Bus Crashes Into River Killing 14 In Fog
A school bus carrying mentally challenged children and a teacher plunged into the Rhone River in Lyon France after veering off a dead end road in thick fog. Police say 13 children and the teacher died instantly with one more child dying later in hospital. Ten survivors including the driver and another teacher were rescued from the icy waters as river search efforts continue.
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Prance
UPI
Rhane
Roger Chalx
Rhone
Schoos
Jostane Martin
Jean Paul Maury
Grounded Tanker Breaks Apart Off Nantucket Oil Spill Growth
The Argo Merchant broke in two 27 miles southeast of Nantucket during 50 knot winds and 20 foot seas. Five million plus gallons of heavy crude spilled into Atlantic fishing waters as authorities warn of possible mainland reach and seek disaster aid from the federal government.
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Nantucket
Mass
UPI
Argo Merchant
Atlantic Ocean
Hae Aew Coast Guard
Atlantic
Coast Guard
National Weather Service
Massachusetts
Argo
Center
Calabria
Italy
Borneoi
Nantucket Shoals
Carter names first black women to HUD and adds three cabinet members
President elect Jimmy Carter announced Patricia Roberts Harris to head HUD becoming the second woman and second Black in a high cabinet post. He also named Harold Brown to lead Defense and Charles Duncan Jr. as deputy, with Ray Marshall slated for Labor, as debates over Attorney General Griffin Bell continued.
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Ray Marshall
University of Texas
Harold Brown
California Institute of Technology
Air Force
Defense Department
Houston
Charles Duncan Jr
Coca-Cola Co
Crown
Carter
Bell
Charles Kirby
Washington Star
Piedmont Driving Club
Atlanta
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Naacp
Marshall
Harvard
John Dunlap
Duntap
Ford
Dunlop
Patricia Harris
HUD
UPI
Daley
Defense
Harald Brown
Labor
Thousands Queue Outside To Pay Respects to Daley
In Chicago mourners line up in freezing 12 degree weather at Nativity of Our Lord Church to pay tribute to Richard J. Daley. Daley lies in state awaiting Wednesday funeral as visitors pass by the open casket and greet his family amid a sea of supporters and city officials.
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Chicago
UPI
Dick Daley
Richard J. Daley
Big City
White House
Plains
Lowe Street
Cardinal John Cady
Eleanor
Sis Daley
HEW Announces Medicare Premium Hike Effective Next July
Washington reports a 0.50 dollar rise in the monthly Medicare premium from 7.20 to 7.70 for 25.4 million beneficiaries. The increase, starting July 1, adds 152.4 million dollars yearly in out of pocket costs for doctors and services. An earlier Jan 1 rise boosts hospital deductible to 124 dollars. about 0.9 million will pay for the first 60 days. The premium hike reflects higher physician fees and rising outpatient and overall service costs.
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Washington
Medicare
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Food Prices Fall and Wages Rise in November
Government data show consumer prices down 0.8 percent in November marking the first drop in seven months while average real earnings rose, boosting spending power for holiday shoppers. The annual inflation rate eased to 5 percent, with food prices easing 0.2 percent. Officials expect the trend to stay moderate.
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Washington
UPT
Labor Department
John Kendrick
Commerce Department
Kendrick
Husband Vanishes With Charity Cash
An unemployed man who helped lead a drive to fund a found baby dubbed Snow White vanished with about $1,100 in donations. His wife said he took the money and disappeared after the infant was found in a trash bin. The family and an anonymous donor later paid funeral costs. donations poured in from around the world, including $100 from a foreign diplomat and $5 from two Louisville sisters.
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Dallas
UPJ
Dennis Baldree
Waller
Baldree
Snow White
Dublin
Ireland
Louisville
Egypt and Syria plan gradual union under joint command
Cairo and Damascus issued a joint statement announcing a move toward the political union of Egypt and Syria with a unified command and six joint committees. Sadat and Assad would chair the new political command while pledging 1977 as a year for Middle East peace and resuming Geneva talks with the PLO before March.
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UPI
Egypt
Syria
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Hafez Assad
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ismail Fahmi
Jerusalem
Yitzhak
Sadat
Assad
Damascus
Multiple UPI News in Brief items from 1976 taps varied events
A roundup of short reports covers an $8,431 desk set return in Florida with a $150 shipping bill, a 20 kiloton underground nuclear test at Yucca Flat, Florida elections agency reform talk, a Montreal armored car robbery of $523,000, a San Francisco yacht club fire causing three deaths, and related holiday incidents.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Don Tucker
Thomas Wade
Joint Legislative Management Committee
Tuessday
Jacksonville
Wade
Tucker
W.taylor Moore
Yucca Flat
Nev
UPD
United States
Energy Research and Development Administration
Asiago
San Francisco
UPS
St. Francis Yacht Club
Fisherman's Wharf
Golden Gate Bridge
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Gang
Temanth
Membaral the
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Lebanon
Uma
U.S
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Bruce Smathers
Elections Commission and Ethics Commission
Mouse Select Committee On
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