Plains visit yields chance to play softball with President Carter
In Plains Georgia a press corps team faced President Jimmy Carter in a charity exhibition. The writer describes scoring a run despite a foul ball, sliding into bases, and sustaining knee wounds as the game ended 14 to 11 in favor of the press corps. Billy Carter pitched and joined the fun as an unofficial reporter.
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Plains
UPI
United States
Carter
White House
Billy Carter
Press Corps
Georgia
Church OKs Vasectomies in Marriage Ruling
The Roman Catholic church recognizes marriages of men who have undergone vasectomies, a major change approved by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on May 13 and announced publicly Friday in Vatican City.
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Vatican City
UPI
Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Debris Closes Canton Crestline Train Lines After Derby
Two of three lines between Canton and Crestline stayed closed after a 31 car derailment on a Conrail freight train. Debris from the wreck damaged a 123 year old depot listed on the national historic places registry.
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Wooster
Ohio
UPI
Canton
Crestline
Conrail
AMA warns Laetrile danger to children cited in JAMA
The American Medical Association urges keeping Laetrile away from children due to risk after a Buffalo case in JAMA. An 11-year-old died from cyanide poisoning after ingesting one to five tablets, highlighting potential dangers.
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Chicago
API
American Medical Association
Journal of the American Medical Association
Three
Buffalo
N.Y
Pepper and Oakar Lead Aging Committee Field Hearings
Representative Claude Pepper and Representative Mary Rose Oakar will co chair field hearings on Services to the Elderly for the House Select Committee on Aging from today through Wednesday Pepper 76 has sponsored a bill banning mandatory retirement and said the elderly who are willing should not be deprived of the dignity of work.
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Cleveland
UPI
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Mary Rose Oakar
Ohio
House Select Committee On
Pepper
Weather Outlook and Local Notices for August 8 1977
Showers and thundershowers likely tonight with a 60 percent chance, then 50 percent Tuesday. Mostly cloudy warm and humid with highs 80 to 85 Tuesday and upper 60s tonight. Winds southwest 10 to 15 mph, brief with storms. Sunrise 6 29, sunset 8 36, moonrise 1 23, moonset 3 50. Marriage license notices: Sisinger Neal Renfer Smith Soboslai Faulkner. Birth: Hedeen Plymouth girl. Deaths: Baican Monroeville 59, Nelley Plymouth 21.
Teachers to Meet August 21 Over Impasse Progress
A special meeting of all city teachers is planned for August 21 to review impasse panel progress and decide next steps. The Norwalk Teachers Association and Board of Education negotiators are racing to select a third panel member by August 11 with hearings set by August 18 as talks continue after requests for a four percent salary rise.
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Norwalk Teachers’ Association
Clyde Scott
Board of Education
Dick Lyons
Teachers’ Association
Scott
American Arbitration Association
Lyons
Thunderstorm injures scout at national jamboree near Moraine
At the 1977 National Scout Jamboree in Moraine State Park Utah scout Cal Armstrong was struck by lightning and listed in very critical condition at Jameson Memorial Hospital New Castle Pa as heavy rains caused floods. Local youths Brian Krupp and Wayne Lenhart Jr joined the two week event as officials reported phone lines down and uncertain news from camp.
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Moraine State Park
Utah
Brian Krupp
John Krupp
Parsons St
Wayne Lenhart, Jr
Wayne Lenhart
Whittlesey
Lenhart
Sheffield
Elyria
Cal D. Armstrong
Utah Peak
Santaquin
Jameson Memorial Hospital
New Castle
Armstrong
Western Region
Howard Armstrong
Pittsburgh
Animal train crowds Portland Amtrak trip from Seattle
Amtrak passengers arriving in Portland reported a crowded four hour run from Seattle with over 100 standing during the trip. Riders stood in aisles and lavatories while some rested in overhead racks after a busy Seattle sports weekend.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Amtrak
Seattle
Jack Bicknell
Estacada
Seattle Mariners
Anti School Board Drive Falters in Ohio Action
UPI reports Realtor E Dennis Barnes says his statewide petition to abolish the state school board failed with about 40000 signatures collected of 308000 required. He plans to renew effort at the June primary, claiming school closings this fall will influence voters.
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Upper Sandusky, Ohio
UPI
E. Dennis Barnes
Barnes
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Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
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Manson
Los Angeles
Superior Court
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Leslie van Houten
Wade L. Sisinger
Willard
Eunice E. Neal
Akron
Robert R. Renfer
Republic
Cynthia A. Smith
Norwalk
Larry Dean Soboslai
Wakeman
Kelley Faulkner
Eric and
Judy Hedeen
Plymouth
Girl
Alex M. Baican
Monroeville
Richard
Rick) Nelley
Impasse
Alan Pleasnick
The
Teachers Association
Butler, Pa
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