Car sales start 1979 strong led by GM gains
January 1979 UPI report shows domestic car sales in first 10 days totaling 164 971 units, up 7 percent from a year earlier with GM accounting for a 20 6 percent gain to 99 497 cars. Ford and Chrysler fell below prior year figures as AMC and VW lagged.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
AMC
Volkswagen of America
U.S
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Robertd. Borger
Ford
Chrysler
Volkswagen
Chicago snowstorm blizzard of '79 paralyzes city and region
Chicago and northern Illinois faced record snow and freezing temps as a blizzard shut schools factories and stores. Gov. Thompson reported at least 17 deaths across six counties while 2,500 city workers labored fourteen hours to clear roads. O'Hare opened a single runway amid flight cancellations and delays. Communities aided each other. transit lines lagged and crime fell.
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Chicago
UPI
James R. Thompson
Illinos
Michael A. Bilandic
Near North Side
O'Hare International Airport
Chicago Transit Authority
Ohio districts show wide high school absenteeism variations
The Ohio Council reports dramatic gaps between districts with absenteeism near 20 percent in big-city high schools and 15 percent in junior highs. Lorain and Elyria hover around mid-teens, while Cleveland and Columbus enrollments exceed 30,000 show high rates, and several smaller districts maintain under seven percent.
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Senor High
Lorain City
Elyria
Lorain
Springfield
Eilyrra
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Toledo
Dayton
Akron
Forest Hills
Findlay
Willoughby-East~lake
Cuyahoga Falls
Centerville
Kettering
Beaver Creek
Oak Hills
Newark
Canton
Youngstown
Police ready strike force for Super Bowl at Orange Bowl
Miami police prepare a two dozen anti-terrorist team to guard the Orange Bowl during the Super Bowl amid fears of disruption from the movie Black Sunday which depicts an orange bowl attack by a blimp. The film mirrors the Pittsburgh and Dallas teams playing that day.
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Miami
UPI
Mike Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Pittsburgh
Dallas
CBS
Shah leaves Iran for exile amid emigre scenes in Palm Springs
The 59 year old shah plans exile in the United States with a likely permanent departure. He and empress Farah Diba expressed hope Iran will remain united while urging support for Bakhtiar's civilian government. The couple departed aboard a Boeing 727 from an Air Force base as Khomeini in Paris hailed the shah's exit as victory against tyranny.
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Walter Annenberg
Palm Springs
Calif
Lubbock
Texas
Reese Air Force Base
Empress Farah Diba
Shah
Bakhtiar
Iran
Air Force Boeing
Paris
Khomeini
Neauphlele- Chateau
Armstrong urges supporters to send money to him
Herbert W. Armstrong of the Worldwide Church of God asks donors to mail offerings to him personally in Tucson to defend the church, while a court receiver seeks to restrain the mailing of the letters. Pasadena post office holds 60,000 letters as civil suits accuse Armstrong and Stanley Rader of diverting church funds for personal use.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Herbert W. Armstrong
Worldwide
Church of God
Steven Weisman
Armstrong
Living Weisman
State Attorney General's Office
Stanley Rader
Swede admits poisoning at Malmo geriatric ward
A 19 year old hospital worker in Malmo confessed to poisoning patients in a geriatric ward, saying the deaths were mercy killings after harassment. He was arraigned on murder charges as authorities said 6 of 29 deaths were from natural causes.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Malmo
Sten Aunerheim
Gan- Britt Nilsson
Fire destroys Findlay grain elevator and farm supply store
A half block long building housing Hockstettler's Old Mill and an attached farm supply store burned late Monday. Forty Findlay firefighters fought for over five hours. the blaze originated unknown and the structure was completely destroyed.
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Findlay
UPI
Hockstettler
Westlake med student slain near Johns Hopkins in Baltimore
Alan Trimakas a 25 year old Westlake medical student at Johns Hopkins University was fatally shot near the campus Monday night. A security guard found him lying on the sidewalk with a back wound about 6 45 p m near a dormitory he once roomed in He died two hours later at the university hospital Detectives say he staggered to the sidewalk and may have been fleeing when shot with robbery not the motive his wallet and belongings were not taken.
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Westlake
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Alan Trimakas
Donna
Trimakas
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Supreme Court rules private pension funds shielded from securities laws
The Supreme Court, in an 8-0 decision, ruled that non-contributory compulsory pension plans serving over 30 million workers are not subject to federal securities anti-fraud provisions. The ruling overturns a Seventh Circuit decision and reassures unions and management that such plans cannot be sued for securities law violations.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Lewis Powell
High Court
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Utica
Mich
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U.S. Justice Department
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Daniel J
Danny” Greene
Greene
Celeste
Richard ‘Celeste
Democratic Party
Dennis Kucinich
Cuyahoga County
Timothy Hagan
Hagan
Kucinich
James Rhodes
Kent
Kent State University
William K. Thomas
Thomas
US Attorney’s Office
Ohio Ford
Westlake Med
Judy Johnson
C-T
George Christian
Christian
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