Ear bearing removal and childhood mischief recalled
Adam Schneider eight from Richmond Michigan had a ball bearing removed from his ear after two weeks. His mother Mrs Eider recalled finding Adam and his twin Tony playing in a box of bearings when they were two. Adam also once stuffed 40 watermelon seeds up his nose. The bearing was found by X ray after he slipped and fell.
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Richmond, Mich
Adam
Mrs. Eider
Tony
Station owners march on Capitol over gas pricing rules
Hundreds of placard waving service station owners gathered near the White House with as many as 2000 independent dealers planning to march on the Capitol to protest Energy Department rules allowing charges for windshield cleaning tire inflation and credit card use while capping margins at 15.4 cents per gallon. Mike Wesson a Mobil dealer from Manchester NH urged a fair shake and the right to set profit margins.
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White House
Capitol
Energy Department
Mike Wesson
Mobil
Manchester
N.H
Carter nominates Volcker Miller for high posts in Senate
President Carter announced nominations to senior economic posts. Paul Volcker was tapped to lead the Federal Reserve Board, G William Miller to be treasury secretary, with Senate committees approving each nomination by voice vote. Final confirmation expected by Friday before the monthlong recess.
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Treasury
Paul A. Volcker
Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Volcker
W. Michael Blumenthal
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Jay Janis
Florida
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
R. Robert Russell
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Russell
Murphy Faces Inquiry Over Chicago Voting Record
Representative Murphy questioned Speaker Thomas ONeill about a congressional inquiry into how an Illinois congressman could be recorded as voting on the House floor while he was in Chicago. ONeill said the electronically attributed votes would stay on the record. Murphy, holding hearings in Chicago, said he was surprised to be listed as responding to roll calls while in the city.
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Thomas O'Neill
Illinois
Chicago
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House
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Murphy
Court upholds Spomer's election in Illinois
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld Stephen Spomer's circuit court judgeship in Alexander County, overturning Sangamon County's block on certifying his win. The justices ruled the challenge, filed Nov 21 1978 after the election by Cris Vick and Robert Lansden, was timely or timely enough to not void the result.
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Illinois Supreme Court Today
Stephen Spomer
Alexander County
Circuit Court
Sangamon County
State Board of Elections
Spomer
Cris Vick
Robert Lansden
Republican Central Committee
Inscription Rates and contact details for Southern Illinoisan
Delivered by carrier Friday and available Sunday at 4.50 per month. By mail with advance payment. Carrier areas Carbondale and Herrin with office numbers listed. Classified advertising numbers and address change instructions for Southern Illinoisan Box 2108 Carbondale IL 62901.
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Carbondale
Herrin
Carter vows federal aid in Indiana flood town visit
President Carter flew in by helicopter to muddy Indiana flood town of 600 near Little Blue Creek and promised federal aid after touring a coal plant in Louisville and meeting townspeople. He pledged to tear down barriers between himself and ordinary Americans and to pursue cellphone toll relief for Bullitt County resident Wanda Smith while planning more town meetings nationwide.
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Ind
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Little Blue Creek
Thompson
United States
Carter
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Birch Bayh
Indiana
Washington
Kentucky
Louisville
Stephen Foster
Congress
Bourbon
Wanda Smith
Bullitt County
Washington Press Corps
O'Neill sees Carter rebound possible in 1980 race
Thomas O'Neill says it is too early to write Carter's obituary and predicts Carter would be the Democratic nominee in 1980 facing Reagan in the general election. He notes staff inexperience and negativity as dragging Carter but cites energy speeches and cabinet changes as signs the president can rebound.
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Jimmy Carter
Thomas O’neill
Massachusetts
Associated Press
O’neill
Carter
Ronald Reagan
O'Neill
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
Hamilton Jordan
Han
Nibal Jerkin
Thatcher backs majority rule at Commonwealth Conference
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told the Commonwealth Conference in Lusaka she will listen with the greatest attention to Zimbabwe Rhodesia and is wholly committed to genuine black majority rule. Zimbabwe Rhodesia dominates the talks as Britain expects debate but no new policy details were offered.
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Zambia
Margaret Thatcher
Commonwealth Conference
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Thatcher
Vietnam restricts refugee flow to Malaysia in July
Western refugee officials report that Vietnam reduced its refugee arrivals to Malaysia to about 5,000 in July, down from over 20,000 in June. Officials caution the drop may be temporary and tied to pledges made at the Geneva conference on refugees last month.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Vietnam
Seaplane Crash Near Shetlands Claims 17 Lives
Thirty survivors, many oil workers, escaped a British charter plane that plunged into the sea as it left Mainland Island in the Shetlands. Authorities said 47 aboard, all British, 17 drowned. Survivors describe icy water and rapid flooding. some swam, others were rescued by helicopter or boat.
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Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Shetlands
Scotland
Nazi Hangman Kotalla Dies in Dutch Prison
Nazi war criminal Joseph J. Kotalla known as the Hangman of Amerafoort died in a southern Netherlands prison, Dutch Radio reported.
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Netherlands
Joseph J. Kotalla
Amerafoort
Dutch Radio
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