California brush fires near containment across 6000 acres
AP reports two wind driven brush fires in California prompted coast to containment efforts. Fires scorched about 5500 acres near Corona and more than 3500 acres near Newhall as flames spread through canyons. Mutiple crews and air tankers battled the three day old blazes with several evacuations in Mabey Canyon.
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Los Angeles
California
Corona
Newhall
Santa Barbara
US Forest Service
Debbie Gold
Interstate 5
Valencia
US Air Force
Riverside County
Local incidents report from City Centre area
At City Centre Mart fire at 5 25 p m injures Raymond Montgomery 36 and damages 100 after flame under hood of Mary Runyan car 2801 Central Ave a gas leak suspected police extinguished scene 2800 Sherman Ave. A boy Chuck Stover 9 suffers knee injury at 2 31 p m at City Centre Mart treated and released. A 19 year old woman overdoses to hospital in serious condition ICU. A short circuit causes 30 damage at Obhie Lawson residence 4532 Central Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Centre Mart
Raymond Montgomery
Sherman Ave
Mary Runyan
Central Ave
Chuck Stover
Ohio Ave
Obhie Lawson
Upton Named Director of Cancer Institute
President Carter named Arthur C. Upton director of the National Cancer Institute. Upton, 44, is a SUNY Stony Brook pathology professor and former president of the American Association for Cancer Research and former dean of the school of basic health sciences at Stony Brook.
Paper drive postponed by Middletown High School
The Middletonian sponsored paper drive at Middletown High School will now be held tomorrow in the high school parking lot. It was planned for yesterday and today but surged in response, requiring extra receptacles to be found for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
The
Middletonian
Thieves Take Motors and Goods in Local Break-ins
A third local resident lost an outboard motor to thieves this week. Thomas Manious reported a 50 horsepower motor worth 400 dollars stolen from his boat in his back yard between midnight and 6 a.m. yesterday. Bob's Body Shop suffered a 3,000 dollar burglary overnight Friday with entry through a rear window, ransacked offices, and theft of cash from the office and a pop machine, plus tools and a rifle missing. David Peters reported hoses and a radiator stolen from his 1964 auto parked at his residence yesterday afternoon after thieves cut hoses and wiring. Joseph Jasper said an AM-FM radio was taken from his car at his Creekview Drive home overnight Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Manious
Jefferson Road
Manious
Bob
N. Verity Parkway
David Peters
Glenmore Drive
Joseph Jasper
Creekview Drive
John Mitchell adapts to life in Maxwell prison camp
Exiled former corporate attorney and attorney general John Mitchell adjusts to life as an inmate at Maxwell Air Force Base prison camp in Montgomery Alabama. He clings to a pipe and Bond Street tobacco, choosing his preferred blend over the free Prince Albert. He earns twenty five dollars a month as a clerk in the education office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
John Mitchell
Maxwell Air Force Base
Prince Albert
Mitchell
Bond Street
Experimental drug boosts sexual drive in men and women
Washington AP reports an experimental drug bromocryptine increases female sexual desire and restores male potency. The magazine cites cases where women with no erotic feelings or stopped menstruation resumed sexual activity and menstruation. some cycles normalized in weeks to months. Men showed increased activity and signs like facial hair growth from testosterone. The drug suppresses prolactin, aiding hormone balance. in the US it is experimental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Chemical Society
Andrea Genazzani
University of Siena
Italy
Chemical and Engineering News
United States
City to renew safety committee proposal to commission
The Middletown area safety council director proposes a coordinated city safety committee to oversee City Building operations and subcommittees on traffic safety education and fire prevention. The plan aims to streamline hazard reporting, boost training, and protect employee welfare with formal commission action pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Fred Sennet
Middletown
John Shoup
Weiss
Sennet
Chess King to Open in Towne Mall Store
Chess King, a Melville Corp. unit, plans a Towne Mall opening Monday for a store targeting pre teen and teen male apparel. The shop in Middletown will be run by Judy Braam, formerly of Springfield, and will feature casual and dress wear plus accessories.
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Chess King
Towne Mall
Melville Corp
Wooster
Mass
U.S
Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Judy Braam
Middletown
Springfield
Bike rodeo at Trenton final week of playground program
Trenton hosts a Friday bike rodeo at Bloomfield Elementary School grounds starting 10 am to wrap up the city recreation program. Recreation Director Dan Conarroe says events include speed contests balance riding figure-8 and newspaper tossing with weekday supervised activities 9 30 am to 2 30 pm at Home Avenue park and Bloomfield. Free tennis lessons run 12 30 to 3 30 pm for children and adults and 6 to 8 30 pm for adults. Beginning Aug 11 a mobile theater will tour neighborhoods offering free films after sundown on dates to be announced.
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Trenton
Bloomfield
Dan Conarroe
Home Avenue Park
Germantown sets hearing on budget and zoning plan
Germantown schedules a public hearing at 10 a.m. Monday in the Municipal Building on the proposed 1978 village budget with possible adoption if enough councilmen attend. If not, adoption shifts to 7 p.m. Monday before the 7:30 p.m. council meeting, with first reading to rezone three lots at Cherry and Montgomery to heavy industrial from residential.
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Germantown
Robert Bullock
Cherry
Montgomery Streets
Oil makes up for quake Valdez reborn in oil boom
AP reports Valdez Alaska steadies after the 1964 Good Friday quake. In 1964 the city was wrecked. by 1977 oil wealth rebuilds the port and economy. Tanks rise above hillside as Valdez witnesses a billion dollar tax base and renewed jobs amid memories of devastation.
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Alaska
Associated Press
Wally Fong
Ward Sims
Valdez, Alaska
City of
Valdez
Valdez Marine Oil Terminal
United States
Chena
Cub Scout Adventure Camp Set for August Start
The Mound Builders Area Council opens its third annual Adventure Camp for Cub Scouts on Aug 8 at Camp Hook. Over 250 boys attend from 9 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday, with William Harbron guiding as director and a staff of about 20. Den groups of eight to 12 receive nature, archery, sports, camp craft, handcrafts and conservation training. Openings remain. contact the Scout office or bring the boy on the first day of either week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound Builders Area Council
Camp Hook
William Harbron
Ross School
Robert Kent
Council
Cub Scouting
Harbron
Scout Office
Sir Drake the Pirate musical at Middletown Library lawn
A free 7:30 p.m. outdoor show by the Summer Youth Theatre Co. of Dayton at the Middletown Public Library lawn. The musical features Sir Drake and pirates defending Boondoggie from an evil major and his troops. Cast includes Fairmont West and Aster HS students and grads. Written directed by Don McKenny. score by Mary Thalheimer.
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Summer Youth Theatre Co
Dayton
Middletown Public Library
Curtis Street
Sir Drake
Boondoggie
Band of Pirates
Fairmont West
Aster
Kettering
Don McKenny
Alter High School
Ohio University
Wdtn-Tv
Mary Thalheimer
Stubbs Family Produces Two Graduates and MIT Admission
Two daughters of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Stubbs of 3106 Poincianna Road earned degrees. Mary Jane Stubbs from the University of Kentucky with a BA in social work. Kay Stubbs from Antioch School of Law in Washington will practice law in Washington, D.C. Connie Dame of Boston, a Duke graduate, was accepted at MIT Sloan School of Management for health care administration.
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Thomas J Stubbs
Poincianna Road
Mary Jane Stubbs
Lexington
The
University of Kentucky
Kay Stubbs
Washington, D.C
Antioch School of Law
Washington
Miss Stubbs
University of Tennessee
Connie (Stubbs) Dame
Boston
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Duke University
North Carolina
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Columbia Ave
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Wilbraham Road
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Jane Woods
S. Vine St
West Middletown
John Ginter
Highland St
Lake Castaic
Mabey Canyon
Upton
Cancer Institute
Alice Horton
Gilson
Anchorage
Bill Egan
William A. Egan
Arco Juneau
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Library
MIT
MAYS
Norris Music
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