Budding energy crisis stalls Seabrook plant again
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission halted construction on the Seabrook nuclear plant in New Hampshire after a capital protest by anti nuclear activists. The project costs 2.3 billion and is 15 percent complete though at risk of cancellation. Energy Secretary James R Schlesinger warns of a budding crisis without a visible shortage due to policy neglect.
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Realistic Restraints Urged By AMA Leader And Nashville Doctor
The new president of the American Medical Association says fees are a sensitive topic for doctors but Dr. Tom Nesbitt of Nashville urges voluntary restraint on fee increases. He cites 1977 rises over 9 percent and 1975 increases around 13 percent, tying healthcare costs to inflation while promising to maintain patient care. The AMA chief acknowledges physicians share in inflation pressures and risk.
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American Medical Association
Tom Nesbitt
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Nesbitt
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Inflation blamed on doctors in Nesbitt proposal
The article notes that physicians are both victims of inflation and contributors to it. Nesbitt’s plan would not remove doctors from the inflationary cycle but would require them to help apply the brakes.
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Victim’s rights and crime policy clash in letters
Readers debate crime, punishment and the courts with calls for harsher penalties and chain gangs. The letters also comment on zoning hearings and the townhouses ordinance, urging public input and noting editorial guidelines for submission.
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US Supreme Court
San Francisco Yolo and Kern Vote Against Proposition 13
Three California counties San Francisco Yolo and Kern rejected Proposition 13 on June 6 while San Francisco and Yolo backed Proposition 8. The article notes renter status UC Davis influence and state-wide patterns and argues voters weighed pocketbooks over ideology in the tax battle.
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Richard Nixon
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California
Compromise Signals VAT on Capital Gains Tax Debate
President Carter warns against a proposed capital gains tax cut, saying it would create windfalls for millionaires while hurting the average taxpayer. Rep. William Steiger argues the cut would boost venture capital and aid the free enterprise system, while Al Ullman says a balanced bill will offset inflation and spur capital formation. The exchange centers on finding a middle ground.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
William Steiger
Wisconsin
al Ullman
Ways and Means
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Oregon Democrat
Faith in America and Confidence in Government
The passage cites Nixon's view that faith in America empowers the nation and recalls Confucius on good governance. It argues that confidence in government sustains the state, noting America has weakened as public trust erodes and questions Nixon's role in that decline.
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Richard Nixon
America
Confucius
Nixon
CIA Train Amin Henchmen in Georgetown Allegedly
Washington insiders report that the CIA recruited at least 10 Ugandan policemen for special training at a Georgetown prep school run by the International Police Academy. The academy, funded secretly by CIA money, trained 5,000 agents from 77 nations before closing in 1975. Some graduates later served in Amin’s security apparatus and CIA posts abroad.
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Georgetown
Idi Amin
Central Intelligence Agency
Amin
National Police Academy
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CIA
Uganda
Dean Acheson
Henry Kissinger
John F. Kennedy
International Police Services, Inc
Police Academy
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Dread Public Safety
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