OPEC raises base oil price to eighteen dollars a barrel
OPEC producers raise the base price to 18 per barrel and set a ceiling of 23.50 for premiums. Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates and Qatar set 18 while Kuwait Iran and other members quote 19.50 to 22 per barrel. The move follows a two tier pricing system aimed at price stability. The communique invites industrialized nations to discuss a joint fund for developing countries and warns any ceiling depends on consumer demand.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
OPEC
U.S
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Kuwait
Iran
Statues eyes question draws crowds at Sri Lanka church
Thousands gather at St. Sebastian church near Colombo to witness the Our Lady of Sorrows statue allegedly blink. Two girls Swarna aged 11 and Pinsy 12 reported seeing the eyelid close after prayers, sparking daily mass and a public spectacle.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
UPI
Swarna
Pinsy
St. Sebastian
Galwetiya
Norwalk Urges Fate of Fanny Farmer Plant in Massachusetts Talks
Mayor Wayne Goodsite announced a Norwalk trip to Bedford Massachusetts to press Fanny Farmer Candies Inc to keep its Norwalk plant. Executives indicated no final decision yet and tied the move to ending a current strike, while officials warned leaving would hit jobs and tax base.
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Wayne Goodsite
Massachusetts
Fanny Farmer Candies, Inc
Goodsite
Peter Kurzina
Bedford
Mass
Fanny Farmer
Norwalk
Chamber of Commerce
Howard Sawyer
Tony Gorant
Chamber
Don Rearick
Ohio Edison
Kurzina
New London Boy Killed In Bike Car Collision
A 12 year old New London boy James Douglas Kirkpatrick died when his bicycle hit a southbound car on Ohio 60 at Clyde Avenue. He died at the scene and funeral arrangements are set at Eastman Funeral Home. He was a seventh grade student at New London Junior High and involved in local activities. The Jerousek family car had three passengers with no injuries. Police continue the investigation.
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New London
Ohio 60
James Douglas Kirkpatrick
Park Ave
Harold and
Lillian Kirkpatrick
Clyde Avenue
Phylous Jerousek
Wellington
Kirkpatrick
Fisher-Titus Hospital
Eastman
Jerousek
Master Kirkpatrick
First United Methodist Church
New
Andrew M
Eastman Funeral Home
Allen Rose
Greenwich United Methodist Church
Ken Hyland
Grove Street
Weather Outlook and Local Notices Snapshot
Variable clouds and a 40 to 50 percent rain chance persist through Friday with highs in the upper 70s to near 80 and lows around 60. Sunrise at 5 56 a m and sunset at 9 05 p m. Births include a son for Ralph and Ananda Keck in Greenwich and a daughter for Daniel and Mary Bourne in Norwalk. Death listed: Mrs Alice Leona McDonald, 70, Norwalk. The acting CEO of Tenneco Oil is John P Diesel. Obituary notice and area listings follow.
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Ralph and
Ananda Keck
Greenwich
Fisher-Titus
Daniel
Mary Bourne
Norwalk
Sandusky Memorial
Alice Leona McDonald
Big Seven seeks compromise on oil import cuts in Tokyo
In Tokyo leaders Carter and the six other industrial nations faced a 24 percent OPEC price spike while negotiating a plan to curb crude imports. Aides said an accord was imminent as talks continued through meals and sessions in Akasaka Palace. Japan and Canada joined the US position for concrete 1979 1980 targets.
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Tokyo
UPI
Carter
Big Seven
Japan
West Germany
Britain
France
Italy
Canada
Akasaka Palace
U.S
Fisher-Titus to provide 24/7 ER physician coverage
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital will staff its emergency department around the clock starting Sunday with National Emergency Services supplying licensed Ohio credentialed physicians. National, based in California and Toledo listed local office, plans to pull in 13 out of town doctors for consideration with hopes some relocating to Norwalk.
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Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
National Emergency Services
Fisher-Titus
National
Ohio
Toledo
Richard C. Westhofen
John Emery
The
Reflector
Norwalk
Emery
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Thomas L. Friedman
United Press International
Renee Ortiz
Ecuador
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Baghdad
Iraq
Haditha
Shah
Tehran
Revolutionary Court
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Cuernavaca
Mexico
Sadeq Khalkhali
Bamidad
Khalkhali
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Skylab
North American Air Defense Command
Orbiting Laboratory
James Kirkpatrick
Tenneco Oil Co
John P. Diesel
Market Place
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