Upstate New York Sees Record Cold and Snowfall
Bitter cold and heavy snowfall griped the northeast with record low temperatures in upstate New York including -24 at Stillwater Reservoir and Buffalo's 3 below early morning. The cold spanned Washington and Dulles airports into a national trend as six weather-related deaths were reported. statewide and regional records followed, with travel advisories in Wisconsin and a chilly Muscatine mayor warming feet in a wastebasket to stay warm.
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Evelyn Schauland
Zombies Grim Joke In Chemical Factory
Former Versicol Chemical Corp employees report neurological disorders from Phosvel exposure. About 10 workers show symptoms from numbness to paralysis and some sue for damages. Investigations by OSHA and environmental agencies are underway while company safety practices face sharp scrutiny.
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Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and Environmental Agencies
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Portugal military commission cites mass arrests and torture
A 144 page report says hundreds of Portuguese prisoners were arbitrarily arrested and subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by radical soldiers and civilians during the revolution. The leftist controlled security forces led by Maj Otelo Saraiva de Carvallo were blamed for most actions. President Eanes urged identification and dishonorable discharge of those responsible.
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IRS Locks Dave Beck With Big Tax Bill
Seattle tale recounts former international longshoreman leader Dave Beck facing liens from the Internal Revenue Service over back taxes and penalties. Beck seeks a two to three year extension to raise about 730000 in interest and penalties, citing his wife Helen Beck's cancer and ongoing medical bills. A court has declined IRS petitions to sell Beck properties as bids fell short of value.
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Bill) Hutchinson
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County Superior Court
Las Vegas Weather Forecast Summary
Clear cool nights and sunny days with gentle winds. Highs mid 60s, lows mid 30s. Humidity around 40 percent. Air quality index 73. Sunrise 6 35 a m. Sunset 4 26 p m.
Weather table for 24 hour period ending 4 a.m. PT
The National Weather Service in San Francisco releases a temperature and precipitation table for a 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. Pacific time. It provides regional readings, highlighting highs, lows, and rainfall amounts reported nationwide for the period.
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National Weather Service
San Francisco
Weather Pickets Plan Pittsburgh Strike Hit 7 Below Zero
Pickets at Allegheny County Port Authority rallied around five in Pittsburgh Friday after going on strike just after midnight as the thermometer dropped to seven degrees below zero. The disruption stranded about 200,000 customers. By morning the temperature rose to 32 degrees and pickets appeared warmer.
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Allegheny County
Three-Year Draft Dodger Sentenced in Brooklyn
A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced 29 year old David Paul Sheehy of Rockville Centre to three years in prison for draft evasion. Judge George Pratt stayed bail at 5000 dollars during appeals and rejected Carter pardon promises as irrelevant to the sentence. Sheehy moved from East Rockaway in 1970 claiming no induction notice was received.
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Brooklyn
Elect Carter
U.S
George Pratt
David Paul Sheehy
Carter
Sheehy
Rockville Centre
N.Y
Frederick Cohn
Pratt
Cohn
Toronto
East Rockaway
Nobel Prize Awards Declared Not Fixed for Bicentennial
Nobel Foundation director Stig Ramel denied claims that the 1976 prizes favored the United States as a Bicentennial tribute. Seven Americans won across physics, medicine, chemistry, economics, and literature while the peace prize was reserved. Laureates and families prepare for the Dec 10 ceremony in Stockholm with a record family turnout, including D. Carleton Gajdusek and Samuel C.C. Ting. Separately, a Harris poll finds two of three Americans view air and water pollution as very serious problems.
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Sweden
UPI
Nobel Foundation
Stig Ramel
United States
Ramel
Nobel Committee
Oslo
D. Carleton Gajdusek
Samuel C.C. Ting
Burton Richter
Peking
Milton Friedman
Saul Bellow
Baruch S. Blumberg
New York
Harris
Egyptians Urge One Million Letters to Carter for Peace
Ahmed Al-Masri calls Arabs to mail a million letters to President-elect Carter urging neutrality in the Arab Israeli conflict and resistance to Zionist pressure. He asks Arabs to press for peace tied to the liberation of occupied Arab lands and opposing occupation of their soil.
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Egypt
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Middle East
Ahmed Al-Masri
al Akhbar
Carter
Al-Masri
al- Masri
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