Nobel Prizes Go to All Americans as Sweden Honors Seven Winners
The United States wins all Nobel Prizes this year with seven Americans praised at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Winners include Burton Richter and Samuel C C Ting in physics, William Lipscomb in chemistry, Milton Friedman in economics, Baruch Blumberg and D Carleton in medicine, and Saul Bellow for literature. No Peace Prize awarded this year. Richter cautions over reliance on national funding for basic research.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
U.S
Saul Bellow
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Europe
America
Carl Gustaf
Bellow
Burton Richter
Stanford University
Samuel C.C. Ting
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William N. Lipscomb
Harvard
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Ore boat Cliffs Victory aground in St Marys River
The Coast Guard reported tug crews working to free the ore carrier Cliffs Victory after running aground in the St. Marys River channel. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co said about 1,500 tons of iron ore pellets are being lightened to ease the vessel. The ship carries 17,000 tons and is bound for Conneaut. About 30 other ore carriers waited for the channel to clear. the boat itself was not in danger.
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St. Mary’s River
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co
Conneaut
Swine flu shot rates lead in mountain states and Dakotas
Wyoming tops U S states with 74 percent of adults vaccinated for swine flu followed by North Dakota 67 percent South Dakota 59 percent and Minnesota 57 percent The national total reaches 35 million shots or 26 percent of the target population Missouri Utah Alaska also exceed 50 percent while Arkansas trails at 6 percent.
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Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
North Dakota
South Dakota
Missouri
Utah
Alaska
Arkansas
Meany in Good Condition After Cataract Surgery
AFL-CIO President George Meany, 82, is reported in good condition at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda Md after cataract removal. Dr W Paxson Chalfant Jr says vision will be normal with glasses.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Surburban Hospital
Bethesda
W. Paxson Chalfant Jr
Hearing Set on Minnesota Open Can Opener Ban
A Ramsey District Court hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday on a temporary injunction request by two breweries, two beer distributors, and a St. Paul liquor store seeking to delay the state law banning detachable openers on beverage cans until old stock is used up. The 1975 law designates January 1 as the effective date.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Ramsey District Court
Brooklyn Park man pleads guilty to first degree manslaughter
Gerald Rohrer 22 of Brooklyn Park pleaded guilty in Hennepin County to first degree manslaughter in the beating death of his 19 month old son Jamis Lee Strouse. He said he beat the child during a low mood after a breakup and later drank with friends. Rohrer faces up to 15 years and will be sentenced January 5.
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Minneapolis
Gerald Rohrer
Brooklyn Park
Jamis Lee Strouse
Rohrer
Hennepin County
Jonathan Lebedoff
Jeanelle Strouse
Bob Hope Destroys National Starship Fuselage with Champagne
In Los Angeles Bob Hope struck the National Airlines DC10 named for him with two bottles sending champagne to Houston. The Starship program will name 14 planes after celebrities. National president L B Maytag and Dorothy Benham witnessed the ceremony as Hope also dedicated the fuselage under his image.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
Houston
National Airlines
National Hugh Emmons
L.B. Maytag
Hope
Dorothy Benham
Fibber McGee Actor Jim Jordan Hospitalized in Santa Monica
Jim Jordan known as Fibber McGee was admitted to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica California after a fall at home possibly fracturing his hip. A spokesman said he was undergoing X rays to determine the injury extent.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jim Jordan
Fibber McGee
St. John’s Hospital
Duluth Hopes for Filtration Plant Progress
A Duluth adviser from EPA cautions it will take time to measure the new $6.7 million filtration plant’s success. Dr Gary Logston says the plant’s effectiveness depends on operator expertise and asbestos fiber removal percent remains undetermined. Activation of chemical treatment is near, with operation expected around year’s start.
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Duluth
Gary Logston
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Cincinnati
Great Lakes sewage plan seeks 72 billion over 50 years
Great Lakes Basin Commission chair Frederick C. Rouse urged public support for a 72 billion dollar program to fund new sewage treatment plants and lines, and to operate and replace existing facilities. The 27 volume study involved 450 planners and technicians and requires federal funds for about 47 billion.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Basin
Rouse
Brainerd Attorney Claims Fluoridation Causes Cancer
Brainerd attorney John R. Graham argued in Minneapolis that water fluoridation can cause cancer at a frightful rate and asked for a new hearing to call five experts. He noted Brainerd, the only Minnesota city not fluoridating its water, faced prior losses in state and federal courts. The judge took the matter under advisement after a lengthy hearing.
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Brainerd
Minneapolis
James Preece
Graham
Preece
District Court
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Richard Wexler
State Health Department
Wexler
OPEC to Meet as Study Warns Gas Costs to Rise
A government study says higher imported oil costs from OPEC will lift U S gasoline and heating oil prices and slow growth. OPEC plans price talks in Qatar with a possible 5 to 15 percent hike, opposed by the United States.
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Washington
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Qatar
Persian Gulf
United States
Federal Energy
Frank Zarb
State Department
New England
Mondale Wife Recalls Campaign Role And Quips
Joan Mondale reflects on the campaign trail and her duties as wife of Vice President elect Walter Mondale. She notes delivering 300 speeches and many news conferences while joking about the quiz question naming all three wives of vice presidents.
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Veep
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Walter Mondale
Bess Abell
Women’s National Democratic Club
Muriel Humphrey
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
New York Post
Brooklyn
Suffolk County Democrats
Sheriff seeks National Guard aid over Minnesota power line protests
Pope County Sheriff Ira Emmons says law enforcement help is needed to handle nightly farmer protests against surveying for a high voltage line from North Dakota coal fields through Minnesota. He requests 75 to 100 officers funded elsewhere, noting county costs are unaffordable, and asks District Judge John Lindstrom to petition Gov. Wendell Anderson for National Guard support.
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Glenwood
Minn
Pope County
Ira Emmons
Westcentral
Minnesota
Emmons
John Lindstrom
Wendell Anderson
National Guard
North Dakota
Heller urges tax cut as quick economy boost
Walter Heller, adviser to Carter, says only tax cuts can rapidly lift growth, with Fed stimulus also helping. He estimates a $12 billion rebate and a $3 billion investment tax credit as likely components, while Carter cautions on certainty. Heller praises Carter's grasp of economic matters and predicts the issue to advance.
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Jimmy Carter
Walter Heller
Heller
University of Minnesota
Kennedy
Johnson
Carter
Federal Reserve Board
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