Quiet Christmas For Most Along With Violent Holiday Headlines
A global Christmas saw both joy and tragedy. In East Vincent Township Pennsylvania five people including three children were found shot dead in a murder suicide. Tennessee reported four killed and two wounded in a gunfight. A Florida furniture store robbery ended with three dead. In Kenosha Wisconsin a Christmas night double murder suicide left two men and a woman dead from gunshot. Over 100 died in holiday auto crashes. Fire deaths occurred in Bayonne New Jersey and Cheltenham Maryland, while Samuel Goldwyn studios in Los Angeles suffered a $4 million fire.
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East Vincent Township
Tennessee
Florida
Kenosha
Wis
Bayonne
N.J
Cheltenham
Samuel Goldwyn
Los Angeles
Marietta van Dorp
London
Jenny Jones
Snow and Ice Hit Western North Carolina Counties
The Associated Press reports two to three inches of snow in the mountains on Christmas morning with sleet and freezing rain in the Foothills and Piedmont and a cold rain along the coast. Icy roads caused at least four traffic deaths. Watauga Avery and possibly Ashe counties faced a severe ice storm. Crews worked overnight to restore electricity after outages, and a Winston-Salem couple, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woods, died in a wreck en route to another accident.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Piedmont
Boone
Watauga
Avery
Ashe County
Winston-Salem
Highway Patrol
Edward Woods
Snake venom deaths and public billing questions
A reader asks how many Americans have died from snake venom. The Statistical Bureau of Metropolitan Life says deaths from snake venom poisoning have not exceeded 12 annually in the past five years. The piece also covers a North State Telephone Co billing policy requiring 20 days to pay, a city notice about cleaning an unhealthy lot, and a teacher’s complaint about two year olds in a church program.
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United States
Anon
Statistical Bureau of Metropolitan Life
North State Telephone Co
North State
State Utilities Commission
Freeman Hill
Children Disappear In Store In Queens On Christmas Eve
Deborah Mackall took her 4 year old daughter Candy and 2 year old son to a Queens department store for Christmas shopping. She left them on the third floor to surprise her, but returned about ten minutes later to find them gone. Police and store security searched the building and subway area. Bloodhounds were brought but the scent was not found.
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New York
Deborah Mackall
Queens
Minimum Pay Rises to $2.30 on New Year’s Day
Washington AP reports the federal minimum wage will jump to 2.30 per hour on January 1, expanding eligibility to nearly four million workers including farm laborers, domestics, local government employees, and retail clerks. The 1974 Fair Labor Standards Act amendments mandate three staged minimums reaching 2.30 by 1978, with more than 53 million already above the new level.
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Washington
America
Labor Department
Congress
Federal Agencies Live High Says GAO Report
A GAO study criticized three bank regulators the Federal Reserve Board the office of the comptroller of the currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp for wasteful and lavish spendingSen. William Proxmire said the agencies spend about 127 million annually with perks like high office space travel and furniture Proxmire noted per employee space costs at the Fed are nearly 3000 and travel expenses at the OCC reach almost 1300 per worker in 1974. The report argues these costs exceed those of similar agencies and that the agencies avoid the regular budget process.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
the Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
GAO
Securities and Exchange Commission
Comptroller of the Currency
SEC
FDIC
Woman, 72, Mauled By Lion at Florida Park
Emma Bates, 72, survived a mauling by a 400 pound male lion named Keba at Lion Country Safari in West Palm Beach. Dennis Pruitt, 20, an employee, rescued her with a rake as lions surged from a cage. Bates, hospitalized with a broken jaw and facial injuries, said she is grateful and not afraid of lions.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Dennis Pruitt
Emma Bates
Elsa
Miss Bates
Aml
Keba
Pruitt
Reira
Malcolm Gallop
Income Tax Forms Arrive With Yale Bills
Washington AP reports the Postal Service will begin delivering income tax forms to homes and businesses, a potential record mailing of 84 million pieces. Forms arrive now but most filers must wait for employer statements next month and the April 15, 1976 deadline remains. New items include credits for personal exemptions and earned income, plus space for Census Bureau demographic data. The form resembles prior years in red, white and blue, with a $1 presidential campaign donation option.
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Washington
Postal Service
Pasta Service
Census Bureau
Internal Revenue Service
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White House
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Colo
Ilinois
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Texas
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Concord
N.H
West N.C
Mountain
Lot
City
Andrew Nussbaum
Agnes
Robert
Thur
New York City
Joan Chadwick
Comptroller’s Office
Yale
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