Liberty Bell Moves to New Million Dollar Pavilion
The Liberty Bell, moved at midnight New Year's Eve to a $1 million steel and glass pavilion 100 yards from Independence Hall, aims to ease Bicentennial tourist crowds. Thousands attended despite heavy rain as the Bell, brought from London in 1752, marks 223 years in a new home after a storied history of cracks and relocations.
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Doctors Slowdown Protests Malpractice Insurance Rates
In Los Angeles area doctors began the new year by slowing or halting practice to protest rising malpractice insurance costs. The movement reflects widespread concern among Southern California physicians over insured liability expenses and how they affect patient care.
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Bigfoot candidate evaluated by doctors in Oregon
New York attorney Michael Miller claims a live Bigfoot named Oliver, purchased for 10000 dollars, is being evaluated by medical experts and will be reviewed by the New York Zoo and Yerkes Primate Center. Oliver is described as 4 feet 6 inches, bald, upright, highly intelligent, and human-like in behavior.
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Procrastinators Club Eyes Bicentennial Celebration
Philadelphia club led by Len Waas plans a centennial event in Fairmount Park on May 1 to honor the nation’s 200th birthday while keeping to its motto Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. The group, formed in 1956 as a joke, reports a worldwide 2700 members but many dues remain unpaid.
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May
Sacramento
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Clement Atlee
New Year Holiday Death Toll Surges Across Roads and Fires
Traffic deaths rose sharply in the early hours of the New Year holiday weekend, following 412 deaths over the Christmas period. The National Safety Council had projected 350 to 400 traffic fatalities during the 102 hour holiday, which runs from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. Fire incidents added to the alarming loss of life during the period.
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Tritium leakage at Savannah River deemed harmless
Savannah River plant officials say a New Year’s Eve leak of 20 grams of tritium gas caused no harm. The isotope’s concentration was extremely low and confined to one room, with no detectable radioactivity in surrounding buildings. The facility was closed for investigation after a process line failure.
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Myrtle Reardon
South Carolina
Augusta
Bankruptcies surge in New York area in 1975
Federal bankruptcy filings in New York Connecticut and Vermont rose about 50 percent in 1975. The Second Circuit reports 14 623 total filings across six districts, with Brooklyn district up 72 percent. Wage earner cases doubled in western New York while overall pending cases total 18 110.
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Mamie Eisenhower OK With Virus After Hospital Stay
UPI reports Mamie Eisenhower, widow of Dwight Eisenhower, is in Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a 95 mile ambulance drive from Gettysburg. Doctors suspect a viral infection and say she is responding to treatment, alert, and resting comfortably.
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UPI
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New Hampshire court expands definition of wild land
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that the Current Use Advisory Board defines wild land too narrowly for tax relief. It held land need not be incapable of agricultural production and overturned a Hopkinton parcel decision tied to 127 acres owned by Marion S. Reno.
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Hopkinton
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