Mumps exposure hits British PM Callaghan in flight
Prime Minister James Callaghan may have contracted mumps after sharing an air base jet with Sunday Times reporter Anthony Holden who fell ill on a Delhi to Bombay flight. Holden was isolated and Callaghan faces a three week wait to learn if infection occurred. Callaghan never had mumps as a child. Washington says December retail purchases fell 0.7 percent, led by autos and building materials, while department store sales rose 0.5 percent.
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London
UPI
James Callaghan
Daily Express
Callaghan
Sunday Times
Anthony Holden
Holden
Delhi
Bombay
The
Express
Washington
Commerce Department
Indians players seek immediate free agency over contract breach
Cleveland Indians centerfielder Rick Manning and pitchers Don Hood and Tom Buskey filed grievances alleging contract breaches and two rule violations in baseballs basic agreement They claim Phil Seghi offered salary cuts of 25 percent exceeding the 20 percent limit The grievances were lodged about two weeks earlier in a Cleveland Plain Dealer report
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Indians
Rick Manning
Don Hood
Tom Buskey
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Indians
Phil Seghi
Kentucky father taps donors for nationwide ads in missing boy case
Michael Holliday said anonymous supporters have given over 24000 dollars to fund a national newspaper advertising drive seeking tips about his five year old son Keith, who vanished December 21 in northern Kentucky. He declined to name donors at a Tuesday news conference as police say there are no leads.
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Alexandria
UPI
Northern Kentucky
Michael Holliday
United States
Keith Holliday
Unemployment Drops Sharply in December Report
Washington officials said unemployment fell to 6.4 percent in December, the lowest in over three years, a 0.3 point drop from November. The Labor Department noted the decline surpasses Carter’s 6.6 percent year end goal and should lessen demand for new economic stimulus.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Carter
Weather and Deaths Notice for LMC Area
Clear tonight with lows near 10 and rising clouds on Thursday. Highs in the upper 20s with 10 percent precipitation risk. Winds light from west to southwest around 10 mph tonight. Tuesday temperatures read 12 with humidity near 87 percent at 7 am, 77 percent at 1 pm, and 84 percent at 7 pm. Sunrise 7 53, sunset 7 18. Deaths: Loretta M. Long, 73, rural Willard. Harry L. Sellinger, 71, Norwalk.
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Loretta M. Long
Willard
Harry L. Sellinger
Norwalk
Seven Highways Closed For Snow Plows In Ohio
Snowstorm closes several state highways while county roads stay open. State patrol and highway crews work through the night with 12 plow trucks and a grader plus a snow blower and big V plow to clear routes including Ohio 60, 162, 99, 4, 269, 547, 601, and 303. Dozens of motorists abandon vehicles as visibility drops to zero. two injuries occur when a wrecker pushes a car into another. Bellevue and New London residents figure in crashes and snowmobile incidents, while a Norwalk post patrolman is injured in a rear collision.
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Lloyd Beale
Norwalk
Ashland
Robinson
eOhio
Ohio
Erie County
Seneca County
S. 20
Lorain County
Leland B. Crandall
New London Shell Station
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Bellevue
Bauer Road
Eric R. Wott
Bellevue Hospital
Dennis P. Wott
Clyde
Helen N. Harvery
U.S. 20
Halfway Road
Arthur R. Sisler
Garfield St
Marlene S. Meyer
State Skeptical Of Coal Shortage Claims In Ohio
Ohio Governor James A Rhodes administration and Public Utilities Commission officials question whether electric utilities inflated coal shortage claims. Officials say they will require documentation and may investigate use of frozen coal piles as a motive to push conservation amid nationwide miners strike. ECAR interconnected utilities sold power into Ohio as five of six utilities urged public conservation or voltage reductions. Ohio Edison defended its handling, stating consumer cooperation and staff efforts mitigated the problem.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
C. Luther Heckman
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Rhodes
Heckman
East Coast Area Reliability Council
ECAR
Canton
Ohio Edison
Akron
Inmate linked to body hoax and tab hoister in Ohio case
Sheriff and prosecutor connect inmate David Cattano to a summer hoax about murder near Monroeville while he seeks citizenship renunciation with peers at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Other items report Ronald Young's insanity verdict and Lima Hospital transfer, real estate leader Joe Dudley's heart attack, Chief Roy Back leaving North Fairfield police, and Norwalk seniors inviting Carter but being declined.
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Huron County
John Borgia
Richard Hauser
UPI
David Cattano
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Cattano
Morrow County
Erie County Common Pleas Court
James McCrystal
Monroeville
Ronald E. Young
Thomas A. Dillon
Lima State Hospital
Young
Dillon
Firelands
Lima
Robert W. Smith
Vance Fitzgerald
Toledo
North Fairfield
Roy Back
Back
van Dresser Corp
Norwalk
Department
Council
Norwalk High School
Jimmy Carter
Frank McDonald
Board of Education
Billy
Board
Mike Myers
McDonald
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