Oil spill as tanker Argo Merchant splits near Nantucket
A Liberian tanker carrying 7.6 million gallons of heavy oil split in two amid eight-foot seas 27 miles southeast of Nantucket. Coast Guard officials say 50 to 75 percent of cargo spilled as oil washes toward the Atlantic. Massachusetts seeks federal disaster relief while private contractors prep for shoreline cleanup.
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News in Brief Highlights Global and Local Crises
Cairo proposes Egypt Syria unity but merger not immediate says Ismail Fahmy. Atlanta man Williams gets 40 years for 1974 abduction of Reg Murphy with parole possible in six years. Montreal Brink's truck robs $525000 at downtown shopping center no injuries reported. New York publisher cancels sale of The Nation to Thomas Morgan. New Delhi government reverses order forcing bank on a national daily to appoint directors. FBI probes New Hampshire Governor Thomson staff over alleged misused federal funds. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with lows near 10 and highs around 25.
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The Clever Milking Machine Salesman
A humorous tale tells of a legendary salesman who sold two milking machines to a farmer with one cow and accepted the cow as a down payment, illustrating bold selling and ironic barter.
Chicago News: Mayor Daley Dies of Heart Attack
Chicago's mayor Richard J Daley died at 74 from a heart attack in his doctor's office after chest pains. Church bells rang as mourners gathered at the Nativity of Our Lord. aldermen debated leadership and the line of succession under home rule.
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Carter names Harris Brown Marshall to Cabinet posts
President Jimmy Carter announced Patricia Roberts Harris a Black woman with multiple degrees as housing secretary Harold Brown a nuclear physicist from CALTECH as defense secretary and Ray Marshall a University of Texas economist as labor secretary. He aims to fill the Health Education and Welfare post soon and may appoint Joseph Califano to that role.
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Food Price Decline Helps Check Inflation in November
The government reports November consumer prices rose 0.3 percent, the same as October, while real spendable earnings rose 0.8 percent, the largest monthly gain in buying power in over a year. If this trend continues, inflation could dip below 5 percent in December. Food prices fell 0.2 percent overall, with vegetables down 6.5 percent, pork 3.1 percent, and dairy products down for the first time since earlier this year, offset by a 2.2 percent rise in beef.
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Are Video Games Damaging Televisions
Washington officials weigh whether popular Christmas video games could harm TV picture tubes as FTC staff probes potential effects. Magnavox and Atari push tests discrediting imprint concerns while cautioning dealers against continuous play and noting undamaged sets from assembly-line testing.
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Regis LaSalle Seek 1.5 Million For School Endowment
Catholic schools Regis and LaSalle launch a 1.5 million fund drive at Roosevelt Royale to create a quasi endowment covering operating costs for the two campuses. Auxiliary Bishop Francis Dunn chairs the Regis LaSalle High Schools Foundation Program aimed at stabilizing income and limiting parish subsidies and tuition increases over 10 to 15 years. Co chairs Bruce McGrath and William Fletcher note current funding mix and project annual income of about 100 thousand from the endowment. Over 55 thousand has already been raised from gifts averaging eight thousand, with a board to govern the fund locally and future growth from annual, major, foundation, deferred gifts and bequests.
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