Dollar falls as oil price hike rattles markets
The oil cartel's price increase pushed the dollar lower in Europe while gold surged, with London opening at 217.625 per ounce and Zurich at 216.875. Arab oil interests were reported selling dollars for gold, and European currencies posted modest declines. Handelsblatt warned the higher oil price would add strain to the U.S. balance of payments.
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Brussels
Milan
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U.S
Kucinich kin a suspect in bank job
The younger brother of Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich was arrested as a suspect in a $500 bank robbery at a Central National Bank branch. Perry Kucinich was taken to Fourth District police headquarters after entering the bank with a note requesting money and fleeing on foot.
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Fourth District Police
Angry Cleveland union leaders weigh strike over layoffs
Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich warned of 2,000 city worker layoffs by January as he seeks a 0.5 percent income tax hike. Union leaders floated a general strike if layoffs proceed, while council officials urged advance tax payments to stave off bankruptcy.
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Forbes
Paul Wells
The
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Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Meals on Wheels volunteers honored with coffee break week
Meals on Wheels thanks its volunteers with a morning coffee break this week at the Salvation Army kitchen. Fifteen daily volunteers pack, transport and deliver meals to shut ins across five routes serving Skyview Towers Riverside Lawrence Manor and homes. The program began in New Castle in 1970 and now serves about 50 people daily with hot noon meals and sack lunches.
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Howard Kirk
Salvation Army
Indira Gandhi expelled by India parliament and jailed
India's parliament expelled former prime minister Indira Gandhi for obstructing a probe into her son Sanjay's auto business and ordered her jailed for the rest of the current session. The Privileges Committee found contempt and breach of privilege, as Desai's Janata Party pushed a strong punishment amid her political comeback.
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Milwaukee City Hall Sign Protested By Atheists
Milwaukee Atheists protested the lighted City Hall sign reading Keep Christ in Christmas citing a state law violation. Mayor’s aide Bert Mulroy noted 15 years of tolerance but said the sign would be changed to Please Pay Your Taxes by Check or Mail.
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UPI
al Haugen
American Atheists of
Wisconsin
Bert Mulroy
Henry Maier
Two Newark Women Die In Downtown Warehouse Fire
In Newark Ohio two women Doris Cunningham 44 and Marie Fulton 62 died when a downtown warehouse storing toys and wrapping paper for a nearby drug firm burned. Firefighters from Newark and Heath fought the blaze about three hours to control it as investigators probe the cause.
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Newark, Ohio
UPI
Newark
Doris Cunningham
Marie Fulton
Heath
Police to be on alert during holidays in Harrisburg
State Police Commissioner Paul Chylak urged troopers to watch for speeders and drunken drivers during the holiday week. He asked motorists to observe 55 mph limits, allow extra travel time, slow on wet or snowy roads, and use the brakes smoothly on slippery pavement.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Paul Chylak
Chylak
Chulak
Court to hear pay raise suit in Crawford County
Crawford County District Attorney Douglas Ferguson challenges county treasurer and commissioners over a $4,000 annual pay raise approved by the legislature in 1976. He argues a state law banning raises for incumbents only applies to state employees, not county officials. The suit will reach the state supreme court, after mixed local rulings.
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UPI
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Crawford County
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Ferguson
P&LE seeks fare boost on commuter service
The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad asked the Public Utility Commission to approve a 16 200 increase, a 20 percent rise, effective Jan. 2, raising one way coach fares for the College near Beaver Falls to Pittsburgh route from 1.69 to 2.03 and a 20 trip ticket from 18.70 to 22.44.
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College
Beaver Falls
Pittsburgh
PUC
VW up 11 percent in 1978 first three quarters
Volkswagen AG reported an 11 percent rise in worldwide sales for the first three quarters of 1978, with sales nearing $10 billion and profits up 36 percent to $200 million. A $20 million startup loss at the New Stanton plant offset gains. 1978 deliveries are seen at 2.3 million units.
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New York
UPI
Volkswagen AG
New Stanton
Westmoreland County
Toni Schmuecker
Algerian President Boumedienne in critical condition
Paris reports say Algerian leader Houari Boumedienne remains in very critical condition after a month in coma. French doctors led by Francois Monsallier joined international physicians in Algiers to treat his rare blood disease and internal bleeding worsening his state.
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Paris
UPI
Houari Boumedienne
Francois Monsallier
Cochin Hospital
Algiers
Boumedienne
Bond Baking Co awaits federal aid to avoid closure
Bond Baking Co a Philadelphia firm seeks 1 million dollars in federal funds to stay in operation. City officials express optimism as officials and government reps negotiate an agreement while the plant under Chapter 11 could lay off 900 workers if funding fails.
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UPI
Bond Baking Co
Joseph Egan
Bond
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Philadelphia National Bank
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