OPEC Faces Deadlock as Oil Prices Rise and Benchmarks Shift
The 13 nation OPEC cartel, controlling most non communist oil, faces a price dispute over base rates and allowable surcharges. Iran Libya and Venezuela push higher bases while Saudi resistance to further increases cites weak world demand amid a looming recession. Iran pledges possible output cuts to push prices higher.
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Ali Akbar Moinfar
Iran
Ezzedin Ali Mabruk
Libya
Humberto Calderon Berti
Calderon Berti
Venezuela
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
Algeria
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Indonesia
Iraq
OPEC
Bus Plunge Kills At Least 43 In Northern Philippines
A government owned bus fell from a flood damaged bridge into a muddy river near Manila during Christmas travel. Authorities report at least 43 dead with many injured. Rescue teams recover bodies and search for more victims as the bridge collapse triggers an emergency response.
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Manila
Philippines
Toymaker Bill Muller Echoes Santa in Tiny Eastern Shore Shop
Bill Muller and wife Ann run a small year round toy shop near U S 13 in OAK HALL. The Mullers design simple wooden toys that rely on imagination. customers can draw desired toys and Muller creates them. The shop features unpainted pieces, two assistants, and puzzles by Ann. Half their business comes from mail orders and the location attracts many travelers.
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Oak Hall
Bill Muller
U.S. 13
Chincotea Arenes
North Pole
Muller
Ann
St. Nick
Mr. Muller
Santa Claus
Mullers
Baltimore
Vermont
Bucks County
Bill
Mrs. Muller
Weather summary and rainfall data prior period report
Weather notes show cloudy to partly cloudy conditions for Virginia with near 30 degree lows and mid 40s highs. Extended forecast indicates variable clouds with cold spells, followed by warmer clearing days. rainfall totals for the past 24 hours and December year-to-date figures are provided along with long term monthly and annual rainfall averages and notable moon phases.
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National Weather Service
Virginia
Chrysler to Seek Federal Backing With Labor Deal In View
Chrysler must renegotiate its contract with the United Auto Workers and line up 1.43 billion dollars in non-federal aid from banks suppliers dealers state local governments and asset sales. It also plans 500 million dollars in short term financing to ride out the three to four month process. UAW officials resist wage concessions at 400 million dollars, a level the Senate says is still nearly impossible to meet.
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United Auto Workers
UAW
Postal Service Seeks Space For Downtown Winchester Station
The Postal Service advertises for space either existing or new construction to house a downtown Winchester station within three blocks of the former main post office at 40 W Piccadilly St. Bids due by January 14 1980 with a 10 year lease and 5 year renewal option. Addresses for plans and specifications are with Field Real Estate and Buildings Office Columbia Maryland.
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Postal Service
P.O. Box
Columbia
U.S
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