Exon Ask Strike for Farm Parity Talks With Bergland
United Press International reports Agriculture Secretary Bergland agreed to meet with farm strike leaders to discuss price support strategies. He will brief President Carter but did not guarantee a formal meeting. Governors urged immediate action and open communication with grass roots strikers while Bergland urged use of existing programs to raise prices.
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United Press International
Rob Bergland
Bergland
Carter
Entoro
Nebraska
James Exon
Kansas
Robert Bennett
Yan
Missouri
Joseph Teasdale
Richard Lamm
Colorado
Robert Ray
Town
Rudolph Perpich
Minnesota
Thomas Judge
Montana
Arthur Link
North Dakota
Ed Herschier
Wyoming
Michael O'Callaghan
Nevada
Life beneath Ross Ice Shelf Reveals Ocean Life
UPI reports a television camera lowered through a half mile deep hole in Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf captured a lively sea floor beneath the 120000 year old ice. A fish swam by as researchers note tracks trails and burrows indicating a rich bottom dwelling community.
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Washington
UPI
Antarctica
Ross Ice Shelf
Lost Sea
Surleas
John Clough
Duwayne Anderson
National Science Foundation
U.S
Clough
Anderson
November incomes rise as housing starts dip in U S
Personal income jumped 0.9 percent in November while housing starts fell 5.4 percent from October. New home and apartment construction at 21 million units annual rate was 23 percent above a year earlier, with permits rising to 1.89 million. Wages and manufacturing payrolls climbed as employment and earnings improved.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Retired Fay Anderson Shuns Relaxed Rocking Chair in Columbus
A long profile chronicles Fay Anderson’s retirement from anesthesia at Columbus Community Hospital and decades of behind the scenes service. She helped elderly men with housing, supported nursing students, funded loan programs, hosted bridge marathons, aided immigrant families, and launched Flying Wheels skating project. She also leads Meals on Wheels and Platte County Cancer Society transport, and envisions a senior complex and medical building in Columbus.
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Puyangerson
Anderson
Columbus
Way
Joplin
Barnes Group
St. Louis
Lutheran Hospital
Schuyler, Osceola
Community Hospital
Fay Anderson
Norfolk
Platte College
Fay
Olga Butler
Anna May Carter
Grace Gerrard
Platte County Nurses Association
van Nguyen
Chuck Sand
Gamether
Judy Grubaugh Enor l
Coriwnbus
Carl Bradshaw
Mid-Continent
Flying Wheels Inc
Knole Keelanger
Darilee
Columbus Community Hospital
George
Scott
Red Howerton
Columbus High School
Paul Zoucha
Car) Bradshaw
Meals On Wheels
Platte County Cancer Society
Baptist Chapel
Colmbus
Vouls Armstrong
Congress set for a busy 1978 session in Washington
Congress returns for the 1978 election year session facing key decisions on the Panama Canal tax cuts welfare reform and energy. Delayed by President Carter's proposals the session ends with many pending bills and the prospect of votes on the canal and strategic arms.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Panama Canal
Carter
Tax Cuts Seen To Offset Social Security Tax Hike
President Carter's plan to reduce taxes next year may offset the 227 billion Social Security tax increase approved by Congress. Powell said compensating tax cuts for those affected are under consideration as the administration plans its 1978 agenda. The energy package and Panama Canal treaties also loom as pivotal issues in the coming year.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Jody Powell
Powell
General Revenue Fund
White House
Posell
Senate
Howard Baker
House
Thomas O'Neill
Baker
Panama Canal
Robert Byrd
O'Neill
Capitol Hill
Byrd
Flu strain reappears raises epidemic concerns
The CDC reports a resurfaced influenza strain linked to the wine flu, a definite antigenic shift occurring about every decade. Although no U.S. cases yet, experts warn young Americans lack immunity and a wide outbreak could follow. 1968-69 illness caused 25 million infections and 18,000 deaths. World Health Organization sent samples for testing.
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Atlanta
UPI
National Center For Disease Control
Walter Dowdle
CDC
Soviet Union
Hong Kong
Dawdle
World Health Organizaion
CDG
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C. ¥. Campbell
14Th Street
Deb Gandringer
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UPT
Robert Miller
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