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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1976
Page
2
Comedian Redd Foxx, star of Sanford and Son, filed a license to marry Yun Chi Chung, 34, a native of Korea, in Los Angeles. It would be Foxx’s third marriage and the bride’s second.
A new federal capital gains tax on securities will take effect on New Year’s Day, shifting tax liability to heirs for gains realized after Dec 31 1978. Existing holders gain a temporary shield, while heirs face taxes on appreciation since 1978, reshaping estate planning and investment advice.
A woman learns the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood Florida lists New Year’s Eve tickets at 100 per person, up from 25 previously, with $12.50 mistaken as $1250. Venues across the country, from Beverly Hills to New York and Boston, offer varied open bars, dinners, and dances with prices ranging from 62.50 to 150 per person, while crowds gather for parades, fireworks, and the Times Square ball drop.
The Agriculture Department reports 1976 cigarette consumption at 6.0 trillion sticks, up 13 billion from 1975 and 34 trillion from 1970, driven by higher incomes and population gains. Global smoking rises, with 1975 world production over 3.5 trillion cigarettes and U.S. exports and imports fluctuating. large cigars and pipe tobacco decline while low tar options grow.
GREELEY Colo UPI Science teacher Bernie Kendall offers a 10 credit graduate course starting in Greeley and traversing 1000 miles along the South Platte the Missouri and the Mississippi Rivers Students must be in good shape and will earn graduate credit in weather or nithology astronomy photography microbiology group psychology edible wild plants aquatic biology geography and camping skills.
In Haysville Kansas deputies firing from behind a pickup killed Larry Lear 30 a heavily armed ex patient after nine hours of hostage holding He had threatened a family and a group including Sedgwick County Sheriff and Wichita officers Nine hostages survived uninjured including a psychiatrist and a sheriff’s deputy who were present during the siege
A fierce cold front and heavy snow swept the Northeast and upper Midwest. New England saw up to two feet of snow with 18 inches in Portland and 16 in Buffalo. Chicago and surrounding areas faced sub zero readings and wind chills to 30 below.
Soviet visitors at a $1.2 million US Bicentennial exhibit in Moscow asked about Solzhenitsyn, Kennedy, space findings, and daily costs. Guides said questions showed interest in American life over analysis, with visitors seeking prices, jobs, and social issues rather than debates.
Jane's Weapons Systems editor says the Soviet Union could have a weapon rivaling the U S Navy Tomahawk cruise missile. The Tomahawk, launched from submarines, travels 2000 nautical miles with nuclear or conventional warheads, and SALT talks loom as a major issue.
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