Urgent Warning On Pitching Machines From 1963 75
The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an urgent warning about automatic baseball pitching machines that have caused two cases of permanent severe brain damage and about 18 other injuries. Brands include Blazer Professional Range Pro-Trainer Olympia and Dudley Automatic Pitching Machine. Approximately 5 000 units from Commercial Mechanisms Inc were distributed to schools clubs and athletic groups. The pitching arm can release energy after unplugging or disconnecting and may separate becoming a lethal missile or pitch erratically.
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UPI
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Olympia
Commercial Mechanisms, Inc
Spring Park
Minn
Kansas City
High Rise Honeymoon at Omaha Shopping Center
Sam Money and his wife Bridgette spend a three week honeymoon in a tent trailer perched 25 feet above a Chicago or Omaha street intersection. They will win $1,000 and a Las Vegas trip as guests of a radio station changing its name. They have more than two weeks to claim the prizes.
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Bridgette
Dodge
Omaha
Las Vegas
Arabs Work to Ease Egypt Libyan Border Clash Tension
Cairo reports a border desert air and armor battle with both sides accusing the other of provocation. Arab League chief Mahmoud Riad seeks emergency talks while Yasir Arafat mediates after meeting Egyptian president Sadat. Both sides claim military actions and casualties. Libyan and Egyptian authorities offer conflicting tallies and no confirmed fatalities.
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Libya
Mahmoud Riad
Arab League
Riad
Palestine
Tripoli
Trawler Finds Long Necked Creature Off New Zealand
A Japanese trawler hauled a two ton, long necked, long tailed carcass from 1000 feet deep near Christchurch. Crew members kept 30 to 40 tissue pieces and four color photos for study. Scientists were cautious, suggesting possible dinosaur or Loch Ness type origin, while tissue was identified as shark fin by Tokyo experts.
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UPI
Ocean Fishery Resources Development Center
Christchurch
New Zealand
Keiji Nasu
Tsukiji
Japan
Michihiko Yano
Taiyo Fishery Co
Taiyo
Nasu
Mob Tie to Teamsters Fund Still a Worry
Washington based report notes UPI that investigators fear mob figure Allen Dorfman may seek control of the Teamsters central states health and welfare fund. Earlier actions forced resignations of 16 pension fund trustees and contracts with new managers after losses from loans to individuals with alleged crime ties.
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Ways and Means Oversight
Allen Dorfman
Senate
IRS
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Gas price controls gain House support in early compromise
Washington attention turns to energy policy as a 24 to 15 House ad hoc energy committee vote backs a modification raising the premium price for some natural gas. The plan, backed by Eckhardt and Wilson, would push wells into a new reservoir category with state certification and possible federal veto, aiming to boost production and influence Carter's energy package ahead of floor action.
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UPI
House
Carter
Texas
Bob Eckhardt
Charles Wilson
Federal Power Commission
Eckhardt
NSA Chief Denies U.S. Citizens Targeting Worldwide
Vice Admiral Inman stated before the Senate that the National Security Agency does not target any U.S. citizens, either domestically or abroad. The report also covers Brown heading to Korea to discuss troop withdrawal and arms transfer, Begin urging direct negotiations for Middle East peace, and other international events in Bangkok, Madrid, and Windhoek.
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API
Bobby R. Inman
National Security Agency
U.S
Inman
Senate Intelligence Committee
NSA
United States
New York
UPI
Menahem Begin
Middle East
Begin
Border Clash Continues Between Thai and Cambodian Forces
Thai troops backed by artillery and aircraft clash with Cambodian forces for a third day near the border in Aranyaprathet. Commanders report no new Thai deaths, with at least 17 Thai soldiers killed and about 50 wounded in the previous two days of fighting.
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Aranyaprathet
Thailand
Lance Deals Termed Proper Lance Deals Termed Proper
Washington AP reports Bert Lance's former bank deposited 200000 in Chicago's First National Bank a month before Lance's 3400000 loan. A Dietsch spokesman says no connection. loan funded stock buys at Lance's former bank. DOJ may probe compensating balance questions tied to the loan.
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Bert Lance
Chicago
Lance
Robert W Dietsch
Dietsch
National Bank of Georgia
First National Bank of Chicago
Georgia Bank
Comptroller of the Currency
Justice Department
Nicholas Poulos
Poulos
Gleason Chooses Miami Over Beach For TV Specials
Jackie Gleason will air two Honeymooners revival specials with Art Carney and Audrey Meadows. Filming moves from Miami Beach to Miami after the city balked at paying 15000 dollars in promotion costs, though Miami officials contributed 20000 dollars.
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Miami
UPI
Jackie Gleason
Miami Beach
America
Gleason
Art Carney
Audrey Meadows
Howell movement winners at Kenwood Park church game
Competition at Kenwood Park Presbyterian church Thursday produced Howell movement winners Lou Harrington and Clyde Nowlin first, Marilyn Burali-Forti and Lorraine Golembiewski second, and Mary Mullin with Joe Verbick third. Rubber bridge saw Helen Martin first, Mary Earley second, Carle Igon third. Next game is Thursday at 12:30 at the church. CHICAGO Ken Hixon and Joe Verbick of Cedar Rapids Iowa were among master point winners at the 1977 Summer North American Championships of the American Contract Bridge League in Chicago. They led in Open Pairs one day, part of four North American championships drawing 1,644 players and part of 7,000 players across 10 days of events.
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Ken Hixon
Joe Verbick
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
ACBL
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