Blizzard Hits Minnesota as Snow Drifts Rise
An intense blizzard blankets western Minnesota and neighboring states with winds up to 65 mph and six foot snow drifts. An unidentified elderly man was found dead in Fergus Falls and 23 year old Mike Muzzy was crushed in Thief River Falls by snow removal equipment. The Minnesota National Guard opened emergency shelters while crews search for stranded motorists as a transmitting tower was toppled near Chandler.
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North Dakota
Thief River Falls
Mike Muzzy
Yester
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
KRSW
Minnesota Public Radio
Chandler
Minnesota National Guard
Colder Weather Forecast With Possible Snow Flurries
The National Weather Service at Hancock Airport reports colder temperatures tonight with a 50 percent chance of precipitation and 40 degree low. Tomorrow should see 45 to 50 degree highs with a 60 percent chance of rain, possibly turning to snow later as a cold front moves in.
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Hancock Airport
Weather Service
Ternoon
Carter says jobs revival slow and 7 percent unemployment
President Carter described unemployment as leveled at 7 percent and called any stimulus impact on jobs slow and unlikely before next year. He discussed Israeli shelling in Lebanon, Helms plea, national health insurance plans, dam safety needs, and energy legislation while canceling a foreign trip. He opposed federal abortion financing.
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Carter
Lebanon
Israel
CIA
Richard Helms
Helms
Senate
Chile
Toccoa
Georgia
Congress
Drug charges dropped against Camillus man in speedy trial case
Richard P. Spainhower, 39, of Camillus, had five counts of drug offenses dismissed by Justice Parker J. Stone after delays beyond six months. He had claimed a jail beating by sheriff's deputies and filed suit against the county and three deputies. An appeal of the ruling is under consideration.
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Rick Reinhard Aman
Sheriff's Deputies
State Supreme Court
Richard P. Spainhower
Camillus
Parker J. Stone
Spainhower
David D'Amico
Stone
Sheriff's Department
Patrick J. Corbett
Lic
James Lantier
Regretful Israeli raid raises Lebanon toll past one hundred
BeirUT reports say more than 100 people were killed and about 150 wounded as Israeli air attacks hit villages and refugee camps in southwest Lebanon. Prime Minister Begin expressed regret for civilian deaths but defended the operation. Survivors and officials describe widespread destruction, with many civilians among the dead.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Menahem Begin
Begin
U.S
Samuel Lewis
Jerusalem
Sidon
UN Security Council
Middle East
Burj el Shimali
Azzivh
Aly Yacoub
Yacoub
Hanich
Pope lifts penalty on remarriage in US Catholics
Pope Paul VI agreed to lift the excommunication penalty for Catholics who remarry after divorce in the United States. The change is retroactive and does not alter church doctrine that sacramental marriages are indissoluble or alter sacraments for remarried divorcees. Penny candy still exists, now in 15 cent wrappers.
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Washington
Paul VI
U.S
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Chicago
Menary Council of
Baltimore
United States
Jean Jadot
Joseph L. Bernardin
Cincinnati
Thomas C. Kelly
Dr Linn Defends Liquid Protein Diet Amid FDA Criticism
Dr Robert Linn, promoter of the liquid protein diet, insists it is the only effective obesity treatment despite FDA concerns. He supports close physician monitoring, while FDA head Donald Kennedy cites deaths of 10 women under 45 linked to the diet and warns of risks outweighing obesity dangers.
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Washington
Robert Linn
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Donald Kennedy
Shots Hit School Bus In Detroit Injuring Children
Police say a school bus at Boynton Elementary School was shot at and three middle grade students were injured by flying glass. A witness saw two boys aiming before the gunfire. The injured were taken to hospitals with unclear conditions. some reported eye irritation from glass slivers.
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Detroit
Boynton
Sardino Elevates Two Deputy Chiefs in Syracuse Shakeup
Syracuse Police Chief Thomas Sardino promotes Fredrick C. Scharoun to first deputy chief and Donald Green to deputy chief, citing 28 and 30 years on the force respectively. He defends his campaign role amid questions and plans further internal promotions before Christmas.
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Richard G. Case
Syracuse
Thomas Sardino
Fredrick C. Scharoun
Department
Sardino
Donald Green
Shharoun
Green
John Dillon
Patrick Corbett
Dillon
Richard Romeo
First Deputy
Corbett
Sardiro
New York State Police Chiefs Association
John
Sardine
Scharoni
Sarfino
Scharoun
Schargyn
Lois
Poison gas cloud drifts over gulf after train derailment
Brisk winds spread a cloud of ammonia from a freight train derailment across Escambia Bay into the Gulf of Mexico. The fumes killed one person and prompted evacuations of at least 1,000 residents in Pensacola and nearby Santa Rosa County. Thirty people were treated for inhalation and six hospitalized.
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Prinsacola
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Santa Rosa County
Pensacola
Florida
Panhandle
Escanbra Bay
Gulf
Missing Cessna 180 Sought Across Four States
A single engine Cessna 180, chartered to hunt in Maine, disappeared after taking off from Oswego County. Three aboard bound for a Sebec Lake airstrip. CAP and state police coordinated searches across Vermont New York and New Hampshire as fog cleared.
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Oswego County
Greenville
Maine
Gerald Dillingham
Maine Civil Air Patrol
Vermont
New York
New Hampshire
Dillingham
Brownville Junction
Vermont Cap
Fulton
Sebec Lake
Littleton
N.H
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