Cancer Society to mobilize two million for anti smoking drive
The American Cancer Society plans a five year nationwide campaign named Target 5 to cut smoking by urging 12.5 million adults to quit and 4.5 million teens not to start. It seeks a 50 percent tar and nicotine reduction and ends subsidies to tobacco growers, with $1 million fundraising in year one. Allan K. Jonas of Los Angeles chairs the effort.
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New York
American Cancer Society
Tobacco Industry
America
Allan K. Jonas
Los Angeles
Cancer Society Plans Antismoking Campaign and Grants Program
At a news conference during the society’s annual meeting Jonas outlined objectives to prevent youth smoking, hold city meetings for public input, seek a mandate to Congress to cut subsidies and lower tar and nicotine. He urged doctors to confront patients with hazards and to provide quit help via hot lines and clinics.
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Tobacco Industry
Jonas
Ford details household finances and check handling
President Ford described his finances including multiple bank accounts and moving funds between them to pay for a family ski vacation. He said there were no improprieties and that he never overdrew accounts, noting he repaid a political account with a personal check. The exchange touched on a 1972 payment for clothes and other fiscal details.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
Ford
Vail
Colo
Gerald R. Ford
Internal Revenue Service
Senate
White House
Ron Nessen
IRS
Cor
Mondale Dole Set for TV Debate at Houston Alley Theater
In Houston two U S Senate rivals Mondale and Dole prepare for a one time television debate at Alley Theater starting 9 30 p m EDT. The 75 minute session will be moderated by a panel and include responses to opponent remarks.
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U.S. Senate
Texas Theater Tonight
Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
Alley Theater
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Nees
Mondale
Cole
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
John Connally
Texas
Washington
Carter
Dale
League of Women Voters
Ford sidesteps Dean allegation over Watergate probe
President Ford avoided direct answers about meeting with Richard K. Cook, a Nixon lobbyist, amid John Dean’s claims he discussed blocking an early Watergate probe. Democrats urged a probe into whether Ford lied at his 1973 vice presidential confirmation hearing.
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Washington
Ford
John Dean
Nixon
Dean
Charles Ruff
Nixon Administration
Richard K. Cook
Cook
Swine Flu Programs Resume in Most Areas
A federal official says most areas that halted swine flu immunizations are resuming them as studies show elderly deaths after shots were coincidental. President Ford and officials received vaccines to boost confidence while states nationwide restart clinics.
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Associated Press
David J. Sencer
Federal
Center For Disease Contol
Washington
Ford
David Mathews
Florida
Rubin Askew
Fords
White House
Pittsburgh
Frank Clack
Pittsburgh-area
Allegheny County Health Department
Michigan
Wisconsin
Peanut Brigade Visits Carter Supporters In Athens
Fifteen sore-footed volunteers from the South stumped for Carter in Athens on Thursday. The coordinator said a meaningful campaign must be face to face as volunteers handed out pamphlets at the Plaza Shopping Center.
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Peanut Brigade
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Athens
Plaza
Obituary and Weather Briefs From Local Page
Obituaries appear on the page with other items while the weather forecast notes partly cloudy, windy and colder conditions. Tonight’s low is in the mid to upper 30s with a high near the 50s on Saturday and a 20 percent precipitation chance.
Nobel Peace Prize for 1976 Not Awarded
Oslo announces the Nobel Peace Prize will not be awarded for 1976 and prize money of 160000 dollars will be reserved for 1977. This marks the tenth time since World War II that funds have been carried forward.
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Oslo
Norway
Campaign Opposed by Stockholders at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric
Two stockholders of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. asked the state Thursday to stop the utility from contributing to a campaign against four ballot issues. The issues include rate effects and nuclear plant safeguards. PUCO said procedures will likely prevent action before the November 2 election.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus and
Southern Ohio Electric Co
PUCO
Judge questions dam gave snail darter extinction precedent
A 6th U S Circuit panel heard arguments on halting the Tellico Dam project on the Little Tennessee River. Judge Celebrezze warned completing the 116 million dollar dam could set a dangerous precedent by allowing extermination of the snail darter, an endangered species, to proceed.
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Cincinnati
Tellico
Anthony Celebrezze
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Little
Tennessee River
U.S. District Court
Robert Taylor
Celebrezze
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Thomas Pedersen
Knoxville
Tenn
Pedersen
Zygmunt J.B. Plater
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Wellston
McNally- Pittsburgh Manufacturing Co
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
Westchester County
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Columbia Gas
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