Icy roads lift New Year death toll across Deep South
United Press International reports New Year's weekend traffic deaths surpassed 300 as icy Deep South roads sparked crashes. Fires killed 81 more. total accidental deaths rise to 397 with California 41, Texas 20, Pennsylvania 18, Kentucky 16. A Texas station wagon drowning and Chicago fires add to holiday toll and warnings.
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Deep South
National Safety Council
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Goodrich
Rubin Munoz
Chicago
Therapy group as substitute family for older persons
Los Angeles United Press International reports psychiatrist Dr. Martin Grotjahn says therapy groups can substitute for family for elderly people, especially those separated from relatives. He notes many express their feelings openly once they feel free to talk, with group therapy ideal for low mood isolation and fear of death.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Martin Grotjahn
University of Southern California School of Medicine
Grotjahn
N Y Episcopalians prepare first woman priest in New York
The Rev. Carol Anderson becomes the first woman ordained as a priest in the Diocese of New York. The weekend also saw three other women ordained or officially recognized in Indianapolis Alexandria and Philadelphia. Bishop Horace W B Donegan to ordain Anderson at St James Episcopal Church Manhattan where she serves as assistant minister.
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United Press International
Carol Anderson
Diocese
New York
Jacqueline Means
United State
Jackie Means
Episcopal Church
UPI
Indianapolis
Patrician Park
Alexandria
Episcopal Diocese of
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N.J
Nancy Hatch Wittig
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Washington
Miss Anderson
Horace W.B. Donegan
St. James Episcopal Church
Manhattan
New Year’s Beach Takeover Ends in Bottle Attack
A New Year’s celebration in Fort Lauderdale draws about 2,500 people as a bottle strike wounds one man and injures two police officers during a clash near the beachfront. Friends aid the injured boy, who is taken to a paramedical unit for treatment, while a partygoer recovers from an assault. This marks the fifth consecutive year of the beachfront takeover.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
UPI
Betty Ford Opposes Blanket Amnesty Plan
First Lady Betty Ford told reporters aboard Air Force One that she opposes blanket amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters. She argued mothers who lost sons would be upset if those who fled were pardoned, while President Ford weighs options ahead of leaving office and facing a new incoming administration.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Betty Ford
Air Force One
Vail
Colo
Newlywed insurance policy debuts in Soviet Union
In Pravda the Communist Party paper outlines marriage insurance to help newlyweds buy household items, a cooperative apartment, or honeymoon travel. Policies from 399 dollars may be taken in a child's name, with payoff on marriage, or used as accident insurance if marriage fails.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Pravda
First Cleveland Baby of 1977 Born to Valiquettes
Jacqueline Valiquette weighed nine pounds two ounces and arrived thirteen seconds into 1977, the first baby reported in Greater Cleveland and possibly in Ohio. She is the third child of James and Elaine Valiquette of Sagamore Hills.
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Jacqueline Valiquette
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
James and
Elaine Valiquette
Sagamore Hills
UPI
Spanish official spared as kidnapers lift threat
Spanish urban guerrillas holding Antonio Maria de Oriol y Urquijo have dropped threats to kill him, keeping him captive until the government frees 15 political prisoners. The abducted adviser to King Juan Carlos and Council of State president remains hostage as a note found with a letter from Oriol asks his family to ensure his 17 grandchildren receive gifts on Three Kings Day.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Antonio Maria de Oriol Y Urquijo
Oriol
Council of State
Juan Carlos
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