No Letup in Light Layoffs Grow In Gas Cutbacks
West Virginia suffers ongoing weather crisis with layoffs spreading across factories and reduced store hours. Gov. Rockefeller travels to Washington to seek White House aid after confirming about 75,000 jobless statewide and 30,000 homeless due to fuel shortages. Columbia Gas imposes emergency curtailments while Kaiser Aluminum Ravenstowd plans 1000 layoffs among 3,400. Public service hearings resume on extended curtailment policy as Hope Gas extends industrial cuts through Saturday amid forecasts of continued cold weather.
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Rockefeller imposes hiring freeze to offset critical deficit
Gov. Rockefeller orders a state hiring freeze to curb a deficit described as critical. Budget hearings indicate possible shortfalls up to 40 million for the Highway Department and several million for other agencies. Highways head Joseph Speed Jones seeks 30 to 40 million this year, with approval needed from the governor. The freeze may extend through June, with exceptions by the governor.
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Israeli parliament liberalizes abortion law amid protests
TEL AVIV AP reports Parliament passed a liberalized abortion law despite fierce rabbinic and conservative opposition calling it a license for mass infanticide. The measure motivates unsettled public debate and signals shifts in Israeli social policy.
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Udall Signals Slow Pace on Fast Breeder Reactor
Udall as House Interior Committee chair said he leans toward delaying the fast breeder reactor as a major energy source while overseeing nuclear programs. Vance links human rights to US policy but wants measured criticism of others. Details on pages 7A and 1A.
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New York Times Service
Morris K. Udall
House Interior Committee
Cyrus R. Vance
United States
Guide to Metrics in the U S Changeover
A brief guide explains the shift from U S to metric measurement will be gradual. It highlights three core units meter liter gram and prefixes milli centi and kilo. It notes familiar items like hats and hot dogs won t vanish and frames the change as a milestone.
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Tough Ethics Code Advanced
A House task force approved a sweeping ethics code aiming to curb outside earned income, large gifts, and travel, with limits on honoraria and required disclosure of finances. Leaders foresee battles on the floor as reform supporters warn of corruption risks and some lawmakers defend earnings for public speech and writing.
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Fred Wertheimer
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Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Task Force On Financial Accountability
House Panel Modifies Carter Energy Bill
The House Commerce Committee altered President Carter's emergency natural gas bill to include price ceilings. The Senate moved toward final action in similar form, voting 91 to 2 to approve the authority for emergency action. The panel sent the bill to the floor under sped rules. a two thirds vote is needed. The ceiling clause targets intrastate gas feeding into interstate systems under the emergency provisions.
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John Tower
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Robert C. Byrd
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Dairy Firms Hit by Strike Vote
Milk deliveries to homes and businesses by Valley Bell Dairy Co. Broughton Dairy Products and Fairmont Foods stopped after 300 Teamsters Local 175 members voted to strike. Deliveries halted in Charleston Logan Summersville and Beckley as wage and pension talks stalled. Governor? No.
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