Sugar Tumbles as Grocery Bills Fall in January 1975
The Associated Press market basket survey shows sugar prices drop in January 1975 due to refinery supply buildup. A random 15-item list was checked in 13 cities with monthly rechecks. seven cities reported lower bills while six rose, averaging a 3 percent decrease.
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Utah
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Seattle
Providence
R.I
Albuquerque
N.M
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Ethiopian air force flattens Eritrean rebel villages
Reports from Asmara say Ethiopian jets destroyed two Eritrean rebel villages amid a major flare in fighting with separatist Moslem insurgents. The army reportedly controls Asmara after repelling guerrillas from the city, with 75 rebels and civilians killed or wounded since Friday. no army casualties reported.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Asmara
Eritrea
U.S
Ford seeks record peacetime deficit for 1976 budget
President Ford asked Congress to approve a $52 billion peacetime deficit for 1976 as part of a $349.4 billion total budget, forecasting unemployment averaging 8.1 percent this year and 6.9 percent in 1977, with a 11.3 percent rise in living costs and a 3.3 percent drop in GNP.
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State of the Union
Manila Plane Crash Kills 31 Including Jesuit Priest
An AVRO turboprop from Manila to Iligan and Cagayan de Oro crashed and burned in an open field near a housing project. Thirty one people died including Rev. J. Hudson Mitchell and an American survivor Roger Collins who was critically burned. The plane carried 26 adults, one infant, a security guard and four crew.
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Philippines
Philippine Airlines
Iligan City
Cagayan de Oro
Roger Collins
Galveston
Tex
Las Pinas General Hospital
Collins
Maranao Timber Industries
Lanao del Sur
J. Hudson Mitchell
New Rochelle
N.Y
Xavier University
Pedro Sarmiento
Gromyko urges immediate resumption of Geneva peace talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrived in Cairo on a mission to mend ties and urged the immediate restart of Geneva Middle East peace talks. He met with Hafez Assad and Yasir Arafat in Damascus and signed aid accords for Syria’s irrigation and fisheries.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Middle East
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Yasir Arafat
Ismail Fahmy
Gromyko
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Kissinger
Sinai Desert
Punxsutawney Phil Sparks Spring Forecast on Groundhog Day
Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil failed to see his shadow signaling an early spring. Residents at Gobbler's Knob and Quarryville's groundhog observers note mild weeks ahead despite a snowy day. The 199-year-old Candlemas tradition ties weather lore to seasonal forecasts.
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Punxsutawney
Phil
Elaine Light
Sam
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Quarryville
Robert Herr
Herr
Ford seeks $19 billion budget to fund unemployment aid
President Ford sent a budget to Congress requesting 17.5 billion for unemployment benefits and 1.3 billion for public works, totaling 18.8 billion. Unemployment rose to 7.1 percent by December with an 8.1 percent forecast for 1975, affecting about 7.5 million workers. Ford urged decisive action and asked for 5.1 billion more in 1975 76 aid to states to cover benefits as they borrow from the federal government.
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Ford
Congress
Alcoholism rise linked to higher unemployment, AMA head says
Providence Rhode Island Dr Malcolm Todd president of the American Medical Association cites a clear link between rising unemployment and increased alcoholism. He notes stress from financial hardship drives drinking and recalls the 1930s mood raising alcohol abuse while at Brown University for a conference on medical education.
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Providence
R.I
Malcolm Todd
American Medical Association
Todd
Brown University
Alcoholics Anonymous
Big jump in 1976 budget allowances totals
The Ford administration project shows a 1054 percent rise in allowances from about $700 million to $8 billion. The main increase comes from energy equalization tax payments, estimated at $7 billion, with the rest covering civilian pay raises and contingencies.
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Washington
Ford
Middletown Weather Likely Snow Tonight Into Tuesday
A cloudy outlook for Middletown predicts a chance of light snow tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures fall to the upper 20s tonight with a high in the upper 30s tomorrow.
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