Payroll Checkups Offer Stricter Pay and Duty Records
Democratic leaders proposed a monthly accounting of every House employee's pay and duties to curb payroll abuse following the Wayne Hays sex scandal. The plan would curb staff allowances and end cash allowances for stationery and travel, while a separate bill from Sen. Scott would shield officials from libel suits by strengthening truth standards in public criticism.
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Washington
House
Wayne Hays
Administration Committee
Hays
Committee
Elizabeth Ray
Frank Thompson
D-N.j
Thompson
William L. Scott
R-Va
Scott
Senate
Task Force
David R. Obey
D-Wis
Obey
Public Service Commission Refuses Rehearing On Rate Case
The Public Service Commission declines to rehear the Appalachian Power Co rate case decided last month. Pickets at Scotia are noted, Richlands Recreation Park construction remains on schedule and could finish by next summer. Relatives fear MESA may recover blast victims by fall. A man who aimed to be a millionaire by 30 revises his plan, now targeting 110.
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Public Service Commission
Appalachian Power Co
Richlands Recreation Park
Be loked peacekeepers hold Beirut front as clashes rage
Arab peacekeeping troops replace Syrian forces around Beirut while Christian Palestinian artillery duels continue. More than 80 killed since Monday, including many in the Tel Zaater refugee camp area as truce efforts falter.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Indianapolis
Ind
Ford
Talcott Seelye
U.S
Francis E. Meloy
Tel Zaater
Abdul Salam Jalloud
Damascus
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Libya
Algeria
Syria
Arab League
Palestine Liberation Organization
Mahmoud Riad
Cairo
Riad
Sidon
Evacuation by Sea Sparks Debate During Beirut Crisis
In Athens the Spiegel Grove ferrying 276 Beirut evacuees prompts questions if the U S pullout was election driven. White House officials cite real danger to diplomats as 5 000 already left. Evacuees endure two day sea voyage. some express mixed gratitude amid turmoil.
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Athens
Greece
Spiegel Grove
Wartorn
Lebanon
Beirut
U.S. Navy
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Marilyn Raschka
Milwaukee
Wis
U.S
Francis E. Meloy Jr
Robert O. Waring
Washington
White House
Ron Nessen
WV House Okays 35.3 Million Highway Funds
West Virginia House approved 35.3 million dollars in general tax revenue for highways, 90-2, adding to 168.5 million already appropriated. The measure, using highway user taxes, moves to the Senate as Gov Moore seeks 174 million in extra highway financing.
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Herb Little
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia House
Department of Highways
House
Senate
Highway Department
Arch A. Moore Jr
Chamber
Senate Finance
Residents oppose paving Back Valley Road in West Virginia
Eight Lindside residents urged the West Virginia House of Delegates to keep Back Valley Road in Springfield District, Monroe County unpaved, warning paving would raise traffic speeds, pollution and hazards to people and animals. The petition prompted gasps from lawmakers as it was read during a session discussing a 2.5 million revenue sharing allocation for roads and state parks amidst a 35.3 million general revenue measure.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lindside
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Back Valley Road
Springfield
Monroe County
Nance
House
Billy B. Burke
D-Gilmer
Vigil Members Face Eviction in Grannis Arkansas
Twenty four people living in a Grannis home expect the end times to save them from eviction as a foreclosure proceeds. The U S attorney’s office sued Gene Nance over a loan on the house with marshals likely to enforce a default. Seven children have been removed from the home under truancy orders.
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Grannis
Ark
Elizabeth Nance Bard
U.S. Attorney's Office
Fort Smith
Nance
U.S
Robert Johnson
Arkansas
Christ
Vigil
Bard
Knull Found Guilty in Belknap Collision Case
Lt. jg Kenneth M. Knull was found guilty by a court martial of negligence and disobeying orders in the Belknap Kennedy collision. The judge imposed no punishment, noting the Navy cannot afford to lose officers of his caliber. Eight sailors died and 48 were injured in the November incident off Italy.
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Norfolk, Va
J.g
Kenneth M. Knull
Belknap
Knull
Kennedy
Ionian Sea
Italy
Viking Prepares To Land On Mars At Pasadena
Viking 1 conducts a 10 day safety study of its landing area ahead of a July 4 touchdown attempt. The craft circles Mars every 24.6 hours, approaches 940 miles and 20255 miles in orbit, with cameras poised to image the landing site and avoid soil sampling obstacles for biology tests. The Soviet Salyut 5 space lab is launched as Moscow pledges to study and potentially man the station while space programs race forward.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Viking 1
Viking
Soviet Union
Salyut 5
Earth
Tass
Moscow
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Plaza
World Trade Center
New York
Dino de Lorentis
Phillip Burton
California
Apco
Scotia
Mesa
Serer Rerver
Ertereteee
Dennis Peer
Entertainment Eens
Giles County Tenes
Steen Ntene
Eee Renee
Society
Telegraph
Ette
Mideast
William Morris
Minneapolis
F. L. Salomon
Walter R. Shafer
Salomon
Bluefield Civitan Club
Arch A. Moore
United States of America
Arch A. Moore, JR
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