Frog Psychology at Croaker College Promotes Frog Jumping
Sacramento report profiles Bill Steed DFP and Croaker College which trains frogs for confidence and victory in the Calaveras County frog jumping contest. The college, paid by boarders at 50 dollars yearly, emphasizes small classes, hypnosis, and playful ties to Mark Twain and notable frogs and figures.
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Sacramento
Calif
Bill Steed
DFP
Croaker College
Steed
Calaveras County
Angels Camp
Sierra Foothills
Here
Mark Twain
Jumping Frog
Glen Campbell
Delight
Johnny Cash
Sue
San Francisco
George Moscone
George
Vance and Gromyko Report Progress on Arms Treaty Framework
In Geneva Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko reported progress toward a common framework for negotiating a new strategic arms limitation treaty. Gromyko warned that major, serious difficulties remain and a great discontent lingered.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Cyrus KR. Vance
Andrei A Gromyko
Gromyko
Polanski Trial Evidence Focuses On Tranquilizer Drug And Photos
In Los Angeles AP reports prosecutors plan to use a Quaalude tranquilizer and photographs found in Polanski's hotel room as key evidence in the rape and drugging case involving the 43 year old director and a 13 year old girl. The photos allegedly show the girl during a Vogue assignment.
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Los Angeles
Roman Polanski
Atty
Roger Gunson
Polanski
Gunson
Vogue
Jack Nicholson
Nicholson
Anjelica Huston
Douglas Dalton
Superior Court
Laurence Rittenband
Man Paralyzed In Pool Dive Awarded 2.3 Million
Tanner Chrisler Jr. received 2.3 million dollars after a June 8 1975 diving accident at Holiday Valley Pool and Park Inc. in Kirkwood. The four day trial centered on the visibility and marking of a submerged chain that caused his neck injury.
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Clayton, Mo
Holiday Valley Pool and Park Inc
Kirkwood
Chrisler
U S and Soviet Union near framework for SALT II treaty
After three days of talks Nikolai Gromyko and Cyrus Vance announced a general agreement on a common framework for a SALT II accord. They plan further negotiations in Geneva and Washington with a three tiered approach including a treaty a three year protocol and a conduct statement. Progress noted but substantial differences remain on several issues. The fall Geneva conference is to be convened with monthly follow ups while the Soviet side pushes for immediate resumption of talks.
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Gromyko
United States
Soviet Union
Vance
U.S
Geneva
Washington
Moscow
Mitment
Middle East
Harvard Lampoon crowns Streisand worst actress and Star worst picture
Barbra Streisand and her film A Star Is Born named worst actress and worst picture by the Harvard Lampoon. Clint Eastwood wins worst actor for The Enforcer and Margaux Hemingway named for Lipstick. Weather outlook: clear tonight near 60, Sunday partly cloudy upper 80s with scattered storms.
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Cambridge, Mass
Barbra Streisand
Harvard Lampoon
Star
Streisand
Natalie Wood
Clint Eastwood
Kirk Douglas
the Lampoon
Eastwood
Trail of cash leads FBI to accused killers of widow
In Phoenix investigators arrested two Mooresville Indiana residents after they paid cash for a $35,000 mobile home linked to the murder of Indianapolis grocery heiress Marjorie Jackson. FBI found $170,745 in cash, plus a shovel, as they pursued a case that left millions unaccounted for.
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FBI
Phoenix, Ariz
Indianapolis
Howard Willard
Marjorie Pollitt
Mooresville
Ind
U.S
Richard Gormley
Marjorie Jackson
Willard
Pollitt
North Phoenix
Robertine Anderson
Ringgold
Arkansas
Indiana
Arizona
Tempe
C. Franklin Lowie
Mount Sterling laundromat adopts solar heated wash water
Mount Sterling Ohio AP Sun powered heat heats most washing water at Duds in Suds laundromat owner Gerald Straley says solar panels on the roof will cover all heating on sunny days with natural gas supplementing cooler weather. Installation costs about 20000 dollars and saves about 200 dollars monthly on gas, with payback expected in a few years.
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Mount Sterling, Ohio
Ohio
Gerald Straley
Suds Laundromat
Straley
Mount Sterling
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Dinah School
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Quezon
Tanner Chrisler Jr
Carter
Friskie
San Pedro
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Lewis B. Hershey
Angola
Jackson
Hershey
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