USGS reports large global earthquake fatalities amid incomplete data
USGS tallies show at least 35,000 dead from earthquakes worldwide this year, with estimates possibly doubling. No official tallies yet from July August China and April May Soviet Union quakes. Ford returns from Thanksgiving at Camp David and summons aides for meetings ahead of a White House governors reception.
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CIA used firm as cover for bad deeds says ex chairman
Dr Lynn Bollinger, former General Aircraft Corp. chairman, alleges the CIA used Helio Aircraft without permission to cover illegal acts in the Congo and Southeast Asia. He cites a $25 million damage claim the firm filed with the CIA to recoup losses from unauthorized use of its name.
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U.N. Defers Mass Media Resolution Amid Uproar
The UNESCO general conference, with 141 members, agreed to defer for at least two years a controversial mass media resolution seen as risking state press control. The decision came without a plenary vote to avoid a US Soviet clash, with the United States praising the compromise and the Soviet Union decrying it.
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Simon briefed on British economic plan
British officials briefed Treasury Secretary William Simon on a tough new economic package aimed at securing a $3.9 billion IMF loan and stabilizing the pound. Simon met with Chancellor Denis Healey for two hours amid talks seen as non negotiating. IMF directors observed the talks signaling a pivotal loan negotiations stage. Britain also seeks a second loan of $7 to $10 billion from the United States, West Germany and Japan to back about $9.6 billion in foreign balances.
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Australian dollar devalues triggering regional currency moves
Australia cuts its currency by 17.5 percent pegging the aussie at 1.017 per US dollar prompting Papua New Guinea and New Zealand to follow with double digit devaluations. PM Muldoon and Treasurer Lynch face political fallout as import costs rise and exports gain, amid party divisions and industry opposition.
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Death row profile shows mainly Black inmates in 1975
A UPI report drawing on Census data notes 479 people on death row at end of 1975, 91 percent male, 16 to 67 years old, with 53 percent Black, 45 percent White, and 2 percent other races. Most had not finished high school and only 35 percent were married. Regional Black over-representation varied, highest in the North Central and lowest in the West, with the South less pronounced than others when adjusted to regional Black population.
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Low tar cigarettes linked to higher poison gas in study
Reader's Digest funded tests of 28 cigarette brands found some low tar filter cigarettes emit more hydrogen cyanide nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide than certain high tar non‑filter brands. The December report highlights brands like Merit King and Fact King as high in gases while New King and Carlton 70 ranked lowest in tar nicotine and gases.
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Cadet charged with family's murder
In Montvale New Jersey 18 year old cadet Harry DeLaroche Jr of The Citadel Military College Charleston was charged with four counts of murder for the deaths of his father 44 his mother Mary Jane 50 and two brothers Eric 12 and Ronald 15 at their home. Police said three bodies were found initially with a fourth later discovered in an attic cabinet. The weapon appeared to be a .22 caliber automatic pistol.
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N.J
UPI
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Citadel Military College
Charleston
S.C
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Eric
Ronald
DeLaroche
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Col
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Women’s pay disparity widens 1955 to 1974 study notes
Labor Department figures show men earned 1911 more than women in 1955 rising to 3433 in 1974 in constant dollars after inflation. The report cites women’s concentration in lower status jobs and rising labor participation as key factors, with fulltime 1974 women earning 57 cents per dollar.
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Holiday toll climbs to 480 in Thanksgiving traffic deaths
A United Press International tally shows at least 480 people killed in traffic from Wednesday evening to Sunday night. Fatalities by category include 480 traffic deaths and 65 in fires, with Texas leading at 42 and California at 40.
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