Wedding baptism mishap at The Alps venue in Washington
An outdoor wedding at The Alps above Tumwater Dam went awry when a canoe capsized on the way to the ceremony. Bride Kay Gorman and groom Gene Tubbs, plus a paddler and a dog Smokey, were dumped into the Yakima river. The groom, who cannot swim, was rescued by Archie Marlin who jumped in. The bride and groom arrived 15 minutes late for the service, conducted by the minister who noted it was his first simultaneous baptism and marriage.
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Alps
Wash
Lake Yolanda
Tumwater Dam
Gene Tubbs
Tubbs
Kay Gorman
Smokey
Archie Marlin
Unemployment Rises to 5.8 Percent in September
The Labor Department reports 5.8 percent jobless rate last month, the highest in two years, with 440,000 more unemployed bringing total to 5.3 million. President Ford plans an expanded public service jobs program to spur hiring.
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Labor Department
Ford
Congress
Nixon requests sealed in Watergate trial subpoenas
U S District Judge John J Sirica says two requests to throw out subpoenas demanding former President Richard M Nixon testify in the Watergate cover up trial will stay sealed until the jury is selected. He adds there is a good chance for early next week to finish selecting 12 jurors and six alternates amid unconfirmed reports Nixon lawyers cite health and national security for Nixon's absence.
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Washington
U.S
John J. Sirica
Richard M. Nixon
Sirica
Nixon
Abducted Kentucky bank bookkeeper escapes in Columbus
Betty Ison, 21, abducted during a Kentucky bank robbery, freed herself in a Columbus motel room five hours after the robbers left. FBI seeks James Fultz, 45, and Raymond Hall, 29, linked to the $14,000 Sandy Hook Peoples Bank heist and a prior Salt Lick robbery.
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Columbus, Ohio
Kentucky
Betty Ison
FBI
James Herbert Fultz
Raymond Clifford Hall
Peoples Bank
Sandy Hook
Here
Salt Lick
Medicare costs rise for patients starting January first
The Department of Health Education and Welfare announced higher out of pocket charges for 23.5 million Medicare beneficiaries. Patients will pay the first 92 dollars of hospital expenses, up from 84, with added daily costs for longer stays and skilled nursing care. HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger cited the Social Security Law as the basis for the increase.
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Washington
Medicare
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Caspar W. Weinberger
Laird urges standby rationing despite fuel price relief
Melvin R. Laird urged standby authority for gasoline rationing even as Mobil Oil and Amoco cut prices. The two firms lowered gasoline by 2 and 3 cents per gallon and trimmed No. 1 and No. 2 distillate oil by 3 cents. Ford reportedly opposes raising federal gas taxes.
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Washington
Ford
Melvin R. Laird
Mobil Oil Corp
Amoco Oil Corp
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Mobil
Amoco
At 89 pensioner brushes off авто Big Deal raise
Frank Hograever, 89, Chrysler's oldest living pensioner, dismisses a $59.45 monthly increase to $295.05 as "Big Deal." He notes rising costs, recalls retiring after the 1950 UAW pension, and laments car prices while recounting 37 years at the forge and the hammer that shaped his life.
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New
Baltimore, Mich
Frank Hograever
Chrysler Corp
Hograever
United Auto Workers
Horace Dodge
Hogr
UAW
Chyrsler
How to store garden vegetables through winter
Grace Chaney shares methods to keep root vegetables in the ground under a thick leaf layer and water to pack them for winter use. An alternative stores cabbage and apples in a frost buried pit with straw, while tomatoes can stay green under heavy newspapers in a cool dark space.
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Grace Chaney
Logan Ave
Ouida
Hamilton
Chaney
High court to hear bid to shut Reserve Mining plant
The Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to shut down Reserve Mining Co. in Detroit. The plant dumps 67,000 tons of waste daily into Lake Superior. judges previously allowed a brief reopening. Governors cited unsafe Duluth drinking water due to asbestos.
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Detroit
U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Department
Reserve Mining Co
Detroit Free Press
Washington
Department
Robert Bork
High Court
Reserve
Lake Superior
U.S. District Court
Miles Lord
Silver Bay
Minn
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Armco Steel Corp
Republic Steel
Governors
Environmental Protection Agency
Duluth
Middletown Weather Forecast Shows Mild Weekend
Partly cloudy skies for tonight and Saturday in the Middletown area with lows in the upper 40s and highs in the low 70s. Yesterday’s high reached 55 with an overnight low of 32. Extended outlook calls for a chance of showers Sunday and Monday then partly cloudy Tuesday.
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Middletown
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