Carter pledges aid as truckers strike spreads
President Carter promises federal action to standardize weight and length limits nationwide during the fuel emergency. Eight interstate highways named safe corridors include I 35 and I 80 through Iowa. Mondale and Tauke push six point plan covering fuel costs, allocations, and a federal state trucking task force.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Iowa
Jack Watson
Walter Mondale
South Korea
Tokyo
Robert Ray
Mondale
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tom Tauke
House
Departments of Energy and Transportation
Tauke
Energy Department
Government suspends business with Uniroyal over equal opportunity case
The Labor Department withdrew all future government contracts with Uniroyal Inc until it complies with equal opportunity laws. The action follows a 1960s era discrimination complaint by 521 women workers alleging unfair layoffs at Mishawaka Indiana plant. Back pay estimated at 18 million.
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Washington
Uniroyal Inc
Labor Department
Thomas Ewald
Uniroyal
Former Lufthansa agent sentenced in $6 million JFK heist
Louis Werner, 46, a former Lufthansa cargo agent, got 15 years and a $25,000 fine for masterminding the Kennedy Airport terminal robbery. He protested his conviction and received an 18 month contempt term for refusing to testify before a grand jury.
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New York
UPI
Louis Werner
Lufthansa
U.S
Kennedy Airport
Werner
U.S. District Court
Mark Costantino
Costantino
FDA declines ban on meat preservative sodium nitrite
The FDA rejected Ralph Nader's group bid to classify nitrite as a color additive in bacon and ban it as a cancer risk. The agency said nitrites mainly color and flavor meat rather than serving as the preservative’s primary purpose, amid ongoing safety litigation.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Ralph Nader
Health Research Group
FDA
Texas woman to be released early from Israeli jail
A 24 year old Texas woman imprisoned for 20 months as a Palestinian spy will be freed this weekend and deported immediately, a U S Embassy spokesman said. Terre Fleener formerly with the University of Texas El Paso and Kuwait Airways was arrested at Ben Gurion airport in October 1977 and sentenced to five years in jail for aiding Palestinian guerrilla groups.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Texas
U.S
Terre Fleener
University of Texas-El Paso
Middle East
Kuwait Airlines
Lebanon
Miss Fleener
Ben-Gurion
Iranian leftists rally at Tehran University
Tens of thousands of radical leftists gathered at Tehran University to press anti shah actions and attract support as government pressure rises. The Fedayan Khalq rally featured unarmed members honoring their group and signaling a show of force amid political crackdowns.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Tehran University
Fedayan
Com
Pezzullo presses Somoza to resign amid renewed Nicaraguan fighting
U.S. Ambassador Lawrence A. Pezzullo meets President Anastasio Somoza for the third day seeking resignation and an interim government including Sandinistas and the national guard. Heavy battles flare around Masaya Granada and near Rivas Matagalpa as the guard vows a new offensive. Reports from San Jose indicate 300 guard troops crossed the border to encircle Sandinistas near Rivas.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
U.S
Lawrence A. Pezzullo
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
Masaya
Granada
Rivas
Matagalpa
San Jose
Costa Rica
Alfonso Chardy
Haig Retires From NATO Post Without Political Plans
General Alexander Haig ends 35 year military career as NATO Supreme Commander and says he has no political plans. He will tour the United States for speaking engagements and will study the SALT II accord before commenting further. He hands command to General Bernard Rogers amid a publicly cautious stance on SALT II and strategic balance.
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Casteau
Belgium
Alexander Haig
NATO
Haig
Western Alliance
Soviet Union
United States
Bernard Rogers
Supreme Allied Headquarters Europe
Gazette Classified Job Alert Seeks New Hires
The Gazette lists a classified job opening inviting applicants for roles in editing production and sales. The notice highlights requirements, salary range and application deadline, urging qualified candidates to submit resumes and references.
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Michael Parkhurst
Independent Truckers Association
Parkhurst
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U.S. Agriculture Department
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Bob Cuccia
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Ewald
Labor
Ray Marshall
Mishagwaka
Ind
National Transportation Safety Board
Chicago
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O'Hare International
Air Traffic Controllers Union
U.S. District Court For
District of Columbia
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Rades
Shah
Mehdi Bazargan
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Secret Revolutionary Council
the Gazette
Ponderosa Ballroom
Walford
Tonite
Johnny Ketelsen
Springfield
Center Pt. Rd
Joyce’s Lounge
3Rd Ave
Paramount Theatre
Evy's
Mike’s
16Th Ave
3Rd St. SW
Tim Nemec
Inkie
Win Lounge
A Avenue NW
Charlie Smith
Dennis McMurren
Rod Dickinson
Brad Erenberger
Hemingway
Town & Country
Bert Kalisch
Ana Kim Vesey
Sally
PLU
Dana
RED Stallion Lounge
Proudly
Jimmy Dickens
Dale Thomas
Coralville
2Nd Ave
Skelly Station
Buckshot
Keystone
Turner’s Hall
See Shatter
Prairie Moon Ballroom
Sheraton Inn
Cedar Rapids
33Rd Ave
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