Carter in England Wins Warm Welcome on First Overseas Trip
President Carter visiting northeast England tours the cradle of British industry and views George Washington’s ancestral home. Locals cheer him as an honorary Geordie with flags and praise his demeanor amid a bustling industrial setting and a corning glass plant visit in Sunderland.
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Washington, England
Jimmy Carter
England
George Washington
Carter
Geordie
London
United States
June Thomipson
Norman Davidson
U.S
Corning Glass Co
Sunderland
Hugh White
Newcastle
George II
George
Georgia
Carter tours English village and visits Old Hall during UK trip
President Carter and Prime Minister Callaghan traveled from New Castle to Old Hall, meeting Audrey Callaghan and receiving a blown glass St George sculpture. Carter wore a blue cashmere suit with J C initials and planted a ceremonial tree in the town common as a miner's lamp was offered by a boy.
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Carter
James Callaghan
Old Hall
America
Callaghan
Audrey
Air Force One
London
Newcastle
Atlanta
J. C
United States
Washington Town
Republicans Blast Voter Registration Plan in Congress
Republicans condemn the Carter administration instant registration bill as a cynical political maneuver and warn it could erode trust in elections. A Justice Department memo cautions of major fraud potential, while proponents say it expands enfranchisement and turnout in federal races.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
House
Justice Department
Craig Dansanto
Atty
Griffin B. Bell
Congress
Peter F. Flaherty
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Carter
White House
GOP
Flaherty
Inter-Office
Bell
Panel Blames Crisis on Sale in Ohio Gas Market
In Columbus the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee heard that Columbia Gas Transmission owns intercity pipelines serving Ohio utilities. This arrangement bars local distributors from buying unregulated Ohio gas, amid blame for winter shortages and price controls. Howard denied a “dump sale” charge, noting curtailments were less strict last October but not as in 1975.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Columbia Transmission
Columbia of
Cincinnati Gas and Electric
Dayton Power & Light
Thomas A. van Meter
Ashland
Transmission Company
Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee
Michael Schwarzwalder
D-16
Howard
U.S
Howard Metzenbaum
D-Ohio
Alaska North Slope oil to fetch $2 more per barrel
The Carter administration proposes letting Alaska North Slope producers raise prices by $2 per barrel over four years, creating $2 billion in extra revenue while keeping prices for consumers and refiners in check. The plan coincides with moves in Congress on energy policy and an unrelated shift toward a proposed Public Energy Administration within a new Department of Energy.
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Washington
Carter Administration
Alaska
North Slope
Federal Energy Administration
House
U.S
Government Operations Committee
Carter
Department of Energy
FEA
President's Energy Department
John Conyers
D-Mich
Public Energy Administration
Martha Mitchell Home Becomes Pine Bluff Shrine
The Victorian house where Martha Mitchell was born near downtown Pine Bluff Arkansas has been saved from demolition by Vanya and Bob Abbott. They repainted refurnished and opened the 14 room home to visitors free of charge as a potential National Register site. Martha Mitchell a Nixon defender and Watergate figure grew up in the house which is filled with period furniture and schoolbooks from 1900 to 1930. Visitors come by busload to tour the residence where she lived and worked during World War II.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Martha Mitchell
Vanya
Bob Abbott
Nixon
Atty
John Mitchell
Martha
C.M. Ferguson
Missouri-Pacific
Abbott
Abbotts
Mitchell
Windmill Rate Approved For Con Ed In New York
The New York Public Service Commission approves an experimental windmill rate for Consolidated Edison allowing up to 25 windmills in NYC to connect to the grid with generating capacity up to 10 kilowatts each. Customers would pay the standard minimum charge under the new plan.
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Albany, N.Y
State Public Service Commission
Consolidated Edison Co
Con Ed
Manhattan
Generaton Edison
PSC
New York City
Kon Ed
Protestors Claim Violation of Rights Varied at Seabrook Sit-in
About 1,300 anti-nuclear demonstrators say confinement at state armories violates constitutional rights and sue for about 30 million in damages. The group argues inadequate food, housing, health care, and meeting space while awaiting bail hearings related to a Seabrook construction site protest.
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Concord
N.H
State Supreme Court
U.S
Seabrook
Clamshell Alliance
Anthony McManus
State High Court
Executive Branch
David Souter
McManus
Economy Improves as U S Unemployment Falls to 7 Percent
The nation’s jobless rate drops to 7.0 percent in April, the lowest since November 1974, as 548000 more people join the workforce. Employment rises toward 90 million, with about 2.3 million gains since last October, even as inflation climbs.
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Washington
Labor Department
OU Trustee Appoints Dean W Jeffers to Board
General chairman and CEO of Nationwide Insurance Group of Companies Dean W Jeffers is named a trustee of Ohio University succeeding retiree Fred Johnson. The Ohio University Fund Inc sells 300 acres near the Albany airport to Gene Engle for 84000 dollars.
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Dean W. Jeffers
Nationwide Insurance Group of Companies
Ohio University
Fred Johnson
Ohio University Fund Inc
University
Albany
McArthur
Gene Engle
Sea Chain Ownership Scrutinized by Congress
Congress members review newspaper ownership by corporate chains, led by Robert Farrell president of the National Press Club, signaling scrutiny of media ownership structures.
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Robert Farrell
National Press Club
New Titles Needed for Vehicle Paperwork This Year
Courthouse work may require a new title for Jeeps Suburbans and other all purpose vehicles before license plate stickers. The note implies a statewide filing change affecting vehicle ownership and registration.
Man Scared by IRS Tax Botch
SEATTLE AP John Eli Kovich feared an IRS notice claiming a 1976 tax of 109,929.89, vastly above his 1,848.08 earnings. IRS spokesman John Aguirre explained a decimal error occurred when the form showed 1849.08 income, adding standard deductions and benefits by mistake.
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Seattle
John Eli Kovich
Internal Revenue Service
Kovich
IRS
John Aguirre
Aguirre
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Nelsonville
Mary Coen
Tri-County Joint Vocational School
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