Labor unions too powerful say public and union members
A Gallup style survey for the Business Roundtable shows 50 percent of the public view unions as too powerful, with three quarters agreeing labor trouble and unrest persists. Union views on unemployment benefits and welfare for strikers shift, while food stamp support among union members remains high. Ford and Meany reach a one month grain suspension with plans for long term Soviet purchases and shipping rate talks.
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Opinion Research Corporation
Princeton
Gallup
Business Roundtable
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Russia
Ford
Soviet Union
Meany
White House
U.S
Don Woodward
National Association of Wheat Growers
Economic Policy Board
National Security Council
John Dunlop
Jeader
Dunlop
Law Lesson Olsen Park compiles famous proverbs
A local page lists witty maxims titled Laws To Live By including Murphy's Law that things take longer and go wrong, Finagle's Law about efforts worsening results, and Cranes Law noting no free lunch, with other corollaries and humorous variants.
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Olsen Park
Pete
Murphy
Rudin
Finagle
Crane
Weller
Chisholm
Parking rules urged to ease Amarillo College traffic
City officials warn heavy enrollment at Amarillo College has drivers crowding streets and creating hazards at intersections. Residents cite 24th Street and Hughes Avenue where parking back from corners on both sides would ease turning and improve safety for pedestrians and vehicles.
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Adivance
Amarillo College
24Th
Hughes
Wilson Tield On 2 Counts Of Burglary
Amarillo man Danny Tim Wilson 22 faces a second burglary charge in Potter County after a Monday break in in the Belmar Addition of Southwest Amarillo. He is jailed in Randall County in lieu of 50 000 bond and has not been arraigned on the Potter County charge.
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Seward
Bush
Amarillo
Potter County
Tom Curtis
Wilson
Belmar
Randall County
E.N. Smith
APD
Randall
Ford vetoes oil price controls sparking Capitol showdown
President Ford vetoed extending oil price controls prompting a congressional clash. Senate override attempts loom while Zarb predicts a tight vote. Decontrol implications include higher gasoline costs and shifts toward domestic oil, with a windfall profits tax proposed.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Senate
Frank G. Zarb
Hospital tax rate raised by nine cents in Amarillo
Amarillo City Commission approves a nine cent increase for the Amarillo Hospital District to fund tax function and hospital operations. The budget calls for total district tax function income of 3.84 million and expenditures of 3.79 million, with hospital functions showing 14.44 million in income and 14.36 million in expenditures. E. W. Williams calls the plan a survival budget, but break even overall.
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Bill Cox
Globe-News
Amarillo Hospital
Amarillo
E. W. Williams
Hospital District Board of Managers
City Commission
Commission
Amarillo Council OKs 28 Million Budget for 1975 76
Amarillo City Commissioners adopt a $28,094,135 net budget for 1975 76 at a public hearing. They also set the tax rate at 1.30 per 100 valuation and approve a change removing ground fault breaker requirements from new residences. City Manager John Stiff cites inflation energy costs and a 6 percent across the board raise.
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Bill Cox
Globe-News
Amarillo
John Stiff
Second Vehicle Ditches at New Bank Site Recovered
A Chem-Toi Co. truck slid into a ditch at the First National Bank construction site and was freed by a Western Builders forklift around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday with little damage and no injuries. A pickup overturned in a tunnel near Fillmore and Taylor. the driver remains at large.
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First National Bank
Chem-Toi Co
Fillmore
Taylor
Kissinger says US Soviet oil grain swap talks underway
Washington confirms general discussions on trading Soviet oil for American grain as Kissinger notes planned follow ups. Officials say consumer impact will be cushioned and detente aims to ease trade tensions.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
U.S
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