Cleveland Leaders Take Bull by Horns in City Rescue
Cleveland business and labor leaders form a special committee to tackle dire city finances amid debt Default. Teamsters Local 436 may pledge 1 million to aid the city as Mayor Kucinich halts most layoffs, seeking a February vote on a tax hike and debt actions. The plan aims to free funds and restore city services while banks and CEI pursue court actions to release attached property.
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UPI
Teamsters
Cleveland Afl-Cio
Teamsters Local 436
Pension Fund Board
Kucinich
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Friday
CEI
Governor-elect Thornburgh to be known as Dick not Richard
Harrisburg (UPI) Pennsylvanias governor elect will be officially Dick Thornburgh and not Richard L Thornburgh. Press Secretary Paul Critchlow said Thornburgh has been known as Dick his entire adult life and prefers the familiar name. He notes that public officials often use birth names, with President Carter as an exception.
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UPI
Pennsylvania
Dick Thornburgh
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Paul Critchlow
Thornburgh
Crichhlow
Bill Scranton
William Scranton III
Critchlow
U.S Attorney
Pittsburgh
Richard Thornburgh
Flaherty
Cnchlow
Fuel shortage suspected in United DC-8 crash at Portland
Federal investigators consider lack of fuel as a possible cause for United Airlines Flight 173 crash near Portland International Airport, killing 10. The DC-8 circled 32 minutes due to landing gear trouble before crashing into two homes. 175 survived, 17 hospitalized. Investigators will study weather, human factors, aircraft parts, and power as they interview survivors. The pilot Capt Malburn A. McBroom faced engine flame out moments before impact.
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UPI
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Portland International Airport
Elwood
National Transportation Safety Board
New York
Denver
Colo
Vancouver
Wash
NTSB
Washington
Malburn A. McBroom
Jail escapee in jet crash called a hero
Kim E. Campbell, 27, a prison escapee aboard a United Airlines jetliner, helped passengers escape after the crash in Oregon. Corrections Officer Roger Seed credited Campbell with risking his life, volunteering to aid evacuees despite not being handcuffed.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Kim E. Campbell
United Airlines
Campbell
Oregon
Roger Seed
Seed
Newyear Weds Eve After Prodding by Fiancee
William Newyear a Evanston teacher planned a Jan 1 wedding but his fiancée Lori Jayne Kaspar urged a sooner date. They settled on New Year s Eve as many people avoid Jan 1 due to college bowl games.
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Denver
UPI
William Newyear
Evanston
Newyear
Lori Jayne Kaspar
Kaspar
Peking prepares for new US ties with diplomatic flair
Peking dresses for holiday and new relations as Leonard Woodcock gears up for a New Year’s Day reception marking direct U S ties with the mainland. The event aims to showcase China’s openness with Western nations, featuring prominent guests and expanded foreign presence in the capital.
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UPI
United States
Leonard Woodcock
Washington
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Woodcock
Teng Hsiao-ping
Fang Yi
China
Jobless pay hike approved in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports the maximum weekly unemployment benefit will rise from 143 to 152 dollars starting January 1. About 23 percent of eligible claimants will see higher payments, limited to those who become unemployed after December 31.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Labor and Industry
Paul Smith
Woman dies in fire at Fox Chapel home
Barbara Rall, 52, died Friday when a fire destroyed her home in Fox Chapel suburb. Her husband Waldo Rall, a U.S. Steel Research Lab employee in Monroeville, said he was called to the scene. Cause unknown. damage estimated over $100,000.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Barbara Rall
Fox Chapel
Waldo
U.S. Steel Corp
Monroeville
Rall
Leap second added to clocks to keep pace with Earth
Washington reports scientists at the National Bureau of Standards will insert a leap second at 23 59 60 UTC on New Year's Eve to align time with Earth's rotation. The measure, used for years, aids precise timekeeping and navigation, despite seeming minor to most people. In Leechburg Pa five local officials resign under the state's new Ethics Code effective December 31, citing disclosure requirements for income above 500 dollars and creditors over 5 000 dollars.
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UPI
National Bureau of Standards
NBS
Leechburg, Pa
Gilpin Twp
Anthony Carino
Eugene Highfield
Municipal Authority
Arthur McConville
Frank Simon
Joseph Masters
Leechburg Area
Family escapes burning car after rear collision on I 80
Six members of a New London Conn family were burned when their parked car was struck from the rear by a tractor trailer on Interstate 80 near Du Bois. They escaped through a window. two sons were in guarded condition in ICU, others in satisfactory condition at Maple Avenue Hospital. The truck driver was uninjured.
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DU Bois
UPI
New London
Malpractice suit settled for 1.15 million in Pittsburgh
Washington County couple wins a 1,150,000 settlement from Mercy Hospital and two doctors over their daughter Laren Tirimacco. The judge approved the deal, with 600,000 placed in a trust for Laren, 213,300 to the parents, and 336,700 to the parents' lawyers.
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UPS
Washington County
Mercy Hospital
Allegheny County
John P. Flaherty
Sam P
Eleanor Tirimacco
Canonsburg
Laren
Miss Tirimacco
John Jageman
Diosdado Garcia
Berger, Kapetan, Malakoff & Meyers
Nuclear power seen as anti inflation aid amid oil hikes
Westinghouse Power Systems president Gordon C. Hurlburt warned that higher oil prices push electricity costs up, hitting import dependent Northeast consumers worst. He noted nuclear fuel areas would feel less impact and frame nuclear power as anti inflationary. City budget reaches 165.6 million with wage tax rise to 1.25 percent and land tax up 48 mills.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
OPEC
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Gordon C. Hurlburt
Westinghouse Power Systems Co
Hurlburt
Richard Caliguiri
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