New Year's traffic toll and global news roundup
The three day holiday period claimed 314 lives in traffic crashes with expectations of about 330 deaths for a typical three day New Year weekend. The roundup includes gasoline price trends, a Carter election poll, Eldridge Cleaver's trial delay, a new 84 inch telescope in Baja California, Medicare Part B premium rise, Vietnam’s promised release, Italy’s 200 lira coin circulation drop, bank consumer rights push, Army women in units, UN dues topping 100 million, a fatal duel in Argentina, and Milan road collisions killing nine.
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National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Dickens dog gravestone sale shocks London museum
A gravestone erected by novelist Charles Dickens for his dog in 1874 was offered in a Hamburg workshop for 1555 dollars after a Dickens museum in London failed to buy it due to insufficient funds.
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Carter fires Burns with kid gloves as Fed chair departs
AP Special Correspondent Walter R. Mears reports President Carter handled the Burns exit with care. Burns left as Federal Reserve chairman at month's end, flown to Washington with Mondale, praising successor G William Miller amid a delicate political moment.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Superman
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Carter
Burns
Fed
Congress
G. William Miller
Textron Inc
Proxmire lauds Andrus 1902 land rule enforcement
Senator William Proxmire lauds Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus for enforcing the 160 acre ownership and residency limits of the 1902 Reclamation Act. He says the move challenges powerful interests and safeguards family farms, amid calls to weaken the regulations in Congress and the courts.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Cecil Andrus
Andrus
Proxmire
Congress
Scope coupon offers 50 cents off two bottles
The ad highlights a 50 cent discount when buying any two bottles of Scope mouthwash in any combination. It emphasizes minty fresh breath, non medicinal scent, and a strong value proposition for a budget conscious shopper. It markets Scope as effective against bad breath without medicine-like odor.
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Scope
Procter & Gamble
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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