Christmas Weekend Recall of Peace and Loss Across Nation
The holiday period brought quiet observances from Pope Paul VI and a holiday truce in some conflicts, while a Palestinian leader was murdered. President-elect Carter's daughter Amy lightened the Plains home. Traffic fatalities numbered about 400 in three days, and fatal fires in Chicago and Fairfield, Maine, claimed several lives during Christmas.
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Susan
Carter
Amy
Plains
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Midwest
National Safety Council
Chicago
Jesus Garcia
Fairfield
Maine
Traffic deaths during four day holiday total 409
Officials said the Associated Press counted 409 deaths on the nation's roads between 6 p.m. Thursday and midnight Sunday. The Council had predicted between 460 and 560 traffic deaths. During last year's four day Christmas holiday, 397 were killed in traffic. The worst holiday for motorists was in 1965, when 720 persons died in three days.
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Associa Press
Council
Fire kills 20 at nursing home near St John s Newfoundland
Rescue teams search the Chase s Rest Home ruins after a deadly blaze that left at least 20 dead including a 106 year old woman and a 16 year old boy. RCMP said another sweep would ensure no victims remain as fire crews battled wind and ice lacking nearby hydrants six miles south of St John s.
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ST. John's
Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Chase's
Greek quake rattles northwest region near Prevesa
An earthquake centered near Prevesa on the Ionian Sea shook northwestern Greece without injuries or major damage. The epicenter lay about 170 miles northwest of Athens and registered magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale. corresponds to AP report.
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Athens
Greece
Prevesa
Ionian Sea
Stock market climbs on yearend rally in moderate trading
New York AP reports the Dow Jones industrial average rose 2.01 to 968.53 at noon after last week's 6.56 gain to a two percent month high. Advances led declines about seven to four among NYSE listings in today’s session.
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New York
Group Sells Fake US Equipment for Libyan Conspiracy
A French based group and Libyan contacts are suspected of a 151 million dollar fraud scheme alleged to defraud Col Muammar Khadafy's government. No charges yet. The affair traces to 1974 with alleged export control circumvention delivering 110 Startron binocular night vision cars by Smith Corp to Libya for seven thousand each.
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Muammar Khadafy
Libya
Startron
Smith ~ Corp
Sharp Gains Reported in Revenues and Shipments
Figures show higher revenues and expenses through the first eleven months in Colorado and Libya. A $15,282,000 payment was wired to a Swiss bank after Libyan officials signaled release, then 3,000 cheap binoculars labeled port ban were produced in Paris to obscure funds. The optics were declared nonconforming and flown back to France amid fraud concerns.
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Madrid
Paris
Court to Consider Hangar Agreement at Winston Field
The court plans to review an agreement for use in issuing for or at Winston Field. Last week the commissioners court allowed owners to proceed as hangar specifications are ready.
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Winston Field
Commissioners Court
Holiday Tragedy Kills Six In Midland Wreck
Langley family traveling from Langley home to Wichita Falls collided with a 1976 Ford pickup near Midland on Highway 350. Six Langley relatives died. funeral services set for 11 am Tuesday at First Baptist Midland with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. DPS notes suggest northbound Langley vehicle was in the southbound lane during the crash and ongoing investigations continue.
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Langley
Midland
Wichita Falls
Cunningham
Langleys
Acene
First Baptist Church
Ronald Dean Langley
Patricia Langley
Beverly Renee Morgan
Pamela Lynn Langley
Rhonda Mishell Langley
Resthaven Memorial Park
Daily News Rates Going Up January First
The Snyder Daily News announces rate increases effective January 1. Newsstand prices rise to 15 cents weekdays and 25 cents on Sundays, home delivery yearly rate to 27.81, monthly 2.50, and Scurry area mail subscriptions to 19.95. publisher cites higher fuel, postage, and newsprint costs.
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McQueen
Snyder Daily News
Scurry
Plane wreck found after promissory trip ends in tragedy
State police report an Arroyo Seco man located the wreckage of a missing 1975 Ballanca Super Viking plane. The craft carried Amarillo Texas residents Rev. Jack Mackey and his wife Edna who died on impact en route to a cabin trip in northern New Mexico. The search began after the plane disappeared on November 19.
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Arroyo Seco
Amarillo
Tex
Jack Mackey
Edna
New Mexico
Ian Shaw
Weather outlook for Snyder and panhandle region
Temperatures rise and fall across Snyder with highs from 51 to 65 degrees and lows from 2 to 36 degrees. Reading at 7 am shows 35 on Saturday and 36 today. West Texas remains fair through Tuesday then turns colder with highs in the 40s and Panhandle near 70 in the extreme south.
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Associated Press
Texas
CeeLee
Gage
Presidio
Big Bend
Marfa
el Paso
Midland
San Angelo
Snyder
West Texas
Panhandle
Memorial rites at wreckage in Bangkok plane crash
Investigators scan twisted steel and concrete at a Bangkok textile factory wreckage after a Boeing 707 crash. More than 70 people killed as Thai and Egyptian teams probe the morning landing incident at about 3 40 a.m.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Americans Slip Notch on Income
World Bank figures for 1975 show the United States per capita income at 7060 dollars, with Kuwait United Arab Emirates Qatar Switzerland and Sweden ranking higher. Denmark and Norway near the US at 6920 and 6540 dollars respectively, while 1973 to 1975 currency shifts affected rankings.
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Ted Press
Washington (Ap
World Bank
United States
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Switzerland
Sweden
Denmark
Canada
Germany
Norway
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