Man seeks simple life after desert disappearance
Philip M. Blacet, a 39 year old geologist from Palo Alto, vanished after a desert incident last November. He reappeared living with a waitress in Eloy at low pay, saying he prefers a simple, workmanlike life over his former materialist world. He plans to return to geology in time.
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Palo Alto
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Arizona
San Francisco Chronicle Today
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Geological Survey
Pleasure courses begin this fall at Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale Community College sponsors a fall series offering bellydancing bookkeeping and foreign language menu reading among others. Classes start Thursday and run through November 9 with courses in Food for Fitness Weight Control homebuying investments color photography astrology dog obedience tailoring microwave cooking and softball umpiring. Enrollment is in the admissions office 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Fees range from 10 to 30 dollars and enrollment is limited.
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Bridge lesson reveals missed plays and miscounted wins
A veteran explains how declarer erred by chasing finesses in a vulnerable game. North’s 4 diamonds over 3NT would have yielded a safe game by leading clubs after winning spades, with precise discards and cross ruffing preventing a West trump trick. West’s double and subsequent plays doomed the contract despite the favorable position.
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IRA Losing Support in Northern Ireland Says British Officials
Belfast authorities say the IRA is waning among Roman Catholics weary of eight years of violence. Kneecappings rise with over 200 reported this year, mostly Catholics, signaling internal split. Strength down to about 200 guerrillas. 1,200 Provisionals jailed. 900+ arrests this year.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
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Irish Republic
United States
Coast Guard to Use Air Scans for Ocean Pollution
UCSB Professor Willard Hammer and John Estes help develop an airborne oil surveillance system for the Coast Guard. A prototype on a C 130 has detected pollution and will be deployed with new jet patrols along California in 1979 to provide evidence suitable for legal action.
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Copley
California
Pacific
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Willard Hammer
University of California At Santa Barbara
U.S. Congress
Hammer
Coast Guard Reserve
Coast of California
Office of Research and Development
Washington, D.C
Marine Environmental Protection Office
Estes
Aerojet Electrosystems
UCSB
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