200th Birthday Party New Year’s Eve Festivities
Americans welcome 1976 with Bicentennial flair as New York hosts Guy Lombardo at the Waldorf Astoria for a New Year countdown and Times Square drops its lighted ball. A 50 foot Bicentennial banner rises as red white and blue balloons rise overhead. In Colorado fireworks from Pike's Peak summit light the night for a 100 mile view and flags mark the centennial.
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Associated Press
Guy
Lombardo
New York
Waldorf Astoria
Times Square
Rockies
Adaman
Red River
N.M
Plains
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Mississippi Valley
NBC
Patras Area Quake Leaves Thousands Homeless and Damaged
A 5.8 magnitude quake struck western Greece near Patras injuring one person and leaving several thousand homeless as hundreds of buildings collapsed or were damaged. The epicenter was in Aitolokarnania with towns Ano and Kato Makrinou leveled and government-supplied tents and blankets dispatched to the stricken region.
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Patras
Greece
Lake Trikhonis
Messolonghi
Ano
Kato Makrinou
Patrascolla
Navpaktos
Aitolikon
Png
Nafpaktos
Aitolokarnanias
Athens
Midnight Move for Liberty Bell Draws Thousands
The Liberty Bell shifts from Independence Hall to a new visitors center at midnight in a ceremony expected to draw over 50 000 people. Costs total about 104 000 dollars with security paid by city officials and J J White Construction Co. handling the move.
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Philadelphia
America
Independence Hall
Douglas Warnock
National Park Service
U.S. Mint
J.J. White Construction Co
Pennsylvania
Mike Modes
John Marshall
George Washington
Murfreesboro
Nashville
Rain Chance Across Middletown With Cold New Year
A weather brief reports possible rain in Middletown tonight with temperatures dropping to the low 40s. New Year’s Day highs are forecast in the upper 40s under partly cloudy skies. Yesterday’s high reached 45 and overnight low 38 with 17 inches of rain recorded. extended outlook shows rain Friday and rain or snow Saturday and Sunday.
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Middletown
Stones River Battle Remembered 113 Years On
Murfreesboro marks the 1862 Stones River clash with Bicentennial events. A Milwaukee based 1st Brigade Band reenacts the battle as cannons and period rations appear. Park officials limit traffic and lights to preserve the night era ambiance.
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Murfreesboro
Wisconsin
15Th U.S. Army Corps
1St Brigade
Milwaukee
Wis
Park
James Sanders
Social Security tax cuts bite into higher incomes
Americans earning over 14100 annually will see smaller take home pay from after Thursday as Social Security withholding reduces weekly nets by about 17.55 for a 300 dollar week. The change affects over 15 million earners and may curb spending while economists call the impact modest. Tax withholding for income tax remains unchanged, with yearly bills lower but weekly rates steady due to prior cuts.
Beirut Leaders Order Massive Withdrawal From War Zones
Moslem and Christian commanders pulled their forces from Beirut battle zones after the calmest night in a month. Mixed security patrols and Palestinian guerrillas led the withdrawal as Rashid Karami's cease-fire panel pressed a third evacuation attempt. Police said cautious calm prevailed in suburbs and across northern and eastern Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
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