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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1978
Page
8
Lindsay Wagner makes her TV movie debut in The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel on CBS. The Boston physician travels to a Virginia orphanage and the Blue Ridge Mountains to confront folk medicine, while a mountain healer teaches her healing beyond training.
In New Orleans at 74 Count Basie remains full of life, touring with a 17-man big band that has played together since 1938. He plans to keep performing as long as he can afford rent and travel, describing the group as a family that moves with simple riffs and tight piano work.
The Art Institute of Chicago offers a 50000 dollar reward for information leading to the return of three Paul Cezanne paintings valued at three million dollars and the capture of the thieves. Police and FBI investigate an inside job theory as staff are questioned and fingerprints taken.
The Agriculture Department shifts to a new farm definition of at least $1,000 in annual sales, estimating about 2.33 million farms in early 1979, down from 2.37 million a year earlier. The change excludes many smaller units and complicates comparisons with past counts while Census will still tabulate all farms. The new figure also shows average farm size rising to about 450 acres and total land in farms near 1.05 billion acres.
The Carter administration seeks voluntary restraint from about 6000 community hospitals to keep 1979 expense growth under 9.7 percent. If voluntary efforts fail, a proposal for mandatory controls on hospital revenues could reach Capitol Hill starting January 1, 1980, with the threat of standby caps to curb inflation.
Peterson said the device sold as a sugar test for urine does not measure sugar but urine density and cannot diagnose diabetes or guide therapy. FDA asked Brothers Scientific Products, Inc. to recall the device, which is marketed as a cheaper substitute for paper test strips. About 15,000 to 20,000 are on the market, distributed mainly to pharmacies and sold in stores and by mail order.
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