Armstrong Adapting To Life In Darkness
Lewis Armstrong, now blind from a hereditary retinal disease, trains at the Cleveland Society for the Blind to live independently. He learns cane use, braille, talking devices, and self defense, plans to return to work by October, and hopes to care for his family again despite never seeing his children grow up.
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Lewis Armstrong
Armstrong
Cleveland Society of the Blind
Norman Yoder
Society
Yoder
Community Action Center
Carl
Phoenix
Ariz
Rest stop mix up ties up two wives, husbands forgetful
Ocala Florida trooper Pete Rooks heard shrieks at a rest stop and feared a strangling. It turned out to be two wives left behind by their husbands. A second trooper stopped the husbands 75 miles away and revealed the forgotten passengers.
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Ocala
Fla
UPI
Pete Rooks
Rooks
Claremont to Host First Open Invitational Worm Race
Claremont New Hampshire police will guard the event with fire hoses and tiny stretchers ready for emergencies as 30 entrants compete in what is believed to be New England s first open invitational worm race. Sponsor Clare de Cleene warns emotions run high.
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Claremont
N.H
UPI
New England
Clare de Cleene
Cincinnati housewife wins Ohio Lottery prize
Mary Pack of Cincinnati said she never believed her ticket would be drawn yet won 25000 dollars and a chance at 50000 on the Ohio Lottery show. The Gold number was 4, White 98, Blue 022, Extra Cash 344859.
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Cleveland
UPI
Mary Pack
Cincinnati
Plain Dealer urges recall of Cleveland Mayor Kucinich
The Plain Dealer calls for the recall of Mayor Dennis J. Kucinich in a front page editorial. It says his administration, which began with promise, is a disaster for the people of Cleveland.
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Cleveland
UPI
the Plain Dealer
Dennis Kucinich
The
Plain Dealer
Dennis J. Kucinich
Julie Nixon Eisenhower Expected to Deliver Baby Soon
Julie Nixon Eisenhower wife of David Eisenhower and daughter of former President Richard Nixon is expected to give birth any day. The baby would be the first grandchild of a former president with a grandfather who is a former president and a great grandfather Dwight D. Eisenhower, since John Quincy Adams.
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San Clemente
Calif
Weather and life notes from August 4 1978
Fair tonight with lows 50 to 55 and partly cloudy Saturday highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 10 percent tonight and 20 percent Thursday. Winds light and variable tonight. Temperatures Thursday around 79 to 50. Precipitation Thursday near 0.5 inches. Marriage licenses issued for Ronald Summerfield and Marcia Skinn. Larry Walker and Anne Brooks. Death: Charles J Allan, 59, Bellevue. Also note TV show Turn On had one broadcast on Feb 5 1969 before cancellation for double entendres.
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Ronald J. Summerfield
North Fairfield
Roofer
Marcia Skinn
Larry J. Walker
Norwalk
Anne Brooks
Peter C. Hazel
Susan M Stackhouse
Wakeman
Charles J. Allan
Bellevue
Mass suicide by Utah family after FBI probe
In Salt Lake City a mother and six of her seven children died after they climbed to a hotel balcony and leaped, following the death of the father Bruce Longo formerly Immanuel David. A 13 year old girl survived surgery, while a rooftop debris death and a federal investigation context surround the tragedy.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Immanuel David
International Dunes Inn
Leonard Todd
Rachel David
Elizabeth
FBI
David
Bruce Longo
Yonkers
N.Y
Brent Davis
Ruling Sought Over CETA Staff Ties to Linn Corp
North Star Director Ed Leveritt seeks state guidance on whether two CETA workers from the 648 Board can be transferred to the George F. Linn Corp. and how payroll and benefits would be handled, amid a stalled attempt to reassign Linda Deskins and Larry Rice. County commissioners favor keeping CETA staff with county agencies and resist Linn Corp. use of the two slots.
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Huron County
648
North Star Council of Governments
North Star
Ed Leveritt
William Lyons
Office of Manpower Development
Columbus
CETA
George F. Linn Corp
Leveritt
Linda Deskins
Larry Rice
Linn Corp
Lyons
P.E.R.S
Eleanore Beck
South Shore Christmas Seal Association
Alcohol Center
Main St
Linn
City County plan crackdown on courthouse demonstration
Officials warn of arrests for illegal possession or unlawful protesting as rumors of a marijuana smoke in protest spread before the Huron County Court House. Sheriff Borgia and Safety Director Shipley pledge police riot equipment readiness and rapid aid from nearby departments, with potential 100 officers arriving within an hour.
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Huron County Court House
Huron County Sheriff's Department
John Borgia
Borgia
City Service Safety
Melvin Shipley
Shipley
Main Street
William Rogers
Retail Merchants Association
Court House
Norwalk
Ma Street
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Comfort
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