Holiday weekend death toll rises to 515 across nation
National Safety Council figures show at least 515 people died in traffic and other incidents during the Christmas holiday weekend highlighting highway carnage and fires. The count breaks down with 515 total deaths including 54 traffic fatalities in Texas and 32 in California among others. A Brooklyn hit and run killed a father and two children, while another Brooklyn crash killed three more. Four relatives died in a Texas wreck near Waco and a Michigan two car collision left five dead. A parachute mishap near Phoenix killed two and injured one as drops spurred a crash.
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Millions Wasted by CETA Programs Across Nation
Agents tally millions wasted under CETA as 25,000 subcontractors and 475 local programs show widespread mismanagement. Investigations reveal payroll fraud in Fargo and ghost checks in Seattle, with 150 investigations nationwide and 51 prime sponsors flagged for serious problems.
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Antarctic Volcano Erupts While Team Samples Gas
A six member scientific team from New Zealand and the United States escaped uninjured after Erebus volcano in Antarctica erupted twice while they were inside its crater to collect gas samples. Lead by Dr Warner Giggenbach the group included two Ohio State University geologists. No one was hurt despite a fragment striking Giggenbach in the leg.
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Rembrandt theft tops San Francisco museum losses
A Rembrandt valued at $1 million was the centerpiece of art thefts from San Francisco museums, the most valuable stolen. Other items recovered include an 18th century French marble carving of a satyr and daughter, a bronze pair of fawns, and a Bronze Cupid. several pieces vanished and were never recovered.
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Managua mayor's driver shot and killed in Nicaragua
The chauffeur and close ally of President Somoza was shot at the mayor's Managua home on Christmas Day and later died in hospital. Police report no guerrilla involvement details. The killing raises the death toll from Nicaragua's civil strife to at least 147 with other attacks including a guardsman shot outside the Peruvian embassy and a bomb in Diriamba.
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Inflation boosts Medicare costs for the elderly
Rising inflation and Social Security benefits push higher out-of-pocket bills for millions of elderly Americans under Medicare Part A and Part B. Key changes from January include higher base payments and daily rates for hospital stays, increased reserve-day charges, and a cap on Part B premiums rising to 8.70 dollars per month next July.
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Washington
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Funeral services set for Judge Michael A Sweeney
Ohio brief reports funeral services for Democratic Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Michael A Sweeney at 10 a.m. Thursday at St Patrick Catholic Church. He died Saturday at Fairview General Hospital after kidney failure. survivors include wife Anne Marie and four sons. Brothers Francis B and James P are also in public service.
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Michael A. Jr
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Overrun halted Marymount Hospital project costs rise
Metropolitan Health Planning Corp orders a stop to the $19.3 million Marymount Hospital construction and renovation plan, citing management problems and inflation. Officials say overruns could add about $17 million to the original price tag, nearly doubling the 1975 approved cost. hospital admins dispute the figures claiming approval was $22.3 million with $10 million more needed.
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Area firm wins bridge contract near Paden Mississippi
The Nashville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. of Cleveland bid $8,876,862 for a high level railroad bridge over the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway near Paden Miss. Six other bids topped $11.8 million, with the government estimate at $9,394,600.
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Searchers seek wreckage of twin disasters in Italy
A submerged wreckage is sought for the Alitalia DC-9 that crashed near Palermo killing 108 of 129 aboard. Italian warships divers and a submarine search 164 feet deep while sonar probes locate the plane and a tanker collision near the Strait of Messina.
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