Sadat Warns Summit Could End in Failure for Peace Talks
President Anwar Sadat said the Christmas day talks with Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin might fail while praying for peace at a Suez Canal mosque. High hopes persist in Egypt and Israel as both sides seek a breakthrough after 29 years of conflict. Begin reportedly brings a new secret proposal to the summit.
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Sadat
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Explosion Victims Suffer After New Orleans Grain Elevator Blast
Rescuers sift through concrete and steel at the Continental Grain elevator complex in New Orleans seeking 13 feared crushed workers among 34 possible dead. 21 bodies recovered, 10 injured, 2 story control building toppled. cause under federal state and local inquiry with spontaneous combustion theory.
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Michael Gavron
Wilmington
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Audubon Park Zoo
Two Santas share St Nick's secrets in Country Roads
In the weekly Country Roads feature on page 8 two Santas reveal the secret of St Nick. Church News on page 3 notes Christmas season pro grams for tomorrow and the regular church page returns in tomorrow's edition. Stephens City coverage on page 13 reports Del Alson H. Smith Jr. attending a Town Council work session. details on the Area News Page.
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Government Underwrites Abortions
The article explains that federal funds and programs support abortions for government employees and military personnel. It notes Congressional limits on Medicaid abortions, confirms federal employee health plans remain unaffected, and cites counts of abortions in military and subsidized private care systems. It mentions 12,687 abortions in military hospitals and 13,090 in private care for Sept 1975 to Aug 1976.
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Washington
Congress
General Accounting Office
Defense Department
34 Percent Rise in Virginia Highway Arrests
Virginia state police report 14 674 highway arrests from December 3 to 16 during Gov Mills Godwins crash alert a 34 percent rise from the prior year. All troopers now work 10 hour shifts as crashes deaths climb to 1 105 this year up from 994. Authorities urge public awareness to curb fatalities over the Christmas weekend.
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Richmond
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Carter warns farmers backlash could hurt them in Plains
President Carter cautions demonstrators in Plains that a consumer backlash against farmers could backfire on them even as thousands of tractors and pickup trucks clog the town. Rex Granum says Carter has not decided to meet with protesters amid a nationwide holiday stall and ongoing budget talks.
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Rex Granum
Leighton Kersey
Unadilla
Main Street
High Lung Cancer Rate Among Orange County Women Probed
The State Health Department probes whether the unusually high female lung cancer death rate in Orange County is a statistical fluke or signals an occupational or environmental carcinogen exposure. Eighteen white women aged working years died from 1950 to 1969, with follow up planned through 1976 to assess persistence and cause. The National Cancer Institute notes higher rates exist for women there, while rates for men align with national figures.
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State Health Department
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National Cancer Institute
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Cancer Institute
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