Whitlam vows Darwin rebuilt after devastating cyclone
Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam toured Darwin as jetliners carried thousands of residents away from the wrecked city. The death toll reached 48 with two bodies found in the harbor. He said the government would rebuild the essential port and gateway, interrupting a European tour to return for an emergency cabinet meeting.
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Darwin
Australia
Gough Whitlam
Whitlam
Timor Sea
Bangladesh
Mohammadullah
Sheik Mujib
Pakistan
Shiek Mujib
India
Indira Gandhi
East Pakistan
Awami League Party
Inmates Escape From Indiana State Prison
Three inmates escaped from Indiana State Prison early today after scaling a wall. A separate incident at the prison farm saw a minimum security inmate seize three women at a nearby farmhouse. one suspect Riley Mosley Jr. aged 29 faces charges in killings and rape. A manhunt continues in Porter and LaPorte counties.
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Ind
Indiana
Charles Merz
Merz
Porter
LaPorte
West Farm
Riley Mosley Jr
Parma man builds backyard windmill to cut electric costs
Parma resident Michael Cherney erected a 48 foot wind tower with a nine foot blade diameter and plans to add a 235 dollar alternator. Experts note a typical home uses about 500 kilowatts monthly and say the small turbine likely yields little power in average Cleveland winds. NASA backs windmill testing with large blades and notes high cost. A wind specialist estimates Cherney’s device would rarely meet monthly demand.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Parma
Michael Cherney
Cherney
CEI
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Cleveland
Ford and aides clash on national energy policy in Vail
President Ford and 15 aides engage in a clash of ideas over a national energy policy in Vail Colorado. Fed Chair Arthur Burns joins sessions as Ford notes the burden of choices with no definitive decisions yet and plans a State of the Union rollout after January 14.
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Colo
Ford
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
White
House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Rocky Mountain
Vail Associates
Congress
Camp David
Amy Vanderbilt dies in fall from Manhattan townhouse
In New York Amy Vanderbilt the famed etiquette authority aged 66 died after plunging from a second story window at her Upper East Side townhouse. Police said she either jumped or fell and an autopsy was planned. Her husband Curtis B. Kellar and one son were at home when authorities arrived. She authored syndicated columns and several best selling books.
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New York
Amy Vanderbilt
Manhattan
Miss Vanderbilt
Upper East Side
Metropolitan Hospital
Vanderbilt
Curtis B. Kellar
International
Mobil Oil Corp
Kellar
Democrats Seek Consensus on Ohio Redistricting Plan
Ohio Democrats, holding both chambers, agree on four bills but struggle to secure a majority for a congressional redistricting package. Efforts aim to redraw lines to favor Democrats, with Gov-elect Rhodes set to take office January 13 as lame duck Gilligan eyes signature. Several key districts in Dayton Columbus Cincinnati and Northeast Ohio pose sticking points.
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Ohio
111Th General Assembly
John J. Gilligan
James A. Rhodes
Congress
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
House
Vernal Riffe Jr
New
Boston
Cincinnati
Dayton
Weekend Middletown Forecast Shows Sun Then Possible Showers
Cloudy skies and overnight lows around the upper 30s are forecast for the Middletown area tonight. Sunday is expected to bring sunny skies with highs in the mid 50s. The extended outlook calls for a chance of showers Monday and a chance of rain or snow Wednesday.
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Middletown
U S Steel to close Gary open hearths to avoid daily air fines
U S Steel will shutter the No 4 open hearth shop at Gary Indiana rather than pay a 2300 dollar daily air pollution fine. The move will cause about 4000 layoffs in northwest Indiana and follows a court order to close by year end or face the penalty. Gary Works employees face 2500 cuts with 1500 more in related industries.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary, Ind
U.S. Steel
Gary
U.S
Gary Works
Harry Piasecki
United Steelworkers Local 1014
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