Ex-sailor Feil dies linked to Nagasaki radiation legacy
Sacramento mourns Terry G. Feil, 49, former Navy corpsman and California political figure, as his family cites leukemia and cancer tied to Nagasaki radiation exposure. He served aboard a hospital ship after the atom bomb, later earning law honors at Stanford and leading freeway battles before public service roles. The family notes widespread cancer among USS Sanctuary crew members and urges awareness.
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Ironworkers Sign St Louis Pact Averts Strike Risk
In St Louis construction interests hailed approval Sunday of a two year pact with Iron Workers Local 369, boosting wages about 4.4 percent this year and 7 percent next August. The agreement with the Association of General Contractors aims to keep a strikefree season and may spur a building boom. Union members approved the contract almost unanimously.
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Betty Ford Embraces White House Life Yet Feels Loneliness
In her first year as First Lady Betty Ford describes excitement and confidence amid illness and loneliness. She plans to campaign with President Ford in 1976 and continues to push for the Equal Rights Amendment while managing a busy, seven day a week White House schedule. She notes family adjustments, travel, and a quieter public role, with focus on ERA and private advocacy.
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Gas Price Fight Deepens As Congress Extends Oil Controls
Washington AP reports that with oil price controls due to lapse August 31, both parties blame each other for energy policy failures. Congress votes to extend controls for six months. Ford likely to veto. Untethered pricing could raise gasoline costs, while lawmakers take a vacation amid tense energy debates.
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126 Minute Smoke Wins Pipe Title in KC Event
Bill Vargo, 46, of Swartz Creek Michigan, captured his third straight World Pipe Smoking championship in Kansas City. Forty-two contestants began, with only five left after the first hour and two remaining at six minutes to go. Cameron Schulte of Kansas City failed to outlast Vargo, whose pipe finally went out after 126 minutes 39 seconds. The world record stands at 253 minutes 28 seconds, set in 1968 by Yrjo Pentakainen of Kuopio Finland. In Springfield Missouri Ken Cook, 16, drowned at Daniel Lake while trot lines were being set. Steve Davis, 29, reported Cook missing in darkness.
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