Dollar Crisis Deepens As Bonn Intervenes On Market
Speculators drove the dollar to a crisis level in Europe with the German Bundesbank buying a record 1.5 billion to defend the currency. The dollar slid to 3.15 marks in Germany and traded lower in Paris Brussels Amsterdam and London before a late rebound. Bonn convened an emergency meeting and ordered direct action to quell the slump, signaling wider spillover effects on European markets.
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Blind learn to see with camera skin relay device
A San Francisco researcher reports a spectacle mounted TV camera can relay images through skin nerves in the stomach to help blind subjects locate objects and pick them up in about 10 seconds. The system is described as a crude beginning but functional for trained users.
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Los Angeles
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San Francisco
Carter C. Collins
Local teen Jill Kolasky found. surgery needed
Jill Kolasky a 17 year old who ran away believing she was pregnant has been located and is en route home for urgent surgery. Doctors detected tumors in her female organs and she will undergo immediate operation. Her twin Janice underwent December surgery for benign tumors.
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Cincinnati Man Rams Car Dealership Garage Doors
John Bottles rammed his 1972 station wagon into the service garage doors at Walt and Jake Sweeney Chevrolet after repeated repair issues. Norm Dexter says all work was warranty covered. Bottles faces a malicious destruction of property warrant. Garage damage estimated at 1000 to 1500 dollars.
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Ohio House to vote on Vietnam era servicemen bonuses
The Ohio House planned a floor vote on a proposed constitutional amendment allowing bonuses up to 500 for Vietnam era active duty servicemen from 1961 to 1973. The House and Senate set 1 30 p m sessions.
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Snow Likely Tonight Then Flurries And Colder
Weather forecast shows snow likely tonight diminishing to flurries Thursday with colder conditions. Lows tonight 18 to 25, highs Thursday 25 to 30. Precipitation chances 30 percent today, 70 tonight, 50 Thursday. Winds 10 to 20 mph shifting NW to NE. Norwalk temps show high 45 and low 28 with humidity around 70 to 79 percent. Marriage license applications listed for Richard E Showers and Alice M Amburgy. Death reported for Mrs Cordelia Parman, 75, Norwalk.
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Richard E. Showers
Alice M. Amburgy
Plymouth
Cordelia Parman
Police Help Reunites Couple At Fisher-Titus Hospital
Sunny New London police responded Tuesday night when Corwin Carnahan at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital could not reach his wife by phone. An operator found a trunk line fault. officers checked the home and found Mrs. Carnahan waiting by the phone. Within four minutes she called him at the hospital, and Carnahan thanked the police.
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New London
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Corwin Carnahan
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Ohio braces for cold snap with teens and snow
Winter returns to Ohio tonight as temperatures dip into the teens and snow is forecast for parts of the state. The weather service notes a large cold air mass spreading from the northern plains this morning.
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Freight Train Hits Texas School Bus Killing Seven Children
A fast freight train struck a school bus carrying 23 children near Littlefield Texas. Seven youths aged 5 to 18 died. the driver Artis Ray Johnson 68 survived with injuries. Police said warning signals were working and the crossing was marked. Survivors were hospitalized and a memorial service was set for the seven dead.
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Littlefield
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Paul Jones
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Santa Fe
Fieldton
Anita Martinez
Edward Ortiz
Aurora Ortiz
Deana Frusto
David Frausto
Mary Medina
Julie Davis
W.L. McDonald
Slaton
Rail Strike Threatens Economy Across 16 States
Government officials worked to avert a 12:01 a.m. Thursday strike against Penn Central, warning it would severely disrupt freight across 16 eastern and midwestern states. Officials planned rerouting traffic and a DOT priority system while trucks would be used to move goods in many areas.
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Tom Hoppin
Philadelphia
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Garfield Avenue widening sparks council clash in Norwalk
Norwalk City Council approved first reading of an ordinance to widen Garfield Avenue for truck traffic drawing protests from residents and Sheller Globe Corp. officials who warn the plant could relocate. Bids for two police cars surfaced, with Downtown Dodge offering Dodges at extra cost.
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