Carter Makes Pitch To Farmers
President Carter addressed about 10,000 at the Mid-Continent Farmers Association meeting in Columbia Missouri urging government retreat from farm business while defending Capper Volstead Act protections. He warned against unrestricted beef imports next year and tied farm prosperity to inflation fight amid rising dairy soybean wheat and corn prices.
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Columbia
Carter
Mid-Continent Farmers Association
Hearns
University of Missouri
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Congress
Washington
Quake Faults in Santa Barbara Scene Theorized
Aftershocks linger as scientists identify potential fault lines in the Santa Barbara Channel following Sunday’s 5.1 magnitude quake. Dr. Michael Reichle cites the Pitas Point fault as probable but cautions a new unidentified fault could be involved. Caltech experts note such quakes occur monthly but are rarely felt, with 60 injured and $500000 in damage across five counties.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Michael Reichle
Santa Barbara Channel
Pitas Point
University of California At
Los Angeles
San Andreas
California
San Francisco
Goleta Valley Community Hospital
Cleanup Underway At Cooling Tower Disaster Site
Willow Island West Virginia where 51 workers died in the tower collapse last April 27 as cleanup crews begin removing debris from the partially completed Monongahela Power station. Relatives blame government safety failures while OSHA assigns most responsibility to contractor Research Cottrell.
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Willow Island
W.va
Monongahela
Peggy Coffman
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Research Cottrell
Firemen Join Striking Policemen in Memphis Crisis
In Memphis, firefighters joined police on picket lines defying court orders and Mayor Chandler. National Guardsmen backed arrest of over 60 picketers as curfew and nightsecurity tightened. City received 2,000 job applications as mayor says strikers have quit. police and firefighters had labor contracts expired last month.
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Memphis
National Guard
Chandler
Kucinich Sees No Problem In Close Cleveland Vote
In a tight city election, Dennis Kucinich claimed victory by 275 votes over a recall drive. He warned of possible legal action to defend his win and urged patience as the official tally proceeds. The recall battle exposed rifts with a hostile all-Democratic City Council amid fiscal crises and payless days for thousands of workers.
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Kucinich
Cleveland
Dennis J. Kucinich
Basil M. Russo
Bob Weissman
Weissman
Russo
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
Union Chief Claims N and W Safety Violations Quietly Ignored
Fred Kroll president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks charged that Norfolk and Western Railroad shows blatant safety violations and that federal agencies may be influenced by its Carter administration links. He cited derailments and trains operating with no cabooses as evidence. The union wants FRA and Transportation Department probes, while strikes continue affecting thousands of workers and coal miners.
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Washington
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Fred Kroll
Brotherhood of
Railway and Airline Clerks
N&w
Krol
John Fishwick
Carter
Virginia
Robert B. Claytor
Secretary of the Navy
W. Graham Claytor
Secretary of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
Norfolk & Western
Transportation Department
Kroll
FRA
Richmond
Congress
FBI
Two Consol Miners Killed in WV Rock Fall at Osage Mine
At Consol's Arkwright No. 1 mine near Morgantown West Virginia two miners David Morgan 41 of Morgantown and Robert Phillips 20 of Rivesville died when a rock collapse trapped them during a track inspection. Three other crew members escaped with minor injuries. The five man crew had been checking a rock on the haulage track one mile back in a seven foot seam. Morgan, a former Morgantown police officer, and Phillips were found within feet of each other after the 12 30 am accident.
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OSAGE
W.va
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
Arkwright
Morgantown
David Morgan
Robert Phillips
Rivesville
Marion County
West Virginia
Morgan
Phillips
Haze Cochran
Len Gross
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Pat Semenza
E. Winslow Chapman
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