Running Easy Part 5 A guide to proper running shoes
A running shoe is the key investment to protect feet and body from pounding. Dr Hlavac and Dr Schuster stress flexible, cushioned footwear with adequate arch support and proper heel stability. Check ball width, avoid stiff soles, consider inserts like heel lifts or arch supports, and plan a $20 to $40 budget for quality sneakers.
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Richard Schuster
Runner’s World
Snow sledmakers stay hopeful for winter sales
In Duncannon Pennsylvania AP reports Standard Novelty Works runs 16 hours daily to hit a 1000 sleds per day amid 90 degree heat. Sledmakers Rosen of Standard, Blazon Flexible Flyer and Gladding Corp fear past shortages if heavy snows return, citing flexible flyer history and paint recalls, and noting today only three major makers remain.
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Rosen
Blazon Flexible Flyer
West Point
Miss
Gladding Corp
Paris
Maine
Pennsylvania
Stedl
Standard Novelty Works
Duncannon
Strikes Slow Bulk Mail in New York and San Francisco
United Press International reports walkouts by postal workers slow bulk mail handling in New York and San Francisco as strike talk spreads over a contract agreement reached Friday. In Jersey City New Jersey the bulk and foreign mail center logged a day's backlog with as many as two thirds of workers walking out.
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Wildcat
New York
San Francisco
Richmond
Calif
Postal Service
James Meldrum
Jersey City
Romine
West Virginia
City Block Burns in Painesville Downtown Fire
An entire city block in downtown Painesville burned in the early morning blaze. Six buildings including two bars a rare coin shop a bakery a restaurant and an empty store were damaged with losses pegged at 500000. Firefighters from three nearby communities battled the flames from 1 30 am until under control by 9 am with no injuries reported. Officials investigate the cause hoping to determine how the basement fire started.
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Painesville
Ohio
UPI
Indian leader warns of survival struggle
Washington based Indian protest leader Vernon Bellecourt warns the Longest Walk could end in armed struggle to safeguard spiritual cultural political and physical survival. He says Indians across North and South America have an unequivocal right to armed struggle while noting the walk aims to raise world awareness of colonial domination and ongoing obstacles in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Walk
Vernon Bellecourt
North
South America
Bellecourt
San Francisco
United Nations
Firestone defends tire safety amid recall questions
Firestone spokesman calls Knight Service claims exaggeration and incomplete. NHTSA probe follows thousands of complaints about the radial tire linked to 34 deaths and 60 injuries. Firestone insists its tires meet government tests and that questioned samples were R&D inventory, not production tires.
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Washington
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Knight News Service
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
Knight Service
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron
Firestone
General Motors
Knight
Bernard Frazier
Frazier
NHTSA
Underground home in rural Delaware County built by Wamplers
Paul Wampler, a Delaware Fire Department inspector, and his wife Jenny built a four bedroom underground house in a 14 foot deep hill on a five acre lot. The 2000 square foot, $30,000 structure uses concrete blocks and I beam roof with two large windows to reduce claustrophobia. Energy savings are cited as the rationale, with construction largely done by the family.
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Columbus
Paul Wampler
Delaware County
Wampler
Delaware Fire Department
Jenny
Wamplers
Richard D. Strayer
Strayer
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