Jack Benny Dies at 80 in Beverly Hills
Veteran comic Jack Benny died of pancreatic cancer at his Beverly Hills home at 11 32 p m. He had been under heavy sedation since the cancer was found last Friday and was surrounded by his wife Mary Livingstone and friends including Frank Sinatra George Burns and Governor Ronald Reagan.
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Calif
Jack Benny
Benny
Irving Fein
Mary Livingstone
Fein
Rex Kennamer
Frank Sinatra
George Burns
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller Kissingers Vacation in San Juan Caribbean
Vice President Nelson A Rockefeller and his wife Happy are vacationing in San Juan Puerto Rico with guests. Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger and his wife joined the Rockefellers Thursday night shortly after their arrival for an informal Caribbean holiday itinerary.
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P.R
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Little Leaguers Can Be Girls Now Opens League to Girls
President Ford signed a law changing Little League federal charter from boys to young people. The measure, signed Thursday in Vail Colorado, allows girls to participate in Little League baseball.
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Colo
Ford
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No Reprisal Pledge Averts Violent Lor ton Prison Uprising
The DC corrections director pledges no reprisals after a 19 hour inmate rebellion at Lor ton Reformatory ends with about 80 inmates surrendering seven guard hostages and ceasing the occupation of the maximum security wing.
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Lorton
District of Columbia
Lorton Reformatory
Jury Hears Closing Pace for Watergate Cover-Up Trial
U S District Judge John J Sirica pushes for rapid progress in the Watergate cover-up case. Closing arguments proceed this week with Jacob Stein finishing for Kenneth Parkinson and government rebuttal by James Neal and Richard Ben-Veniste to begin soon ahead of Monday deliberations.
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Washington
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Jacob Stein
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Stein
James F Neal
Richard Ben-Veniste
Prices Threaten Better Corn Crops
Centralia Illinois report notes a cost price squeeze may cut into a 1975 corn crop predicted by government agencies. The Agriculture Department forecasts a 6.7 billion bushel harvest if weather stays favorable. NCGA president says higher supply means lower prices for farmers and may push land to soybeans. a University of Illinois expert agrees.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tional Corn Growers Association
University of Illinois
Egypt holds state funeral for Ahmed Ismail in Cairo
Cairo hosts the first state funeral since 1970 as Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail, army commander in chief and war minister, dies of cancer in London at 57. President Sadat awards the Collar of the Republic posthumously while Lt. Gen. Abdel Ghany Gamasy becomes war minister. The 1973 crossing of the Suez Canal marked Arab military prestige and subsequent Israeli counteractions altered the Sinai front.
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Egypt
Ahmed Ismail
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ismail
London
Abdel Ghany Gamasy
Suez Canal
Bar-Ley
Israel
West Bank
Sinai Desert
Wet Weekend Forecast Closes In On Christmas Mood
Rain clouds settle in with an 80 percent chance of rain today and 70 percent tomorrow. Expect cloudy skies with light showers, a high near 60 and a low around 52. Warmer conditions likely tomorrow despite ongoing showers.
South Carolina Loses Family Doctors At Higher Rate
A study cited by L Michael Treadwell shows SC general practitioners fell 41.9 percent over a decade while total physicians rose from 1 809 in 1964 to 2 436 ten years later. Many communities lack resident physicians and GPs moved to urban areas, increasing regional disparities.
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Columbia
South Carolina
L. Michael Treadwell
South Carolina Development Board
South Carolina Medical Journal
Treadwell
Anderson
Charleston
Florence
Greenville
Greenwood
Rock Hill
Spartanburg
Trash bins spark county complaints on Pine Log Rd
Langley Warrenville residents report overflowing bins and wind spread garbage along Pine Log Rd. Commissioners Prosser and Davis say calls flood in. Davis faced hostility while Prosser favors private pickup with county subsidy and holiday landfill operation.
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Pine Log Rd
Langley-Warrenville
Charles Prosser
L.V. Davis
Prosser
Davis
Smaller Cities Are Hit Hardest
FBI figures show crime rose 16 percent in the first nine months of 1974, the largest gain in six years. Smaller cities had the biggest rise, with a 24 percent jump in cities under 10 000, and larceny up 20 percent. Regional increases varied from 13 to 20 percent.
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Washington
FBI
Aiken Residents Plan Meeting on Hitchcock Woods Roads
A neighborhood group near Hitchcock Woods will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the Heritage Room of Farmers and Merchants Bank to discuss the Aiken Area Transportation Study plan. They oppose a two lane Laurens Street to Whiskey Road connector and a Vivian Drive to SC 478 connector with focus on local impact.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Aiken Area
Laurens Street
Whiskey Road
Vivian Dr
S.C
Youth To Be Questioned In Majik Market Murder
An Aiken teenager held in the county jail will be questioned by Aiken Police today in the Majik Market murder case. The Aug 7 shooting left 23 year old Jane Alverez dead behind the Majik Market counter. The suspect, 17 or younger, faces transfer to a youth correctional center after prior offenses.
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Aiken
Majik Market
North Aiken
Columbia
Howard K. Williamson
C.G. Heath
Jane Alverez
Charleston
Aiken County Hospital Faces Rising Costs and Audited Losses
An audit covering the fiscal year ending Sept 30 shows Aiken County Hospital with a near half million increase in gross operating expenses and a $463,938 rise in gross income from the prior year. Assets total about $2.816 million, with plant funds up and donations rising by about $15,000 from 1973.
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Aiken County
G. Clifton Garvin Jr
Leaphart
Florence Leaphart
Aiken
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