Swine flu first Missouri victim reported in Concordia
Jefferson City reports indicate a Concordia man fell ill with a mild respiratory disease around Oct. 10 and doctors say swine flu caused the illness. CDC officials planned a federal invasion to Missouri to verify the diagnosis as state epidemiologists weigh the claim. General Motors President Elliott Estes discusses a possible $500 per car price impact over three years, noting the marketplace will largely set any final cost.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Concordia
Ft. Dix
N.J
Denny Donnell
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Donnell
Missouri
Cincinnati
API
General Motors
Elliott Estes
Estes
Plane crash in Greece kills 50 aboard
An Olympic Airways YS11 airliner on a domestic flight from Athens to Kozani crashed in stormy weather on a northern Greek mountain. All 50 on board died, including 46 passengers and four crew. Wreckage was spread across a mountainside near Metaxades, about 10 miles west of Kozani.
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Salonica
Greece
UPI
Olympic Airways
Athens
Kozani
Metaxades
Bellotti pushes crackdown on white collar crime in Massachusetts
Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti told police chiefs and district attorneys that thousands of people fall victim yearly to economic crimes. He proposes tougher penalties for corporate criminals, a statewide information exchange, and a county liaison in each area. Details on operation were not given.
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Boston
UPI
Francis X. Bellotti
Massachusetts
Jimmy Carter
Bellotti
Carter
Bronfman heir hoax case witness tests on threats
Mel Patrick Lynch a Brooklyn fireman testified that Samuel Bronfman II threatened to expose him as homosexual if he refused to participate in a hoax to kill his father. Lynch said Bronfman pressured him since 1974, guiding a ransom note text, supplying pistols, and arranging meetings in New York and Westchester bars.
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White Plains
N.Y
UPI
Samuel Bronfman II
Bronfman
Mel Patrick Lynch
Brooklyn
Lynch
Purchase
New York
Westchester County
Arab oil ministers discuss price strategy for OPEC meet
Arab oil ministers from Algeria Egypt Kuwait Libya Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Bahrain and UAE discuss a united strategy for a price rise at the December OPEC meeting in Qatar. Opinions vary from 8 to 25 percent with Iraq pushing for 25 and Saudi Arabia aiming for 8. name drops include Manaal Otaiba and Abdel Rahman al Atqi.
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Kuwait
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Bahrein
United Arab Emirates
OPEC
Abdel Rahman al Atqi
U.S
U N council backs Angola entry to U N General Assembly
The Security Council recommended Angola as the 146th UN member despite U S objections to Cuban troops. The United States abstained while China did not participate. The 13 0 vote clears path to General Assembly approval before next month’s end.
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United Nations
UPI
U.N. Security Council
General Assembly
Angola
U.S
United States
William Scranton
Council
China
Muskie Seen as Front Runner for Secretary of State
Boston Herald American reports Senator Edmund S. Muskie among finalists for secretary of state in a Carter administration. Muskie aides call the story idle speculation while associates say the possibility has been discussed for weeks. Other finalists named include Alan Cranston and Cyrus Vance with Andrew Young also mentioned.
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Boston
UPS
Boston Herald
American Today
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Jimmy Carter
Muskie
Washington
Robert Rose
Carter
Rose
Maryland
Herald American
Georgia
John Wallach
Washington Bureau
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Andrew Young
D-Ga
State Department
Cyrus Vance
Wallach
Carter talks with congressional leaders in Washington
President elect Jimmy Carter described his first post election visit to Washington as delightful and said meetings with President Ford and cabinet officials were very helpful. He toured Capitol Hill with Tip ONeill and met Hesburgh Bundy Mondale before spending Thanksgiving in Plains. Senate figures urged swift action on reorganizing government while balancing defense cuts.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Capitol Hill
Plains
Blair House
Ford
Capitol
House
Thomas
Tip’’ O’neill
Massachusetts
Theodore Hesburgh
Notre Dame
iUniversity
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Walter Mondale
Senate
Joseph Biden
Mike Mansfield
Senate Finance Committee
Russell Long
Louisiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Oval Office
Massachusetts eases pollution rules to cut fuel costs
UPI reports federal and state officials near final action on air pollution easement plans to let utilities burn higher sulfur fuel. Plans could save consumers about 52.7 million yearly, with state regions like Merrimack Valley Pioneer Valley and Central Massachusetts moving forward though several large users face limits. A Boston area plan is already in effect, projected to save 25 million annually.
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Boston
UPI
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State Department of Environmental Quality Engineering
EPA
Merrimack Valley
Pioneer Valley
Massachusetts
New England Power Co
Massachusetts Electric
Berkshire
Andover
North Andover
Methuen
Haverhill Paperboard Co
Springfield
Fitchburg
Worcester
James River Paper Co
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Oil Journal
Tayib Abdel Karim
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Iran
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Venezuela
Lone Weeper
Joanne O'Neill
U.N. Council
Ment
Scranton
Secretary of State
Arrow Heating CO
East Main ST
Torrington
Conn
Helen Thomas
Mass
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Athing & Gould Jewelers
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