Mailbox vandals haunt rural highways near Jackson County
Rural mailbox smashings persist with little evidence or witnesses. Deputy Procunier cites teens as prime suspects, noting damages cost up to 50 dollars and that most cases go unprosecuted. Postal inspectors acknowledge limited resources and prioritize other crimes, urging reports of car color, license, and time to aid capture.
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Ken Mac Garrigle
Jackson County
Woodrow Proecunier
Procunier
R.J. Stewart
St. Louis
Stewart
Sheriff’s Department
Postal Service
Garbage as power fuels cities at international talks
In Rome city officials and planners from 37 countries gathered to discuss turning garbage into feed, heat, and energy. Rome explores reuse while Paris and Chicago pursue methane and waste burning to heat homes and generate power, amid dwindling landfill space and cost concerns.
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Clara Hemphill
Rome
Paris
Chicago
Mirella D’argeangeli
Rome to Paris to Chicago Recycle Waste Into Heat and Power
Rome uses a metal extracting magnet plant to recover materials then burns what's left to power a steam turbine. Paris heats 7 percent of homes with incinerated garbage and generates electricity. Chicago recovers methane from landfills to heat homes. International conference on solid waste cites cost savings and energy recovery.
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Rome
London
D’argeangeli
France
Paris
Jean Defeches
Chicago
John Teipel
Dallas
Texas
International Solid Waste Association
Teipel
City of
United Towns Organization
Parliamentary Assembly
The
Council of Europe
Dear Ann Landers warning on groupies and fashion woes
A reader warns against groupies harming themselves chasing celebrities after a Chicago episode. The column replies that therapy is needed and shares a shoe size frustration letter about finding wide shoes, with store and catalogue options from Marshall Field's Sears Montgomery Ward Saks Red Cross Shoes.
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Ann Landers
Chicago
Dear
Barefoot
Marshall Field’s
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Saks Fifth Avenue
Red Cross
Furnish Your Home for Entertaining by Barbara Mayer
An AP News features piece notes casual entertaining fuels new furniture like stationary and roll about bars and servers across price ranges. Designers and retailers report bars moving into living rooms and dens within wall systems while versatile pieces aid small spaces and party plans with portable servers, cocktail tables, stacking and bunching tables, and adaptable wall systems for storage and serving.
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Barbara Mayer
AP News
Gail Lewis
New York
Lewis
Ms. Lewis
Not all singles like Jill Clayburgh, says survey
Erma Bombeck comments on a survey about singles and marriage. She argues the swinging single stereotype is off base, sharing personal reflections on marriage, companionship, and the realities of long-term partnership.
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Jill Clayburgh
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