Premature heartbeats may warn of sudden death experts say
A panel of researchers links premature ventricular contractions PVCs to higher risk of ventricular fibrillation especially after heart attack or in damaged hearts. Most PVCs occur in normal hearts and many people have them with age. smoking coffee and tension can cause them.
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Anaheim
Calif
American Heart Association
Tabatznik
North Charles General Hospital
Baltimore
Hinkle
Postal Service orders labor cuts to curb losses
Postmaster General Benjamin Bailor announces involuntary transfers, reduced recruitment of supervisors, less overtime, and elimination of automatic cost of living raises to trim a daily loss nearing seven million dollars. Unions challenge Kokomo plan and seek due process while arbitration looms.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Bailor
Postal Service
Congress
Bailor
National Association of Postal Supervisors
Postmasters’ Associations
National Association of Letter Carriers
Bailar
Betty Ford Returns to TV in Mary Tyler Moore Show Cameo
Betty Ford, former dancer and President Ford’s wife, appears as herself in a CBS segment of Mary Tyler Moore Show. She earns at union minimum of 172.50 dollars and signs a SAG waiver for one performance. The plot ties to former Detroit Free Press reporter Lou Grant and invites the Fords to a Washington party, with Mary mistaken for a prank caller.
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Washington
Betty Ford
Ford
CBS
Mary Tyler Moore
Mrs. Ford
Mary
Lou Grant
Detroit Free Press
Jerry Ford
Grant
Minneapolis
Fords
Three youths die in Lycoming County Juvenile Fire
Three youths were killed and three others injured when a fire swept a locked juvenile detention area at Lycoming County Prison in Williamsport. Authorities discovered the blaze around 1 a.m. Stephen Sullenberger, 16, and John VanHorn, 17, died on arrival at the hospital with David Reese, 16, dying later from smoke inhalation. All victims were Williamsport residents.
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Williamsport
Lycoming County
Joe Good
Stephen M. Sullenberger
John E. VanHorn
David W. Reese
Good
Campbell Ohio schools closed for lack of funds
Campbell public schools will vacation until Jan 5 as the district exhausts operating funds. About 2,000 students and 106 teachers face 21 missed class days. money is committed to debts and future state funds may be impacted.
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Campbell
Ohio
Campbell Public
Hedrick
Illinois picks New Athens for major coal development project
A site near New Athens Illinois was chosen for a 237 million federal coal development project aimed at converting high sulfur coal into clean gas and liquids. The Energy Research and Development Administration will fund the effort with state and private partners, planning studies, construction from 1978 to 1980, and job creation for the small community southeast of St Louis.
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Springfield, Ill
New Athens
Illinois
St. Louis
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
Athens
Sidney Marder
State Division of Energy
Rhodes Calls New Athens Site a Sad Day for Ohio
Gov. James A. Rhodes reacted to New Athens Illinois being chosen for the first federally subsidized Coalcon coal conversion plant calling it a sad day for Ohio while pledging continued efforts to attract future coal conversion facilities. He said ERDA assured him other plants are forthcoming and that he will use his influence to bring them to Ohio.
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Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
New Athens
Ohio
Federal Energy Research and Development Agency
ERDA
Middletown Weather Forecast Turns Clear Then Showers
Clear skies give way to sunny high temps in the mid 60s after a mid 40s low tonight. Extended outlook calls for fair Thursday with a chance of showers Friday and Saturday.
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Middletown
Rumsfeld Confirmed as Secretary of Defense
After brief debate the Senate confirmed Donald H. Rumsfeld as secretary of defense succeeding James R. Schlesinger. The 43 year old former White House chief of staff has also served as ambassador to NATO and held posts in the Nixon and Ford administrations.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Office of Economic Opportunity
White House
Cost of Living Council
Franco Suffering Abdominal Bleeding Again
Madrid reports Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 82, had another massive abdominal hemorrhage early today. Ten hours later doctors said bleeding was controlled but not stopped. Medical sources say blood transfusions continued and another operation was under consideration.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
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Cornell University Medical School
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Dallas
Ohio Community
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
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