Surgeon General Releases 1200 Page Smoking Report
The report asserts overwhelming evidence that smoking causes death and disease and notes no effective stop smoking method. It emphasizes higher mortality for smokers, with two-pack-a-day smokers facing twice the death rate of nonsmokers and smokers dying eight to nine years earlier by age 30 to 35.
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Richmond
Califano
Tobacco Institute
Surgeon General
United States
Congress
Thornburgh expands cabinet with two new agency heads
Governor-elect Thornburgh names Walter Baran to lead General Services and Ben McEnteer to head Banking. Baran, Frackville native, built a multi‑plant apparel firm and now oversees state leasing and procurement. McEnteer, 65, chairs Titusville’s Pennsylvania Bank and Trust with 24 branches and assets above $500 million.
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Harrisburg
Dick Thornburgh
General Services and
Banking Department
Walter Baran
Schuylkill County
General Services
Ben McEnteer
Crawford County
Senate
Frackville
Thornburgh
Property and Supplies
Frank Hilton
U.S
Western Pennsylvania
Baran
Titusville
Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Co
Obituaries Listed for Local Residents on Page Ten
Obituaries for Scott Blose age 56 of Punxsutawney Road and Fred J Dinicolantonio age 56 of Macedonia Ohio, formerly of Indiana, Francis Miloser age 52 of Punxsutawney Road, and Frank E Nesbitt age 78 of Baltimore Maryland appear on page ten with passing notices.
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Blose
Scott
Punxsutawney RD
Dinicolantonio, Fred J. Jr
Macedonia
Ohio
Indiana
Flaky Friday Expected Warns of Snowy Weekend
Chief Tommy Hawk cites Friday the 13th on a Saturday as luck for tomorrow. Forecasters predict a 90 percent chance of snow with a high near 30. Tonight will dip to 10 to 15 degrees as western Pennsylvania heads for snow Saturday and Sunday with a few flurries Monday.
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Tommy Hawk
Western
Pennsylvania
Cambodian Deputy Premier Rescued by Thai Helicopter
Thai helicopters evacuated Cambodian Deputy Premier Ieng Sary from capture as Vietnamese forces and Cambodian rebels close in on Phnom Penh. Reports say Sary and possibly other officials flew to Hong Kong, while a second chopper briefly landed in Cambodia. Vietnamese tanks and troops near Poipet prompted fears of a wider invasion.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Ieng Sary
Hong Kong
Cambodia
Khieu Samphan
Phnom Penh
Pol Pot
China
Highway 6
Aranyaprathet
Poipet
Bakhtiar vows oil sales halt to Israel and South Africa
Iran's Prime Minister Bakhtiar presents civilian cabinet to Parliament and pledges to end oil sales to South Africa over apartheid and to Israel, while proposing religious leaders supervise government activities and pledging reforms to end political turmoil. He frees political prisoners and seeks broader support. In a separate item, a Clarksburg car and coal truck crash injures one, with investigation ongoing.
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Israel
South Africa
Tehran
Iran
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Bakhtiar
Senate
SAVAK
Clarksburg
Citizens Ambulance Service
Blairsville
Saltsburg
Cambodian Exiled Leader Seeks U N Hearing On Cambodian Crisis
Prince Norodom Sihanouk arrives in New York to press the United Nations Security Council to hear his ousted government’s charge of Vietnamese aggression. He asks Vietnam to withdraw its armed forces and lets Cambodians settle their affairs without outside interference amid a Chinese Soviet dispute.
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Pol Pot
China
Peking
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
New York
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Council
Phnom Penh
Soviet Union
Vietnam
United States
Sihanouk
New
York
East Germany
Laos
Sev
Beached Whales On Gulf Beach Alarm Biologists
A mass strand of 56 sperm whales along a remote Gulf of California shore prompts marine biologists to investigate what may be the hemisphere’s largest beaching. Page four details. Pancho Villa widow seeks forgiveness after 63 years. story on page seven.
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Gulf of California
Pancho
Rio Grande
Pancho Villa
United States
Wholesale prices rise 0.8 percent in December
The Labor Department reports December wholesale prices up 0.8 percent led by gasoline, food, and machinery. 1978 yearly rise reached 9.1 percent, the largest since 1974, with food and equipment costs advancing while eggs fell and tobacco declined. The report tracks inflation signaling consumer price trends.
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Washington
Labor Department
Senate
Carter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hanoi
Frankfurt
Germany
Kampuchean Revolutionary Armed Forces
General Services, Banking
McEnteer
Charles J. Potter
of Savings & Trust Co
A DuBois
Miloser
Francis
Nesbitt, Frank E
Baltimore, M
Kriangsak Chomanan
Clarksburg Area
Prince Sihanouk
U.N
Eral
Business Mirror
Alfred E. Kahn
National Urban Coalition
Donald McCullum
Oakland, Calif
Kahn
Joseph Rhodes
NATO
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