Coal conversion bill sails to House after Senate OK
Senate approves a broad coal conversion measure to curb natural gas and oil use, banning new gas or oil fired plants and outdoor gaslights by 1982, while other energy package parts face House opposition and possible late session action. The energy plan hinges on natural gas price deregulation and a crude oil tax stalled in Congress.
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Carter
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Congress
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D-Wash
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U.S
Birth Notices From Mercy to Davenport
Births announced for Mercy on July 17 18 and Davenport on July 9 list new daughters and sons for families in Swisher Marion Fairfax Vinton and other locales. Additional entries note fire and medical alarms and calls around First Avenue Third Street SW First St SE Blairs Ferry Road NE and Center Street NE with rekindled fire and accidental alarms.
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Steven Boardman
Fir Tree Drive
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Elm St
Marion
Thomas M. Dicus
Fairfax
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Vinton
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First St
Blairs Ferry Road
Center St
Old Marion Road
Americans see 0.9 percent June income rise
UPI reports personal income grew 0.9 percent in June to 1.70 trillion annual rate, aided by 700,000 new workers. Wages doubled, boosting consumer spending outlook and signaling ongoing second quarter boom. Senate sponsors rise to 61 for a measure consolidating 172 education programs costing 17 billion.
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UPI
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Department
House Government Operations Committee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United Brands Fined 15000 for Honduras Bribe Conspiracy
Federal Judge William Conner imposes the maximum $15000 penalty on United Brands Co after the food distributor pleads guilty to conspiracy. Executives led by former CEO Eli Black admitted bribing $2.5 million to former Honduras Economy Minister Abraham Bennaton Ramos in 1974.
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United Brands Co
Honduras
William Conner
Eli Black
Abraham Bennaton Ramos
Senate backs bill creating Department of Education
The Senate government affairs committee voted 14 to 0 in favor of a bill to establish a Department of Education. The measure has broad Senate support and is seen as progressing with clear sailing in the chamber.
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Department of Education
Senate
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Prisoner exchange treaty could alter U S jail load
OTTAWA AP Hundreds of Americans in Canadian prisons will be affected by a prisoner exchange treaty. About 230 Americans in federal prisons and 80 Canadians in U S federal prisons are covered. Some Americans may stay for better parole odds, especially those jailed for drug smuggling.
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U.S
Canada
Thought on morality from Ernest Hemingway
A quotation attributed to Ernest Hemingway defines morality as actions that leave you feeling good and immorality as actions that leave you feeling bad. The concise moral framework reflects his provocative, personal philosophy.
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Ernest Hemingway
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription rates for carriers and mail editions. It notes no mail subscriptions accept increasing carrier service and references Associated Press rights for local news and dispatches.
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Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Heat Wave Pushes Texas Death Toll Higher
In Dallas and Fort Worth emergency rooms crowds due to extreme heat persist as the state endures a third week of scorching conditions. In the Dallas Fort Worth area 21 heat related deaths have occurred with temperatures at or above 100 degrees for 17 consecutive days. Deputy state health director Dr. Raymond Moore cautions Texas may surpass last year’s 22 heat deaths if the heat continues.
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Shcharansky’s Mother Sees Son After 16 Months in Prison
Mrs Ida Milgrom, the 70-year-old mother of dissident Anatoly Shcharansky, met him for 25 minutes at Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison. Authorities allowed the visit but did not permit sending specially prepared food. she cried afterward according to dissident sources.
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UPI
Anatoly Shcharansky
Ida Milgrom
Shcharansky
Lefortovo
Vance holds separate Mideast discussions at Leeds Castle
U S Secretary of State Cyrus Vance met separately with Israel's Moshe Dayan and Egypt's Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel at Leeds Castle near London to narrow gaps in peace proposals. Atherton may shuttle negotiations as talks resume, amid renewed Israeli Egyptian tensions and parliamentary clashes in Jerusalem.
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Israel
Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel
Egypt
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Shimon Peres
Sadat
Khartoum
Dayan
Kamel
Two Mexican Bus Crashes Kill Nineteen on Rainy Highways
In two days on rain slick roads near Mexico City, seven bus passengers plus the taxi driver died and dozens were injured. A second crash involved buses and a propane tanker on the Mexico City Queretaro route, leaving ten bodies found and many injured. Capt. Edgardo Martinez cites driver training as a core highway safety issue amid rising accident totals.
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Mexico City
Toluca
Red Cross
Queretaro
Edgardo Martinez
Mexico
First Fatal Road Crash Reported on Lampedusa
Lampedusa, Italy records its first fatal road accident as a truck runs over Enrico D'Ippolito, 71, in the main square. The island, seven miles long and two miles wide, has few vehicles and slow traffic.
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Lampedusa
Italy
Sicily
Enrico D'Ippolito
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