Public figures reveal past drinking problems to reduce stigma
About 50 public figures including Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Rep Wilbur Mills and entertainers disclosed successful battles with alcoholism at a National Council on Alcoholism news conference. They said going public aims to show alcoholism is treatable and reduce stigma amid a week of events.
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Washington
UPI
Edwin E
Buzz
Aldrin
Congress
National Council On Alcoholism
Dick van Dyke
Garry Moore
Sylvester J. Tinker
Pawhuska
Oklo
Neil Armstrong
Earth
Air Force
Los Angeles
National Association For Mental Health
Mills
Hughes
Brooklyn Dodgers
Don Newcombe
Flu risks for pregnant women highlighted by health panel
UPI reports a federal advisory panel warns swine flu could endanger pregnant women during the fall immunization drive. Dr. Stallones urges prioritizing them in line for vaccines while others aged 20 to 30 follow. In Kansas, Attorney General Curt Schneider faces speeding tickets from the Highway Patrol after rapid returns from a drug raid and murder probe.
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Atlanta
UPI
Eeuel A. Stallones
University of Texas School of Public Health At
Houston
Stallones
Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Curt Schneider
Highway Patrol
Schneider
Jack Blow
Topeka
Junction City
Blow
Postal service orders cross lawn routes in Belleville
In Belleville Illinois the USPS Methods Improvement Plan mandates mail carriers cut across lawns on routes. Union rep Harold Wright says the measure will be tested locally and the National Association of Letter Carriers has filed a grievance. The union opposes turf damage and yard disruption.
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Belleville, Ill
UPI
U.S. Postal Service
Branc 155
National Association of Letter Carriers
Belleville
Harold Wright
OSU Trustees Curb Ticket Resales At Original Price
Ohio State University trustees moved to block ticket scalping by prohibiting resale of university sponsored event tickets for more than their original price. The measure targets football game scalping and aims to keep prices fair for fans.
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Columbus
UPS
Ohio State University
OSU
Chicago woman sues doctors over scissors left in body
Rose Mary Gilley, 37, Chicago, claims a Caesarean in 1973 left surgical scissors inside her abdomen. After years of pain she learned the cause and lawyers filed a $3 million suit Thursday against doctors Rocco V. Lobraio and John J. Thomett and Ravenswood Hospital.
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Chicago
UPI
Rose Mary Gilley
Mrs. Gilley
Kimberlee
Weather and local notices from Willard area
Weather outlook clear and warmer Sunday with a high in the lower 70s. Marriage licenses issued for five couples in Willard and Norwalk area. Birth announced for a boy born to Mr and Mrs Richard Williams in Willard area.
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Richard Williams
Willard, Boy
Willard Area
Opinion Line voters weigh biracial adoption question
Friday's Opinion Line asks readers if they support biracial adoptions and whether they object to a mailman cutting across lawns. Readers vote yes or no by calling 668-8544 or 668-8345 before midnight.
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Pennsylvania
Celeste Repeats Plan to Repay 56000 in Transition Funds
Ohio Lt. Gov Celeste and staff faced a state audit finding for about 5922 paid to five transition aides in late 1974 into early 1975. Celeste promised to personally reimburse if the auditor requires repayment, amid questions of legality and benefits to the state.
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Lee Leonard
UPI
Statehouse
Columbus
Richard F. Celeste
Thomas E Ferguson
Celeste
Gerald J. Austin
Ferguson
Austin
O.F. Knippenberg
Ublic
Forerguson
John W. Brown
Franklin
George C. Smith
NBC Sued Over Scottsboro Movie Libel Case
Ruby Bates Schut of Washington sues NBC and two Alabama affiliates for 2.5 million dollars alleging libel slander and invasion of privacy from the April 22 broadcast of Judge Horton and the Scottsboro boys. Attorney Arthur Hanes Jr. says she portrays the famous perjurer in the film and seeks damages and an injunction. Attorney Ray Fraley says Victoria Street may also sue, alleging similar claims.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Schut
Ruby Bates
WAPI
WAAY
Huntsville
Ray Fraley
Fayetteville
Tenn
Penne
Onehalf
Victoria Price Street
Fraley
Scottsboro
U.S. Supreme Court
Towne and Country Players Present Follies of 76 at Eight
Contestants for Poppy Festival Queen will be photographed at Memorial Lake Park clubhouse Sunday at 2 p.m. Lacasis and friends are invited to take part in the portrait session.
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Memorial Lake Park
Lacasis
Hughes Will Signature Authenticated by Handwriting Expert
A handwriting analyst testifies the 1968 Hughes will is authentic, countering claims of a forged document amid a court battle over the Hughes fortune. A. Henry Silver states the signature shows Hughes’s consistent patterns and that the will, examined under magnification, was written with a ball point pen more than five years ago.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hughes
Clifford Irving
A. Henry Silver
Silver
Salt Lake
Las Vegas
Harold Rhoden
Noah Dietrich
Dietrich
Hughes Empire
Summa Corp
Rhoden
Howard R. Hughes
Phone Worker Hurt In Fall From Ladder
A General Telephone Co installer, Richard M. Gatton, 25, fell from a ladder at the military recruiting office at 85 East Main Street while using a drill. He was taken by ambulance to Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital for observation, with no broken bones and listed in satisfactory condition.
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General Telephone Co
Military
E. Main St
Richard M. Gatton
Carriage Court
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
City Seeks Caution Over Dangerous Sewers From Children
City Engineer James Widman warns residents to keep children out of sewers after reports of kids playing in manholes and crawling through pipes. He notes methane from decomposing sewage can be lethal or explosive and that weakened steps can give way.
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James Widman
Widman
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James S. Kemper Jr
Kemper Insurance Companies
Mercedes McCambridge
Dana Andrews
Tom Ewell
Baretta
Jan Clayton
Lassie
Guy Mitchell
Johnny Grant
Walter O’ Keefe
del Sharbutt
Willie Picklesimer
Willard
Bessie Means
James Kern
Norwalk
Donna Gates
Bruce W. Mollison
Christine M. Kramer
Carl W. Henry
YMCA
Clara P. Smeltz
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William Brown
Ohio
Brown
Knippenberg
Gilligan Administration
John Brown
Boston City Hall
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Gatton
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