Lake Erie's waves stop swimmer in open water attempt
Fairport Harbor Ohio Coast Guard reports 41 year old Elyria auto worker Bob Elfers quit his second Lake Erie swim due to two to three foot waves. He had covered about 24 miles toward the Canadian shore with 39 miles remaining and had hoped to set an open water swimming record.
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Fairport Harbor
Ohio
Bob Elfers
Lake Erie
Elyria Auto
Coast Guard
Gary Williams
Elfers
Williams
Rocking horse pony overcomes deformity in Durham
King the 10 year old Shetland pony from Durham, kept in a nailed shut stall for four years, had about a foot and a half of deformed hoof removed. Dr. Walter Hilton reported X rays showed no growth issues or disease. Hilton praised the pony’s tenacity and will to live as veterinarians proceed with treatment.
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Durham
Walter Hilton
King
Hilton
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Plaistow
Wholesale prices rise barely. farm prices drop again
August wholesale prices edged up one-tenth of a percent while farm prices fell 4.3 percent for a fourth straight month. Industrial commodities rose, led by lumber and transportation equipment, as processed foods declined. The year-over-year wholesale index rose 5.9 percent. The article notes broader implications for consumers and farmers.
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Washington
Labor Department
First hurricane of season near Texas coast looms offshore
A hurricane of 105 mph winds lurks under 200 miles off the lower Texas coast with gale winds extending 200 miles north. A watch from Vermilion Bay to Matagorda Bay was discontinued as the storm trends southwest. Brownsville and the Lower Rio Grande Valley brace amid rising tides and scattered clouds.
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Texas
Brownsville
Vermilion Bay
Matagorda Bay
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Corpus Christi
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen
McAllen
Edinburg
Matamoros
Mexico
Anita strengthens as Texas coast braces for landfall
Storm Anita threatens the Texas coast from Corpus Christi to Brownsville with warnings hoisted. Officials evacuate South Padre Island as forecasters warn of a potentially dangerous landfall while Red Cross stations mobilize and National Guardsmen stand by.
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Matamoros
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
State Department of Public Safety
South Padre
Port Isabel
Larry Mooney
National Weather Service
Mooney
Anita
Celia
Texas
StormNet
Red Cross
National
Rules cost hospitals millions
ATLANTA AP Eight federal regulations raise every hospital patient bill by $22 this year and lift total hospital costs by about $863 million in 1977. AHA President Alex McMahon of Chicago criticizes regulatory costs and cites a $460 million expense for handicapped access renovations and $52.5 million for Medicaid and Medicare report preparation.
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Atlanta
American Hospital Association
Association
AHA
Alex McMahon
Chicago
McMahon
Waterfall accident claims life of Ohio climber
A 21 year old man from Akron Ohio Reginald V White died after dangling nine minutes in an icy Pocahontas County waterfall following gear entanglement during a Cass Cave climbing trip. Exhaustion was ruled the cause by the state medical examiners office. Dr Raul Pisano called the fight for life a key factor.
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Charleston
W.va
Ohio
Pocahontas County
Reginald V. White
Akron
Cass Cave
Raul Pisano
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Corpus Christi Beach
Seabrook
Tex
Galveston
Bill McPhee
University of New Hampshire
Barbara Reed
AnnLanders
Eee County
State
Heloise
Area
Oo Mbia
Louisiana
South Padre Island
Dennis Che
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