New Year's Eve prices vary from $3.95 to $600
United Press International reports New Year's pricing across the country. In Monroeville Pennsylvania the Cracked Crab Seafood Inn offers a complete dinner with glass of champagne for 3.95 while New York's Palace Restaurant advertises a 13 course black tie dinner at 600 per couple. San Francisco hosts Winterland final concert with New Riders of the Purple Sage Blues Brothers and Grateful Dead plus a 5400 ticket lottery and hotel time machine parties. Several states bar Sunday alcohol sales affecting plans in Louisiana Indiana Rhode Island and Alabama. Studio 54 in New York offers a 50 per couple all night champagne breakfast package. Boston hosts First Night with 100000 attendees across 34 venues. Denver features a personal New Year wedding plan for a couple adopting the name New Year.
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Assassination panel weighs new four shot evidence
The House Assassinations Committee heard acoustical and medical experts who say the Kennedy tape indicates four shots were fired and that one came from opposite Oswald's position. Witnesses included acoustical scientists from Queen's College and Bell, Berneck and Newman, plus Dr. Baden. The panel plans a final executive session and report by early January with further findings due no later than March 30.
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Space Administration
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Dealey Plaza
Martin Luther King Jr
World's oldest captive gorilla Massa Massa turns 48 at Philly Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo marked Massa Massa's 48th birthday as he pulled a piece from his cake on Thursday. The cake featured enriched grain and meat, garnished with Massa's favorites including oranges bananas kale apples and carrots.
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Minimum wage rises to $2.90 per hour in 1979 start
Washington reports the federal minimum wage increases from $2.65 to $2.90 on January 1, affecting over five million workers. The change, part of a four-step plan approved in 1977, follows plans to reach $3.10 in 1980 and $3.35 in 1981, with debates on delaying the 1980 rise.
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Spain to dissolve Parliament and call elections
Madrid officials say Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez has approved dissolving parliament and calling general elections. The cabinet decision was confirmed by national radio and TV sources, with an announcement set for 10 p.m. Spain time.
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Adolfo Suarez
Portland plane crash kills ten in residential area
Ten people died when a United Air Lines DC-8 crash landed in a Portland neighborhood. A witness recalled a loud explosion and fire, while residents described damage to homes and downed power lines. An escaped prisoner, Kim Edward Campbell, was reported missing after the crash scene.
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Neil Heesacker
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Portland
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Oregon
United Air Lines
Kim Edward Campbell
Desegregation plan filed as Cleveland plans busing
Ohio news briefs report the Cleveland Public School District filing a desegregation plan detailing cross-town busing starting in September, with additional school closings due to enrollment declines. The Cleveland school board approved closing 10 more schools to comply with a court order. Also in Ohio, Anthony Pangallo, a double amputee, was released on lowered bond after jail time for falsified prescription charges. Senator John Glenn announced a China trip to boost Ohio trade. Cincinnati death victim Elizabeth Andes was found stabbed and strangled. Akron faces trial for multiple rape and kidnapping charges involving young girls. Cleveland paid a final 1.8 million to CES to resolve power debts amid antitrust concerns. East Liverpool warns of fiscal crisis with layoffs and reduced services.
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