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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1979

Page

3

Panel eyes multiple wage guideline figures for inflation

The 18 member Pay Advisory Committee debated replacing Carter’s single 7 percent wage guideline with variable restraints tied to industry or CPI. AFL-CIO leaders urged a sliding scale while six public members argued for several figures. the panel seeks consensus for a second year of anti inflation actions.

Washington Carter Afl-Cio Lane Kirkland Robben Fleming Corporation For Public Broadcasting Public

AFL-CIO Leader-Elect Criticizes Wage Guideline

Kirkland, soon to succeed George Meany as AFL-CIO president, challenged the administrations 7 percent ceiling on annual wage increases. He argued the rule, set during a 6 percent inflation forecast, is out of touch as actual inflation nears 13 percent and harms workers real income.

Kirkland George Meany Afl-Cio

Carter presses energy plan and rationing stance in Congress

President Carter intensifies lobbying for a stronger windfall profits tax and urges House support for energy mobilization. He says he will sign a standby gasoline rationing bill despite limits and backs the House Commerce Committee version of the energy board. Separately a federal appeals court eases NSA FOIA refusals, allowing private justification in withholding records from Jane Fonda and Thomas Hayden.

Washington Carter Congress Senate Finance Committee House Energy Mobilization Board House Commerce Committee House Interior Committee Freedom of Information U.S. Court of Appeals National Security Agency U.S Howard Corcoran NSA Jane Fonda Thomas Hayden Corcoran

Carter seeks air time for re election bid networks deny sale

President Carter's campaign files a FCC complaint alleging ABC CBS and NBC refused to sell half hour on air for his December 4 candidacy announcement. NBC says national time sales by presidential candidates are unprecedented at this stage. No comment from ABC or CBS. An American firm will mass produce interferon for cancer use, with Finland supplied material and $2 million in funding from the American Cancer Society.

Washington Carter Federal Communications Commission ABC CBS NBC New York API American Cancer Society Finland National Patent Development Corp Cancer Society

French Labor Minister Boulin Found Dead in Forest

Labor Minister Robert Boulin was found dead near his car in the Rambouillet Forest southwest of Paris. Officials said the death appeared to be by his own action, with an empty bottle of barbiturates nearby. His family noted distress after an exposé on a Riviera real estate scandal.

Paris Robert Boulin Riviera Boulin Rambouillet Forest

Relief ships unload aid at Kompong Som port Cambodia

UNICEF says its chartered ship unloads 300 tons daily at Kompong Som as four ships from Soviet bloc nations deliver food and supplies. Oxfam barge left Singapore for the port while a fifth vessel is en route. In other news the OAS condemns torture and urges military governments to transition to democracy.

Bangkok Thailand Kompong Som Cambodia Unicef Phnom Penh Oxfam Singapore United States OAS Organization General Assembly Chile Uruguay Paraguay

Swiss grant asylum to 3 former Olympic champions

Switzerland grants political asylum to two former Soviet Olympic skating champions Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova and to 18-year-old Czech tennis player Hana Strachanova. The skaters defected during a Western Europe exhibition tour last month and received asylum unusually quickly after applying at the Swiss Open.

Bern Switzerland Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Oleg Protopopov Ludmila Belousova Europe Hana Strachanova

Protests against atomic power trigger mass arrests across U S

Arm linked demonstrators surged from Wall Street to a Submarine base as police arrested over 1,000 in New York for blocking the stock exchange on the 50th anniversary of the 1929 crash. In Bangor Washington 106 faced court on unauthorized entry charges after breaching a fence at the Trident base. About 200 protesters blocked the Energy Department Building in Washington D C and arrests occurred at sites in St Louis Pittsburgh and Groton Conn. 30 years ago Rep J Parnell Thomas faced trial on conspiracy to defraud the government.

New York Wall Street Washington State New York City New York Stock Exchange Bangor Wash Seattle Trident Energy Department Washington D.C St. Louis Pittsburgh Groton Conn

Hufstedler Nominated for Education Secretary Post

President Carter nominated federal Judge Shirley Hufstedler to head the new Department of Education. The Los Angeles jurist, 54, would require Senate confirmation and would lead a department created from HEW. Hufstedler’s career spans state and federal courts with a Stanford law degree. the field narrowed to five candidates before settling on Hufstedler and Jerry Apodaca.

Washington UPI Carter Shirley Hufstedler Department of Education Congress Department Department of Health, Education and Welfare HEW Department of Health and Human Services Hufstedler State Court of Appeals Johnson U.S 9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Stanford University New Mexico Jerry Apodaca

Nuclear commission urges safety reforms after Three Mile Island visit

A special commission presented findings to President Carter calling for reorganization of the NRC and insistence on state and local emergency plans before new reactor permits. The report notes insufficient plant-operating expertise at Metropolitan Edison and criticizes emergency readiness and information accuracy during the crisis. It stops short of an industrywide moratorium on new reactors.

Washington Three Mile Island Carter Commission Dartmouth College John Kemeny Harrisburg Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Congress

Sears Circular Erroneous Listing Corrections

Sears advertising circular mailed to homes corrects several errors. The 20 gal Premanex trash container is not Sears Best or Craftsman. The 2 HP air compressor 17578 is not Sears branded. The 3 HP sprayer 17588 should note regular 499.99 on sale for 379.99. We apologize for the inconvenience.

SEARS Sears Best

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