Americans Eating Better Food and Fewer Calories
The Agriculture Department's studies indicate Americans are eating fewer calories and choosing healthier foods. Diets from 1965 to 1977 show a 10 percent calorie drop, with more fruit, vegetables, poultry and calcium intake, but iron remains low for infants and women 12 to 50. Spending 36 percent of food dollars on meals away from home in 1978, up from under 20 percent a decade earlier, with restaurants projected to reach 40 percent.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Department of Agriculture
U.S
Commerce Department
USDA
Plant Supervisor Shot at Tenneco Oil Gate in Chalmette
A Tenneco Oil maintenance supervisor John Hurst, 28 years with the firm, was fatally shot while alongside two other supervisors by a plant gate during a strike. Edward Massey, 41, was booked with murder. The refinery near the Mississippi River ferry road, south of New Orleans, remained in operation amid the nationwide strike affecting 68,000 workers.
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Chalmette
Tenneco Oil Co
Don Brown
Tenneco
John Horst
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Hurst
St. Bernard Parish
Ralph McDougall
Edward Massey
Massey
Brown
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Jerry Singleterry
Jill Taglialavore
Denver
Louisiana
Bridge Collision Triggers Frogmen Search For Survivors
A freighter struck a 1700 foot bridge linking Tjorn Island to the mainland near Goteborg in heavy fog. Six cars and a truck plunged into 130 foot deep waters. frogmen searched for at least 10 missing motorists in freezing conditions with no survivors found by nightfall. The Star Clipper crew escaped unharmed as authorities scrambled to cordon off the approaches and investigate the incident.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tjorn Island
Goteborg
Jan Rosenberg
Almo Bridge
Justo Santo Villa
Ludwick Named Head of Kansas Human Resources Department
Gov. John Carlin announced Harvey L. Ludwick, formerly Hays schools chief, as secretary of the Kansas Department of Human Resources, effective Feb. 1. Ludwick, 37, will be paid 42500 annually, and replaces James A. McCain who retired after nearly five years as KU president. He faces questions on public records access and brings a background in education and administration. The report also notes a bridge project cost estimates for 12 million and two years to finish repairs.
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Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Harvey L. Ludwick
Hays
State Department of Human Resources
James A. McCain
Kansas State University
McCain
KSU
Patrick Brazil
Ludwick
Wichita
Carlin
Hays Daily News
State Department
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D. Mark Hegstead
Agriculture Department
Human Nutrition Center
Frogmen
Washington
Thjorn
Coast Guard
Alfr. Olsen Line
Human Resources Department
the Family Circus
By Bil Keane
SAL United
Tige
Heso
BUILK
Sarge
Beetle Bailey
MR. Tracy
Aree Ie
Tracy
Cezanne
Averys
Ottawa City Hall
Weetay
Chevy Monza
Genuin
JM Paris
Monza Coupe
Stinnett
Chevrolet & Olds Inc
Ottawa
Kansas
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