Success Of First Shuttle Flight May Speed Testing
Edwards Air Force Base reports the Enterprise maiden solo flight may speed the landing test program. Five more free flights are planned with Engle and Truly on Aug 30. Slayton notes tests could be cancelled or moved up. Orbital flight set for March 1979 with a second shuttle under construction at Palmdale.
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Edwards Afb, Calif
UPI
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Donald Slayton
Enterprise
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Rockwell International
Palmdale
Charles G. Fullerton
Fred Haise
Earth
Rhodes Grants Ohio Farmers Day At State Fair
Gov James A Rhodes proclaims Monday August 22 as Ohio Farmers Day at the Ohio State Fair with free admission for farmers and immediate families. He cites agriculture as Ohio's largest industry and notes farmers face rising costs and depressed incomes. Cyrus Vance wraps up Middle East Africa talks and meets Abel Muzorewa before returning to Washington.
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UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
London
Cyrus Vance
Rhodesia
Vance
Washington
Carter
U.S
Abel Muzorewa
United African National Council
Man chained by friends enters police station plea for freedom
In Spokane a young man dragged a ball and chain into the police station asking to be set free. Officers released him after learning the chain was a wedding gag from his friends.
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Spokane, Wash
UPI
Three die after drinking herbal teas CDC warns
The CDC reports four tea related poisonings linked to naturally grown plants, with three deaths. Two child victims drank gordoloba yerba tea from Gnaphalium leaves.
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Atlanta
UPI
Center For Disease Control
CDC
Arizona
Weather outlook and local obituaries for Norwalk area
Showers and thundershowers likely tonight into Sunday morning, then partly cloudy Sunday afternoon. Low 60–65 tonight, high 75–80 Sunday, with 60 percent precipitation risk. Death notices for C. Richard Babcock, 50, Norwalk, and infant Bernice Gfell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gfell, rural Norwalk.
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C. Richard Babcock
Norwalk
Levene Bernice Gfell
Robert Gfell
Ransom Paid Report In Kidnapping Case
Police said two or more telephone calls and a taped message were received by William Andrew Weinkamer's family. A cassette with a possibly from Weinkamer arrived at his Atizapan de Zaragoza home. Weinkamer, manager of Clevite de Mexico, was abducted near Naucalpan de Juarez on Tuesday night by three gunmen. Unconfirmed reports indicate about 2.25 million dollars paid.
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Mexico City
UPI
U.S
William Andrew Weinkamer
Weinkamer
Atizapan de Zaragoza
Clevite de Mexico, S.A. de C.V
Painesville
Ohio
Clevite de Mexico
Naucalpan de Juarez
Chip Carter Faces Possible Split as He Moves to Plains
White House sources say Chip Carter is moving to Plains Georgia with plans to help the peanut business while his wife Caron and their infant James Earl Carter IV remain at the White House for a time. First Lady press secretary Mary Hoyt declined to confirm a separation but noted the couple married in 1973 and that this is a private family matter.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Chip
Plains
Caron
White House
Mary Hoyt
Rosalynn Carter
Democratic National Committee
Committee
Hoyt
Camp David
India
China
Great Britain
Amy
Jeff
Annette
Atlanta
Secret of Pain Killers Unlocked
Three Upjohn scientists report a shared molecular shape among four effective painkillers including aspirin. The study, presented at the American Crystallographic Association meeting at Michigan State University, supports a theory that pain compounds fit into nerve cell receptors with a common form.
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East Lansing, Mich
UPI
Upjohn Co
David Duchamp
Edward C. Olson
Constance G. Chidester
American Crystallographic Association
Michigan State University
Dames At Sea To Be Run Tonight At Towne & Country
The musical Dames At Sea is set for 8 tonight at Towne & Country Theatre. A science quote on key and lock describes how a drug molecule fits nerve receptors to halt pain, likening it to blueprinting better painkillers.
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Dames At Sea
Towne & Country Theatre
Duchamp
Wood County Man Slain in Rural Ohio Shooting
Levi Warner, 58, was found dead at his Cygnet area home by his wife around 1 a.m. The Wood County coroner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the back of the skull. BCI agents joined deputies in the investigation and further details were not released.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
UPI
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Wood County
Roger A. Pearce
Army Buddy Recalls Son of Sam Suspect
Paul Billow, Berkowitz’s former Army buddy, says Berkowitz showed a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde shift during Korea service. He recalls Berkowitz describing encounters with street women who propositioned him, noting their black hair and liberal attitudes toward sex.
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Sam
Saginaw, Mich
UPI
David Berkowitz
Korea
Mr. Hyde
Billow
Junk Sale Planned for Norwalk Main Street
Norwalk to host the first Community Garage and Junktique Sale on Sept. 17 organized by JC Penney manager Mark Beeman and volunteers Eleanore Tucker Dotty Tendowski and Ed Barker. Local residents schools clubs and civic groups may sell at pre assigned spots with auctions at 1 p.m. and 5 30 p.m. Proceeds to benefit athletic boosters at St Pauls High and Norwalk High. Registration costs one dollar to cover promotion.
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Norwalk
J.C. Penney
Main Street
Mark Beeman
J.C. Penney Co
Main St
Beeman
Eleanore Tucker
Barker
St. Paul's High School
Norwalk High School
Tucker
Norwalk Services and Safety
Mel Shipley
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