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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1977
Page
10
A pair of cold fronts across the continent foresees continued rain and snow. Montana and Idaho brace for major snow with teens in parts of the state. Idaho's cold front drops temps to the 30s on the plains, light snow in Colorado. More snow expected over the weekend.
Robert Wallace formerly of Pasadena California died of malnutrition and dehydration after fasting as part of his yoga practice. Bucks County coroner verified the emaciated 70 pound condition from a photograph showing weight loss from 180 pounds. Wallace was found unconscious in his Marlboro Township bedroom and died en route to Quakertown Hospital.
A 62 ounce nugget that fills a cupped hand is among 10,000 troy ounces of raw Alaska gold to be auctioned this weekend. The sale, valued at about 1.5 million dollars, includes nuggets of 19 and 15 ounces and smaller pieces from one ounce upward.
Richard M. Helms former ambassador to Iran creates a Washington firm named Safeer Co to help Iranian companies pursue U.S. business. He notes he may act as a go between or represent Iranian interests. Helms previously received a $2,000 fine and suspended sentence for not fully testifying before a Senate committee on U.S. operations in Chile.
The Carter administration supports sending uranium fuel to Brazil but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must decide. State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said Brazil needs the fuel by year end to start reactors and that the deal meets immediate export criteria after a prior war delay to curb nuclear weapons spread.
Klaus Croissant, a 46 year old radical lawyer who defended Andreas Baader, was returned from France to West Germany overnight to face charges of aiding the Baader Meinhof gang after a French court denied his asylum request.
A federal panel will review potential medical uses of heroin and marijuana for glaucoma asthma and cancer patients within weeks. Officials say re evaluation does not commit the admin to support use. Britain and others already use heroin for terminal cancer pain and marijuana shows promise against chemotherapy nausea.
Essex County Judge Arthur Dwyer ordered 32 graves excavated to rebury 160 poor people, including as many as 11 infants in one coffin, under the supervision of the state Board of Mortuary Sciences. Richard Iacobucci must cover disinterment costs and ensure dignified reburials by month end.
U S Catholic bishops at their meeting reaffirm sexual intercourse is moral only within marriage and condemn contraception and sterilization. The doctrinal committee denounced a Catholic study pushing more flexible standards. The actions followed approval of a section in a new teaching guide.
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