York Street Residents Push for Answers at City Council
About 25 York Street homeowners pressed the council for relief from sewer work and mud as repairs proceed. The council promised crushed rock fill, quick reopening, alley inspections, emergency access, and full repair of any damage before payment. They approved three 1978 operating and salary ordinances, and eyed funding a crossing guard for St Thomas School shared by city and district.
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St. Thomas School
Keppel
Lutz
Gerzina
Sarnicki
Madison
Robert Grice
David Johnson
York
Benjamin Calderone
John Lutz
St Thomas School
Guard St Thomas
Council
Corry Area
City
Douglas Rozelle
Heed
Jung
Iran quake devastates villages amid freezing pre dawn cold
An 8.2 magnitude quake struck Kooh Khanook near Zarand and Kerman in southeastern Iran destroying three villages Babtangal Gisk and Sarasiyah-Bagh. It left thousands homeless with at least 900 dead and 600 injured, as rescue efforts faced cold weather and water shortages. Iran’s Red Cross and Red Lion and Sun coordinated aid while Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ordered cargo planes carrying blankets tents and supplies. By afternoon 660 injured were taken to hospitals by train and helicopter.
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Iran
Red Cross
Kooh- Khanook
Zarand
Kerman
Babtangal
Gisk
Sarasiyah- Bagh
Red Lion
Sun
U.S. Geological Survey
Washington
Shah Mohammed Reva Pahlavi
Isfahan
Yeed
Zahedan
Bandar Abass
Ismail Gilanpour
GM Engine Switch Settlement Offers $200 Christmas Present
GM faces a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to 40 million dollars to about 100000 buyers of 877 Oldsmobiles Pontiacs and Buicks with substitute Chevrolet engines. The deal provides 200 cash and a three year 36000 mile warranty for eligible purchasers. judge cautions it is a step toward settlement and may not be final.
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Chicago
General Motors
Illinois
William J. Scott
Frank McGarr
US. District Court
McGarr
Scott
Detroit
Thomas Murphy
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
California
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
New York
Tennessee
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Tax Cut For All So Says President Carter
President Carter said an early next year tax plan will reduce taxes for all, while Social Security funding rises. He pledged a progressive, simplified system and will decide by Wednesday on cuts totaling 20 to 40 billion dollars for individuals and businesses, amid a 227 billion dollar Social Security refinancing.
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Carter
Senate
House
Congress
Len Hussell B. Long
Law
Senate Finance Committee
Three men arrested in Titusville drug raid
Titusville police, Corry state police and Drug Law Enforcement Office agents busted three men yesterday morning after a six month probe. David McVandless 24 of Titusville Gary R McKee 25 of Edinboro and Adrian L Holland 28 of Titusville faced counts for marijuana LSD PCP and cocaine possession and distribution.
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Titusville
Corry
Drug Law Enforcement Office
David McVandless
Gary R. McKee
Edinboro
Adrian L. Holland
McVandless
Ronald Cole McKee
Holland
Craford
Lew of
Bond
McCandless
McKee
Cale
Youth Confesses In Double Farmhouse Slaying
A 14 year old boy from Otto, New York reportedly confessed to shooting elderly dairy farmer Ward J Pratt, 70, and his wife Irene, 68. The double murder occurred Friday evening. their bodies were found Saturday by their son-in-law. Autopsy set death around Friday evening. Police recovered a 22 caliber pistol and a 12 gauge shotgun near the scene. The motive remains unclear and the boy’s name is withheld due to age.
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Olto
North Otto
J Hratt
Irene
North Otta Road
Cattaraugus County
Harry C Law
Tice
Charles Ho Hill
Pratt
Foroner
Sonantan
Robert King
Otto
Law
Jim
Americans Getting Fat Study Finds Weight Gains Across Genders
A government study from the National Center for Health Statistics reports that since the early 1960s, men and women of varying heights gained 1 to 14 pounds on average. Taller individuals showed greater increases, with men peaking weight between 33 and 44 and women until 55 to 64, based on 13,600 subjects surveyed from 1971 to 1974.
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Washington
Sydney Abraham
Abraham
National Center For Health Statistics
Alice Haywood
Snow Storm Delays Salvation Army Kettle Efforts
The Salvation Army kettle fundraiser in San Antonio is slowed by a recent snow storm. Major Robert Myers reports year to date income at 851.48 from kettles and 1,874 via mail, far below last year’s totals of 2,000 in kettles and 2,000 by mail, narrowing the season’s funds and potential service reach. The Stanford Hose Company aided Friday to boost effort, and the major thanks donors and anticipates continued giving before Christmas.
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Salvation Army
Robert Myers
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