn
Iadenight
Tagus River
Embassy Club
Plastic Filter Will Halt Clots Blocking Blood
The University of Tennessee announced a plastic venous filter device developed by Dr. Robert Miles to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs. The one inch clip, placed in the vena cava, has five small holes to allow blood flow while blocking clots. tested on three patients at Baptist Hospital with no adverse effects after four months.
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Knoxville, Tenn
UPI
University of Tennessee
Robert Miles
University
Ohio taxi driver with two meters in mind
Toledo cabbie Richard Constantinoff, a poet who sometimes injects verse into his rides, says he stays anonymous with passengers. He has published in Atlantic Monthly and Poetry Magazine, holds a UMich degree from 1954, and chose taxi work to support poetry while preserving creative freedom.
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Ohio
Kansas City
Toledo
Richard Constantinoff
Constantinoff
Walt Whitman
Whitman
Atlantic Monthly
Poetry Magazine
The
University of
Michigan
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