Chowchilla kidnap trio likely faces life in prison
In Oakland the Chowchilla kidnapping defendants James Schoenfeld Richard Schoenfeld and Fred Woods were convicted of kidnapping with bodily harm and face life sentences with no parole after three of the 26 abducted students ages 10 to 12 testified they suffered fainting spells nosebleeds and stomach upset during the July 1976 ordeal.
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Oil Tankers Collide Off South Africa Causing Oil Slick
Two Liberian registered supertankers, Venoil and Venpet, collided 20 miles off Cape St. Francis, trapping crew amid flames. One ship carried full oil load while the other was empty. a 60 mile oil slick raised pollution fears as rescuers evacuated crew by air and sea.
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FDA Reneges on Ice Cream Additive Plan After Dairy Pressure
The FDA withdraws a May plan to let ice cream makers replace non-fat dry milk with sodium caseinate, bowing to dairy industry concerns that it would lower farmer incomes and raise USDA costs. A separate GAO report criticizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission for slow action, noting a 834 day average to set standards for swimming pool slides and other products despite 157 million spent over four years.
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Congress adjourns after approving payroll tax boost for Social Security
Congress, before adjourning for a holiday recess, approved a bill raising payroll taxes by 227 billion dollars over ten years to fund Social Security. The measure heads to President Carter after Senate passage and a 189 to 163 House vote, with benefits changes including higher earnings limits and divorced spouse rules. Separately, energy talks and a waterway cleanup extension capped a day of last minute action as Carter opposes gas price controls.
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Movement winners at Collins Club Howell event
Competition at the Collins Club on Thursday crowned George Steexel and Howard Jackson as first place and Bill Flattery with Tom Cours as runners up.
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Howard Jackson
Bill Flattery
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Beethoven toppled dedication to Napoleon over coronation
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven born December 16 1770 angered by Napoleon crowning himself emperor tore up the dedication to the Eroica symphony.
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Napoleon
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Heart disease remains nation’s top killer in 1976 deaths
Washington report from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare shows heart disease caused 726,700 deaths in 1976, about 38 percent of the nation’s 1.9 million deaths. Cancer ranked second with roughly half that total. strokes and cerebrovascular diseases killed 189,100 people. Look to Gazette Classified first.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Judge reverses own order on Dayton school busing
U S District Judge Carl Rubin voided his five year old court ordered busing plan in Dayton Ohio. He cited the Supreme Court finding that a system wide remedy must be justified by a violation and said neighborhood schools and imbalance alone are not constitutional violations. He urged the Dayton Board of Education to reduce racial imbalance.
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Television Listings for Cedar Rapids to Quad Cities
Friday night schedule across stations 2 through 9 shows 5:00 to 2:40 am lineups. Programs include news sports movies specials news shows and classic series with titles like The Nutcracker Hall of Fame Donny and Marie Muppets and Washington Week in Review.
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