Consumer protection agency faces Congress approval hurdles
The Pioneer notes the proposed Consumer Protection Agency which may become the Agency for Consumer Protection or Advocacy and its possible impact. A House committee approved insulation standards for new homes, with costs and delays cited as examples of overregulation. Dr. George Sternlieb estimates excess housing costs from regulation could reach 16 percent on a $50,000 medium home, delaying or limiting affordable housing.
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Consumer Protection Agency
Agency For Consumer Protection
Agency For Consumer Advocacy
Congress
House
George Sternlieb
Rutgers University
Sternlieb
Northeast
Remember life jackets readers write to editor
Reader from River Falls Wisconsin recalls a near drowning at Big Wolf Lake last Saturday night. Mary Ann and Michael Janse rescued a 14 year old swimmer who lacked a life jacket, prompting the writer to urge constant use and checks of life jackets for all boaters.
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Mary Ann
Michael Janse
River Falls
Wis
Big Wolf Lake
Postal salaries rise for top USPS officials in 1977
Investigators report top United States Postal Service officials receive substantial raises, with Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin Bailer at 66 000 and others from 47 000 to 52 500. Rate Commission staff and commissioners also gain, while rank and file await court-ordered raises. Calls grow for Congress to tighten control.
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Washington
United States Postal Service
Civil Service
Postal Service
F. X. Biglin
J. W. Jellison
Robert McCutcheon
Air Force
Postal Rate Commission
Rate Commission
Capitol Hill
Congress
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Alaskan oil factors in on prices and pipeline use
The Q and A on Alaska oil notes that transportation costs will keep domestic pump prices high and tied to foreign oil. Full pipeline capacity by 1978 will push 1.2 million bpd south, while refineries lack room for high sulfur crude, delaying broader use and keeping prices similar to foreign oil.
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Justice Department
Middle East
United States
Panama Canal
Gulf Coast
Small hydro plants rise again in northeast revival
A Paterson New Jersey project restarts a once abandoned Passaic River hydro plant for about 4 500 kilowatts. David Lilienthal of Development and Resources Corp argues small power enables decentralization and local autonomy, with sites across New England and beyond revived for municipal, industrial, and utility use.
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New York
Passaic
Paterson
N.J
David Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilienthal
Development and Resources Corp
Northeast
New England
Federal Power Commission
Carter
Atomic Energy Commission
Signings and milestones mark Historic June 23 dates
On this date in history William Penn signed a friendship treaty in Pennsylvania. Charleston was incorporated in 1713. Queen Anne ordered Nova Scotia oath of allegiance in 1722. Highlights also include a 28 million dollar treasury surplus in 1836, Wiley Post flight in 1931, and a 1977 Johnson Kosygin summit.
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William Penn
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Charleston
S.C
England
Queen Anne
Nova Scotia
U.S. Treasury
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alexei Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Senate
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Angola
United Nations
United States
William Rogers
Bob Fosse
Napoleon
Aldous Huxley
White House Briefings Tie to Secret Protests and Security
Washington AP reports State Department officials consider the Powell security lapse over reading a confidential protest note about Moscow. Powell jokes it may be his first security violation as NSC aide Schecter confines quotes. Secret Service shifts Buendorf to Denver. rumor-fueled Keiser no change in role at headquarters.
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Washington
State Department
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Robert Toth
Los Angeles Times
Jerrold Schecter
National Security Council
Schecter
Kremlin
Lynette Fromme
Gerald R. Ford
Sacramento
Calif
Secret Service
Ford
Vail
Colo
Buendorf
Denver
Stuart Knight
Richard Keiser
Balding Keiser
Gerald Ford
Keiser
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New Hampshire
Minnesota
Northern States Power Co
Coon Rapids
Brooklyn Park
Mississippi
Minneapolis
Hennepin County Park Reserve District
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