Baseball talk and crime heat up New Orleans summer
In New Orleans a psychiatrist argues a strong baseball team could ease city violence as homicides surge since June. The Pelicans may help drain heat if fans build support. over 25 murders have occurred since June 1 with last month’s rate up 150 percent from a year ago. In Baton Rouge lawmakers debate car insurance costs and no fault plans, with Insurance Commissioner Sherman Bernard lacking proof that no fault would lower rates.
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Frog farming eyed as new meat and medical resource
New Orleans reports researchers seek cheap ways to satisfy frog appetite and breed a fast growing superfrog for food and science. Wild bullfrogs dwindle while most restaurant legs come from overseas. LSU researchers say market potential is high if production hurdles are solved and consistent quality achieved.
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Culley
Baton Rouge
Industries accused of bribery over drainage pollution in Jefferson Parish
The Times Picayune reports unnamed department sources claim industries offered bribes up to 2500 dollars to officials of the Sewerage and Drainage Department to ignore discharges of dangerous chemicals into canals. Walter Frey and Ray Condon Jr were cited in the alleged bribery. In another item, Kathleen Denise Madden, an 8-year-old, was struck and killed by lightning in a Benton family grove, as deputies noted distant thunder and an unsuccessful revival attempt by her fireman father.
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Bossier Parish
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Weaver
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Fire damages Ponchartrain Beach log flume tunnel in New Orleans
Fire swept a darkened tunnel at Ponchartrain Beach amusement park in New Orleans causing about 100000 dollars in damage. People on the ride were stopped before entering the tunnel, says park manager Harry Batt Jr. The blaze’s cause remains undetermined.
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Army rejects cannon loan for 1812 Overture in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv city officials request one or two ceremonial cannons for a festive 1812 Overture, but the army refused. A spokesman said the city will proceed with the concert and will improvise a cannon or similar effect.
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Israel
UPI
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Dancing Cow Act Debuts at Moscow Circus
A custom cow-cycle is shown in Moscow as Valentina Simonova trains the dancing cow act making its debut this week at the Moscow Circus.
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Valentina Simonova
Bell, CWA Deadline Nearing Strike Looms
Some 630 local Bell Telephone workers vote 372 to 49 to strike Aug 6 if talks fail with South Central Bell managers. Local president Raymond Durham cites job security wages and pensions as key issues and warns of a possible nationwide strike if no drastic changes occur in two weeks.
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Monroe
South Central Bell
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Richwood Hall Ablaze After Pre Dawn Fire
A pre-dawn blaze swept Richwood town hall causing total loss and setting a house at 103 Thurman St. ablaze. Firefighters reported the town hall insured and records saved in a fireproof cabinet, while one firefighter was lightly burned. Local officials provided details on the incident and surrounding damage.
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Richwood
Lewis Myles
Myles
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Elberdia Morehead
Monster Watch at Lake Okanagan Divers See Object
In Kelowna British Columbia AP reports 80 divers searched Lake Okanagan for Ogopogo. A dark hulking shape surfaced during the vigil and divers exchanged half hour shifts below the lake surface while guarding $30 000 worth of waterproof cameras.
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British Columbia
Lake Okanagan
Use Of Oil Gas Coal Harmful Report Says
A National Research Council panel warns continued fossil fuel use raises atmospheric carbon dioxide, warming the climate and threatening coastal cities. Revelle cites possible five meter sea level rise in 300 years and shifts of agriculture toward the poles.
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Los Angeles
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Revelle
Canada
Philip Abelson
Carnegie Institution
Thomas F. Malone
Butler University
Indianapolis
Brazil
Abelson
United States
Arizona
Plains Church Starts Fund
The Maranatha Baptist Church formed last May by Plains residents starts a building fund drive after Sunday services at state Sen. Hugh Carter’s home. The 29 members split from Plains Baptist Church over Rev. Bruce Edwards’ forced resignation following a racial ban turmoil. Edwards has since taken a post in Hawaii. The group, formerly Bottsford Baptist Mission, joined state and regional sects and had Lutheran roots four miles from Plains.
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Bottsford
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