Caution on duplicate freight bills and itemized charges
ICC reports expose $2.3 million in duplicate trucking payments by 12 Midwest firms. Officials warn the “transfer mentality” and non itemized billing raise costs for shippers, doctors, and consumers. Call for clear itemized bills to curb waste and inflation.
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Wall Street Journal
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Florida
Blue Cross
Uganda Coffee Boycott Faces House Hearing
Legislation to halt U.S. Ugandan trade has 35 sponsors and a January hearing before the House International Relations Committee subcommittee. Pease says passage depends on awareness and will to act amid Amin’s policies. Separate note reports Elyria Ohio crews finishing Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving.
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Pease
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Jack Anderson
Douglas Bennett
State Department
Anderson
Uganda
U.S. Birth Rate Levels Off Says Council
The birth rate in the United States appears to level off around 14.7 live births per 1 000 people after years of decline. The American Council of Life Insurance cites Census Bureau projections of an eight percent rise by 2980 in women of child bearing age, boosting births modestly. Women aged 20 to 29 drive much of the increase.
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New York
United States
American Council of Life Insurance
Council
U.S. Bureau of Census
Ways to dodge Christmas con artists this season
Consumer alert cautions on hot item scams at Christmas including counterfeit watches perfume and TV sets with misspelled brands. Phony package deliveries and fake charities target door to door crowds while hysterical relatives and credit card gambits trap shoppers. Stresses avoiding deals too good to be true and notes skeptics doubt Mumflammers will run dry.
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Pohl
Elyria Christmas sales and late hours planned
Elyria area stores forecast strong Yule selling with extended hours at Midway Mall and Merthe store opening evenings from December 12. Free gift wrapping and delivery noted in Elyria. Downtown Elyria and malls feature extensive decorations with Santa Claus in many centers. The Elyria Merchants Association declares a Christmas parade for Sunday December 4 at 2 pm.
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Great Northern Mall
Wlmsted
Santa Claus
Elyria Merchants Association
Polar bears stabilize at about twenty thousand worldwide
The Interior Department reports a conservative polar bear population around 20,000. The Fish and Wildlife Service says the main threat is oil and gas exploration on Alaska's North Slope, one of six isolated polar regions where polar bears exist.
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Washington
U.S. Department of the Interior
Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Clevelander wins lottery top prize in Ohio draw
Gregory Pappas a 41 year old Cleveland ironworker won the Ohio Lottery top prize of 25000 dollars in last night's weekly drawing dethroning Georgia Holland who held the top prize for three weeks Pappas and his wife Dixie have no plans for the money yet promising to think of something other big winners include George Spiak RD Cooper Renard in Natal and John Malone with a 50000 TV Bonus prize additional winning numbers from Illinois New Jersey and Pennsylvania lotteries are listed.
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UPI
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Ohio Lottery
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Georgia Holland
Dixie
George Spiak
Parma
R R Cooper
Eastlake
Renard
Natal
John Malone
Dayton
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Bakers Dozen
Composer named chair at Hartt College in Hartford
Donald Harris, longtime New England Conservatory executive, is named chairman of the department of composition and theory at Hartt College, University of Hartford. He will also serve as composer in residence after a career spanning piano, strings, voice and orchestra works and a stint as music consultant to the American Cultural Center in Paris.
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West Hartford
American Cultural Center
Paris
Wall Street Open Prices and Grain Quotes
The Chronicle-Telegram lists No. 2 wheat at 2.43, No. 2 shelled corn 1.97, No. 2 oats 1.38, and No. 1 soybeans 5.57 with trend notes: wheat, corn, oats unchanged and soybeans lower. Elyria Ohio edition dated Nov 25 1977 provides publication and mailing details.
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Texaco
Greyhound contract talks resume after Thanksgiving break
In Phoenix, Amalgamated Transit Union and Greyhound Lines resumed contract talks after a Thanksgiving recess. Union leaders refined their demands while warning the strike remains possible. The current contract expired Oct 31 and drivers and terminal workers earn about $6.21 per hour or 24 cents per mile.
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Amalgamated Transit Union
Greyhound Lines
Don Rhodes
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Greyhound
Owen Jones
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