Court limits claims for emotional damages in defective birth cases
New York Court of Appeals holds doctors may be liable only for special expenses to care for a handicapped child if negligence is proven. Parents cannot sue for emotional distress or for a "wrongful life." Case sent back to trial to determine negligence and damages.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Court of Appeals
Secon
Dolores Becker
Melville
Eugene Schwartz
Great Neck
Becker
Beckers
Parks
High Court
State Supreme Court
Exhumations rise in Gacy sex slayings case
Chicago authorities report 17 bodies recovered from under John Wayne Gacy’s Norwood Park home and garage with a pending tally of 18 after a body found in Des Plaines River. Investigators believe up to 32 youths may have been killed.
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Chicago
UPI
John Wayne Gacy
Des Plaines
Gacy
Norwood Park Township
Cook County Sheriff's
Edmund Dobbs
Cook County
Robert J. Stein
Gacy Home
Dobbs
Stein
Joseph Kozenczak
Frank W. “Wayne” Landingin
Des Plaines River
Landingin
John Ne Gacy
Norwood Par Township
Gacy sues police for loss of reputation in community
John Wayne Gacy, 36, files a federal damage suit seeking 750000 from Des Plaines police and Illinois law enforcement. He claims detention and ongoing investigations caused severe mental anguish and loss of reputation, while he faces murder charges in Des Plaines related to 15 year old Robert Piest.
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Gacy
Robert Piest
Des Plaines
Chicago
UPI
John Wayne Gacy
U.S. District Court
Des Plaines Police
Illinois Department of Law
Charles Hug
City of
U.S
Prentice H. Marshall
Refugees Turned Back as Drownings Mount Across Asia
United States quotes report that Hong Kong Philippines and Taiwan refused to accept Vietnamese refugees despite more than 200 drownings at sea. Many aboard were Chinese origin former U.S. workers or veterans. It notes ships Huey Fong and Tung An and describes overcrowded camps and refusals to land or unload as boats drift near territorial waters.
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United Press International
Hong Kong
Philippines
Taiwan
U.S
Manila
Philip
Huey Fong
Vietnam
Tung An
Shen Dah Shing
Bangkok
Thailand
Ohio group seeks buy of closed J&L plant in New Kensington
The Mahoning Valley Steel Co. formed by Ohio businessmen seeks a 2.5 million federal loan guarantee to buy the Jones & Laughlin conduit plants in New Kensington and Niles Ohio. If approved by January, the plants could reopen in early 1979, bringing about 200 workers back to jobs.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Ohio
Westmoreland County
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Mahoning Valley Steel Co
New Kensington
J&l
Niles
Soviets Blast U S Interference in Iran Crisis
In Moscow Pravda denounces Washington for meddling in Iran and backing the shah, calling the 60 man U S team in Tehran an attempt to shape a new government. Analysts warn of growing superpower tensions as Iran’s crisis deepens and borders Soviet territory.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Iran
Washington
Communist Party
Pravda
Tehran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
United States
Middle East
Birthday joy for 107 year old Farmington resident
Artie May Armon of Farmington celebrated her 107th birthday at Presbyterian Manor nursing home. Administrator Edwin Short noted her aversion to large celebrations but said she enjoyed visitors, reminiscing about childhood, and talking with friends despite failing eyesight and hearing. She spent much of her life in Bonne Terre before moving to Farmington. her only living relative is a nephew in Cape Girardeau.
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Farmington
UPI
Artie May Armon
Woman Sues Noxell Over Burns From Raintree Lotion
Margaret R. Dowd of Philadelphia filed a 500000 damage suit in U.S. District Court against Noxell Corp of Baltimore. She says she bought Raintree lotion on January 15, 1977, applied it to her face and suffered severe facial burns, infection and dermatitis. She accuses the company of negligence for failing to provide warnings and safe-use directions, calling the product dangerous and defective.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Baltimore, Md
Raintree
Margaret R. Dowd
U.S. District Court
Noxell Corp
Judge rules back pay for Boise police firing case
U.S. District Court Judge Ray McNichols awarded six women fired from the Boise Police Department for alleged lesbianism one year of back pay and attorney fees. He rejected reinstatement, saying the case and force size made it inappropriate while granting fringe-benefit equivalents for the period from the March 1977 discharge.
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Boise, Idaho
UPI
Boise Police Department
U.S. District Court
Ray McNichols
McNichols
Conrail track rehab program nears completion
Conrail expects to finish its 1978 track rehabilitation plan by year end. The program includes 1,042 miles of welded rail, 4.8 million new ties and surfacing 8,324 miles of track at a cost of 345 million dollars. Since April 1976 the total outlay reaches 862 million. In 1978 12.9 million ties were installed and about 25,500 miles surfaced while 2,787 miles of welded rail were added, bringing welded rail to 7,060 miles.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Conrail
Richard B. Hasselman
City panel approves land tax hike in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Finance Committee backs a 50 mill increase in the land tax to 99 mills and a 0.25 percent rise in the city wage tax to 1 percent. The move is a compromise after Mayor Caliguiri threatened a veto of the original plan for a 70 mill land tax rise to cover a projected $21 million 1979 budget deficit. The full council votes Friday.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Richard Caliguiri
Missing Taiwan flag at State Department lobby
Washington officials said the blank flag holder between Chile and Colombia was a simple mistake and Taiwan’s flag was missing until it mysteriously reappeared later. A protocol official apologized for the gaffe and said orders to remove the flag were not correctly timed.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Chile
Colombia
United States
America
Taiwan
State Department Protocol Department
PUC approves Mercer Water rate hike in Mercer County
The Public Utility Commission authorized Mercer Water Co. to raise annual rates by 34,190 dollars effective January 1 for 1,116 customers in Mercer County. Residential quarterly bills will rise from 24.97 to 27.14 dollars. service areas include Mercer, CoolSpring, East Lackawannock and Findley townships.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Public Utility Commission
Mercer Water Co
Mercer County
Mercer
Coolspring
East Lackanannock
Findley
Penn Hills Mayor Pushes Repeal of Studded Tire Ban
Penn Hills Mayor John W. Ford urges fellow governors and officials to travel to Harrisburg on January 2 to press for repeal of the state studded tire ban. He had ordered emergency vehicles to use studded tires and vowed to pay fines himself.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
John W. Ford
Penn Hills
Harrisburg
Ford
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