Smelly mistake leaves Fresno area family out of home
In Caruthers California two weeks of work by Pacific Gas and Electric crews followed a power shutoff over a $74 bill. Merl Clemens, his wife and three children face weeks more while workers disinfect and dig out a ruined home where meat rotted, maggots, and a pervasive odor. The family fears demolition may be needed as odor lingers despite the company's cleanup efforts.
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Caruthers
Calif
UPI
Merl Clemens
Clemens
Fresno
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Barbara
Pg&e
Thompson refuses to extradite fugitive Cox from Illinois
Mississippi Governor Cliff Finch seeks Cox's return from Illinois where the man, escaped from Parchman in 1954 after pleading to manslaughter over his stepfather's death, was living as Sandy Carter in Chicago. Illinois Governor James Thompson refused extradition citing a long residence and unblemished life since 1961.
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Parchman, Miss
UPI
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Chicago
Cliff Finch
James O. Cox
Thompson
Cox
Sandy Carter
Camera-eye view of Dresden treasures on PBS show
New York reports PBS will air The Priceless Treasures of Dresden on June 27. The program tours Dresden holdings from armor to gems including a Mogul Aurangzeb birthday scene with 132 figures and 4,909 diamond roses, 164 emeralds, 160 rubies, 16 pearls, two cameos and a sapphire.
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Dresden
Kingdom of
Saxony
United States
Jose Ferrer
PBS
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
Washington
New York
San Francisco
Martin Luther
Aurangzeb
India
Efforts to convert Jews to Christianity
UPI reports a flap over Ruth Carter Stapleton’s planned talk to a Hebrew Christian group seeking to convert Jews to Christianity. Protests by Christian and Jewish leaders led to her cancellation. The Missouri Synod faced backlash over conversion materials, prompting officials to halt use. Jewish groups fear erosion of identity, while some call for strengthening Jewish life to resist conversion efforts.
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David E. Anderson
UPI
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
U.S
Stapleton
B'nai Yeshua
Jesus
Missouri Synod
Jews
Synod
Mark Cohen
The
Cohen
Desperado Days Dance in Minooka with Two Bands
Minooka hosts Desperado Days with Daddy Claxton and Deliverance performing bluegrass country and rock on Main Street starting at 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Lions Club for Lions park. A Bike Rodeo begins at 10 a.m. in the Main Street lot with bike registration and a skills test. Special guest Bill Moose Skowron appears. hot dog stand and moon-walk ride for children. Pork chop dinner 4–8 p.m. Beer stand open. General chair Curt Jebens. committees led by Don Williamson, Bob Blair, John Rouais, Dale Wehrle, Don Rehms, Fred Dunham, and Dick McLaughlin.
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Minooka
Daddy Claxton
Deliverance
Main St
Minooka Lions Club
Lions Park
Minooka Police Department
Bill
Moose
Skowron
New York Yankee
Chicago White Sox
Curt Jebens
Don Williamson
Bob Blair
John Rouais
Dale Wehrle
Don Rehms
Fred Dunham
Dick McLaughlin
Crackdown on million-dollar Chicago prostitution racket
Chicago police announced a crackdown on a sophisticated prostitution operation earning about one million dollars a year. Raids on North Side night clubs led to arrests of fifteen men and seven women as officers seized records showing nightly proceeds up to $1,000 per club and observed customers drawn by drink specials linked to sexual acts.
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Chicago
UPI
North Side
Chemical blast at Daubert Chemical injures two workers
Two Daubert Chemical Co workers, Regner Anderson 31 of Lisle and Gary Murphy 32 of Naperville, suffered critical chemical burns in an explosion at the firm's research lab in Forest View. Both men were in critical condition at Edgewater and Billings Hospitals with burns over 90 percent of their bodies. Bedford Park paramedic Thomas Kasprcak reported severe clothing damage from corrosive chemicals. another worker, William Fagerstron 20 of Chicago, was treated for smoke inhalation and released.
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Forest View, II
UPI
Daubert Chemical Co
Daubert
Regner Anderson
Lisle
Edgewater Hospital
Gary F. Murphy
Naperville
Billings Hospital
Bedford Park
Thomas Kasprcak
William Fagerstron
Chicago
Scholarships replace Maoist focus in China's education
Lin Yin-ping recalls Red Guard days during China's Cultural Revolution and the shift to scholarships as the path to college. Enrollments rise again as radicals are ousted, gang of four quelled, and Hua Kuo-feng gains control. Universities offer free housing with subsidies. medical colleges report restored five-year programs and ongoing student treatment of outpatients.
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H.L. Stevenson
UPI
Wuhan
China
Lin Yin-ping
Shao Shan
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Lin
Hupeh
Red Guard
Chiang Ching
Gang of Four
Peking
Communist Party
People’s Daily
Hua Kuo-feng
China Pictorial
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Linois
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Hsia
University
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Chengtu
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