Carter advisers expect slower food price rise this year
Washington AP notes January price surge. Nordhaus says no major change in policy view. Labor says urban consumer price index rose 0.8 percent in January after 0.8 percent gains in three prior months. If annualized, January increase implies about 10 percent inflation. Worker buying power fell by a record S percent, largest drop since 1964 start of tracking.
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Carter
William Nordhaus
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Labor Department
South Carolina officials push Philip Morris plant
A SC delegation led by Gov James B Edwards and including U S Sen Strom Thurmond Lt Gov Brantley Harvey and Columbia Mayor John Campbell planned to meet in New York with Philip Morris executives to urge locating a cigarette plant near Columbia The firm reportedly narrowed sites to near Columbia or near Concord North Carolina
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South Carolina
James B. Edwards
New York
Philip Morris
Edwards
U. S
Strom Thurmond
Brantley Harvey
John Campbell
Thurmond
Washington
North Carolina
Concord
Coal Pact Promotion To Run On TV In Strike End Effort
United Mine Workers officials plan TV commercials and radio spots to sell the coal pact aimed at ending the 85 day strike. They expect to spend about 40000 dollars on ads and may feature Johnny Paycheck whose song Take This Job and Shove It tops coal country airplay. Ads will air on nine TV stations and 50 radio stations across 10 states starting Wednesday.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Johnny Paycheck
Paycheck
Variety
Entertainment Trade Weekly
Anti-Palestinian Feeling Grows in Egypt After Editor Assassination
In Cairo, anti Palestinian sentiment rises following the Cyprus murder of Youssef Sebaei editor of Al Ahram. Egypt reduces special tax and travel privileges for about 150,000 Palestinians as reports of Palestinian involvement in the Larnaca Airport gun battle intensify.
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Egypt
Cyprus
Israel
al Ahram
Youssef Sebaei
Larnaca
Carter pledge on appointments questioned by poll
An AP NBC News poll finds 52 percent say President Carter broke his promise to appoint U.S. officials without political considerations. Only 20 percent believe he kept his word, 28 percent unsure, with 44 to 29 percent in his own party deeming him failing to live up to his pledge.
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Carter
U.S
Associated Press
NBC News
David Marston
Philadelphia
State Senate bans Legionnaires disease term in Philadelphia outbreak
The New York Senate approved a measure barring officials from using the term Legionnaires disease to describe an illness linked to a Philadelphia American Legion convention. The bill offers no replacement phrasing and passed 54 to 2 amid veterans’ concerns over the term. Senator Franz Leichter questioned how the public would know what officials mean without the familiar name.
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N.Y
State Senate
Philadelphia
Senate
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Franz Leichter
Manhattan
Aiken Standard PBM Subscription Payment Note
All advance payments should be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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Aiken Standard Pbm
Aiken
Weather outlook for the East and central regions shifts to cold
The forecast calls for snow from the northern Rockies to the central plains with additional showers in the Southwest. Most of the nation will experience cool to cold conditions as a weather system moves across the area.
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Rockies
Central Plains
Missing 10-Year-Old Found In Snowbank Near Home
InUxbridgeMass police recovered 10-year-old Peter Gosselin from a melting snowbank five feet from his front door after a 20 day search by townspeople, volunteers, and authorities. Police say death cause to be determined by medical examiner.
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Uxbridge
Mass
Peter Gosselin
Peter
Leo J. Lussier
Massachusetts
John Emerick
Gosselin
New England
Emerick
Hippo Bubbles Runs Free On Irvine Roadside
A two ton hippo named Bubbles escaped Lion Country Safari in Orange County for the third time since February 13. She slid into a lake after crossing Laguna Canyon Road as rangers and police chased her with a helicopter on scene. A crowd of about 50 onlookers was dispersed and the road section was closed for safety.
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Laguna Canyon Road
Irvine
Calif
Orange County
Lion Country Safari
Hippo
Rainslick Road
Lion Country
Jo Schetter
California Highway Patrol
Government Tackles The Cereal Heroes
The FTC moves to curb sugar coated cereal ads targeting children. Proposals include banning ads to very young viewers and ending ads for sugared products under 12, with balanced nutrition messages for older children. Hearings may delay any action amid industry defenses.
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Washington
Tony the Tiger
Cap'n Crunch
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Cereal and Broadcasting Industries
Michael Pertschuk
Bradford Exchange offers guide to rare porcelain plate sleepers
Roderick MacArthur of Bradford Exchange explains how certain porcelain plates rise in value from 25 in 1965 to 1750, and 9.75 in 1969 to 440, advising readers on what to look for and when to buy. A free report is offered by mail to Northbrook Illinois residents before next Saturday.
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Til
Chicago
Roderick MacArthur
Bradford Exchange
MacArthur
Bradford, Place
Illinois
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