Fuel crisis reshapes Christmas shopping patterns
UPI survey of department stores finds buyers turning to warmer clothing and home entertainment items as fuel shortages push people to stay home. Executives from Gimbels Bloomingdale's Lord & Taylor report slower gains than prior forecasts with modest price cuts noted in several markets.
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New York
UPI
Paul A. Salomone
Gimbel’s
Bloomingdale’s
Lord & Taylor
Boston
Charles Colar
Filene’s Children’s Department
New Hampshire
Maine
Howland’s
Concord
N.H
Pioneer 10 Nears Jupiter For Vital Information
Pioneer 10, 4.6 million miles from Jupiter and 500 million from Earth, fires thrusters in final adjustments a week before arrival. The craft will act as an instrument to measure Jupiter’s gravity and moon masses to refine trajectory and determine polar flattening, with data from 11 on board instruments and Deep Space Network tracking at Goldstone Madrid and Canberra.
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Jupiter
Mountain View, Calif
Deep Space
Goldstone
Calif
Madrid
Spain
Canberra
Australia
Pioneer
Earth
Mars
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Solar System
Widow jailed for blocking road builders near Lordsburg
Rita Hill, 71, remained in Hidalgo County jail after being found in contempt for blocking an interstate highway interchange. She refused to vacate 59 acres condemned for the project, rejecting a $29,669 offer and arguing the land sustains her 400 acre ranch. Sheriff removed her shack as crews moved to resume construction.
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Lordsburg
N.M
UPI
Rita Hill
Hidalgo County
Hill
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Reward Offered for D B Cooper Twenty Dollar Bill
Portland readers are urged to find a twenty dollar bill from the D B Cooper ransom haul for a $1,000 reward as part of a public search. The FBI notes the 10,000 serial numbers are available and the case remains unresolved since the Thanksgiving Eve skyjacking.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
FBI
D. B. Cooper
Cooper
Northwest Airlines
Seattle
Reno
D. B
United States Army
Oregon Journal
Journal
Ariel
Wash
Lake Merwin
American is crowned Miss World
Miss U S A Marjorie Wallace, 19, from Indianapolis, won Miss World at Royal Albert Hall in London. She cried onstage after the surprise victory, ahead of Evangeline Pascual of the Philippines and Patricia Yuen of Jamaica. Wallace earned 7500 dollars and a year of appearances, with two contestants suffering last minute mishaps during rehearsals.
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London
UPI
U.S.A
Marjorie Wallace
Indianapolis
Alice Wallace
Royal Albert Hall
Miss Wallace
Belinda Green
Australia
Indiana
Miss Philippines
Evangeline Pascual
Jamaica
Patricia Yuen
Israel
Haya Katzir
South Africa
Shelley Latham
Turkey
Beyhan Kiral
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Weight Watchers Soda
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