Brutal Western New York Storm Paralyzes Region
The National Weather Service warns of 15 to 30 below zero lows and 25 to 30 below wind chills overnight. Snow squalls belt Erie and surrounding counties, with six more inches possible off Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Roads reopen but icy spots persist as two storm deaths are linked to a snowbound day.
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Erie
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua
New York
Chautauqua County
Buffalo Braves
Cleveland Cavaliers
Buffalo Raceway
Finger Lakes Race Track
Canandaigua
Donald Lewis
Hartland
Niagara County
Harland
John Vigrass
Kenmore
State Department of Transportation
Buffalo
Bhasdell
West Seneca
Clarence
Erie County
Stanley Makowski
James Lindner
Albany
Prisoners Return From Mexico Amid Criticism Of Treatment
Returning prisoners including Brenda Richards and Elizabeth Lankton arrived by bus for processing after serving time in Mexican jails on drug and smuggling charges. Representative Fortney Stark praised the prison treaty, while former inmates described torture and ignored pleas to the U.S. Embassy.
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Ps Ramp
Brenda Richards
Jennifer
Oceanside
Calif
Elizabeth Lankton
Fortney
Pete” Stark
D-Calif
U.S
Don Bowen
Bowen
Los Angeles
Mexico
Robin Worthington
San Francisco
Nobel winners from Pa receive historic 1977 prizes
Nobel winners from Pennsylvania were awarded prizes totaling 141600 dollars by Mrs Aase Lionnes, chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Amnesty’s 145000 dollar prize went to Thomas Hammarberg, the Swedish chairman. A tearful Corrigan, 33, urged non violence and love as a path to social change.
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Aase Lionnes
Nobel Committee
Amnesty
Thomas Hammarberg
Miss Corrigan
Honeymoon ends as arrest halts New York trip
Jenkins and his companion Darlene Jenkins sparked a media frenzy during a city visit tied to Mayor Beame. Police say Jenkins was found with a Texas license and accused of check fraud linked to a New York Hilton stay and a Burlington store refund.
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New York Times
Burlington
Darlene Jenkins
Edwin LaRock
Jenkins
Vermont
Alan Coulman
New York Hilton
Vermont Federal Savings and Loan Association
Coulman
Statler Hilton
Judge orders Laetrile cancer treatment plan for boy
In a rare ruling Judge Loren Brown directs the Saratoga County Family Court to return the boy to his parents for Laetrile‑based treatment under a physician’s care. If Laetrile fails, he must resume chemotherapy, a 75 percent cure rate with chemo per St. Peter's Hospital, Albany.
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Joseph
St. Peter's Hospital
Albany
Loren Brown
Saratoga County Family Court
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Brown
Michael Schachter
Nyack
Social Security tax rise under compromise bill through 1987
The compromise Social Security bill would raise payroll taxes from 1979 to 1987, with higher rates and larger bases. It would shift tax shares to employers, raise the earnings limit for pensions, and fix a 1972 error affecting future benefits while projecting totals for workers at various income levels.
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Washington
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