Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow Forecasts Six More Weeks Of Winter
Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania and according to his interpreters he saw his shadow predicting six additional weeks of winter. Local officials and spectators prepared signs for TV and press as the tradition played out amid frigid conditions and mixed forecasts from attendees.
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Punxsutawney
Phil
Punxsutawney, Pa
Erhard
Jimmy the Greek
Las Vegas
Jimmy
Pit
Nancy
National Weather Service
Mondale Reports On World Leaders After European Trip
Vice President Walter Mondale returned from a global swing to Brussels Bonn Rome Paris London Tokyo and Iceland and prepared to brief President Carter on foreign leaders' likely reactions to the new international role. He spoke at the White House after an Oval Office session and said he would also draft a detailed report.
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Walter F. Mondale
Carter
Mondale
White House
Brussels
Bonn
Rome
Paris
London
Tokyo
Iceland
Oval Office
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force Two
Tg Freien
Henry A
Kissinger
Congress
Meadville readers face high gas bills this winter
Nearly 600 weekly calls to National Fuel Gas Office reflect rising bills with some up 37 percent from last year. Manager Jim Oakes cites extreme cold and 16 to 25 percent higher consumption as causes. NFG urges callers for payment plans, not hardship, with office staff comparing current costs to last year and noting Meadville’s relatively milder impact amid industrial curtailment.
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Meadville
National Fuel Gas Office
Department of Public Welfare
NFG
Jim Oakes
Oakes
Liquor Stores Cut Hours Amid Gas Crisis in Harrisburg
AP reports Pennsylvania tightens liquor store hours to conserve fuel. Gov. Shapp orders Liquor Control Board to open at 10 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday for the duration of the gas shortage. Regular late hours suspended.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Liquor Control Board
Longet Chooses Jail Over Appeal in Homicide Trial
ASPEN Colo AP Claudine Longet will serve a 30 day jail term rather than appeal her negligent homicide conviction in the death of Vladimir Sabich. Attorney Charles Weedman said she decided not to pursue a new trial or appeal and will begin the sentence next summer to allow her children to be with their father, singer Andy Williams, during that period. Longet, 36, was convicted Jan 14 and faces two years probation.
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Claudine Longet
Charles Weedman
Miss Longet
George Lohr
Weedman
Lohr
Vladimir “Spider” Sabich
Sabich
Milk Dumping Across Western Pennsylvania Due to Severe Weather
Severe weather isolates farms in western Pennsylvania causing dairymen to dump uncollected milk. Ernest Hayes of United Dairy Farmers notes steep collection losses while some cooperatives report drops up to 40 percent. Affected farmers fear repeated losses as snow drifts hinder truck access to barns.
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Westert Pennsylvania
Ernest Hayes
United Dairy Farmers
Hayes
John Walker
Milk, Inc
Hichard Bednarski
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