FTC probes car rental price fixing across airports
The FTC investigates whether airport authorities in 4 airports across 33 states and Puerto Rico participated in price fixing with Hertz Avis and National. The inquiry stems from a 1975 antitrust case where the three agencies controlled about 96 percent of airport car rental.
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Avis
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Exiled Solzhenitsyn Warns of New Soviet Repressions
Alexander Solzhenitsyn reports dissidents facing a renewed crackdown resembling Stalin era methods. He cites smuggled messages describing assassinations arrests and police abuses, targeting Yuri Orlov Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander Ginzburg linked to the Russian Social Fund ahead of a Belgrade rights meeting.
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UPL
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Mutual Broadcasting System
Philip Clarke
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Russian Social Fund
Alexander Ginzburg
Russia
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Anatoly Shcharanskiy
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Soviet Underground Nuclear Blast Reported by Swedish Institute
A UPI report cites the Uppsala Seismological Institute in Sweden confirming an apparent Soviet underground nuclear explosion in western Siberia. The blast at 3:57 a.m. local time registered 64 on the Richter scale and was the third and strongest in the region this year. An ERDA spokesman said signals were detected likely from the Semipalatinsk test area in the southwestern USSR.
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Sweden
UPI
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Washington
Energy Research and Development Administration
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Midwest flood forecast from heavy rains across states
United Press reports Memorial Day floods expected in the Midwest as heavy rains threaten rivers and streams in Kansas and Missouri. Weather Service notes continuing showers over Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas with scattered showers in Montana and South Dakota. clear skies in some regions. temps rebound into 50s in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
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Police search plane for clues in fatal Minnesota crash
Police searched the wreckage of a twin engine Mitsubishi MU2 charter flight that killed two Saskatchewan residents and four Wisconsinites. The aircraft was en route from Winnipeg to Lac La Ronge when it encountered turbulence and plunged into marshland fifty miles west of Winnipeg. A Canadian forces spokesman said the front of the plane buried in mud and an explosion appears to have occurred after the crash.
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Man presumed drowned after boat capsized on Sacramento River
Christopher Ashford and five relatives were aboard a boat that sank after passengers moved to the bow to untangle a line. Divers searched the river as sheriff deputies reported the boat went down with all six aboard. the others were uninjured.
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Vance Sees North South Conference as Cooperation Basis
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance expressed optimism that the Paris three day Conference on Economic Cooperation will establish a framework for collaboration between rich and poor nations. Delegations include eight industrial and 19 developing country groups, with discussions on energy, raw materials, finance and aid. Debates focus on debt relief and linking raw material prices to inflation, while outcomes hinge on willingness of poorer nations to engage with external debt proposals.
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Carter says arms talks with Soviets going well
President Carter returning from a 12 hour deep sea fishing trip said negotiations with the Soviet Union on arms reductions have been going very well lately. He announced that Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko will hold talks in Geneva before mid September. He noted a decision on Arthur Burns as Fed chair is pending. The First Lady departs for a Latin America tour today. Local crowd heard Carter say we had a good day at sea with catches including king mackerel and tuna.
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Auto industry push shakes up clean air and gas tax plans
Washington lawmakers warn that auto lobbying against tougher emissions rules may foreshadow resistance to President Carter’s gasoline tax. Rep. Paul Rogers cites strong lobbying by automakers dealers and United Auto Workers after the House eased auto exhaust standards. Brademas notes the tax proposal faces tough opposition as debate continues in Senate and among lawmakers.
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EPA plans strong action to counter auto lobbying
Environmental Protection Administrator Douglas Castle said the administration will apply counter lobbying pressure to push a tougher auto emissions bill. He noted the House moved to delay deadlines and weaken restrictions while the Senate has not acted. Castle indicated the fight over clean air legislation will continue to the conference committee.
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UPI
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State Department Pressures Uranium Exports Policy
The Washington Star reports the West German government may use military aircraft for overseas shipments of highly enriched uranium under pressure from the State Department. Sources in the nuclear industry say exporters are being urged to comply with stricter controls.
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UPL
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Dulles International
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Baggers Face Federal Payroll Costs in Military Stores
Washington lawmakers warn that teen grocery baggers at military commissaries must receive federal salaries and benefits, costing taxpayers up to 18 million dollars annually and retroactive payments dating to 1874. Rep. Les Aspin calls the situation a Catch-22 and predicts many bagger jobs may be eliminated to cover new costs.
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