Agnew Sells Suburban Home For 57 Per Cent Profit
The GAO cannot confirm if government funded security improvements raised the value of Spiro Agnew's Maryland home. A realtor says the three story Kenwood house sold for 300000, up from 190000 in 1972, a 57 percent gain. The sale to Mr and Mrs Myron Davy was handled by Burr Morris Pardoe. The Agnews seek a cheaper home in the Severn River area with 90 days to move, whileGAO notes market gains and possible tax questions but no requirement to repay funds.
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Maryland
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Kenwood
GAO
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Myron Davy
Woodbridge
Burr
Severn River
John F. Seiberling
Ohio
House
Seiberling
1974 predicted as year of the green thumb
William MacDowell president of W Atlee Burpee Co. says home gardening demand is up significantly due to high food prices and gasoline shortages. He notes a jump in seed orders, described as huge though exact figures are not disclosed.
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Philadelphia
UPI
William Macdowell
W. Atlee Burpee Co
MacDowell
EPA Boss In Norwalk Addresses Foul Air Health Costs
Dr. Ira L. Whitman discussed Ohio EPA's role at Norwalk High School before 62 attendees. He emphasized health concerns over cost, noting no records of how pollution affects kids and that hearings will occur on the Leon Riley digester dispute. A separate Mexico case reports the kidnapping of John Patterson, U.S. vice consul, with ransom talks and secrecy surrounding the incident.
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Hermosillo
Mexico
UPI
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U.S
William Saxbe
Washington
Women married to prostate cancer patients urged to get regular checkups
Dr. John K. Lattimer of Columbia University advises women married to men with prostate cancer to have medical exams and a pap smear every four months instead of annually to reduce cancer risks in the breasts and other organs.
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Houston
UPI
John K. Lattimer
Columbia University
Metzenbaum Glenn campaign dinners show price gap
Senator Howard Metzenbaum and challenger John Glenn schedule separate fundraisers in Cleveland on April 18. Metzenbaum plans a roast beef dinner at 100 a plate downtown, while Glenn offers a corned beef and cabbage special for 99 cents at a Flats cafe by the Cuyahoga River.
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UPI
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
John Glenn
Metzenbaum
Glenn
Cuyahoga River
Detroits Jerome Cavanagh postpones governor bid due to cancer
Jerome P. Cavanagh widely known as a boy wonder in Michigan politics says he is delaying his political comeback and a run for governor because he has cancer. The 45 year old former official announced at a news conference that surgery for a malignant kidney tumor is planned for April. Supporters were surprised and some cried at the news.
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Detroit
UPI
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Michigan
Cavanagh
Progress Reported in Developing Less Hazardous Cigarette
ST. AUGUSTINE Florida UPI reports major progress in creating a cigarette with cancer causing agents reduced or removed. Dr. Benjamin L. Van Duren says based on completed research such products could reach the market in five to ten years.
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ST. Augustine, Fla
UPI
Benjamin L. van Duren
Weather and Local Births and Marriage Notices
Mostly cloudy today with a mid 30s to mid 40s high near Lake Erie. Rain chances rise tonight and Friday with 20 to 70 percent precipitation, winds NE to SE 10 to 15 mph, highs upper 40s to low 50s. Norwalk high 47 low 27 no precipitation. Births list a Willard girl to Mr and Mrs Floyd and a Willard boy to Mr and Mrs Lodermeier. Marriage license applications for Donald Short and Susan Hall, both of Willard.
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Norwalk
James Floyd
Willard
William Lodermeier
Ashland
Streaker disrupts Carson show in late night blackout
A nude streaker rushed on stage during NBC's Johnny Carson Show in Burbank California. The actor, about six feet tall and 30 or 40, wore a floppy hat and fled offstage after a ten second interruption. NBC blamed the blackout on avoiding an X rating and edited the lower screen to hide the incident.
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NBC
Burbank
Calif
ESP Confession Ties Balloonist Search to Guadalupe
LAUREL Md A UPI report says ESP practitioner Marcia Kuhn claims missing balloonist Thomas Gatch is near Guadalupe and dying with three to five days left, while the Pentagon demands more concrete details before resuming a search. She fixes coordinates and envisions a coma state. The note includes unrelated polling on divorce and car fuel questions.
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UPI
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