Bad year for Bicentennial curios haunts Boston shops
In Boston, retailers say overproduction doomed 1776 themed items from bells to alarm clocks. Sam Bertolino of Little Jack Horner Novelty Shop laments heavy losses while distributors warn distress merchandise. some counseled higher markups, others simply sold off stock as 1776 goods failed to move.
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Boston
Sam J. Bertolino
Jack Horner
Bernard Berger
Centennial Industries
al Meltzer
Nancy Sales
New England
Curios
Teddy Shapiro
Achorn Stationery
Midtown
Bertolino
Middletown Sparsely Hit by CG&E Gas Cutback
Cincinnati Gas & Electric imposed a 20 percent curtailment on about 400 nondomestic customers including seventeen area schools, the Post Office and Music Hall, but Middletown saw little effect as most local schools and facilities were not notified. Officials noted some plants like Armco and Sorg Paper faced minimal disruption while others used alternative fuels. the cutback aims to stretch gas supplies amid cold weather and follows a two-step program begun in 1972 with a potential third step affecting up to 30,000 small non domestic users.
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Middletown
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Cincinnati-area
Cincinnati
U.S. Post Office
Music Hall
Herman Rottinghaus
Rottinghaus
Cg&e
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Ron Conley
Conley
Diamond International Corp
Carmody Boulevard
Charles Street
Sorg Paper Co
Sorg
Aeronca
Middletown Hospital
New City
YMCA
First National Bank
Cincinnati Weather Bureau
Crooked road line leads to firings in Pennsylvania
In Crawford County a PennDOT line painting crew produced a nine mile zig zag white line that strayed onto dirt and snow wasting 460 dollars in paint. Foreman and vehicle operator were fired while two regional supervisors were reprimanded.
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Harrisburg
Transportation Department
Transportation
William Sherlock
Crawford County
Sherlock
Penndot
Pennsylvania
Charles Wilson
John Harligh
Medicare costs rise for beneficiaries in new year
The 19 percent Medicare increase takes effect Saturday raising outlays for hospital stays and other care. Monthly premiums rise to 7.70 from 7.20 in July, affecting about 25 million seniors and disabled, with detailed daily charges for hospital days. Portland couple Mike Leite and Robin Perry announce their engagement after meeting at a kidney dialysis ward, planning a September wedding while continuing treatments at local hospitals.
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Washington
Social Security
James B. Cardwell
Social Security Administration
Medicare
Portland
Ore
Mike Leite
Robin Perry
University of Oregon Health Sciences Center
Good Samaritan Hospital
Miss Perry
Kidney dialysis brings unexpected romance and plans for Hawaii
Leite, 26, met Robin during dialysis at the U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital in Oregon after a nurse set them up. They vowe d marriage with a honeymoon in Hawaii planned, while continuing three weekly dialysis sessions. Medicare covers most of the $23,000 annual treatment cost, with insurance and the Kidney Association of Oregon paying the rest.
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Leite
U.S Veterans Administration Hospital
Robin
Medicare
The
Kidney Association of Oregon
Ohio Sees Subzero Morning Temperatures Across State
A morning report shows Ohio dipping below zero degrees for the first time since January. Morningstar notes prior subzero lows in 1972 and 1975, with Findlay at minus 14 and Dayton at minus five. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies New Year’s Day and a chance of snow into early next week.
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U. S
C. T Morningstar
Morningstar
Ohio
Findlay
Mercury
Dayton
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