California fluorocarbon ban bill heads to Governor
Senate passes SB153 to prohibit manufacture and sale of fluorocarbons by Oct 15 1978 and restrict aerosol containers by April 15 1979. The measure urges federal action and faces opposition over economic impact and limited global effect as Gov. Ed Brown awaits.
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Sacramento
UPI
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John Dunlap
D-Napa
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D-La Mesa
China
Russia
Elderly couple bound by kidnap suspect convict
An elderly couple at a cabin near Wisconsin Rapids were tied up and their pickup truck stolen Tuesday night by a man believed to be an escaped convict who kidnapped a Michigan woman last week. A deputy said a light blue Dasher Volkswagen matching the suspect’s car description was left at the scene and police suspect the fugitive may be Douglas Henry of Lansing, who escaped from a Michigan prison farm.
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Wisconsin Rapids
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UPI
Michigan
Wood County
Evelyn VanTassel
Marquette
Mich
Douglas Henry
Lansing
Final Emmy nominations announced for 339 total
The Academy announced 23 final nominations including NBCs The First Fifty Years Life Goes to the Movies The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Wonderful World of Disney CBS Bicentennial Minutes CBS received several nods in outstanding program and individual achievement categories. Nominations include Michael Tilson Thomas Bill Hargate Stan Winston Ed Butterworth Jerry Greene Enzo Martinelli Helen OConnell Marty Pasetta and others.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Johnny Carson
NBC
CBS
Michael Tilson Thomas
Bill Hargate
Robert Lambert
Peter Johnson
George Pitts
Clay Cassell
Allen Brewster
Bob Roeble
William Lorenz
Manuel Martinez
Ron Fleury
Mike Welch
Jerry Burling
Walter Balderson
Chuck Droedge
Enzo Martinelli
Nancy Drew
Helen O’connell
Marty Pasetta
Man shoots own foot to prove pain relief claim
Lehigh Valley man Cletus Schlier 49 shot part of his foot using a rifle in his basement to demonstrate the pain from arthritis. His wife called for help after hearing a shot and he was hospitalized in fair condition at Sacred Heart in Allentown.
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Lehighton, Pa
UPI
Cletus Schlier
Schlier
Lehighton
Allentown
Sacred Heart Hospital
Transsexual teacher sues northern school district
Steve Dain 37 a transsexual former Emery High School gym teacher sues Emeryville School District Board of Education and Superintendent alleging illegal attempts to force resignation. He claims wiretapping of home and work phones eavesdropping leaking of his post operation photos and publicizing his sex change details.
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Oakland
UPI
Steve Dain
Emeryville School District Board of Education
Dain
Doris Richards
Emery High School
Stanford University Medical Center
Cain
Light rail system eyed in Boston
Boston's experimental Light Rail Vehicle, unveiled last December, impressed 200 conference attendees at the National Conference on Light Rail Transit. MBTA chief David L. Gunn said passenger acceptance is very high and no complaints since operation began, with issues identified and being resolved.
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Boston
UPI
David L. Gunn
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Gunn
Smokers Urine Shows Mutagenic Cancer Agents
Dr. Bruce N. Ames reports that urine from smokers contains significant mutagenic activity linked to cancer-causing agents. Inhalers show higher activity. non inhalers show little to none, with reduced mutagenicity after six to eight hours of sleep.
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Chicago
UPS
Bruce N. Ames
University of California- Berkeley
American Chemical Society
Ames
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