Inside Ann Landers and Middletown Area Highlights
A compact newspaper page listing sections for inside advice columns by Ann Landers and Erma Bombeck, Middletown area items, vital statistics, and women's news. Includes references to a crossword puzzle, editorials, and state county notices.
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Crime Alert Police Number Promoted for Suspicious Activity
Police urge residents to call 425-7700 if they witness a crime or notice suspicious activity. The public service message repeats the number to contact law enforcement for rapid responses and community safety.
Weather outlook shows clearing tonight and warm midweek
Skies clear tonight with a low in the upper 60s. Wednesday forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions with a high in the upper 80s. The morning low reached 68 after yesterday’s high of 75, and rainfall totaled .81 inch. Showers are possible each day Thursday through Saturday, with highs in the 80s and overnight lows near 70.
Emergency landing after airliner engine trouble near Kalamazoo
North Central Airlines Flight 801 carrying 39 passengers lost power in one engine after takeoff from Kalamazoo. The pilot made an emergency landing in a cornfield. Several injured, no fatalities reported. FAA and local authorities described damage to the aircraft and field as investigators began.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
North Central Airlines
Kalamazoo
Roger Gardner
Federal Aviation Administration
Detroit
Terry Looman
Portage
Looman
Dennis Feldman
FAA
Wnton
Feldman
Bronson Hospital
Amtrak to replace 424 miles of ties on Boston Washington run
Amtrak plans major track replacement using a diesel P-811 machine built by Cannon Rail Group. The project will overhaul 75 miles this year Boston to New York and 424 miles total Boston to Washington by 1981. The machine speeds work, promising daily mile coverage and smoother rail beds, cutting travel times on the routes.
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Amtrak
Boston
New York
Washington
Louis Thompson
Northeast Corridor Improvement Project
John Henry
Cannon Rail Group
Columbia
S.C
Europe
Canada
Australia
New York Washington Run
Thompson
Wood River Junction
Richmond
K.1
Readville
Mass
Robbery targeting paralyzed man at sidewalk sale in Stillwater
Police seek two or more men who offered to push Earl Wesley in his wheelchair from a sidewalk sale and then robbed him of $54. Wesley has been paralyzed for at least 25 years and earned his living selling small trinkets. Police Sgt. Vernon Langley described the incident after the crowd dispersed.
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Stillwater
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Earl Wesley
Vernon Langley
Dollar slides to new low against yen in Tokyo market
The US dollar fell sharply in Tokyo trading, hitting 195.30 yen and closing at 195.525. The drop from Monday's close was 3.425 yen and about five yen from Friday, signaling further weakness for the dollar.
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Tokyo
Local man’s hiccups silenced by milk and sugar cure
Charles Osborne of Anthon Iowa has suffered hiccups for 56 of his 84 years. Lee Fletcher of Baltimore Street, after reading Osborne’s story, said he once hiccuped for seven weeks post surgery and found relief using ice cold milk with ice and sugar. He shared the remedy hoping Osborne can try it and end his long bout.
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Charles Osborne
Anthon
Iowa
Lee Fletcher
Baltimore St
Fletcher
Journal News Room
Osborne
the Journal
Government officials disagree on how much grocery prices will rise
The Agriculture Department maintains a forecast that a typical U. S. family’s weekly grocery bill will be $4 to $5 higher this year, with overall food prices up 8 to 10 percent from 1977. Hjort cites higher farm returns, while also noting faster consumer relief in chicken prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Howard W. Hjort
Hjort
House
Subcommittee
Rep
Frederick W. Richmond
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Upjohn Co
Pharmaceutical
Cornfield
Boonies
North Central Airliner
Michigan
Southern
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