Mystery Legionnaires Germ Revealed But Transmission Remains Unsolved
Six months of study identified a large slow growing gram negative bacterium as the likely cause of the Legionnaires disease that killed 29 people after a Bellevue Stratford Hotel visit. Transmission route remains unknown though not person to person. The outbreak involved 149 Legionnaires and 30 visitors during a July convention.
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Atlanta
UPI
Philadelphia
David Sencer
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
Charles C. Shephard
St Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, D.C
Pontiac
Mich
Joseph E. McDade
Bellevue- Stratford
American Legion
Theobby Shephard
Sencer
Shephard
Mayors press Carter for bigger aid to cities
More than 125 mayors urged President-elect Carter to boost urban aid, seeking a 20 billion dollar one year stimulus to create jobs. Treasury officials said Carter will prioritize urban problems and set up a new unit to handle them while mayors complained over federal public works allocations.
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Washington
UPI
America
Jimmy Carter
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Carter
Congress
W. Michael Blumenthal
Treasury Department
Edward Hanna
Utica
N.Y
Franklin Shirley
Winston-Salem
Economic Development Administration
Commerce Department
Louis J. Tullio
Erie
Corry
Surprise party a last hurrah for The Boss of Ford White House
President Ford staged a secret party for Betty Ford in the White House marking the administration's final ball. The event featured a supper of ham and cheeses and a late East Room gathering with Cabinet members and aides as the Fords returned from a Georgetown dinner.
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Ford White House
Richard H. Growald
UPI
Washington
Ford
Betty
Great Hall
White House
Jimmy
Rosalynn Carter
Mrs. Ford
Georgetown
Rographer
David Kennerly
Kenner
Cabinet
Fords
Winter Cold Grips South and East as Nations Faced Freezing Scourge
Arctic chill and heavy frost swept across the South and East with snow in northern Florida and Alabama. New York City opened emergency shelters as the cold dropped to record levels, while Ohio and Pennsylvania faced school closings and energy shortages. Alaska showed surprisingly milder conditions as Carter’s inauguration hovered in Washington.
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United Press International
New York City
Alaska
Florida
Tallahassee
New York
Ohio
Cincinnati
The
Mercury
Pennsylvania
Milton J Shapp
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Nashville
Chattanooga
Dyersburg
Clarksville
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Maine
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Fla
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