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The Arkansas Gazette notes its page on converting to computerized cold type and compares its transition to Hope Star and Baxter Bulletin, detailing the shift from Linotypes to offset printing, the equipment changes through 1977, and reflections on economic and quality gains of offset printing.
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Arkansas Gazette
Arkansas
Gazette
Hope Star
Star
Fairchild-King
Rotary Press
Candor
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Earthquake Hits Northwestern Greece Near Preveza
An earthquake with magnitude 5.1 struck areas near Preveza on the Ionian Sea about 170 miles northwest of Athens. No injuries or significant damage were reported by police according to the AP dispatch.
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Athens
Greece
Preveza
Ionian Sea
Holiday fire kills three Reynolds children in Maine
In Fairfield Maine a Christmas tree fire consumed the Reynolds two story home killing Keith 4 Carl 3 and Dirk 2 and injuring Dorothy Reynolds 34 and eight other children. Fire Chief Leighton said the blaze likely started from a two week old tree and baseboard heat. Mellody 12 helped evacuate relatives but the younger boys could not be saved. Five children remained hospitalized with burns and injuries. State fire marshal investigators continued work to determine the cause.
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Fairfield
Maine
Dorothy Reynold
Reynolds
William
Leighton
Leroy Soper
St. John’s
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Lebanon
Jordan River
Bethlehem
Jesus
Ford
Vail
Colo
Susan
Carter
Amy
Plains
Fire at Chase's Rest Home Claims Dozens in Newfoundland
In Newfoundland firefighters battled a blaze at Chase's Rest Home near St John’s. At least 20 people died including a 105 year old woman and a 16 year old boy. Police planned another search to ensure no victims remained.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Tax incentive urged for Pryor plan in Arkansas
State Senator Bill Walmsley of Batesville urged including a tax credit in Gov. Pryor's Arkansas Plan to win home rule support. He warned absence of tax incentives and rising spending could derail the plan and said a 25 percent local income tax credit would encourage all 75 counties to participate within a year.
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Batesville
Ark
David Pryor
Arkansas
Bill Walmsley
Walmsley
Pryor
Legislative Council
Black leaders fault Carter team on federal hiring balance
Jesse Jackson and other black leaders condemn the Carter transition for not engaging their views. They argue blacks are favored for high profile posts while overlooked for lower level federal jobs where most government work gets done.
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Jesse Jackson
Carter
Chicago
Traffic deaths rise during Christmas weekend in Northeast and Midwest
Snowy conditions hindered driving as the three day Christmas weekend ended. The Associated Press counted 398 traffic deaths on roads from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight nationwide. The National Safety Council had forecast 460 to 560 deaths.
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Associated Press
Midwest
The
National Safety Council
Northeast
Chicago
Jesus Garcia
Fairfield
Maine
Trudeau Rules Out Leading Quebec War Over Separation
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau warns against civil war if Quebec seeks independence, citing Lebanon Cyprus and Northern Ireland as lessons. He favors democratic, federalist reforms but warns a referendum would follow only with a strong Quebec majority. A separate Boston note reports the Argo Merchant oil spill abating near Nantucket.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Quebec
Lebanon
Cyprus
Northern Ireland
Bangladesh
Trudeau
Rene Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Levesque
Carter to Meet Cabinet on Secluded Georgia Island
President-elect Carter plans a three day series of informal cabinet meetings at a secluded island plantation near St Simon's Island Georgia. Discussions will cover tax cuts and the economy with Mondale and the new appointees attending.
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Plains, Ga
Carter
St. Simon's Island
Brunswick
Plains
Walter Mondale
Washington
Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Corp
Treasury
Thomas B. Lance
Atlanta
Office of Management and Budget
Post holiday scene recalls memories bills and leftovers
The season ends with post holiday shopping and exchange lines as four days remain until 1977. Pope Paul VI, IRA reports, Lebanon violence, Bethlehem pilgrims, and President Ford on ski trips color a quiet world. Traffic deaths near 400 mark a holiday toll while fires claim several families, including Chicago and Fairfield Maine incidents.
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Pope Paul VI
Christ
Miami Beach hotel strike expands to more properties
The Hotel Motel and Restaurant Employer Union Local 355 vows to widen a walkout that began Saturday affecting seven hotels on Collins Avenue. Picket lines loom at the Doral Country Club Carillon Deauville Eden Roc Shelbourne and Doral Beach as negotiations stalled over wages benefits and tips amid a group-tour driven drop in maid gratuities.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Herbert “Pinky” Schiffman
Doral Country Club
Carillon
Deauville
Eden Roe
Shelbourne
Doral Beach
Collins Avenue
Coral
Miami
Edwin Dean
Southern Florida Hotel and Motel Association
Schiffman
China crops face capitalist trend and rural missteps
China blames capitalist tendencies for farm trouble as rural communes split income for future needs. Xinhua notes work teams totaling 1.6 million party officials have been sent to countryside to study theory and critique these trends. ARKANSAS forecast tags fair, mild today with cooler Tuesday.
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Tokyo
China
Hsinhua
Communist Party
Arkansas
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Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Richard A. Sprague
House Select Committee On
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Council of Economic Advisers
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Time Magazine
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