Quake alarm inventor aims to warn before quake hits
Richard Spencer of Seismotronics markets the $90 Quake-Alert that detects initial quake waves and sounds a shrill alarm to give seconds to escape. The device, promoted mainly in California, Hawaii, Alaska and Nevada, wires multiple alarms and is designed for sleepy homes.
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Dublin
Calif
UPI
Richard Spencer
Spencer
Seismotronics
California
Hawaii
Alaska
Nevada
Hunger Project pledges 50000 to fast for world hunger aid
The Hunger Project reports over 50 000 people pledged to fast on Monday to press for ending hunger and malnutrition worldwide in 20 years. Werner Erhard of est will travel to India to study programs and discuss self sufficiency needs.
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San Francisco
UPI
Hunger Project
Est Foundation
Werner Erhard
Est
India
Nudity in bars banned in Michigan by liquor panel
The Michigan Liquor Control Commission approved regulations banning nude dancing X rated movies peep shows and simulated sex acts in liquor establishments. Local communities may outlaw topless dancing and nudity banned by statute or ordinance. Police expect the rules curb prostitution and sex shows especially in Detroit and suburbs.
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Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan
State Liquor Control Commission
Detroit
Julius Higdon
Detroit Police
Vice Squad
Higdon
U S tuna fleet endangered by rules
Washington reports new porpoise kill limits threaten the U S tuna fleet with possible extinction. Chairman John Murphy notes 16 boats seek foreign registration, risking San Diego and Puerto Rico canneries. NOAA quotas could force drastic cuts and shift fishing to foreign fleets.
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UPI
U.S
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
John Murphy
N.Y
Frank W. Vanderheyden
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Murphy
Committee
San Diego
Puerto Rico
United States
Mexico
Costa Rica
International Tropical Tuna Commission
US. Tuna Foundation
Foundation
David Burney
Officials push O'Neill to weigh Redwood park expansion impact
Resources Secretary Huey D. Johnson told California reps to lobby House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill over concerns that a moratorium on timber cutting near Redwood National Park could harm workers. Johnson said approval of the expansion bill would have aided relief measures, and urged timber firms to file harvest plans if operations pose no harm to park resources.
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UPI
Brown
Redwood National Park
Thomas P. O'Neill
D-Mass
Huey D. Johnson
California
O'Neill
California North Coast
New England
Johnson
Donald Clau
Department of Forestry
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