Marketbasket survey shows January price dips and dairy shifts
The Associated Press reports the first month of 1978 saw butter and PRE price declines, easing family grocery costs in many areas while detergents rose. The market basket slipped about 2 percent overall in January, with dairy items like butter and eggs easing in several cities, and detergent prices climbing due to higher chemical costs.
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Blizzard Wallops East Coast With Severe Winter Storm
A ferocious blizzard slammed the East Coast with wind and heavy snow, forcing airports including LaGuardia Kennedy Newark and Albany to close. New York City faced 14 degrees at 8 am with gusts to 89 mph, roads treacherous and traffic paralyzed. The storm also disrupted stock market and rail service as officials warned of frostbite risk and dangerous travel conditions.
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Hudson
Groundhog sees shadow forecasts six more weeks of winter
Punxsutawney Phil emerged from an electrified barrow in subzero weather and saw his shadow signaling six additional weeks of winter. Skeptics questioned the ceremony, but Punxsutawney Groundhog Club leaders insisted the tradition is genuine as Phil’s annual forecast is read into the Congressional Record.
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Groundhogese Communication
Ford backs decontrol amid 1976 natural gas bill push
Congress faces natural gas deregulation this week as Ford aides press for ending price controls. Krueger seeks a two year phaseout via a House amendment, while the Senate weighs a broader farm price plan and consumer protection bills. A postcard voter registration bill heads to the House for action, blocked by most Republicans.
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Wild gunshot chase wrecks nine cars in Hartford
In Hartford a high speed pursuit across Interstate 91 and 9 involved over 90 state and local police cars pursuing armed robbers and kidnapping suspects. Nine cars were wrecked including seven police cruisers and several civilian vehicles. three people were taken into custody and a hostage escaped during the chaotic chase.
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Porson
Hanoi Says Nixon Promised Billions in US Aid
North Vietnamese leaders claim a letter from Richard Nixon promised 3.25 billion dollars in American aid, disclosed by Rep. Paul McCloskey after a December visit to Hanoi with fellow members of the House Select Committee on Missing in Action. They hinted at releasing more information on missing Americans if the United States offered reciprocal gestures. The figures tie to the January 11 Paris accord provisions, though Kissinger later stated there were no secret understandings to secure the Vietnam peace pact.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Relief on the way for Philly visitors
Philadelphia officials plan to boost toilet facilities for Bicentennial crowds. City to seek bids for trailer toilets to handle up to 1 million visitors during busy Fourth of July events and World Eucharistic Congress weekends.
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Local Unemployment High in Hagerstown Area
Maryland page notes unemployment above 10 percent with about 3,000 jobless in the Hagerstown region. The Mitchell family is spotlighted as influential figures in area politics on the back page.
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Behind Every Successful Man Inspires WW Law Phrase
A brief note repeats the witty maxim Behind every successful man is an amazed WW law, reflecting workplace humor and pop slogan usage in a historical newspaper fragment.
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