Hospital Admits and Discharges Listed
Hospital news lists admissions for Thursday and Friday including Jerry Fisher Randi Taylor Charles Petit Diego Barretz Ethel Woods Lois Weaver and discharges for Mrs Joy Ralston and baby Cassandra Moore Gaylon Smith Sophie Fowler John Frith Carrie Harris and Gwen Butler.
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Jerry Fisher
Randi Taylor
Charles Petit
Diego Barretz
Ethel Woods
Lois Weaver
Joy Ralston
Cassandra Moore
Gaylon Smith
Sophie Fowler
John Frith
Carrie Harris
Gwen Butler
Weekly Cotton Prices Dip on Higher U.S. Crop Estimates
New York AP report shows cotton futures softer this week as crop production estimates rise. No 2 contracts slipped about 329 points after earlier gains, with volume near 1.96 million bales and open interest at 264 million, down 87 700 from last week.
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NEW York
New York Cotton Exchange
Corvalan and Sakharov Prisoner Exchange In Switzerland
The exchange of political prisoners involved Corvalan and Andrei Sakharov with U S mediation. The deal, tied to Brezhnev's 70th birthday events, set no country of relocation and followed a month of talks. Corvalan, once Chilean senator and editor, faced health issues after years in camps.
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Corvalan
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Switzerland
Andrei D. Sakharov
Bukovsky
Chile
Communist Party
Salvadors Allende
Tres Alamos
Santiago
Saudi Civil Aeronautics Board to raise fares amid fuel costs
Yamani says the board will allow fare increases to offset an estimated 200 million dollar rise in fuel expenses. He adds the West should show appreciation on two fronts, the North-South dialogue and the Arab-Israeli conflict, as talks resume in Paris and Geneva.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
Yamani
Paris
Israel
Traffic Fatalities Dip Consistent Across 1976 November
The Lubbock DPS region reports November 1976 saw 567 crashes, 14 deaths and 261 injuries, versus 530 crashes, 14 deaths and 258 injuries in November 1975. Across counties, two deaths occurred in Carson and Gray, with one in Castro Oldham Potter Floyd Lamb Palo Pinto Parker Wichita Wise and Yoakum.
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Lubbock
Potter
Floyd
Lamb
Palo Pinto
Parker
Wichita
Wise
Yoakum
Swine flu vaccine link to Guillain Barré studied in Senate hearing
Assistant Health Secretary Dr Theodore Cooper told the Senate health subcommittee that a connection between swine flu vaccine and Guillain Barré syndrome has been found though a return to vaccination may be needed if flu outbreaks recur. He cited 17 paralysis cases and six deaths in 18 states since October amid mixed state views on resuming the program.
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Theodore Cooper
US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate Health Subcommittee
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
Cooper
New York
Ohio
Mississippi
New Mexico
States Reach $141 Billion in Taxes for Year
State and local governments collected about 141 billion in taxes in the past year, up from 68 billion in 1968. The Commerce Clearing House notes 32 states earned at least 1 billion in 1975, with Childress County totaling 2.652 million in the year.
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Commerce Clearing House
Billionaires” Club
Childress County
Oil price surge reshapes OPEC stance and U.S. costs
Iraq and 10 other OPEC members pressed for a substantial price hike to offset inflation and fund development, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE limited increases to 5 percent to soften market impact. Sheik Yamani warned a broader rise would harm all economies, including producers.
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United States
Saudi Arabia
OPEC
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Iraq
Abdul-Karim
Iraq News Agency Quote Cites Return From OPEC Meeting
The statement notes his return to Baghdad from the OPEC conference and says President Ford and other U.S. officials welcome Saudi Arabia and UAE positions. Yamani warns the United States and other Western countries not to be too happy about OPEC price splits.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Ford
U.S
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Yamani
United States
Mikulski slams Carter pick as tokenism in women recruitment
Rep elect Barbara Mikulski accuses Carter of tokenism in seeking women for his administration. Morris Udall endorses Andrus as future House Interior Committee chair praising his environmental record. Frank Church lauds Andrus for environmental concern and western land management knowledge. Carl Baggs welcomes appointment and hopes for Western coal development stance.
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Rep
Barbara Mikulski
D-Md
Carter
Andrus
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
House Interior Committee
Udall
Frank Church
Didaho
Church
Carl & Baggs
National Coal Association
Bell Ongoing Appeal After Ashleys Win $1 Million Verdict
The Ashleys won $1 million in damages from Southwestern Bell for privacy invasion after a three week trial. Judge Spears dismissed some charges and Bell vows anew trial or appeal while Ashley urges justice amid family grief over gravitt death linked to the case.
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Ashleys
Spears
Ashley
Southwestern Bell
C. L. Todd
Bell
San Antonio
Todd
Santa Claus
T O Gravitt
Carter aims for Vance Adams Blumenthal in Cabinet posts
President elect Carter plans Cyrus Vance as secretary of state Rep Brock Adams as transportation secretary and W Michael Blumenthal as treasury chief. He considers Clarence Kelley and Frank M Johnson for FBI director and notes OPEC splits over price hikes. He will exclude deserters from a Vietnam pardon program and hopes to restore aid despite salary gaps for women. Miami report recalls Harold Williams’s Christmas wish after theft of his newspaper bicycle.
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Cyrus Vance
Rep
Brock Adams
W. Michael Blumenthal
Treasury
Carter
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Bureau
Frank M. Johnson
Montgomery
Ala
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
OPEC
Vietnam
Miami
Harold Williams
Howard
Suzann Steiden
Bergland Meets Knebel in Washington Amid Nomination Talk
Bergland's aide reports no firm timing on Bergland nomination as discussions with Knebel and USDA official Kenneth Frick surface. Bergland had planned to fly home to Minnesota, with Friday meetings described as courtesy conversations rather than decisive moves.
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Knebel
Carter
Bergland
Minnesota
Kenneth E Frick
USDA
Agricultual Stabilization and Conservation Service
Offbeat World Roundup Delights With Global Oddities
A 1976 World Almanac digest surveys quirky events from Atlanta to Taipei, including a kitchen snake scare that triggers a hospital misadventure, a bow and arrow home defense, a mistaken bank robbing HQ, a 500 object haul at Metropolitan Hospital, a berserk bunny halting London trains, and a python on an airport runway. It also notes a Taiwan letter campaign turning into engagement, a Nebraska driver robbed on a highway, a Great Dane court ruling, German beer purity arrests, a Seattle baby-delivery tally, witchcraft in sports, and Russia’s nepotism and hair mishaps with Pravda coverage.
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London
Central Subway
Calcutta
Air India
Japan Communist defeat reshapes Diet balance in 511-seat vote
In a landslide setback, Japan's Communist Party fell from 38 seats to 17 in the 511-seat Diet after December 5 elections. Analysts cite anti Communist campaigns, new election rules, and shifts toward the political center as factors along with LDP vulnerabilities revealed by polls and party image problems.
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Tokyo
Japan
Communist Party
Moscow
Kenji Miyamoto
Komeito
Democratic Socialist Party
DSP
Liberal Democratic Party
LDP
Liberal Democrats
New Liberal Club Party
SPD
Democratic Socialists
Miyamoto
U.S
DPS
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Rural Electrification Administration
Agriculture Department
David A. Hamil
Garden Valley Telephone Co
Erskine
Minn
Los Angeles
Idaho
Air Force
Thomas C Reed
Pentagon Command
BIG Steel
U.S. Steel
Edgar B. Speer
Steel Union
Americas
Atlanta
Robin Hood
Staten Island
John
Grace Lisk
Lisk
Bowery Bank
NY City
Metropolitan Hospital
Taipei
Taiwan
John Gunser
Omaha
Neb
Crawfordsville, Inc
Gunset
Bedford
England
Robert Lymberg
Munich
West Germany
Seattle Fire Department
Philadelphia Flyers
Kate Smith
God Bless America
Boston Red Sox
Tanzania
National Soccer Assn
Soviet Union
Ukraine Agricultural Academy
V Yruchishin
Pravda
Lidia Pavlova
Orsk
Alma Ata
Kazakhstan
Newspaper Enterprises Assn
By Barry Shlachter
Associated Press
First Presbyterian Church
Carlisle
George End
Arcadia, Fla
Bee Society
Teri Lized
First National Bank
Fivnt National Sanke
Childress
Texas
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