Firestone knew of defects in steel belted tires three years ago
Akron’s Firestone Tire & Rubber Co reported serious testing faults in steel belted radial tires as far back as 1975 but did not inform the government. A Beacon Journal review cites a 56.5 percent failure rate in tests on stock bound for General Motors. The Transportation Department has said a safety defect exists in Firestone 500 Steel Belted Radials and similar models.
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Akron, Ohio
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Akron Beacon-Journal
Firestone
General Motors
Transportation Department
Super Shell Steel
Grappler
National Highway Safety Traffic Administration
Dallas gets relief as storm kills one in Pennsylvania
A violent thunderstorm in the Allegheny River valley likely a tornado killed Charles Schockey, 37, of Butler, and injured about 60 campers at KOA Campground in Clarion County. The storm damaged 30 trailers, downed pipes, and hail pelted grounds with golf-ball sized hail. In Dallas, cooling rain ended a 45 day dry spell with a 0.49 inch rainfall at Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport, while heat looming with highs in the upper 90s.
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East
Brady
Allegheny River
National Weather Service
George Wolf
KOA
Knox
Clarion County
Charles Schockey
Butler
Dallas
Gracas Maccees
Dallas-Forth Worth
Fort Worth
Dick Elder
Wichita Falls
Texas
Airlines carry 240 million passengers in 1977
Washington AP reports that the Air Transport Association says U.S. airlines carried 240 million passengers in 1977, rising from 49 million in 1958 when jet airliners first took to the skies.
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Washington
Air Transport Association
State law quirk boosts benefits for childless workers
Springfield officials warn a state law quirk may give unemployed residents without children up to $10 more weekly in unemployment insurance. Families with children may receive lower benefits, especially if divorced or widowed, impacting many Illinois residents.
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Springfield
Illinois
Coin finds reveal rare 1854 $50 piece and 1825 $5 rarity
State gold coins include an 1854 $50 gold piece valued at over 120000 dollars and an 1825 $5 gold piece with the 5 stamped over a 4, the second such rarity ever found.
Loan Co Ordered To Clarify Its Terms
The Federal Trade Commission ordered USLIFE Credit Corp a Schaumburg based lender with offices in 20 states to clarify that credit insurance is optional and not required to borrow. FTC found contracts obscured this fact though the insurance was not necessary. No refunds were ordered for existing borrowers.
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Washington
Uslife Credit Corp
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Old Coin Collection Subject of Court Test in Chicago
Heirs of millionaire Nathan Kaufman seek to halt a bank from auctioning his 1530 coin collection. Appraisers call it one of the world’s largest privately held U.S. coin collections. Estimates range from over $1 million to as high as $4 million. Kaufman died in 1918 with no records of how the coins were amassed.
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Chicago
Nathan Kaufman
First National Bank of
Marquette
Mich
U.S
Kaufman
Ray seeks UN help for new trial in King killing
James Earl Ray says he is among political prisoners cited by Andrew Young and asks the United Nations ambassador to urge President Carter to grant him a new trial for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray wrote after a Friday visit with four House Assassinations Committee members at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. He pleaded guilty in 1969 to the King's killing in a deal for a 99 year term and has since sought a retrial.
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Moscow
Young
King
Lorraine Motel
Memphis
Ray
Moderate use of artificial sweeteners deemed not carcinogenic
A Baltimore study concludes that moderate dietary intake of artificial sweeteners does not raise bladder cancer risk. The report contrasts earlier bans on cyclamates and saccharin with lab rat findings, attributing cancer risk to unrealistic dosages rather than human consumption.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Current
Journal of the American Medical Association
Chilean junta ousts critic Leigh from posts
The right wing Chilean military junta removes Air Force commander Gen Gustavo Leigh for urging a faster return to democracy. Leigh is replaced by Gen Fernando Mathei as the other three members Pinochet army chief Adm Jose Merino and Gen Cesar Mendoza remain. Leigh had called for civilian participation and actions restoring Chile’s international prestige.
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Santiago, Chile
Chile
Air Force
Gustavo Leigh
Augusto Pinochet
Leigh
Fernando Mathei
Salvador Allende
Pinochet
Adm
Jose Merino
Cesar Mendoza
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N.Y
Pennsylvania
Abundant Life Fellowship
Tues
Bea Science
Keith Filer
Rita J. Simon
University of Illinois Program On Law
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Simon
Food and Drug Administration
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Nielsen Clearing House
A. C. Nielsen Corp
USDA
Junta
South Wall
Carbondale
SY AN Hoye
Stan
East Main Carbondale
Long John Silv
Long John Silvers Seafood
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