OPEC ministers prep for talks to set oil prices
OPEC oil ministers arrive in Venezuela for a meeting aimed at freezing prices for next year. Saudi Arabia Iran and UAE lead the push for a price freeze while Iran demands a halt to rising costs to aid world economic recovery. Moderates Venezuela Indonesia seek smaller increases and Libya Algeria push for steeper hikes.
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Filipino nurses granted new trial in Detroit case
A federal judge granted a new trial to Nar Cisco and Leonora Perez, two Filipino nurses convicted of poisoning patients at the Ann Arbor VA Hospital in 1975. Judge Philip Pratt criticized prosecutors for misconduct, saying it denied the women a fair trial and ordered a new trial.
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First part of inmate exchange completes phase one
A planeload of 35 Americans from Mexican prisons arrived in San Diego completing phase one of the U S Mexico convict ferry. In all, 234 prisoners were brought back. 338 remain in Mexican prisons as phase two may start in February.
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University of Evansville Mourns 24 Basketball Players
In a Sunday memorial at Roberts Municipal Stadium about 4 000 attended as UE mourned 24 killed in Tuesday's 29 fatal airplane crash. The university pledged to rise from the tragedy and rebuild a stronger team.
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GM Reaches Car Engine Change Settlement
General Motors announces a nationwide settlement over engine swaps in 1977 cars. About 75,000 Buick, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile owners will receive $200 and a 36 month or 36000 mile powertrain warranty. total cost near $40 million. GM denies wrongdoing and cites interdivisional engine use to meet consumer demand.
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Farmers strike seeks break even prices across states
Striking farmers from American Agriculture organized sporadic food distribution shutdowns in Texas Kansas Illinois and Georgia to pressure the federal government for 100 percent parity. Pickets blocked a Georgia Swift & Co. plant as truckers faced calls to join.
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FDR adviser Marriner Eccles dies at 87 in Utah
Marriner S. Eccles, longtime adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and chief architect of New Deal monetary policy, died Sunday night at age 87 at his Salt Lake City home of natural causes. The Utah-born financier was honorary chairman and director of First Security Corp. Eccles, a Mormon of Scottish ancestry who never attended college, arrived in Washington in 1934 and built a vast financial empire.
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U S and Vietnam Hold Third Round of Talks in Paris
In Paris U S and Vietnamese negotiators meet for three hours to discuss possible normalization of diplomatic and commercial relations. Demonstration by Vietnamese refugees outside the embassy was dispersed as talks continued.
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Steel firms lift prices amid higher energy costs
Bethlehem Steel Corp will raise prices 50 percent on most rolled steel and related products with increases effective Feb 1 for rolled steel and March 1 for other items. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel follows with a 7 percent sheet steel rise, effective Jan 3, citing higher energy, material and labor costs.
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Weight blamed for EC-135 crash over Manzano Mountains
Investigators say the EC 135 carrying 670 gallons of water and heavy communications equipment crashed into a mountainside east of Albuquerque after takeoff from Kirtland Air Force Base. All 20 aboard died. Crew fatigue and unclear runway data contributed to the tragedy.
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