Major winter storm hits Midwest and disrupts travel
United Press International reports a major winter storm dumping up to nine inches in Indiana and six in Lower Michigan and parts of Illinois. Snow and ice snarled travel across the Midwest and New England while flooding hit a Boston power station. Four traffic deaths in Indiana and three in North Carolina were blamed on icy roads. A missing five person plane from Minnesota to North Dakota prompted coast guard searches as Lake Erie churned with a 25-foot cabin cruiser adrift in the snowstorm.
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United Press International
Dakota
Lake Erie
National Weather Service
Midwest
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
NWS
New England
Boston
Massachusetts Bay Transportation System
North Carolina
Light snow dampens Nebraska forecast
Light snow flurried across Northern Nebraska with some ground cover. The outlook calls for no heavy accumulation as temperatures range from the mid to high 30s with single digit lows in the morning and brisk wind patterns. The record mentions sunrise at 5 57 and sunset at 5 05 on Saturday.
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Nebraska
Panhandle
Tempe
Ariz
Pope Paul sees youth returning to Christ
Pope Paul VI told 90,000 in St Peter's Square that youths worldwide reject war for power and materialism, seeking a closer encounter with Christ. He praised their rejection of past generation's emptiness, while Holy Year draws millions to Rome and a Jubilee door will close in 2000. Local weather notes follow.
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Vatican City
St. Peter’s Basilica
Christ
Rome
Vatican
Basilica
Coast Guard hunts for 25-foot cruiser adrift in Lake Erie
In a snowstorm the U S Coast Guard searched Lake Erie area about 15 miles north of Pelee Island for a 25 foot cabin cruiser with 10 aboard. A later FCC trace linked the call to Dillon Lake near Zanesville Ohio.
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Coast Guard
Pelee Island
Detroit
UPI
U.S. Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Federal Communications Commission
Dillon Lake
Zanesville
Ohio
Columbus
Telegram Subscription Price Increase on January First 1976
The Columbus Telegram will raise carrier-delivered subscription prices by 25 cents per month starting January 1, 1976. The increase averages less than one cent per copy due to rising material costs, especially newsprint, and will also boost the newsboy’s portion of the income.
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Columbus Telegram
Rival bands of gunmen rove Beirut streets during Christmas violence
Beiruts capital endured mortar and rifle fire as rival militias clashed in southern suburbs. At least 13 killed and 25 wounded in 24 hours, raising nine month toll to about 6,500 dead and 13,000 wounded. Cease-fires failed to halt fighting. Lebanese army and Palestinian guerrillas joined the clashes. Karami met Arafat to shore up truces. Iraq, Syria, France and the Vatican sought a diplomatic end.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Zahle
Tripoli
Rashid Karami
Yasser Arafat
Iraq
Syria
France
Vatican
Baath Party
Angolan forces press major offensive to seize railhead
Nationalist leaders report heavy casualties as Union troops push east toward Teixeira de Sousa, aiming to control the Benguela railroad. Mech South African support alleged while Savimbi cites significant losses, and Moscow vows continued backing for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
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United Press International
Angola
Moscow
Soviet Union
Marxist Popular Movement For the Liberation of
George Sangumba
The
Union For the Total Independence of Angola
Lusaka
Zambia
Union
Teixeira de Sousa
Benguela
Jonas Savimbi
Kremlin
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Izvestia
Ussr
Africa
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Girl 11 survives crash spends Christmas in hospital
Teresa Seymour of Belton Texas, 11, survived a plane crash that killed her parents and sister and left her with leg casts, a right elbow fracture, and hypothermia. Found the next day cuddling her four month old dog Baby, she received an outpouring of gifts from well wishers at Intercommunity Presbyterian Hospital.
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Klamath Falls
Orc
UPI
Intercommunity Presbyterian Hospital
Teresa Seymour
Belton, Tex
Baby
Robert L. Conduff Jr
Frances M. Conduff
Frances M. Foster
Conduff
Ft. Hood
Tex
Robert Conduff
Naches
Wash
Teresa
Ray Maze
Malin
Proxmire proposes single bank regulation board
Sen William Proxmire criticizes federal bank regulators for lavish travel and office spending. He cites a GAO study showing the comptroller of the currency FDIC and Federal Reserve spent 137 million dollars in 1974 and calls for consolidating their duties into a Federal Bank Commission aiming to save at least 10 million dollars and strengthen regulation.
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UPI
William Proxmire
Dwis
Proxmire
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Treasury Department
Congress
Federal Reserve
Open Market Committee
General Accounting Office
Comptroller
FDIC
Proxmir
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New York
Donald Estes
Estes
Korta
Ashrifiyeh
Christia
Ain Rummaneh
TODAY
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Alaska
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