Lighter Side: Delegate Hunt A New Sport
Washington writer Dick West mocks political delegate hunting as a playful sport. He quotes a Reagan Schweiker plan to hunt delegates across Mississippi New Jersey Pennsylvania and West Virginia noting delegates elusive chameleon like behavior and herd instincts. The piece treats the topic with satire.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Teddy Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
New Jersey
Hackensack
Ronald Reagan
Richard Schweiker
West Virginia
Psittacosis Mystery Tied to Philadelphia Legion Meet
Dr. Gary Lattimer of Allentown General Hospital says psittacosis, or parrot fever, may explain deaths and illnesses linked to an American Legion convention in Philadelphia from July 21 to 24. He cautions he could be wrong but believes the parrot fever trail is the key.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Gary Lattimer
Infectious Diseases
Allentown General Hospital
Infectious Diseases Division
Lattimer
American Legion
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Health Department
William Parkin
Leonard Bachman
You Can't Win With Bad Gamble in Bridge Analysis
Bridge column discusses a misplay by South in a club lead and explains the optimal line to avoid three heart losses. It emphasizes careful carding after drawing trumps and avoiding the club finesse, urging the defender to lead hearts to limit losses.
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South
East
Hearts
New Dial Up Weathercast System Unveiled in NYC Area
New York Telephone unveils a dial up weathercast giving separate NWS forecasts for New York City Long Island and Rockland and Westchester with current temperatures read by a male meteorologist. Temperature data from Manhattan White Plains and Deer Park feed the messages updated four times daily and start at the tape’s beginning. The system aims to correct errors quickly and will roll out by Aug 15 in Long Island Rockland and Westchester counties.
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New York
UPS
New York Telephone Co
Long Island
Rockland
Westchester
National Weather Service
New York City
Manhattan
White Plains
Deer Park
N.Y
Thomas Burke
Honor Among Thieves Provokes Alias Request
James William Collins 23 protests a San Diego Union report of his robbery arrest. He asks the paper to use the alias James North, saying he is already known in the criminal community and state penitentiary by that name.
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San Diego
UPI
James William Collins
San Diego Union
James North
State Penitentiary
Oceanside High School Man Charged In Counterfeit Case
Paul Aversa, 20, an Oceanside High School printing worker, faces federal charges for manufacturing counterfeit $10 bills. Investigators say the notes were produced on a photo-offset press with poor quality and limited circulation. Authorities recovered 29 phony bills near the school district office and three turned over by banks.
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Oceanside
N.Y
UPI
Oceanside High School
U.S. Secret Service
Secret Service
Kenneth Thompson
Paul Aversa
Aversa
Gerald Jonas
Brooklyn
Thompson
Edward Cooper
John Brad
Fluor Denies Tehran Claim on $3 Billion Gas Plant
Fluor Corp. rejects a Tehran newspaper report that a Fluor unit won a $3 billion gas processing facility project. The firm says its subsidiary Fluor Engineers & Constructors Inc received only a letter of intent to conduct a feasibility study for an LNG project in southern Iran. Kangan LNG Co is 50 percent owned by National Iranian Gas Co and a consortium of U.S., European and Japanese firms.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Fluor Corp
Tehran
Fluor
Fluor Engineers & Constructors Inc
Kangan Liquefied Natural Gas Co
Iran
Kangan
National Iranian Gas Co
U. S
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Caribbean
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Little Theatre
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