Drought Hurts Ottawa Trees Say Garden Club Member
Ottawa Garden Club members express concern over stressed trees due to drought. Mary Bancroft urges residents to water young trees five to six feet tall, use careful hose methods, mulch around roots, and water large trees weekly until rainfall returns. She notes some species, like Black Walnut and Honey Locust, hold up better than Dogwood and Sugar Maple.
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Joan Istas
Ottawa Garden Club
Ottawa
Mary Bancroft
Club
Auto Workers Strike Vote At Ford Signals Tense Contract Talks
In Detroit AP report UAW workers at Ford Motor Co lead by Local 600 River Rouge vote for strike authorization with 95 percent approval. The ballot reflects a strong willingness to strike if bargaining fails, withindustry impact hoped to set pattern for GM and Chrysler. The three year contract ends Sept 14 leaving 18 days for talks as forecasts note a sunny county weekend ahead.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford-Uaw
UAW
River Rouge
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Ford
Governor Orders Inquiry Into Mass Murders in Colorado
A 23-year-old sex offender released on work release killed five people at a ranch in northeastern Colorado and then killed himself as authorities closed in. The suspect had raped two girls years earlier and was serving time for gross sexual imposition. He abducted and raped a 14-year-old during the manhunt, with authorities seeking accountability for the release program.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Colorado
Richard Lamm
Richard Turner
Turner
State Penitentiary
Fremont County
John Hardin
Hardins
John Vernetti
Alex Wilson
Americans killed in Tehran highway ambush by guerrillas
Three 43 year old Rockwell International employees from California were shot dead in a Tehran suburb by Islamic Marxist guerrillas during morning traffic. The victims were William Cottrell Jr Robert Krongard and Donald Smith. Iranian authorities linked the attack to earlier insurgent killings of U S military officers and noted a crackdown on guerrillas with multiple executions and shootouts this year.
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Tehran
Iran
Autonetics
Rockwell
Anaheim
Calif
William Cottrell Jr
Los Gatos
Robert Krongard
Sunnyvale
Donald Smith
Yorba Linda
United States
U.S
Tehrannon
Kayhan
Army
Lewis Hopkins
Air Force
Paul R. Schaffer
Jack J. Turner
Guer
Plane Crash Kills 17 in Peterborough England
A U S Air Force four engine C141 Starlifter crashed near Peterborough England. All 17 aboard are believed killed including 13 crew and four passengers. The plane reportedly nosedived into a field beside a major highway linking the English midlands with eastern England.
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Peterborough
England
Air Force
Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base
County Suffolk
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Mildenhall
English Midlands
MIT scientists report creation of first living cell gene
Cambridge MIT researchers led by Har Gobind Khorana announced a manmade gene that functions in living bacteria, a landmark toward understanding gene control and potential disease therapies. The team linked simple chemical units to copy a bacterial gene and observed regulation in action, marking a step beyond recombinant DNA.
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Cambridge, Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Har Gobind Khorana
Alfred B. Sloan
MIT
San Francisco
American Chemical Society
Cambridge
Harvard University
Khorana
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Rockwell International
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