Bitter Cold Grips States With Shutdowns and Delays
Subzero conditions and gas shortages force closures across the East Midwest and South. Tennessee faces up to 100000 possible job losses as factories and stores halt heating reliant operations. Dayton and Nashville see major shutdowns while Amtrak suspends eight routes due to frozen cars and pipes. Florida citrus and vegetables face freeze threats.
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Olson Criticizes Weldon Springs Bill
University of Missouri officials told the House Education Committee that the curators can handle land sales without legislative approval for parcels over 600 acres. They discussed Weldon Springs 8000 acre tract options, stressing no decision yet and a focus on research, education, and best interests of the university and state.
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University of Missouri Board of Curators
House Education Committee
James C. Olson
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Yan Q. Williams
Douglas Viehland
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General Assembly
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Cancer Society seeks shift of drug testing authority to NCI
The American Cancer Society asks Congress to move approval of new anticancer drugs from the FDA to the National Cancer Institute. The move aims to address perceived delays in clinical use for cancer patients, arguing that advanced cases require special treatment. Prominent researchers support NCI-led development in non profit centers, citing life-threatening urgency for patients.
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House
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Bureau of Drugs
Vincent J. DeVita Jr
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Associated Press
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RB. Lee Clark
University of Texas Cancer Research System
Carter’s Journey Begins Final Leg
Jimmy Carter leaves Plains Ga for the final leg toward the presidency. He plans to bid neighbors farewell on a 19 hour Amtrak trip, then fly to Washington. A newborn son Aaron Mitchell Riechers was also reported born Tuesday at Audram Medical Center. Mondale and spouses to attend a preinaugural gala at the Kennedy Center before Carter moves into Blair House ahead of the noon swearing in. Powell says the inaugural address will be brief and direct, outlining basic aims of the new administration.
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United States
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South Georgia
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Albany
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Rush Hill
Aaron Mitchell Riechers
Audram Medical Center
Walter F. Mondale
Kennedy Center
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Executive Mansion
Capitol
Jody Powell
Powell
Plan to restore Nixon office in La Habra California
Don Bendetti, an alumnus of Whittier College, and two friends bought Nixon’s former La Habra law office on Main Street and plan a restoration. Bendetti says Nixon was encouraged, and the project aims to feature the building for visitors. Nixon practiced law in the unobtrusive stucco structure from 1939 to 1942.
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California
Richard M. Nixon
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Don Bendetti
Whittier College
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Whittier
Atucco
Civil Rights Leaders Plan Final Bid Against Bell Nomination
Civil rights leaders prepare a final push to defeat Griffin Bell as attorney general while two other Carter cabinet picks gain near certainty for Senate committee approval. NAACP opposition urges witnesses including Jesse Jackson and Aaron Henry to testify on school desegregation cases in Atlanta Austin and Corpus Christi.
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Inmate Dies In His Cell At Missouri Penitentiary
AP reports Gerald Eugene Shelton, 40, was found dead in his Missouri State Penitentiary cell on Tuesday night likely from a medication overdose. Warden Donald Wyrick stated the inmate was serving a five year term for a 1966 armed robbery and had three additional years for an escape from the Moberly Training Center for Men. An autopsy was planned and an investigation continues.
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Cole County
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Shelton
Phelps County
Moberly
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Ford may visit University of Kansas as lecturer
President Ford may become a visiting lecturer at up to a dozen schools after leaving the White House. The Topeka Daily Capital reports Kansas University is among possible stops this spring. Susan Ford, Ford's daughter, may enroll at KU while he tours. Chancellor Archie Dykes invited inclusion after the November election.
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Missouri panels hear bills on Samaritan immunity and taxes
Missouri House and Senate committees opened hearings on civil immunity for medical responders and broader first aid rights. Rep Irene Treppler urged a good Samaritan measure shielding doctors from civil damages for treating accident victims without consent. Sen Zych proposed extending immunity to anyone with valid Red Cross first aid training. Senate Local Government eyed allowing counties to levy up to five cents per pack for juvenile detention centers, adding to state nine cent tax. The Model White Cane Act gained support in Public Health committee with Gov Teasdale backing. Witnesses cited higher security deposits due to fear of attack by guide dogs. House Appropriations reviewed a $671 million education budget for 1978.
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R-St. Louis
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Harry Wiggins
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Sadat halts price boosts amid Cairo curfew riots
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat revoked food, gas and cigarette price increases after two days of protests. A citywide curfew from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. affected Cairo Alexandria and Suez. Witnesses reported clashes, fires, and casualties near Hadalk el Kouba and Al Azhar University as riot police opened fire. Authorities blamed Communists for unrest while Parliament planned reviews of the measure.
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Associated Press
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Hadalk el Kouba
Rizkallah
al Azhar University
Mamdouh Salem
Death Toll At 44 In Boat Crash
44 American servicemen died when a U S Navy landing craft capsized off Barcelona. 126 sailors and Marines were aboard. five still missing. Bodies recovered were flown to Torrejon Air Base outside Madrid for transport to Dover Delaware. one presumed dead was located ashore in Barcelona. Divers continued search for the five missing.
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Blacks Doing Better At Getting Jobs
A government survey by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission covering metropolitan areas with large minority populations finds blacks sometimes hold a higher share of total jobs than their labor-force share. In St Louis private industry jobs near their share, and in local government they hold almost twice their labor-force share. median government worker salary for blacks is 78 percent of whites. Women remain underrepresented in private sector work but not in government jobs.
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