Pirelli and Furlanis propose flexible dam to shield Venice
Venice could be protected by a new flexible rubber dam system developed by Pirelli and Furlanis. The device inflates with water to block three lagoon channels while allowing ship passage a 650 foot gap remains open. Computer forecast triggers operation saving 106000 residents from frequent floods.
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Copley News Service
Venice
Cima Star
New York
CNS
Giorgio Della Seta
Pirelli Tire Corp
Italy
York
Rubber Products
Pirelli and Furlanis
Venetian Lagoon
Della Seta
Arturo Colamassi
University of Bologna
Pirelli
Milan
Slam Decision in Aces vs All Stars Challenge Match
In a Chicago match Billy Rosen asked for aces and put North in a small slam. West led spades but declarer played soundly securing the hand while an early spade winner and a club sequence set up the slam defense. Six in dummy and the final result favored the declarer.
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Billy Rosen
Chicago
Hearts slam and double swing in bridge match replay
In a bridge match replay Ace Bob Hamman passed preempt, the Aces lost a slam swing. With South holding Qu3 K652 1054 A 109, double is best at 5 hearts since six hearts wins, while pass yields 200 and double yields 500 to East West. Mark Blumenthal bid six hearts and was doubled for all the marbles.
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NORTH
Bob Hamman
Mark Blumenthal
Hamman and Wolff
Aces
Camera show features Hoffman collection at Woolco
Victor R. Hoffman of Tempe will display his collection of antique and modern cameras at Woolco Department Store Hayden Plaza 1300 N. Scottsdale Rd. on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. He began years ago with a 35mm camera costing $10 and now owns over 100 photographic tools.
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Victor R. Hoffman
Tempe
Woolco
Hayden Plaza
N. Scottsdale Rd
Hoffman
No-smoking bill hearing delayed in Arizona Senate
The Arizona Senate floor hearing on SB 1101 to expand no smoking rules in public areas was postponed to next week. Betty Carnes of ASH Scottsdale urged supporters to contact senators and volunteers to assist, listing 11001 Sundown Drive Scottsdale as contact.
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Arizona Senate
Betty Carnes
Scottsdale
Special Projects For Action On Smoking and Health
ASH
Carnes
Herbert Carnes
Sundown Drive
Scottsdale Library Closed Over Easter Day
Scotts dale Public Library and Vista del Camino Branch Library plus the Granite Reef and McDonald bookmobile stops will be closed Sunday for Easter. The main library also closes, with returns available at the main library bookdrop.
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Scottsdale Public Library
Vista del Camino
Granite Reef
McDonald
Black Panthers Shifted Tactics From Guns To Votes
Elaine Brown, a 32 year old former schoolteacher, becomes the Panthers' public face in Oakland guiding a shift from gun battles to community services and political campaigning. The group has moved from violent clashes to focus on jobs education housing and minority representation while Cleaver Newton and Seale drift into exile or reduced roles.
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Robert Strand
Oakland
Calif
UPI
Black Panthers
Eldridge Cleaver
Huey Newton
Bobby Seale
Paris
Elaine Brown
California
Legislative Chamber
Newton
Seale
Cleaver
Algeria
Brown
Panthers
Ask the Doctor about travel diarrhea and childhood undescended testicle
Traveler’s diarrhea is common and mainly due to water, stress, and unfamiliar viruses. antidiarrheals and rest are advised. For a seven year old with an undescended testicle, surgery is not urgent before puberty unless needed. hormonal trials may try to induce descent, otherwise surgery typically between ages five and nine. Breathing tobacco smoke brings carbon monoxide, reducing oxygen delivery especially with atherosclerosis, risking serious impacts on circulation.
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William J. Goldwag
M.D. Copley
Tropics
Mexico
Commitment failure blamed for Vietfall
UPI reports Senator Howard Baker blames U S failure to honor commitments for Communist advances in Asia. He says little can be done now to reverse the trend and that the United States may have already lost Cambodia threatening South Vietnam's survival, he told Memphis State University students.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
U.S
Asia
United States
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Memphis State University
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