Oil from Argo Merchant drift toward Cape Cod shores
Oil slick from the tanker Argo Merchant could move closer to the New England coast as winds shift. NOAA and Coast Guard say patches stretch beyond Nantucket with 7.6 million gallons in two major bodies. Wind forecast to push oil toward shore later today.
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Boston
UPS
Argo Merchant
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
John Bablitch
Bablitch
Groton
J.F. Moran
Providence
R.I
Oswego Transport, Marine Transport Co
New York
Point Beach
UPI
Argo
George Papadoupolos
Atlantic
Papadoupolos
National Weather Service
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Salem
Mass
Ford to reconsider amnesty for Vietnam era resisters
Ford said he is reviewing a full amnesty for all Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters before leaving office. He spoke after a request from the late Sen. Hart's wife, noting his 1974-75 program aided about 18,000. No commitment given and decision could come before January 20.
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Manson
Los Angeles
UPI
Leslie van Houten
Vienday
Superior Court
Jack Goertzen
Miss van Houten
Eno
Rosemary LaBianca
Hughes
Vail, Colo
Ford
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Hart
White House
Jimmy Carter
Chicago succession deal may collapse in council vote
In Chicago a backroom plan to appoint Alderman Michael Bilandic acting mayor faced collapse as the City Council prepared to decide leadership after the death of Mayor Richard Daley. Wilson Frost, the Black president pro tem, argued he was already acting mayor, while Black leaders disputed any deal. The vote could redefine control of Daley’s machine amid racial tensions.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
Michael Bilandic
Daley
W1th
Wilson Frost
Frost
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
City Hall
Food stamp fraud drops but millions paid improperly
Washington officials report a decline in food stamp violations to 745000 ineligible workers still collected an estimated 109.3 million in benefits in the first half of 1976. Separately 1.8 million eligible participants received 105.4 million in overpayments January through June, where benefits exceeded income.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Editors pick biggest new stories of 76
Carter's presidential win tops editors list for 1976 with eight domestic and two foreign stories in the 10 headline items. Legionnaries' disease second, followed by the Chowchilla kidnap, China transition, Hearst Hearst, and Entebbe raid. Long-range picks crown Carter's election and China transition, alongside Mars landings and other items.
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New York
UPI
Jimmy Carter
United Press International
American Legion
Philadelphia
Carter
Gerald R. Ford
China
Mao Tsetung
Chou En-lai
Chinese Communist Party
Chowchilla
Calif
Elizabeth Ray-Wayne Hays
Patricia Hearst
Uganda
Entebbe
Viking
Mars
U.S
Supreme Court
Rhodesia
South Africa
Guillain-Barre linked to swine flu shots reported
ATLANTA UP I - CDC says more than half of 383 Guillain-Barre victims in the United States had swine influenza inoculations. 202 cases equal 52.7 percent. Thirteen deaths noted. The national program suspended December 16 amid vaccine concerns and ongoing investigations.
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Atlanta
UPI
United States
Center For Disease Control
CDC
Who
Don Berreth
Berreth
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New China News Agency
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Main ST
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Monthru
America
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NAACP
ABC
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Bennington Banner
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New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
Nancy Snyder
Zenith
Audivox
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Sonatone
Main St. Bennington
Nichols
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Glamor
Dream High
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