Ultimate Way of Living on Guemes Island
Richard Werner and his family choose Guemes Island in the San Juans for a self described ideal life. The family splits work between a winter ski resort in the Cascades and a summer marina on Loper Island, living in a ten bedroom home amid woods. The piece contrasts island life with mainland routines, noting their rare commute and tight community of about 200 residents.
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Guemes Island
Wash
Richard Werner
San Juan Islands
Werner
Long Island
Dartmouth
Rosario Strait
Anacortes
Seattle
Fidalgo Island
Cascades
Mt. Pilta
Loper Island
Sesplane
Guemes
Mainland
San Juans
Bankrupt Travel Agency in Cincinnati Ohio Faces Debt Claims
AP reports World Academy Inc filed for bankruptcy in Cincinnati with assets listed at about 1.92 million and debts near 2.34 million. The firm owes foreign travel agents and students across Europe, with many trips altered or canceled and assets valued at 800 thousand. Tyler, attorney for the academy, says most students have returned from Europe as creditors await evaluation of claims.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
World Academy, Inc
U.S
Smith Tyler
Academy
Europe
Petit
Tyler
I Dent
Stu
Ice box raid tale colors Christchurch court scene
In Christchurch England a kitchen raid case unfolds with defendants awaiting appearance as work starts on a new police station and magistrates court. The Marseilles bound team plans return August 9 after funding their own trip. A $25 million game reference appears in the scattered text.
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Europe
Marseilles
New Court
Christchurch
England
Death Valley trekker eyeing Matterhorn climb next year
Army Sgt. Jack Nelson walked 1 4 mile across Death Valley and plans to climb high peaks such as the Matterhorn. He praises the Cascades near his home in Washington state and laments summer traffic while island life in the San Juan Islands offers privacy. Local residents protested a proposed aluminum plant on Lopez Island leading to Spencer Spit State Park creation.
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Werner
San Juan Islands
Lopez Island
State of Washington
Lopez
Spencer Spit
Nuclear probe hunts ocean minerals using californium-252
A nuclear probe using Californium-252, housed in a sealed stainless cylinder, detects minerals on the ocean floor by neutrons and gamma rays. Tested by Battelle Northwest and Northwest Marine Research Laboratory, the device operates to 1000 feet depth and analyzes a three inch diameter patch in situ.
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UFS
Battelle-Northwest Laboratories
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Instituté
Northwest Marine Research Laboratory
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Lem
Perkins
R. W. Perkins
UPT
Schools In Industrial City Install Air Purifiers
In Kita Kyushu Japan schools near factories have fitted mechanical air purifiers in classrooms to reduce smog. A detector system monitors radioactive minerals with gamma ray sensors, though the original text contains garbled phrases about calibration and isotopes.
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Kita-Kyushu
Japan
UPI
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Neil Morgan Cantey
Guenes
Vermont
Death Valley
Matterhorn
Mie
Werners
Sally Werner
San Juan
Oe Boosco
Hoover
Nester
CAPRI
Noxzema
Whitman
Johnson
Clinton
KODAK
Minolta Autopak
Instamatic
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Johnson & Johnson
Caladryl
Ant and Roach
Reg. We
Panasonic Tape Recorder
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