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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1978
Page
7
Washington reports that most weather modification efforts target local rain with cloud seeding while scientists foresee reducing hurricane power within twenty years. The Weather Modification Advisory Board proposes a national policy to ensure proper weather modification in the future.
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Floyd R Hitte Franklin boy yesterday and several other families adding newborns plus out of town twin boys at Fort Hamilton Hughes Hospital. Dismissals include Richard A Bair and multiple Franklin area residents with visiting hours noted. A separate panel urged accelerated national weather research with modest federal guidelines and future regulatory responsibility as cloud seeding expands nationwide.
James Earl Ray, the convicted King assassin, will be escorted to Washington to testify before the House Assassinations Committee. He is serving a 99 year term at Brushy Mountain Prison and has previously spoken only in private to investigators. His attorney Mark says Ray intends to go public.
Mrs. Carter announced a nationwide seminar on unemployment with President Carter not the only first family member involved. Invitations went to community leaders in each state on Wednesday. About 200 attendees are expected to pay their own way and participate in a White House reception.
Howard Jarvis, author of Proposition 13, faced a drunken driving trial in Oxnard California after a March arrest. Deputy Michael Kipp testified Jarvis failed to recite the alphabet and showed no reaction when stopped at 12:45 a.m. on U.S. 101 near Thousand Oaks for weaving across lanes at high speed.
In Memphis, merchants along Elvis Presley Boulevard continue to profit from the singer's legacy. Bill Tidwell, owner of a restaurant across from Graceland, plans to close the eatery and convert it into an Elvis Presley wax museum after decades of steady business despite Presley’s death.
Los Angeles AP reports singer Nancy Wilson entered an innocent plea through attorney Robert Robertson after an arraignment she did not attend. A pretrial hearing was set for August 17 before Judge Glenn Wymore as police cited investigation into a drunken driving incident where her van left the road and struck a parked road grader.
About 50 demonstrators blocked downtown rush hour by placing wheelchairs on city streetcar tracks to protest architectural barriers for the handicapped. They urged replacing current streetcars with low floor vehicles featuring wide doors lifts and better access, led by the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities.
The Washington Post reported that AT&T faced a threatened service interruption after Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co sent a notice to AT&T demanding $448.08 by June 20 to avoid cutoffs. The notice cited a May incident and related AT&T's antitrust battle with the government.
The National Endowment for the Humanities trims its PR spend from about 744000 to under 600000 dollars. Chairman Joseph D Duffey says savings come from cheaper desks and typewriters and removing walls in a new office area. Next year’s humanities budget totals 146 million dollars.
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