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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1975
Page
5
In Strongsville and Columbus, Mayor John Pearce and his wife Diana take over trash collection and snow removal amid a city strike. Pearce details operating a trash truck and salting streets while denouncing picket trouble as minor incidents.
President Ford accepted the resignation of Richard O. Simpson as chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Simpson will stay until a successor is appointed after criticizing Ford’s delay in naming a new chair. The agency praised his leadership and continuity.
Richard Lyng of the American Meat Institute predicts meat production will rise in 1976 with beef output setting a record at about 2.6 billion pounds. Per capita meat consumption could reach 18.5 pounds as hamburger prices edge up but overall meat prices stay near 1975 levels.
A police stakeout followed a tip that an attempt would be made to kidnap the wife of Marvin Dorton, owner of Dorton Lumber Co, in Centerville Tennessee. Two suspects, Danny Bowman and George McCaleb, were arrested on burglary and attempted kidnapping charges after breaking in at about 7 am as lines to the house were cut.
A Capital Airways charter jet carrying 183 passengers and 10 crew members from Honolulu to Chicago made an emergency landing in Oakland after rapid decompression at 33 000 feet. Ten passengers suffered earaches and nausea. none were seriously hurt as the flight continued to Oakland at 14 000 feet with medical attention provided.
R Sargent Shriver becomes the sixth candidate in Illinois as petitions with about 8000 names are filed for the March 16 primary. He notes the effort shows strong backing from supporters who circulated petitions during Christmas week. The 5 pm deadline for entry nears and the beauty contest primary will not bind delegates.
University of Virginia engineers Dr Edward A Parrish Jr and Dr Kemal Goksel test a computer guided system that uses a television camera to locate red apples on green branches and an articulated arm to touch and potentially remove them. The NSF funds the three year project at 170000 dollars and aims to boost farming productivity.
In Las Vegas Nevada the Energy Research and Development Administration delayed an underground nuclear test due to unfavorable wind conditions. If detonated at 10 am EST Tuesday it will be the 17th and final announced blast of the year, occurring 4 760 feet below the surface and 15 to 50 times the yield of WWII bombs.
Soviet and American scientists work toward a unified earthquake forecasting theory. Igor Nersesov, in a Tass interview, outlines four research directions field laboratory engineering seismic study and mathematical estimation. California tests apply mathematical methods to forecast sites of severe quakes.
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