Ford aides urge Ford to cool it on primaries
President Ford should limit campaign travel as key primaries approach to project a steady White House image. State of the Union will map goals for a full term, while advisers stress retrenchment and self reliance. Ford may visit New Hampshire before the Feb 24 primary and ski if possible.
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Couple fights kidney damage after explosion in Aliquippa
Grace Reed narrates the couple's decline from a 6-2 son to a 111 pound invalid after toxic fumes from a 1972 home blast. Robert, 29, lost kidneys in 1974 and undergoes thrice weekly dialysis. Denise, 26, diabetic, travels to Minneapolis for a transplant. Costs rise as doctors warn a transplant may cost 25,000 dollars per person. The Reeds face mounting medical bills and uncertainty about recovery. Robert must receive a transplant before next July.
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Earthquakes Strikes Greece and Southern California
UPI reports the first quakes of 1976 hit Southern California Greece and the South Pacific on New Year's Day. The California quake rattled windows and furniture across four counties but caused no injuries or serious damage while a child died in Greece.
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South Pacific
Fifteen Die in Belgian Bar Fire on New Year
In La Louviere a New Year celebration at the Six-Nine Club ended in tragedy as a cigarette lighter ignited plastic decorations. A crowded rear dance floor and a walled-up back exit trapped teens. fifteen died, thirty seven injured. Fire Chief Louis Woit cited faulty wiring causing the blackout. Police questioned owner Jean Marie Nalvin es amid negligence concerns.
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Belgium
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Brussels
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Woit
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