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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1978
Page
2
Dear Abby advises reducing phone deception and protecting a boss's time, then answers reader questions on hypnosis legitimacy and funeral expenses. The column urges humor, warns about phonies, and clarifies funeral costs deductible under Federal Estate Tax rules.
The Boozer's Diary lists 101 ways to describe drunken states and offers sober tips. It mixes facts with humor about drinking, warns against driving, and suggests sobriety tests and hangover remedies like aspirin, black coffee, and a lemon honey drink for faster congener breakdown.
The federal government runs a $1 million census test in lower Manhattan to refine procedures for the 1980 national count. Officials aim to reach 90 to 95 percent by mail, but early results show only 40 percent return. City leaders including Mayor Koch support the effort, acknowledging the stakes in federal aid and district apportionment.
Eleven Winnebago County jail inmates faced arraignment in Oshkosh on charges of false imprisonment and attempted escape after a jail takeover. District Attorney Robert Hawley said the inmates were to be arraigned today as Sheriff's Department spokesmen provided details.
At Livingston airport winds reached 98 mph the strongest in years. Inmates 17 to 31 seized the county jail on the courthouse top floor overpowered a guard, demanded visiting hours, bondsmen access, better canteen items, jail rules posting, and Christmas presents. Two inmates hospitalized in stable condition. a third treated for an apparent suicide attempt. In New Delhi a bus train crash killed 14 and injured 36, then a taxi hit and killed a 10 year old girl en route to hospital.
A home intruder forcing his way into a Salt Lake City residence on Christmas Day raped a 26 year old woman and stole piggy banks from children aged 8 and 3 before being wounded in a gunfight with police. Paul Gene, 18, is in serious condition and faces sexual assault and aggravated robbery investigations.
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