Salaries Outpace Inflation In 1976 Americans see income rise
Washington AP reports average per capita income rose 9.1 percent from 5903 in 1975 to 6441 in 1976 while inflation measured 4.8 percent. Alaska had the highest income at 10178. Mississippi the lowest at 4575. Transportation overtakes food in spending, 21 percent vs 20.1 percent in 1973 and 24.4 percent in 1960-61.
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Deadlocked Geneva talks resume with cautious pace
In Geneva the stalled arms talks restart as U S negotiator Warnke and Soviet deputy minister Menov begin addressing secondary issues. Officials aim to meet Vance and Gromyko next week with SALT I expiry on October 3 as a deadline and Vladivostok framework guiding the talks.
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Switzerland
Cyrus Rance
Andrei Gromyko
Paul Warnke
U.S
Vladimir Menov
W Heither
Carter
Vance
Moscow
Gromyko
State Closes Polk County Hospital in Humangville Mo
Polk County Hospital faces bankruptcy after nursing walkout and a state ordered shutdown. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing is set in Springfield on a suit seeking bankruptcy relief. Six patients were sent home after the nurses left, while a nurse remained overnight for transfer. The 23 bed facility serves 55,000 people across four counties.
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Humansville
Polk Community Hospital
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Springfield
Charles Gillilan
Missouri Division of Health
Bernard Finch
Finch
Polk
Dade
Hickory
Dallas
Red Cross CPR Instructor Course Set for May 19 20
A Red Cross course to train CPR instructors will be held May 19 and 20 in Stribling Auditorium at Audrain Medical Center from 6 to 10 p.m. Matt Meyer will lead the program. qualified candidates must have basic CPR training or be a Red Cross First Aid Instructor. Register at 581-4273.
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Red Cross
Stribling
Audrain Medical Center
Matt Meyer
American National Red Cross
St. Louis
Heart Association
American Red Cross
Irene Stapleton
Audrain- Montgomery Red Cross
Once Defeated Insurance Bill Gains First Round Approval
In Jefferson City Missouri the Senate gave first round approval to a bill by Senator J B Banks to shield homeowners from arbitrary policy cancellations. The measure targets nonpayment misrepresentation crimes and increased property risk while arguing to curb urban decay via insurance practices. The proposal awaits final Senate approval before moving to the House.
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Missouri Senate
Senate
St. Louis
J. B. Banks
House
University City
Harriett Woods
State Transportation Commission
State Highway Commission
Woods
Congress
Missouri
Helicopter Crash Kills 54 Israelis in West Bank
An Israeli air force CH53 helicopter crashed five miles west of the Jordan River in the West Bank, killing all 54 aboard. Military leaders called it the worst air force disaster in Israel's history with an inquiry ruling out foul play. Rescue teams found no survivors.
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West Bank
Mordechai Gur
Jordan River
Gur
Sinai Desert
Dakar
Mediterranean
Joan Crawford Dies at 69 After Heart Attack
Film star Joan Crawford, Academy Award winner, dies at 69 in her Manhattan apartment from a heart attack. Born Lucille LeSueur in 1908, she rose from chorus girl to Hollywood icon and PepsiCo director, with funeral plans undisclosed.
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Sunset Strip
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Edward Cowen
Pepsi-Cola Co
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Alfred Steele
Lucille LeSueur
San Antonio
Texas
Oklahoma
Joan
Births in Vandalia and Paris at Audrain Medical Center
Mellissa Joyce Nichols named for the daughter born Tuesday at 3 51 p m to Mr and Mrs Robert M Nichols of Vandalia weighing 6 11. Charles Lee Spires Jr born Tuesday at 2 49 p m to Mr and Mrs Charles L Spires of Vandalia weighing 6 12. Holly Christine Darnell born Tuesday at 8 09 p m to Mr and Mrs William Lee Darnell of Paris weighing 8 3. Darnell employed by A B Chance Co Centralia.
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Mellissa Joyce Nichols
Robert M. Nichols
Vandalia
Audrain Medical Center
Charles L. Spires
Charles Lee Spires Jr
Spires
Harbison-Walker Refractories
William Lee Darnell
Paris
Holly Christine Darnell
Darnell
A.B. Chance Co
Centralia
Classified Ads Work Truth Declared
A brief note asserts that classified ads are effective for reaching audiences. The statement emphasizes belief in the utility of ad sections for promoting goods and services.
Carter pledges NATO defense hardware buy from Europe
President Carter told NATO members he will push a two way defense trade, instructing Brown to buy more European equipment where efficient. Europeans hope this reverses the US deficit in arms trade as Germany objects to tank production shares. Carter urges greater European defense production cooperation to cut waste.
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Carter
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Harold Brown
Congress of
Alliance
Washington
U.S
Europe
FDA Bans Most Fluorocarbon Aerosol Sprays
U S government announces a three agency plan to phase out virtually all fluorcarbonate aerosol sprays within two years to protect the ozone layer. The move affects about a billion containers used in foods drugs cosmetics household cleaners pesticides and air fresheners. Regulations target most propellants by Oct 15 1978 with existing supplies to be halted two months later.
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Washington
Food and Drug Adminis
Tration
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Totie Fields Rests After Eye Surgery at Stanford
Totie Fields, 47, is resting after a vitrectomy at Stanford University Medical Center to treat impaired vision in her left eye caused by a hemorrhage linked to diabetes. Dr. Christian Zweng said the operation, performed Monday, aims to address a complication of diabetes that also led to amputation of one leg last year. she is slated to stay hospitalized about two more weeks.
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Stanford
Calif
Totie Fields
Stanford University Medical Center
Christian Zweng
Miss Field
Nation Enrolls In EMT Workshop At Missouri University
Richard V. Nation of Wellsville was enrolled at the emergency medical technician workshop conducted recently at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The workshop was part of a series sponsored by the UMC medical center and the extension division to teach instructors more effective methods of handling emergency care.
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Wellsville
Richard V. Nation of
University of Missouri
Columbia
UMC Medical Center
Extension Division
KU architecture students renovate Wyandotte daycare centers
Dennis Littrell of 715 Webster Street was among over 100 University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design students who gained practical experience in a Lawrence program. The project involved renovating seven daycare centers for the Wyandotte Association for Child Care Services. Littrell is a first year student at KU.
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Webster St
University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design
Lawrence
Wyandotte Association For Child Care Services
Littrell
The
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