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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1977

Page

13

Torme Sues Over Immunity Question in Divorce Case

Mel Torme filed a federal suit seeking to block a state judge from holding him in contempt for refusing to answer if he tapped his estranged wife Janet Scott’s telephone. The suit asks whether immunity from prosecution for a federal offense applies during a state-ordered inquiry. A hearing was set as the divorce trial nears.

Los Angeles UPI Mel Torme Janet Scott Torme U.S Irving Hill

Carpenter named director of refuse division at Maxon Industries

Scott Carpenter, one of the seven original U S astronauts, is chosen to head the Maxon Industries division that makes man operated residential garbage trucks. In a separate item, Johnny Cash cannot perform at a West Virginia Federal Correctional Center for Women concert due to a tight schedule.

Los Angeles UPI Scott Carpenter U.S Carpenter Maxon Industries Alderson W.va West Virginia Johnny Cash Federal Correctional Center For Women Cash Roanoke Lewisburg Lou Robb

Federal Construction Job Boost for Women

The U S labor department plans rules for federal contractors to set goals and timetables to hire women in construction trades similar to minority hiring. Pending comments on the draft, the aim includes apprenticeships at about 20 percent for women and a 3 percent national female employment target, amid union opposition to quotas.

Washington U.S. Labor Department League of Women Voters Education Fund Labor Department Department

Firebreaks Hold as Hot Weather Returns to West

Firebreaks held against two major fires that have scorched 170000 acres of national parkland in California as hot spots remained out of control in remote areas. In Oregon a brush fire near Junction City destroyed two houses and a barn.

National California Oregon Junction City West

Experimental drug ara-A touted as major advance against virus diseases

NIH announced a new experimental drug ara-A successfully treated herpes encephalitis at 15 centers, reducing mortality from 70 percent to 28 percent. Parke-Davis manufactures the unpatented adenine arabinoside, with potential implications for other viral illnesses. Researchers led by Dr. Charles Alfred note the finding as a milestone in virus treatment.

Washington National Institutes of Health Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Company Detroit Charles Alfred University of Alabama

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