Man 61 Finds Warmth After Two Years in Cardboard Box
In Martinsville Virginia a 61-year-old man, Haden Gilbert Andrews, was found living in a cardboard box in the woods after two harsh winters. Deputies placed him in a Martinsville hotel for hot meals and warmth while he described surviving snow and freezing temperatures. Neighbors Tommy Earles and Mike Handy discovered him and offered aid, delivering food and coffee before arranging shelter, though Andrews preferred remaining off the grid and returning to society at his own pace.
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Abortion Anniversary Divides United States
New York observers mark five years since Roe v Wade with opposing views. Cardinal Cooke condemns abortion as a social problem, while Planned Parenthood chair Henrietta H. Marshall praises the ruling for safer services and fewer deaths.
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Henrietta H. Marshall
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Redwood vandalism sparks dispute over park expansion
In Eureka California conservationists and loggers clash over proposed 48 900 acre addition to Redwood National Park as vandals strike. Four ancient redwoods were chain-sawed on Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, raising total damaged since January to 16. Rewards of 1000 dollars posted by Associated California Loggers and California State Park Rangers Association.
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Eureka
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Antarctica’s First Baby Born to Argentine Commander
Emilio Marco Palma born January 7 becomes the first human born in Antarctica. He is the son of the commander of an Argentine military base stationed on the continent.
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Food Dropped to Icebound Lake Freighters off Cleveland
About 2,000 pounds of food was delivered by helicopter Sunday to crews of five lake freighters beset off Cleveland. The ships had been stranded since Thursday in heavy ice as forecast southerly winds were expected to ease conditions. The Coast Guard reported the Jibowa took on water and was towed to Cleveland for temporary repairs.
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Police hunt two men for two RTA bus holdups
Cleveland police seek two suspects in back to back Regional Transit Authority bus robberies. A Friday night hold up at Shaker Square ended with a weapon pointed at the driver and two shots fired into the bus floor. A passenger was killed in the first incident and two people were struck but not seriously hurt. Police report $2,300 taken from 43 passengers.
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Xenon discovery credited to Ramsey and Travers in 1898
British chemists Sir William Ramsey and Morris William Travers identified xenon as a new element in 1898. Their work isolated a rare gas from air using fractional distillation of liquid air, marking a landmark in noble gas chemistry.
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Senate studies canal pact delays and hearings begin
The Panama Canal treaties move to formal action as the Foreign Relations Committee starts review and the Armed Services Committee opens three days of hearings. A senator warns that floor delaying tactics may already be at play amid the study phase in the 95th Congress.
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South African race rules haunt decomposed skull case
In Natal shore waters a partially decomposed skull from a tiger shark faces burial by race. Col. Johan du Randt may seek magistrate help to decide if the skull is white, black, Asian, or mixed, guiding burial place under apartheid. Split politics loom over treaties and ratification in Washington.
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