Carter warns farmers in Plains about tractorcade protest
President Jimmy Carter warned farmers blocking Plains Main Street with tractors that broad consumer backlash would leave them worse off. The Plains demonstration included a rally, signs attacking foreign policy, and a plan for a potential meeting with Carter. Leaders argued for a minimum return on crops to stabilize prices and curb unemployment, while Carter spoke on budget, CIA reorganization, and energy issues.
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Carey fills key posts in New York administration
Gov. Hugh Carey named Assemblyman Thomas Frey director of state operations and Dr. Howard Miller acting budget director. Frey, 41, from Rochester, led the Assembly Transportation Committee and was a potential upstate majority leader candidate. Miller, 57, deputy director since 1971, fills the vacancy left by Philip Toia. Both will help stabilize the administration amid resignations and an upcoming election.
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Toia
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Public Service Commission
Christmas amnesty at Attica prisoner to visit on Christmas Day
Richard M. Skelly, held in keeplock at Attica for sending a Christmas card note to his mother, will be eligible for Christmas visits and privileges Dec 25 along with other keeplock inmates. Superintendent Harold J. Smith says the policy applies to all, with Skelly still owing days on keeplock. The Courier-Express reports the incident and an inquiry by the state Corrections Commission. Skelly was imprisoned in El mira in 1972 for a bad check violation.
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Buffalo Courier-Express
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Elmira
Sadat Says Summit With Begin May Prove Faltering
Ismailia Egypt President AnwarSadat conceded the Christmas Day meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin could fail though he prayed for peace at a Suez Canal mosque. Israeli sources say Begin brings a new plan to spur progress on the Palestinian issue.
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West Bank
Jordan River
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Cairo
Gaza Strip
Ezer Weizman
Carter
Washington
Weizman
Holiday traffic toll projected to be high this Christmas
United Press International reports the National Safety Council predicts 380 to 480 holiday traffic deaths and 18 000 to 22 000 disabling injuries during the Christmas weekend, with New Year’s period to be released next week. Highway Users Federation puts year toll near 47 900, the highest since 1973. The 55 mph limit aided declines since 1973 but deaths have risen recently.
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National Safety Council
Highway Users Federation
Washington
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AAA
Blast search for 11 feared buried in grain elevator collapse
In New Orleans rescue teams comb through tons of concrete and twisted metal for 11 missing workers feared crushed after a massive Continental Grain elevator explosion. Twenty three bodies recovered, ten injured, six critical. death toll feared to rise as investigators probe possible causes amid a chain of blasts.
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New Orleans
Continental Grain Co
Central New York Weather Outlook For Weekend And Christmas
The National Weather Service reports warmer conditions with mostly cloudy skies and mild December temperatures in Central New York tonight and Saturday. Tonight’s low near 30 and Saturday’s high around 40 with southerly winds 5 to 15 mph and a 20 percent precipitation chance. Christmas Day looks like a mix of snow and rain with highs in the 30s, and a white Christmas is possible as snow totals reach 51.2 inches for the season, the most since 1945. December accumulations total 39.9 inches.
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