Teen mute hones life at Los Angeles airport for two years
A nonverbal teenage boy known as Juan has lived at Los Angeles International Airport for two years. He sleeps on benches, begs, or returns luggage carts for 25 cents to buy food, and repeatedly returns to the airport after placement in foster care. Officials plan to assess his eligibility for aid and pursue his safety and health.
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LOS Angeles
Los Angeles International
Mary Hayes
Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services
Virginia McKinney
Center For Communicative Development
Wayne Henrichs
Travelers Aid of
Juan
Los Angeles International Airport
Mellie Thompson
Thompson
World children die daily from poverty and disease in 1982
United Nations figures show nearly 42,000 children die each day in underdeveloped regions due to lack of clean water sanitation and medical care. UNICEF chief James Grant cites 15.3 million child deaths in 1982 with Africa Asia and Latin America bearing heavy shares. He urges simple, cheap measures including reestablishing breast feeding, oral rehydration, vaccination, monthly growth checks, and nutrition improvement to cut deaths by 5 million yearly by 1990.
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United Nations
James Grant
U.N. Children’s Fund
Unicef
U.N. Population Division
World Health Organization
U.N
India
Asia
Japan
China
Africa
Latin America
Grant
New Multi-Size Pattern Launch For Fall-Winter Catalog
A fashion notice promotes a new three-size pattern for crepe and jersey, Misses sizes 8 10 12 14 16 18, priced 2.25 with 0.50 shipping. Orders to ARIAN MARTIN Needlecraft Dept No 475 Garden City Telegram New York NY 10011. Includes catalog offer with over 100 styles and discounted craft books.
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Jersey
Arian Martin Needlecraft Dept
Garden City Telegram
West 18Th St
New York
Poodle Pattern Ad Seeks Mail Order For 1983 Reed Craft
An old advertisement promotes pattern kits including a French accented poodle room decor idea and beret hats. It lists pattern numbers like 918 and 117 as part of a Reedcraft catalog plus postage charges and contact details for Laura Wheeler in Garden City Telegram, New York.
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Laura Wheeler
Lost items and reward notices in downtown area
A set of short notices about rewards: a male black Labrador named Job is missing. contact 316-649-2582. A silver diamond stud in a gold hoop earring was lost downtown on 28th. a reward is offered. A lost checkbook seeks finder. contact 276-2503.
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Labrador
Community Help and Support Services Briefs
A compilation of local help groups and hotlines includes Parents Anonymous meetings at Presbyterian Church, Crossroads counseling at 1210 E Fulton, and open AA and NA programs at 805 N Main. Also listed are Family Crises Hot Line 275-5911, Birthright 276 3605, and foster parent info with SRS at 2701 N 11th St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossroads
Fulton
N. Main
11Th St
Family Crises Services Hot Line
Watt defends Interior tenure as preparing for the 21st century
James Watt, head of the Interior Department, defends his two years in office, praising public lands management and progress toward 21st century goals. He cites increased leasing, regulatory reforms on coal strip mining, and projected energy production from federal lands, while critics accuse him of favoring private interests and depleting public wealth.
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Washington
James G. Watt
Interior Department
America
Watt
Capitol
Hill
Jim Watt
Congress
Department of Interior
Gaylord Nelson
Wilderness Society
Pat Parentella
National Wildlife Federation
Carter
New Year Festivities In Detroit And New York
Revelers across Detroit and New York plan celebratory events as 1983 begins. Detroit police warn of a local tradition of gunfire at midnight and ground helicopters to avoid interference. In Times Square New York officials stage two fireworks displays and a Big Apple drop to mark the new year.
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Associated Press
Detroit
New York
Times Square
Ogallala Aquifer Tested Across 1600 Kansas Wells
About 1,600 wells in 37 Kansas counties will be tested next month by the U S Geological Survey and state partners to measure groundwater levels. The effort covers roughly 30,000 square miles in western and south central Kansas with readings taken in January to show water level changes and aid long range planning. An identification tag will be attached to pumps noting January depths for 1982 and 1983 as irrigation impact is tracked.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
U.S. Geological Survey
Great Plains
Geological Survey
Kansas Geological Survey
State Board of Agriculture
Division of Water Resources
Ogallala
North Dakota
Texas
Poland suspends martial law early amid civil controls
In Warsaw the government halted martial law 24 hours ahead of schedule trading military restrictions for new civil controls to prevent another Solidarity upheaval. The pause left streets quiet and reactions mixed as authorities resume limited international communications.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity Movement
State
Solidarity
Soviet Bloc
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
Military Council of National Salvation
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
California couple accused of welfare fraud and hidden Rolls
A Sacramento couple Robert Scott and Roberta Scott age 45 and 41 are charged in Municipal Court with illegally receiving more than 6000 in welfare benefits over six months while concealing ownership of property including a 1931 Rolls Royce valued at 75000. The filing notes the rule banning homeowners from having more than 1000 in property beyond their home and one car under 1500.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
District Attorney’s Office
Robert Scott
Roberta
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Mute
Terie Meas
Needlecraft Dept
Chelsea Sta
Reedlecraft
Finder
Parents Anonymous
Presbyterian Church
Garden City
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Thrift
Family Crises
Friends
Gardendale
al Anon Family Group
Wayne Roberts
Police Department
Kansas Wells
Communications Ministry
Frenchy” Poodle
Trinity Home Health Agency
Insurances
Telegram
ELSEN
Christian Growth Ministries
Corpus Christi Fellowship
Corpus Christi
Cff-Ks
Hutchinson
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