Postal sale firmed for city old postal facility
The U S Postal Service will sell the Braddock and Piccadilly Streets building as part of a move to new facilities. Regional Director Harold Tucker said downtown customer service will continue from a leased location, ending use of the 65 year old brick building. Mayor Stewart Bell had sought a meeting to discuss the sale.
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Star
U.S. Postal Service
Braddock and
Piccadilly Streets
Stewart Bell
Postal Service
Harold Tucker
Bell
Tucker
Philadelphia
United States Stands Alone as Vietnam Seeks UN Seat
In a 124 to 1 General Assembly vote with three abstentions, the UN urged admitting Vietnam. The U S veto, citing missing Americans and human rights concerns, faced broad support for Hanoi with Britain Germany and Israel abstaining.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.S
United States
Vietnam
Britain
West Germany
Israel
General Assembly
Security Council
Hanoi
U.N
Sri Lanka
T.D. Kanakaratne
William W. Scranton
Open House and Holiday Gift Guide Advertisements
The Pines hosts an open house this Sunday from 2 to 5 PM. The Star ad corrects the Firestone 16.0 cu ft upright freezer price to 329.95 at Firestone Store, 2412 Valley Avenue. Weber's Nursery announces new Christmas cactus arrivals and a Yuletide Gift Guide with holiday jewels and sparkling ideas.
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Firestone
Valley Avenue
Weber's Nursery
Truce Eases Land Takeover in Sinaloa Farmland
President Echeverria brokered a truce between farm workers and landowners delaying expropriation in Mexico's richest vegetable region. About 33,345 acres would be parcelled to campesinos immediately while 5,000 peasants had threatened to seize up to 500,000 acres in Sinaloa State.
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Culiacan
Mexico
Luis Echeverria
Jose Lopez Portillo
Sinaloa State
Arizona
Gilberto Franco Felix
Sinaloa
Va Leads in Lawmaker Lawyers ¢ 1976 Study
The Insurance Information Institute reports Virginia has the highest lawyer share in its General Assembly at 57 percent of 140 members, with Maryland at 37 percent. The study notes regional variations and shifts since 1966, with lawyers still a major force in 18 states though Virginia shows none in its legislature.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Maryland
Assembly
Insurance Information Institute
Surance Industry Group
Insurance Group
Institute
West South Central
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Delaware
New Hampshire
Florida
Steel Firms Raise Prices Amid Demand Outlook
Four more steel companies including Armco, Wheeling-Pittsburgh, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel announced price increases effective December 1 for sheet steel used in autos and consumer goods. The hikes, 15 to 20 dollars per ton about six percent, come as U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel sit out, a factor that may determine if the rises hold.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Toll May Top 5,000 In Quake Toll
Survivors gathered bodies from mosques and streets in quake wrecked eastern Turkey. Death toll could exceed 5,000 with 3,636 counted in Muradiye Caldiran Ercis and Diyadin. Injuries near 4,000. 8,000 buildings destroyed as snow and rugged terrain hinder rescues.
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Muradiye
Turkey
Caldiran
Ercis
Diyadin
Iran
Armenia
Erzincan
Van
Turhan Feyzioglu
Mehmet Zeki
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Incirlik Air Base
U.S
West Germany
Italy
Saudi Arabia
Carter Keeps Open Chance of Kissinger Post
President-elect Jimmy Carter may recruit Henry Kissinger for special diplomatic duties if the occasion arises. White House aide Jody Powell said Carter would not object to asking Kissinger’s help and noted past presidents have brought in ex-officials for such tasks. Powell also left open a possible NATO session in London next May but no overseas travel planned in year one.
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Carter
Middle East
Kissinger
Powell
NATO
London
Area hunters report deer and turkey kills across counties
State game checks in Frederick Clarke and Warren Counties show additional deer and turkey kills this week. Churches in the area announce special programs planned in the coming days across multiple parishes.
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Frederick
Clarke
Warren Counties
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Loudoun Street
Ward Plaza
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