Carter completes Cabinet choices
President elect Jimmy Carter announces Joseph Califano to head the Department of Health Education and Welfare and James Schlesinger as White House energy adviser while Theodore Sorensen will lead the CIA and direct the intelligence community. Senate approval required. Califano pledge to reform HEW and promote minority appointments noted.
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U.N
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Joe Califano
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
People's Department
Dancers Dream of White Christmas Across Regions
Northeasterners enjoyed a guaranteed white Christmas while Northwest residents hoped for snow to relief drought conditions. United Press International reports varied expectations as holiday forecasts capture differing regional weather prospects.
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United Press International
Northwest
Weather outlook and local snow drought sparks snow dance
Clear tonight with lows in the 20s and partly cloudy Friday highs in the 50s. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. A snow drought cripples Klamath Falls ski industry and threatens area crops. In a quirky event six radio DJs four belly dancers and a ski shop operator held a snow dance in a parking lot. A donated cross country ski was burned as part of the ceremony. The National Weather Service forecasts a chance of brief snow showers today. Crater Lake National Park reports a record annual visitor count as snow is scarce with only six inches on the ground versus a normal five feet.
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National Weather Service
Crater Lake National Park
Chanute Faces Power Shortage as Gas Curtailed
Chanute’s electric plant shut down its generation due to a 100 percent natural gas curtailment by Cities Service. KG&E supplies about 12,500 KW daily peak, with a costly oil option and contingency diesel generators to cover emergencies.
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Kg&e
Ron Reed
Thursday Cities Service Gas Co
Reed
Cities Service
Kga&e
Mid-America Refining Co
Oily mess signals possible deliberate tanker grounding
A crewman on the Argo Merchant told the Coast Guard the tanker may have been beached on Nantucket Shoals with owners' knowledge. An 85 mile oil slick threatens Georges Bank as heavy fuel oil spreads, while lawsuits name Thebes Shipping Co and Amership Agency. President Ford and Gov Dukakis seek aid and investigations.
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Boston Globe
Alister Crombie
Thebes Shipping Co
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Boston
U.S
A.C. Lombard & Sons
Kansas Treats Pregnancy as Disability for Work Leave
Kansas law grants disability and sick leave for pregnancy related disabilities including miscarriage abortion or childbirth. State official Tom Moore notes such disabilities are temporary and covered by health or sick leave, overriding a Supreme Court ruling on contract exclusions.
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UPI
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Tom Moore
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Moore
Hoffman
Supreme Court
Top health official urges partial resumption of flu shots
Dr Theodore Cooper assistant secretary for health urged the CDC to consider a partial restart of swine flu and Hong Kong flu vaccines for elderly and chronically ill people. He cited delayed awareness of the policy and called for an immunization advisory panel to review risks and data publicly next week.
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UPI
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
CDC
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Hong Kong
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