Energy head seeks hold on controls of gas prices
White House energy adviser James Schlesinger testifies before House committees to salvage the Carter administration plan for maintaining price controls on gas. He defends a slight interstate price rise while controls extend to unregulated markets. Critics say deregulation would raise utility bills. Carter touts broader energy agenda amid setbacks and congressional criticism.
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Washington
White House
James Schlesinger
Carter Administration
House
Commerce Committee
Energy and Power Subcommittee
Schlesinger
Commerce
John Moss
D-Calif
House Science and Technology
Carter
Clinch River
Tenn
Carter nominates five FBI finalists from diverse backgrounds
President Carter announced five final candidates for FBI director after reviewing over 200 nominees. The list includes Sheriff William Lucas of Detroit, Judge Harrington Wood Jr. of Chicago, Neil Welch of the Philadelphia office, Los Angeles County DA John Van de Kamp, and Massachusetts Judge John J. Irwin.
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Washington
FBI
California
Congress
Massachusetts
South
Carter
Atty
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Bell
Senate
Clarence M. Kelley
Jan. Kelley
Investigative Bureau
William Lucas
Detroit
Harrington Wood Jr
Chicago
Neil Welch
Philadelphia
John van de Kamp
Los Angeles County
John J. Irwin
Massachusetts Superior Court
Lucas
van de Kamp
Wood
Welch
Fordham University
New York City
Robert F. Kennedy
City
Kennedy
Last escapee from Brushy Mountain captured
The final fugitive from Brushy Mountain State Prison, Douglas Shelton, 32, was recaptured in the New River area of Anderson County. Authorities tied the escape to a makeshift pipe ladder used by seven inmates to scale the wall. James Earl Ray and Earl Hill were also recaptured nearby. Ray remains uncooperative.
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Brushy Mountain,tenn
Brushy Mountain State Prison
James Earl Ray
Tennessee Corrections Department
Douglas Shelton
Ray
Earl Hill
Shelton
Brushy Mountain
Hill
Doug Shelton
Stonney Lane
Martin Luther King Jr
New River
Anderson County
Sandy
Lane
Coffee output to rise but trails pre frost levels
World coffee production is seen expanding this season yet remaining below two or three years ago after frost damaged Brazil's crop. The Agriculture Department did not estimate effects on consumer prices. President Carter pledges top priority for disabled veterans in 140,000 job slots amid pressure from veterans groups.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture Dept
Carter
Former attorney general dies at 77 in sleep
Justice Tom C. Clark, who served in all 11 federal circuits, died in his sleep at age 77. He refused retirement at 67 to pursue public service, while flags at the Supreme Court were lowered to half mast.
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Justice Department
Wood
Gerald R. Ford
John Paul Stevens
Chicago
Stevens
Supreme Court
Jerry Fines
Springfield
Ill
Rennie Davis
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Clark
House to OK Water Projects but Senate May Cut Dams
The House leadership aims to approve most of President Carter's water projects in a $10.2 billion public works bill, while the Senate is expected to scale back about half. Speaker O'Neill said Auburn Dam may survive a Conte Derrick amendment and noted possible Senate cuts after subcommittee review.
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Washington
Thomas P. O'Neill
House
Carter
Senate
O'Neill
Silvio O. Conte
Rmass
Butler Derrick
Clinch River
Tennessee
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
End of Spain's free election campaign amid blasts
Spain's first post Franco campaign ends with ten bomb explosions and one death. Security forces on high alert as Basque militants and other groups threaten violence. Polls suggest no clear majority with Suarez leading a tight three way race among Democratic Center Union Socialist Workers party and Communists.
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Cortes
Francisco Franco
Spain
New Force
Democratic Center Union
Adolfo Suarez
Felipe Gonzalez
Popular Alliance
The
Christian Democrats
Money Struggles Dominant Talk at Mayors Conference
AP survey of 100 of the 300 mayors at the U S Conference of Mayors shows budget pressures and rising taxes as the top concern. Officials cite demands for services while seeking tax relief, with crime housing unemployment and street quality among major issues.
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Tucson
Ariz
Associated Press
U.S. Conference of Mayors
L.D. Ochs
Colorado Springs
L.T. Kramer
Paterson
Tom Bradley
Los Angeles
Sedatives face danger list warning to Congress
Two doctors told a congressional subcommittee that many over the counter sedatives contain methapyrilene, a chemical linked to cancer when reacting with stomach nitrites to form dimethyl nitrosamine. They urged safety testing of popular daytime and nighttime nonprescription sleep aids such as Alva-Tranquil and Nytol.
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Washington
Congressional
William Lisinsky
Lisinsky
Lost dog found by want-ad returns to owner
Black male cocker span rescued after man who found it placed a low-cost Herald want-ad in the Lost and Found section. The ad ran for one day in the NW area, with a caller listed as Callaxxxx, returning the pet to its owner.
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Herald
Stacyville youth dies in mishap on Iowa farm
Kenneth John Halbach 17 of Stacyville Iowa died after an electric drill struck wood while he stood on dry concrete on the C C Hansen farm near Otranto. Authorities cited possible contact with a nearby metal building and defective drill wiring. Survivors include parents Jerome and others, with Rosary and funeral services planned at Visitation Catholic Church Stacyville.
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Otranto
Iowa
Kenneth John Halbach
Stacyville
Mitchell County Sheriffs Dept
Halbach
C. C. Hansen
Sheriffs Department
Jerome Halbach
Edward
Mark
Joe
Mankato
Jeanne
Rochester
Angela
Paula
Peter Satz
Visitation Catholic Church
Visitation Catholic
UMW Members Vote in Bitter Three Way Leader Contest
About 277000 United Mine Workers members vote to choose a new president among Arnold Miller Harry Patrick and Lee Roy Patterson. The election tests party lines amid ongoing feuding and potential delays to contract talks due to unresolved labor disputes. Ballots open around 6 am and close at 6 pm local times with official tally on July 1. Miller predicts a strong majority and control of the rebellious board.
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United Mine Workers
Arnold R. Miller
Harry Patrick
Lee Roy Patterson
Western
Kentucky
UMW
Appalachian
Patterson
Terfere
States
Canada
Washington, D.C
Miller
South Moluccans converge on Assen for funeral
South Moluccans from various communities gathered in Assen Netherlands for the funeral of six terrorists killed when government forces stormed the train siege and freed 49 hostages. A memorial service followed by burial in a southern Assen outskirts plot.
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Assen
Netherlands
Holland
Bovensmilde
South Moluccan Republic
Cadet Takes Command at U.S. Military Academy
An AP Laser photo shows a ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy with Gen. Bernard Rogers and Capt. David Whitebread in the honor guard in front of cadets as the new command assumption takes place.
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Sidney B. Berry
West Point
V Corps
NATO
Europe
Berry
Andrew Goodpaster
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