Quake toll feared as Chinese relief struggles
A Tokyo based Asahi report from Peking says the Tangshan quake may kill tens to hundreds of thousands, with millions homeless and tens of thousands injured. Chinese officials report massive relief efforts but provide no precise casualty figures while noting severe damage near the epicenter 100 miles southeast of Peking.
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UPI
Peking
Hiroshima
Japan
Asahi
Tangshan
Tientsin
New China News Agency
Peking Radio
Court blocks change for food stamps
A federal judge rejected the government bid to lift an injunction blocking tighter food stamp rules set to cut or end benefits for as many as 8.6 million people. U.S. District Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. declined to issue a final permanent injunction. An appeal was expected soon, with critics predicting the case may drag through year’s end as Congress considers its own overhaul.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
U.S
John Lewis Smith Jr
Nathan Norton
Justice Department
Smith
Congress
Sales tax report shows healthy area economy in 1975
The Evening Journal reports a brisk retail pace in Washington and surrounding areas for the quarter ending December 31 1975. Iowa Department of Revenue figures show Washington retail sales higher than Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield in similar populations, with county totals outpacing neighboring counties except Johnson County Iowa City.
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Department of Revenue Research and Statistics
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Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Johnson
Iowa City
Washington County
Louisa County
Keokuk County
Jefferson County
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Henry County
Kalona
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Riverside
Wellman
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
West Chester
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Sigourney
Richland
New London
Wayland
Winfield
Olds
Evacuation attempt in Lebanon blocked by militias
The Red Cross postponed its sixth bid to evacuate wounded from Tal Zaatar refugee camp as Christian militiamen refused terms for a safe operation. Dr Lars Smedman urged aid, warning of deaths from dehydration and wounded totals, while Red Cross officials cited lack of cease-fire signatures and new restrictions.
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Lebanon
UPI
Red Cross
Tal Zaatar
Lars Smedman
Smedman
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
Palestine
First rehearsal for Of Thee Sing set in Day Law Office basement
Washington hosts the first rehearsal at 7 p.m. Monday in the Day Law Office basement for the musical Of Thee Sing as the opening show of the new Washington County Community Center this fall. Blair House players from Washington presented The Only Road at Old Threshers Theater Museum in Mt. Pleasant Friday night with a repeat performance tonight.
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Washington
Washington County
Blair House Players
Old Threshers Theater
Mt. Pleasant
Blair House
Gary McCurdy
Bob Boyd
Kent Keating
Millie Keating
Bill W
Illiopolis man killed as car crashes into home
William O. Elvin, 76, was killed when a car crashed through the side wall of his rural Illiopolis residence and stopped on his bed. State police said the left rear wheel was 10 feet from the outside, and the entire car lay inside the home where he lived alone about a mile and a half south of town.
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Illiopolis
Ill
UPI
William O. Elvin
Billy Bivens
Elvin
Bivens
Mondale pledges farm embargo removal and price support link
Democratic vice presidential nominee Walter Mondale told the South Dakota Democratic convention that Carter would end grain export embargoes and tie crop price supports to production costs. He said Nixon and Ford embargoes harmed American agriculture in world trade and urged a program to protect family farms while stabilizing consumer prices. He called for higher price supports aligned with actual production costs.
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Carter-Mondale
Minnesota
Mondale
Suspect arson kills six in Chicago fire
In a three story North Side brick building the first floor stairwell blaze trapped six people including two children. Fire Marshal Colburn ordered an arson probe noting the fire began at the stairwell bottom and spread upward. Firemen used ladders as the stairway collapsed while investigators cited possible foul play.
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Chicago
UPI
Robert Colburn
Colburn
Weather Outlook: Clear and cool Tonight and Sunday
A cool night with a low near 60 and a sunny day Sunday reaching about 80. Light east winds around 5 mph tonight.
Senate votes to trim tax bills for railroads airlines and insurers
The Senate moved to cut hundreds of millions from tax bills for railroads and airlines and allowed big life insurers to file joint returns with losses subsidiaries. Provisions would raise investment tax credits, ease retirement account rules, and grant Congress more power over import relief decisions.
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Washington
Bellman
Finance Committee
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Senate
Congress
Defense seeks mistrial in Harris case over juror bias
Jurors began deliberations on 11 felony counts against William and Emily Harris as defense and judge spar over alleged preexisting opinions by a juror. A hearing reviewed a juror’s prejudicial remarks and whether court staff properly disclosed the issue.
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Los Angeles
UPI
SLA
William
Emily Harris
Mark Brandler
Brandler
R.J. Burrell
Leonard Weinglass
Viking on Mars probes second life test in soil sample
In Pasadena, UPI reports Viking's cameras will monitor a second attempt to fill a life-seeking instrument with Martian soil after the first failed. Other biology and chemistry instruments show mixed results while Mars soil reveals iron oxide and other elements. Viking 2 sits about a million miles away en route to a northern Martian landing with moisture-friendly conditions.
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Mars
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking
Viking 2
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