14 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1977
Page
1
Waterford reports two explosions at a power site releasing slight radioactivity and prompting shutdowns. One worker hospitalized with unspecified radiation exposure. officials deny sabotage. Northeast Utilities operates Millstone No 5 and No 2 reactors while investigations proceed.
The FDA did not rule out regulating cigarettes as drugs or removing them as devices. ASH and other groups urged treating cigarettes as a nicotine drug. the agency signaled no final decision and left open future regulation. Carter to hold news conference on energy and Social Security this week.
Burton Golf Bag Co plans a branch facility on eight acres in the Fort Walton Beach Industrial Park arriving this summer. The Jasper, Alabama firm will hire about 40 local workers by May end, financing a $1,000 per acre land purchase with industrial bonds backed by the city. The family-run company, founded in 1907, makes golf bags and accessories and operates 11 warehouses nationwide plus a Jasper plant.
A tornado ripping through a pine forested neighborhood northeast of downtown Houston killed a man identified as Billy Jester Burton and injured 37 people requiring hospital care. The storm damaged between 600 and 700 buildings and damaged mobile homes and roofs as it toppled trees and overturned vehicles.
Vice President Mondale says Carter’s 1974 agenda will set administration priorities after a busy year. He warns the president may have moved too fast this year and urges careful scheduling of proposals to ease congressional passage amid a complex legislative process. A family in Texas details a mobile home collapse during a storm, with debris and a cruiser among the wreckage as a tornado outbreak hits Crosby and Newton near Houston.
Canada Temps notes that about half of Alaska's population resides in the Anchorage metropolitan area, amounting to roughly 200000 people.
The text blends biblical visions with sermons on desires, prayer, and knowing God. It argues memory as a brain function, Spirit of the Mind as the Creator, and prayer as key to heavenly order and economic reform via divine guidance. Written by W T Carter.
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