Japan elects Fukuda prime minister in landslide vote
Takenaka Fukuda, veteran LDP economist and longtime rival of Miki, was proclaimed prime minister after the lower house vote. He moved quickly to name a new cabinet including Hatoyama and Ishihara, pledging unity amid past scandal fallout and a push for fresh faces in government.
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Edwin Q. White
Tokyo
APL
Taken Pukuda
Liberal-Democratic Party
Japan
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Pakuda Seus
Taken Miki
LDP
Fukuda
Economie
Miki
Arma
Hehiro Hatoyama
Ichiro Hatoyama
Masayoshi Ohira
Masui Esaki
Toshio Komoto
Socialist Party
Tomomi Narita
Mitra
Lockheed
A Typical Christmas in Store for Carters Plains
Plans for a typical Christmas at the Carter family home in Plains center on family gathering and gift exchanges. President-elect Jimmy Carter and relatives expect breakfast at Miss Lillian’s, with extended family present for presents before meals. Christmas dinner follows with the Smiths, and the Carters plan an evening gathering with gifts for those present. Miss Lillian Carter remains hospitalized through Christmas, clouding breakfast plans.
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Lillian
Powell
Garter
Rosdlynn
Probers bar media briefly on ship blast safety failures
In testimony at a panel inquiry, Gugliotta said flame screens in ship stacks hadn’t been replaced since October 1874 and should be updated every six months. Coast Guard officers reported seeing a man fly from the blast and a bridge collapse onto a guard house with a security guard missing. The inquiry resumes as investigators plan dock inspections, while Los Angeles officials delay LNG facility decisions on Terminal Island until after the April election.
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Gugliatta
Gugliotta
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Brian Beard
Beard
Coast Guard
Stephen G
Los Angeles
Terminal Island
Pacific Lighting Co
Bor
Towboat Sinks After Pacific Sansinena Fire Incident
A towboat assisting salvage at the Libenan tanker Sansinena explosion site in Los Angeles Harbor caught fire and sank Thursday evening. Four Pacific Salvage Co. crewmen aboard the 48 ton vessel escaped unharmed and were picked up by a nearby craft. The cause of the new fire remains undetermined.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Salvage Co
White Christmas Weather For Southland Delivers Warm Forecast
Weather from the coasts to inland valleys will be uniformly sunny and warm with highs near 70 and lows in the 40s. Mountain resorts face northwest winds 20 to 30 mph, while deserts stay sunnier with highs near 60 and river lows around 24 to 30.
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Botulism case linked to improper cooking in Long Beach
A 13 year old Long Beach boy contracted botulism from food that was not properly prepared and left unrefrigerated. Doctors at Community Hospital, with antitoxin treatment started two hours after arrival, report respiratory support may be needed as recovery could take weeks with potential remaining nerve effects.
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Jerry R. Hughes
Community Hospital
Hughes
Blum
Ting
Jack Kent
Kent
Stuart $E Mann
Mann
Pai
Jefferson Junior High School
Durham faces spree as shootings terrify residents
In Durham North Carolina a gunman killed Herbert Medlin and wounded others in four recent shootings. Mayor Wade Cavin considers WWII style home guard patrols while FBI and SBI join the investigation. A $1000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest.
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Symathla Carr
Durham
Wade Cavin
Home Guard
Dee. W
Lefty Necir
Herbert Medlin
Bradshaw
Kindice
FBI
State Bureau of Investigation
Kindiee
Durham Morning Memod
Police arrest man as 12 hostages freed
Police arrested a suspect at an Alpha Beta market in North Hollywood after 12 store employees were held hostage for about three hours. Two hostages were released through the roof as officers from the SWAT team moved in. The man was led away in handcuffs. no injuries were reported.
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North Hollywood
Alpha Beta
Dan Cooke
Cooke
Coast Guard tests burn method for oil spill near Georges Bank
The Coast Guard began land tests of combustion aids to burn heavy oil from the Argo Merchant spill off Cape Cod. A helicopter will spread the chemical before ignition. Forecasters expect winds to keep oil from the U.S. shore, with possible landfall only in Ireland or Britain. The spill, one of history’s worst, coats about 7.6 million gallons of No 6 fuel oil across the sea.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Atlantic
Georges Bank
Otis Air Force Base
Kinker Argo Merchant
Ana Island
Cape Eel
U.S
Ireland
Great Britain
Coast Guard
Lynn Hein
Gunman waits for bank withdrawal in Wilmington robbery
Wilbert Moore Jr., a 62 year old longshoreman, waited 30 minutes in a Wilmington Bank of America line when an armed man approached with a threat. Moore deposited 59 dollars, then the gunman and accomplice forced him to withdraw 700 dollars, steal his wallet, and flee after the car ride to Anaheim Street and Broad Avenue. The Harbor Division reports the incident as robbery and assault with a firearm.
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Harbor Division
Wilbert Moore Jr
Bank of America
Anaheim St
Moore
Anaheim Street
Broad Avenue
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