Bids Sought on Elm Stump Removal at City Council
Austin City Council discussed Dutch Elm Disease and stump removal costs. Dennis Maschka reported about 1,000 city property stumps remain and D. & L. Stump Removal offered to remove them at 7.50 per stump, but a second informal bid is needed before approval.
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Bruce Lindquist
Herald
Austin
Dennis Maschka
Park and Rec
Maschka
Robert Enright
Rock Bottom
Ron Roth
Waste Control
Pollution Control Agency
Roger Nelson
Nelson
PCA
Second Ward
Howard Jenkin
First Ward
Ken Fossey
Fossey
Donna Robbins
Albert Lea seeks federal help for lake cleanup plan
Mayor O H Hagen secured a meeting with Gen Joseph McGinnis from the Army Corps of Engineers after arranging with Congressman Tom Hagedorn for engineering aid. The Rock Island District will assist Albert Lea in developing a lake cleanup plan with potential federal support under Section 314 of the Federal Water Pollution Act.
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Washington
Albert Lea
O. H. Hagen
2Nd District
Tom Hagedorn
Albert Lea Lake
Hagedorn
Public Works and Transportation Committee
Hagen
US Army Corps of Engineers
Civil Works
Joseph McGinnis
Corps
Rock Island
Minnesota
Iowa
Begin Carter talks open amid Middle East peace push
President Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Begin begin two day talks in Washington amid deep distrust over final borders and Palestinians. Begin seeks a complete peace plan and more than 2 billion in aid while ruling out surrender of the West Bank and pressing direct negotiations without preconditions.
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Washington
Menahem Begin
Carter
Middle East
Begin
White House
U.S
Israeli Labor Party
Syrian
Golan Heights
Sinai Desert
West
Jordan River
Jordan
Mideast
Syria
Egypt
West Bank
Israel
Fires kept under control across western states and Alaska
Fires sparked by drought and heat in Utah Wyoming and Montana were reported under control while a lightning touched fire near Maine's tallest mountain still threatened. Oil moved again in Alaska after a pump station explosion and the Teamsters pension fund faced potential loss of tax exempt status. Folger Coffee cut wholesale ground coffee prices and instant coffee prices were reduced as well.
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Associated Press
Maine
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Folger
Cincinnati
Folger Coffee Co
Teamster Pension
Washington
Teamsters Union
Central States Pension Fund
Internal Revenue Service
U S Faces Southeast Asia Trust Concerns Over Policy
The Carter administration defends its stance as ASEAN nations worry Washington may neglect regional needs while courting China and Vietnam. Officials cite human rights emphasis, China ties, Vietnam talks, and planned troop withdrawal from Korea as sources of unease among Indonesia Philippines Thailand Malaysia and Singapore.
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Washington
Carter
Southeast Asia
U.S
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
Indonesia
Philippines
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore
China
Vietnam
South Korea
Moving sale advert highlights Duncan Phyfe pieces
A family running a moving sale in the Herald want-ad section offered a Duncan Phyfe table with eight chairs, a 9x12 tent, dishes, Haveland pool can Nortake, two dressers, and antiques. The ad, under merchandise for sale, was scheduled for three days but cancelled after one day.
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Herald
Duncan Phyfe
Haveland Pool
Nortake
Prosecution Likely From Korean Influence Scandal Probe
Attorney General Griffin Bell says DOJ investigations into the Korean influence buying case on Capitol Hill are likely to yield prosecutions. President Carter rejected calls for a special prosecutor, while Speaker O'Neill takes charge of the House ethics committee probe and seeks a new chief investigator to bypass the panel.
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Washington
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Bell
Carter
House
Thomas P. O’neill
Ethics Committee
O’neill
Philip A. Lacovara
Watergate
John J. Flynt
D-Ga
Lacvara
Mutual Trust
Flynt
John J. Rhodes
Senate
Howard Baker
Carter Won't Bend on Federal Abortions Policy
President Carter remains opposed to federal funding of abortions for the poor despite pressure from within his administration and from women's groups. House votes to bar Medicaid funds for abortions while Senate favors a more liberal measure. a meeting with seven lawmakers urged Carter to reconsider.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Margaret ‘‘Midge
Costanza
Congress
House
Senate
Energy alert extended as heat drives record power use
The upper Midwest endures heat and humidity with highs reaching 100s in parts of Minnesota and 90s elsewhere. NSP urged customers in Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas to cut electricity use from 9 AM to 9 PM to reduce oil-fired generation costs amid peak demand. A record 4404 megawatts was reported, with capacity at 5708 megawatts, making a blackout unlikely. An air quality advisory cited high photochemical oxidants in central and southeastern Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Minnesota
Northern States Power Co
Wisconsin
Dakotas
NSP
Wayne Kaplan
Kaplan
Kaplan Scrap Iron Co
North Star Steel
Minneapolis
New York City
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
National Weather Service
Rhodesia's Smith calls elections to end racial war
Prime Minister Ian Smith dissolves parliament and seeks Aug 31 polls, signaling a personal bid to negotiate a settlement with moderates as the white minority faces a black majority push. He rejects U S British peace efforts and pledges a new constitution by year’s end.
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Rhodesia
Smith
U.S
Nationalist Patriotic Front
Vietnam in line to win UN membership backing
United Nations Security Council sources say Vietnam, unified and co operating on missing U.S. servicemen, is set to receive a council recommendation for UN membership by consensus rather than a vote. The move allows General Assembly approval at the September session, alongside Djibouti.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Vietnam
U.S
Security Council
U.N
United States
Hanoi
Council
General Assembly
World Organization
Djibouti
Assembly
North Vietnam
Saigon
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