Carter Warns Against Easy Answers Ahead of Inauguration
President elect Carter says bold promises require careful action and warns against expecting quick defense cuts or welfare reform. Advisers at St Simons Island caution voters about what can be delivered, while Carter insists he will honor his campaign commitments and expects his cabinet to help meet them.
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ST. Simons Island
Carter
Jody Powell
Defense
Harold Brown
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Health, Education and Welfare
ABC
Cross Country Walker Finishes 20 Year Journey After Many Trials
Marshall Kinney Jr. completed a 20 year walk across the United States from Leola Pennsylvania to California with dog Muscoda and 12 year old mare Maybelline. He faced lightning strikes blood poisoning frostbite and hospitalization but pressed on to reach San Francisco and plan onward to Lake Tahoe and Hot Springs Arkansas. Kinney started with $100 and earned money through odd jobs while subsisting on roadside foods as Maybelline grazed along.
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Leola
Muscoda
Maybelline
Kinney
Continental Divide
Butte
Mont
Lake Tahoe
California-Nevada
Hot Springs
Ark
San Francisco
Postal Service reports faster first class mail in 1976
The Postal Service cites its 1976 annual report showing average first class delivery at 1.53 days, down from 1.57. Local deliveries reached 95 percent next day, 92 percent within two days up to 600 miles, and 90 percent within three days for longer distances.
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Washington
Postal Service
Mail Agency
General Accounting Office
Old Post Office Department
Benjamin F. Bailor
Bailar
Swine Flu Immunization Program Decision Due Today
An AP report says the federal advisory panel plans to decide at the CDC whether to resume swine flu immunization efforts. The group targeted shots for those over 65 or with chronic illnesses after pausing December 16 amid concerns of vaccine related paralysis.
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Atlanta
Center For Disease Control
Cold, Cloudy Skies With Snow Flurries Expected
Tonight officials expect cloudy skies with snow flurries and a low near 5. Thursday will be partly cloudy with a high in the upper teens. Snow chances 60 percent tonight and 20 percent Thursday. Yesterday's high reached 32 with an overnight low of 7.
FTC clamps down on debt collectors tied to NAS groups
FTC unveils a consent order against National Account Systems and related NAS entities. The action targets abusive practices including false threats, using obscene language, and accessing debtor data without authorization. Firms must cease such tactics and fire offending employees, with penalties up to ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Diners Club
National Account Systems, Inc
Chicago
FTC
Diners Club of New York
NAS
United States
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