Gas Rationing Power Law Approved For Emergency Use
President Carter gains authority to order gasoline rationing in an emergency with the standby plan to be activated if supplies fall 20 percent over 30 days. While law now allows action, enactment could take months and require up to 5,000 federal and 15,000 state and local workers at a cost of 464 million dollars for a three month start up.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Senate
House
Energy Department
Divers Find Chemical In Canals For Lake Cleanup
New Orleans reports the discovery of pentachlorophenal in crumbling bags at the canal bottom and contamination in nearby oysters. Lake Borgne is closed as divers rig a vacuum to remove the chemical and prevent a long lasting fish kill. Diver Bob Williamson described the shipping container as wrinkled like an accordion.
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New Orleans
Lake Borgne
Bob Williamson
Looting and Violence Surge in Orlando Night
Looters raced through stores as Molotov cocktails lit neighborhoods and gangs pelted police with rocks in a second night of violence in Orlando Florida. Officials sealed off 16 to 20 blocks as police in riot gear arrested over 30 suspects and burned two businesses.
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Orlando
Fla
Florida
West Side
Tom Wylie
NAACP Involves Legal Defense Fund in Georgia Death Row Escape Case
Three white death row escapees recaptured near Charlotte after fleeing Reidsville prison with a fourth man found dead near Mountain Island Lake. James Fuller, a Charlotte lawyer, represents them at the request of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Extradition hearings tentatively set for August 27. authorities probe the death of Troy Gregg in South Carolina.
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Charlotte
N.C
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Georgia
Georgia State
Reidsville
James Fuller
Fuller
New York
Timothy W. McCorquodale
Alma
David A. Jerrell
Greensboro
Johnnie Johnson
Logan
Utah
Jerrell
Mecklenburg County
Troy Leon Gregg
York
S.C
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Johnson
Hutchinson Homes
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E. Aiken
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