Still a kid painter works to save carousel sculptures
STATE COLLEGE Pa The hand carved wooden carousels are valued as sculpture says Nancy Strailey vice president of the National Carousel Association They date from 1890 to 1930 and only about 270 working carousels remain She hopes machines remain open to the public so children and their children can enjoy this piece of American history that is disappearing.
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State College
Nancy Strailey
Marcus Illions
William Dentzel
Daniel Carl Muller
Alfred
Strailey
Lewistown
Woman dies third victim of gas mixup in Alabama
In Anniston, Charlotte Huddleston, 27, died after brain damage from argon gas mistakenly pumped into the hospital oxygen system at Fort McClellan’s Noble Army Hospital. She had been kept alive by life support since Friday. An Army sergeant and a premature infant also died after argon, used for welding, displaced oxygen in the central supply. Officials say argon entered the ER and wards, causing suffocation. The hospital stopped oxygen orders from Dixie Welding Supply of Attalla. Fort McClellan spokesman notes one tank tested contained 70 percent argon.
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Anniston
Ala
Charlotte Huddleston
Linda Barnes
Northeast Alabama Medical Center
Ms. Barnes
Fort McLellan
Noble Army Hospital
Huddleston
The
Army Hospital
Army
Edward M. Johnson
Dixie Welding
Attalla
Johnson
Agron
Ross Adkins
Fort McClellan
Criminal Investigation Laboratory
Fort Gordon
Rivers Seeks Bucks County Borough To Build Movie Studio
Comedian Joan Rivers Edgar Rosenberg and partner Thomas Pileggi filed a petition in Bucks County Common Pleas Court to form a new borough named Two Ponds by seceding from Northampton Township. The plan seeks rezoning of 87 acres for a movie studio condominiums golf course with a July 1 hearing.
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Doylestown, Pa
UPI
Joan Rivers
Bucks County
Common Pleas Court
Oscar Bortner
Rivers
Edgar Rosenberg
Northampton Township
Cials
Northampton
Two Ponds
New Hope
Thomas Pileggi
Delaware Valley
Get-tough DWI law jams jail cells in Massachusetts
Massachusetts DWI crackdown has boosted arrests and cut highway deaths but fills jails and strains prisons. Sheriffs say many offenders receive no treatment for alcoholism, effectively warehousing them. The tougher law imposes seven to 14 day penalties on second offenses, with 60 days for a third, as capacity remains overfull.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Paul Ruane
Orcester
Ruane
Edward Henneberry Jr
Middlesex County
Henneberry
Bahamas
Fireworks plant owner charged in Tennessee explosion deaths
Dan Lee Webb, operator of a worm farm housing an illegal fireworks factory, surrendered to Polk County Jail on manslaughter charges for 11 deaths including his parents. ATF questioned him but no federal charges filed. bond set at 300000. Explosion around 9 15 a m leveled a two story metal barn near his home. Webb was away at the time.
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Webb
James G. Nave
Nave
Mending economy offers few new summer jobs
The economy improves yet teen and young adult hiring remains weak. NYC partners say about 16 000 private jobs this summer, with 200 000 youths unemployed in the city, while a federal program aims for 45 000 additional posts. NFIB notes upbeat hiring plans but unemployment remains high.
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Joseph Garcia
New York City Partnership
Nyc
Garcia
New York City
NFIB
National Federation of Independent Business
Manpower Inc
Labor Department
Employment & Training Administration
Cornell
Abby Martin
The
Cornell University
Computers give palsy victim a voice at MSU
Jim Renuk, a Michigan State University graduate student with cerebral palsy, uses a $30,000 computer wheelchair system with a 49‑position joystick and small video display to select letters and phrases. The setup speaks and can type via a linked word processor, with activation by finger toe or chest muscle impulses. He will gain three new languages and sound chips, enabling whistle and gesture as he competes in Europe.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Jim Renuk
Renuk
Michigan State
Artificial Language Laboratory
John B. Eulenberg
Europe
Eulenberg
Detroit
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Fulbright says nuclear arms not sole path to peace
J William Fulbright, former Senate Foreign Relations chair, told about 1000 University of Scranton graduates that nuclear weapons alone cannot secure war and peace. The 78 year old Arkansas Democrat received an honorary doctorate as Scranton notes a 14 year record of 40 foreign Fulbright scholars.
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Fulbright
Scranton, Pa
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas Dem
Ocrat
University of Scranton
Scranton
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Tufts Uni
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Mass
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Federal Office of Personnel Management
Sea World
Cleveland
Richard Payson
Payson
Disney Channel
Regency
Harry
Syracuse
Upstate
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