Blizzard Triggers Deaths and Western Flood Threat
Western plains thaw as warmer weather melts blizzard snow that paralyzed Kansas Colorado and Nebraska leaving 16 dead. Crews clear 16 foot drifts restore power lines across the region while echoes of disaster prompt talk of federal aid. Traffic resumes on I 70 as higher temperatures ease disruptions and National Guard helicopters assist stranded residents.
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Neb
Exon
Denver
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Kansas National Guard
Union Pacific
Cheyenne Wells
Colo
New York
New England
Winter Weather Pushes Up Food Prices Across U S
Winter droughts and Florida frost push up costs for consumers as experts warn of shortages in canned fruits and vegetables through 1977. USDA notes 20 percent January price rise. California warns of reduced tomato acreage. industry leaders anticipate higher prices even with adequate supplies.
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Associated Press
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California Canners and Growers Association
National Canners Association
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Supermarket News
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Don Hodgson
Independent Grocers’ Alliance
California
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Ron Robie
State Department of Water Resources
Siege harms memory of Washington crisis and Hanafi leader
Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, Hanafi leader, was booked on armed kidnapping charges after the siege that held 134 people. He appeared for fingerprinting and photos as a grand jury was expected to hear evidence. Survivors recalled threats, beatings, and bloodied halls as relatives mourned Maurice Williams. The film Mohammad, Messenger of God faced renewed protests while city officials warned of further danger.
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Abdul Khaalis
Joseph O'Brien
B'nai B'rith International Center
Rae Ehrlich
Maurice Williams
Howard University
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Williams
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City Hall
B'nai B'rith
B’nai B'rith Center
Hank Siegel
Siegel
Hamaas
Allah
Abdul Xhaalis
Mohammad
Messenger of God
Los Angeles
New York
Births Janet Ann Knipp in Auxvasse and Jeasicah Fretwell
Mr and Mrs Larry K Knipp Auxvasse welcomed daughter Janet Ann Knipp born Saturday at 405 pm Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds seven ounces. Darrell W Jennings and Mrs Jennings Vandalia welcomed son Phillip Eugene Jennings born today at 1239 am Audrain Medical Center weighing eight pounds. Rev and Mrs Stanley C Fretwell Holliday Madison Christian Churches welcomed daughter Jeasicah Michal Fretwell born this morning at 246 am Audrain Medical Center weighing seven pounds one ounce.
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Auxvasse
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Audrain Medical Center
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Schnuck
Columbia
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Darrell W. Jennings
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Stark’s Nursery
Louisiana
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Holliday
Jeasicah Michal Fretwell
Fretwell
Madison Christian Churches
Carter Plans Large Pay Raise For White House Staff
President Carter will consider a substantial pay raise for White House staff following Congress and federal agencies, possibly up to 29 percent in some cases. Aides say a final decision is pending, with recommendations expected next week, as Carter continues his duties including energy briefings and meetings with international leaders.
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White House
Rex Granum
Paul Warnke
U.S
James Schlesinger
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Brzezinski
Margaret Trudeau Returns Home From Rolling Stones Trip
Margaret Trudeau, wife of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, arrived in Ottawa quietly Saturday night after a weekend with the Rolling Stones in Toronto and a stop in New York. Her attendance at a private dinner with British Prime Minister James Callaghan was not discussed by the prime minister’s office. The only companion on the flight was an unidentified blonde woman.
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New York City Ballet
Kennedy Center
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Margaret Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Rolling Stones
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New York
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Air Canada
French Leftists Win Elections
In nationwide municipal elections, France's leftists won control of 136 of 221 cities over 30,000 people, a major gain as the Socialist Communist alliance expands. Paris results show the leftists at 46 percent, with Chirac and dOrnano leading the rival Gaullist and centrist tickets, and ecologists excluded from runoff.
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France
National Assembly
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Agence France-Presse
AFP
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Giscard d’Estaing
Michel d'Ornano
Giscard
Servative
Jacques Chirac
Chirac
d’Ornano
Ecology Party
Ecologists
Giscard d'Estaing
Levi to Teach at Stanford as Visiting Professor
Stanford California AP reports former U S attorney general Edward Levi will teach a course at Stanford Law School as the third Herman Phieger visiting professor. Levi, a former University of Chicago professor and president, will deliver a public lecture as part of the visiting professorship.
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U.S
Edward Levi
Stanford Law School
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Levi
Law Hean
University of Chicago
Phieger
Court Upholds Probe of Lonely Hearts in Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court unanimously upholds the state's merchandising practices act enabling the attorney general to investigate possible fraud by Pen Pals International a so called lonely hearts club. The ruling allows further inquiry into solicitations enrollments and potential marriages tied to the firm with a full chance for challenge before revealing trade secrets.
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Pen Pals International
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Helen Lewandowski
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