Clout and Tricks Highlight Senator Huey Long’s Power
The piece depicts Huey Long as the master of congressional wheeling and dealing. It notes his influence over senators including Howard Cannon and Daniel Moynihan, his creation of subcommittees, and his practice of co-opting colleagues with selective tax loopholes.
Balanced federal budget still possible by 1981
Washington AP reports House and Senate budget conferees reached a plan projecting a 1979 deficit of 38.8 billion and potential balance by 1981 if spending stays restrained and the economy stays healthy. The compact includes a $2 billion tax cut expansion and public works funding, with differing Senate and House views on the amount.
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Washington
House
Senate
Robert N Giaimo
D-Conn
Congress
Giaimo
Carter
Early season snows open Jackson Hole ski season
An early winter storm dumped two to three feet of new snow on Rendezvous Mountain. Pam Sweigert of Jackson helped officially open the season at Jackson Hole Wednesday, with fresh powder promising a busy week ahead for skiers near the Teton Range.
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Jackson Hole Valley
Wyo
Rendezvous Mountain
Pam Sweigert
Jackson
Wartime shipbuilders face high lung cancer risk study finds
A federal study in the New England Journal of Medicine links WWII shipyard work in coastal Georgia to a sharply elevated lung cancer risk among men, especially for smokers. Researchers examined 458 cases, noting 95 had shipyard work, with risk rising to near 20 times for heavy smokers.
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Boston
Georgia
National Cancer Institute
Charleston
D.C
Florida
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Institute
New England Journal of Medicine
United States
Savannah
Brunswick
Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr
The
Cancer Institute
Bath
Maine
Doctor receives OK to build experimental sewage system
Dr Michael Collins a chiropractor with offices in New London has been granted a variance by the Huron County Health Department to install an Evapo Transpiration septic system for a new office building south of the village in New London Township The system uses Austrian pine trees planted around a buried septic tank to absorb water and evaporate remaining moisture The property is on Rs.60 just north of the Ashland Huron County line.
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New London
Michael Collins
Huron County Health Department
Huron Couty
Collins
Ashland
Huron County
Dollar Slump Continues Worldwide Amid Camp David Fallout
The dollar fell for a second straight day on global markets, hitting a record low against the Swiss franc and pushing gold to a new high of 216.75 an ounce. Analysts link the decline to reactions to the Camp David summit agreements and perceived Arab responses.
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London
Camp David
Jersey high court orders Times reporter back to jail
New Jersey Supreme Court in a 5-2 decision ordered Times reporter Myron Farber back to Bergen County jail for refusing to turn over notes in Dr Jas calevich murder case. The court upheld Farber civil and criminal contempt and the Times $5,000 daily fine.
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Jersey
Times
Trenton
N.J
UPI
New Jersey Supreme Court Today
New York Times
Myron Farber
Mario Jascalevich
Farber
Worrall F. Mountain
Bergen County
Jascalevich
Riverdell Hospital
Oradell
Raymond A. Brown
Mondale frames Camp David talk as peace effort not popularity
In Winston-Salem at a Carter fund raiser, Mondale called the Camp David peace summit the most exciting and hopeful development in world history and said the leaders risked their careers for peace. He touted Neal's re-election bid and noted Horton’s opposite protest across the street, including an anti inflation hot dog dinner for $1.25.
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Winston-Salem, N.C
Carter
Mondale
Stephen L. Neal
D-N.c
Neal
Washington
James B. Hunt Jr
Hamilton C. Horton
Jesse Helms
Tissue typing used to pick twins' dads
Los Angeles doctors report a rare superfecundity case where non identical twins have different fathers. UCLA immunologist Dr. Paul Terasaki used tissue typing to match one father, finding the second twin did not share the same antigens. The mother filed a paternity suit, and the odds against error were stated as 140000 to 1. Only seven such cases are known in medicine.
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Los Angeles
Paul I. Terasaki
UCLA
Terasaki
Kasia
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