Chicago Mourns Mayor Daley After His Death
Daley, 74, the long time Chicago mayor known as the Sultan of Clout, collapsed and died of a heart attack in his doctor's office. City leaders and national figures sent condolences as the city faced a political vacuum and an acting mayor question pending a council vote.
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Tim Coder
Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
White House
Bridgeport
Daley
Church of the Nativity of Our Lord
Civic Center Plaza
Tce
South Side
Thomas Coogan Jr
Coogan
Michael
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
City Hall
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Sultan of
Clout
Richard
Associated Pies
Wilson Frost
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Increase Maternity Coverage Costs
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Central New York announce a premium hike to fund state mandated extended maternity benefits effective Jan 1. The law expands hospital care reimbursement for normal delivery, raising costs for about 150 000 subscribers and costing the company about 36 million dollars annually.
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Susan Preston
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
New York
Robert Noonan
Noonan
Select
Super Blue
Extreme cold ushers in winter in Syracuse area
Extreme cold arrived with gusty winds at Hancock Airport lowering wind chills to -33 and near zero readings. Snow flurries and squalls expected tonight with 20 percent snow chance tomorrow. city and parish schools closed. 15 salt spreaders and county sanders deployed. a crash at Wetzel and Morgan cut power to 75 Liverpool residents. repairs underway as Syracuse faces -35 to -45 degree wind chills.
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Hancock Airport
DPW
Sanders
Wetzel
Morgan Roads
Liverpool
Niagara Mohawk
National Weather Service
Syracuse-area
Carter taps three more for cabinet picks at news conference
President-elect Jimmy Carter prepared to name three more cabinet members including Patricia Roberts Harris as housing secretary Ray Marshall as labor secretary and Harold Brown as defense secretary Harris would be the second woman and first black in the Carter cabinet Califano possibly named health secretary as Carter rushes top appointments before Christmas.
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Helen Thomas Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Air Force
Johnson
Carter
Washington
Patricia Roberts Harris
Housing and Urban Development
University of Texas
Ray Marshall
Harold Brown
Defense
Harris
Johnson Administration
Joseph Califano
Health, Education and Welfare
Slainman Identified In Oswego County Homicide Probe
Investigators pursued a high profile homicide in southern Oswego County after a well dressed man around 40 was found shot three times in the back of the neck along Oneida River Road. Officials withheld his name pending further inquiry.
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Oswego County
Onondaga County
Martin F. Hilsinger Jr
Oneida River
Schroeppel
Soviets arrest Jewish activists in curbed culture symposium
In Moscow Soviet authorities detained between 20 and 30 Jewish activists and halted a planned three day symposium on Jewish culture in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Food price decline eases cost of living
Labor Department reports a 0.3 percent rise in the cost of living in November with a 0.2 percent drop in food prices the first since March. The overall 0.3 percent gain matches October and supports a 3.6 percent annual inflation estimate. Real spendable income rose 0.8 percent as earnings increased.
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Sara Fritz Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Ford Administration
Thruway crash kills four near Geneva interchange
Four people died when a tractor trailer reportedly flipped onto two cars on the Thruway near Geneva, blocking westbound lanes. Poor visibility and icy roads were blamed. several others were seriously injured and rushed to Geneva and Rochester hospitals as troopers halted traffic to aid responders.
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Geneva
Rochester
Argo Merchant Breaks Apart Off Nantucket In Storm
The Liberian tanker Argo Merchant carrying 7.5 million gallons of heavy oil broke in two near Nantucket Shoals during a winter storm. Thousands more gallons spilled into the Atlantic as the ship grounded about 27 miles southeast of Nantucket, with about 1.5 million gallons already released over the week spreading 65 miles south.
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Nantucket
Mass
UPI
Atlantic
Argo
Nantucket Shoals
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Waterrtz
Scribers
St. Joseph
Mich
Southwestern
Michigan
Syracuse
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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FBI
Simon
Thruway Crash
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