Landing clearance granted for Concorde at Kennedy Airport
A federal judge allowed test landings of the Concorde at New York Kennedy Airport, overturning a 17 month ban by the Port Authority. Judge Milton Pollack ruled the Authority’s delay and ban were excessive and unfair, noting potential appeal and a likely path to the U S Supreme Court. The SST had been operating under a test authorization at nearby Dukes Airport since May 1976.
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U.S. District Court
Milton Pollack
Port Authority of
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Port Authority
U_S_Supreme Court
Pollack
United States
Dukes Airport
Washington, D.C
Ford Administration
Iron County Takes Over Ambulance Service
Cedar City Iron County Commission purchased Southern Cross ambulance service from Don Barnes and will operate under county control. Barnes remains as operator until Oct 12 when base moves to Valley View Medical Center. Minimum fee 59 dollars plus 2 dollars per mile. unit priced at 3800 dollars with equipment. Back-up unit may be at Parowan. new EMTs to be recruited by VVMC.
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Cedar City
Iron County Commission
Southern Cross Ambulance Service
Don Barnes
Barnes
Valley View Medical Center
Jim Clark
Commission
VVMC
Parowan
Carter selects Frank M. Johnson Jr. as FBI director
President Carter names Frank M. Johnson Jr., a 33 year old Alabama federal judge known for desegregation rulings, as the new FBI director after a months long search. Johnson, a Republican from Haleyville, hails from the Alabama hill country and served in World War II.
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UPI
Carter
FBI
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Alabama
Clarence Kelley
Johnson
George Wallace
Griffin Bell
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Montgomery
Ala
Bell
Justice Department
William Lucas
Wayne County
Mid
Detroit
John van de Kamp
Los Angeles County
Neil Welch
Philadelphia
John Irwin Jr
Massachussetts
Harrington Wood Jr
Chicago
John Mintz. Johnson
Haleyville
Rose
Army Infantry
University of Alabama
Army
Iron School Board to hire psychologist
The Iron School Board voted Tuesday to provide psychological services by hiring a school psychologist jointly with the county and using a full time psychologist from Family Life Services with back up from a Family Life Services psychiatrist. Total cost is 11100, partly funded by a federal grant for handicapped identification. County Commissioner Seaman opposed participating with Family Life Services, citing unclear value and county needs in the report.
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Cedar City
Iron County School Board
Family Life
Family Life Service
John Bennee
University of Utah
Family Life Services
Tron County
H. Grant Seaman
Seaman
Iron County
Presley dies in Graceland at 42 in Memphis
Elvis Presley died of a severely irregular heartbeat after an apparent cardiac arrythmia at Graceland in Memphis. He was found face down on a bathroom floor by road manager Joe Esposito and pronounced dead at Baptist Hospital after efforts to revive him.
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Memphis
Jerry Francisco
Shelby County
Presley
Graceland
Esposito
Nichopoulos
Baptist Hospital
Charlie Crosby
Vernon
Lisa Marie
Priscilla
Ginger Alden
Jorgensen
Utah Public Employees Association
DOT
Salt Lake City
Matheson
Maheson
Jorgansen
Genral Robert Hansen
Provo City
Ford backs Carter idea for Panama
Former President Ford, briefed by Gen. George Brown and aides, endorses relinquishing control of the canal and backs the Panama Canal treaties. He said the pacts must be speedily passed, and noted a tough Congressional battle ahead. Carter aides briefed Ford and sought his support.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Panama Canal
U.S
Congress
George Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Carter
Brown
Brent Scowcroft
Sol Linowitz
Sol Linowicz
Isft
Gerald Ford
Gen
Weather outlook for Cedar City and St George
Cedar City and St George face intermittent rain through Thursday with heavy bursts at times. Lows range from the upper 50s to lower 60s and highs near 80, while Utah sees cooler conditions, thundershowers, and local wind near storms.
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Cedar City
St. George
Utah
Utah Governor seeks probe into fallout leukemia link to Nevada tests
Utah Gov. Scott Matheson urged a broader inquiry into whether downwind exposure from 1950s and 60s Nevada atomic tests raised southern Utah leukemia rates. A national study showing cancer rates 12 to 2 times the U.S. average prompted calls for congressional review and public transparency.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Scott Matheson
Nevada
Utah
Matheson
Department of Transportation
Craig Jorgensen
Provo City
Marriott
Rutah
Nevada Test Range
National Cancer Institute
Iron County
Uah
Paul Cooper
Emmett
Idaho
Veterans Administration
Cedar City
Young says US will back any Caribbean government aiding hungry people
U N Ambassador Andrew Young, departing Barbados, said the United States will support any Caribbean government that feeds its people and promotes rural development, even if socialist. He urged regional economic integration and noted the growing socialist trend in Jamaica and Sayana. Marble Cone fire containment near Big Sur reaches 90 percent as crews adjust lines and reduce workforce amid potential rain.
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Barbados
UFT
U.N
Andrew Young
United States
Young
Jamaica
Mexico
Costa Rica
Guyana
Surinam
Trinidad
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Haiti
U.N. General Assembly
Sayana
Caribbean
United Press International
Marble Cone
California
Big Sur
Myron Lee
Lee
Carmel Vailey
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West Germany
Herbert Kappler
Gerhard Reifenberg
Lueneburg
Kappler
Reifenberg
Italy
America
Organization of American States
Colorado
Vai
UPI Telephoto
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