Births and dismissals update from local families
New births listed include a boy for Mr. and Mrs Abdul at 600 Lafayette Ave and a boy for Mr. and Mrs Edward Brooks at 5927 Manchester Road Franklin. Dismissals mention Esther Thompson from Miami Valley Hospital and Emrick Orth from Good Samaritan Hospital. A correction notes Glenn Geary was mislisted as a dismissal. A brief history note recalls 1683 Manhattan Battery origin via harbor dirt for gun platform.
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Abdul
Lafayette Ave
Mary
Dwin Ward
Farmersville
Edward Brooks
Manchester Road
Franklin
Esther Thompson
Logan Avenue
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Emrick Orth
Linden Ave
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Carbon monoxide leak at Ann Arbor high school
Carbon monoxide sickened 98 people including 13 infants at Community High School in Ann Arbor. Students and staff were evacuated as ambulances rushed victims to four area hospitals. most released by Monday with three high school students remaining. Fire officials blamed gas exposure from the building’s heating system test run earlier.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Community High School
Richard Taylor
High School
Test vote nears on ERA extension and Garn amendment timing
Washington AP Senator opposition outnumbers supporters as a test vote on extending the ERA ratification deadline approaches. A Garn amendment to let ratifying legislatures withdraw faces mixed support while a two thirds vote for final passage looms ahead. The ERA deadline is March 22 with House extending to June 30, 1982. Idaho Kentucky Nebraska Tennessee have rescinded ratifications, bringing 35 states still aligned.
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Washington
Senate
Jake Garn
Garn
ERA
Associated Press
House
Idaho
Kentucky
Nebraska
Tennessee
Cyclamate maker presses appeal after court loss
Abbott Laboratories loses another round in a nine year effort to bring cyclamate back to U S shelves. The administrative law judge found the sugar substitute not proven safe and that doubts remain about cancer and birth defect risks. Abbott says it will continue to press its case for diabetics and weight control users.
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Washington
Abbott Laboratories
United States
Abbott
Chicago
Davidson
Floods Displace 100000 in Khon Kaen Region Thailand
Interior Ministry spokesman reports floods in northern and northeast Thailand have displaced about 100,000 people in Khon Kaen and left 60,000 acres of farmland underwater. Heavy rains last month caused 25 deaths. Vietnam reports tens of thousands affected by floods across northern and southern regions, rice fields damaged and transport cuts.
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The
Khon
Kaen
Thailand
Meawhile
Vietnam
Hanoi
Morocco repels border raid amid threats of reprisals
Morocco says it repulsed an Algerian border attack using troops and tanks near the Hassi Tilemsi outpost. The government hinted at possible raids against Polisario bases in Algeria. Both sides reported dead and wounded without specific figures.
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Rabat
Morocco
Polisario
Algeria
Hassi Tilemsi
Body found in Hollywood Hills chimney
A Hollywood Hills resident reported a foul odor from his fireplace and found a decomposed nude man in the chimney after a chimney sweep was hired. Police said the death is not ruled a burglary and investigators consider the man may have climbed into the chimney while under the influence.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood Hills
Greg Smith
City Firefighters
Memorial rites for Hoyt lost at sea near Rhode Island
Stephen Hoyt aged 27, son of Rosalynn Carter’s press secretary, and four others died when their 75 foot lobster trawler capsized 54 miles off Point Judith on January 23. The Coast Guard conducted a five day search without success. A memorial service was planned for Wednesday at the Washington Cathedral.
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Washington
Stephen Hoyt
Rosalynn Carter
Congress Turns Conservative in Early 1978 Voting
The American Conservative Union reports members of Congress grew more conservative in the first half of 1978. House supporters aligned with ACU positions 46 percent, Senate 38 percent, with several members earning a full 100 percent rating by voting in line on all observed issues.
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Washington
Congress
American Conservative Union
House
ACU
Senate
Ex GI sues over LSD testing by U S government
James Bell a 41 year old former Army private sues the federal government for 10 million dollars claiming LSD given without his knowledge in 1961 left him socially and emotionally scarred and suffering from mental illness and physical pains The suit cites Army documents showing Thornwell as the only American among 16 foreign nationals in a program called Third Chance involving LSD and interrogation techniques including deprivation beating and abuse.
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Washington (Ap
James Bell
U.S District Court
Thornwell
Army
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