Inflation Holds Double Digit Pace With Energy Housing Surge
The June CPI rose 1 percent driven by higher gasoline and heating fuel costs and a 1.5 percent rise in housing. Food costs edged up modestly, while Meats and related items declined. Spendable earnings for a typical married worker with three dependents fell 0.8 percent in June. The year’s inflation rate remains around 13.2 percent, signaling persistent price pressures and a forecast of staying above 10 percent for 1979.
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Washington
Labor Department
Mudd family name gains official vote of confidence
The besmirched Mudd family name has finally received an official vote of confidence after 114 years. The reveal appears on page 8A of the edition.
Marion teen wins grand champion at Linn County Fair beef show
A 15 year old Marion boy captures the overall grand champion market beef in the Linn County Fair 4 H beef show. The note appears on page 12A with an index on page 2A and includes a light humor line about self made men.
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Marion
Linn County Fair
Setback in House on President Rationing Authority
House leaders plan a new vote next week after a 232 to 187 tally approved a Republican amendment limiting the presidents standby power to impose gasoline rationing. The one house veto provision would let Congress block details in advance, sparking surprise among Democrats and a push to resume debate Tuesday.
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Washington
House
Carter
Senate
Congress
Benjamin Gilman
R-N.y
Thomas O'Neill
Janitor in hostage standoff shoots deputy superintendent in Boston
A 36 year old janitor described as troubled and a loner held his family hostage for hours before surrendering. He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder after shooting Deputy Superintendent Edward Connolly in the chest. Connolly was hospitalized in fair condition after surgery for liver damage. Sundstrom resisted handcuffing in court, requiring 10 officers to restrain him.
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Boston
Sundstrom
West Roxbury
Dis
Trict Court
Edward Connolly
Connolly
City Hall
Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Carter seeks public support for windfall tax amid energy fight
President Carter urged the public to back passage of the windfall profits tax as the Senate Finance Committee began work on it and the House halted energy debate. He defended the Cabinet shake up and said Hamilton Jordan will lead the White House staff, not the Cabinet or Congress. He also indicated a possible run in 1980 and noted the oil lobby’s power.
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John Dingell
D-Mich
House Energy and Power Subcommittee
Washington
Carter
Capitol Hill
House
Thomas O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
White House East Room
Hamilton Jordan
White House
Jordan
Congress
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Edward Kennedy
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