Public Works Funds Allocate Across States in Carter Plan
State allocations approach 4 billion for public works with New York topping near 483 million and 24 states plus DC receiving at least 30 million. Florida and Michigan among large recipients, while exact municipal shares and project lists await June 3 and August 15 finalization.
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Washington
UPL
New York
District of Columbia
Commerce Department
Florida
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Utah Receives 25.5 Million for Public Service Jobs
Utah gets 25.5 million of a 6.6 billion national program to fund 3,209 public service and public works jobs. The Labor Department notes 1,105 Utah positions will be sustained and 2,104 new jobs created under two titles of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Priority targets include veterans welfare recipients and former man power trainees while vacancies filled by low income and long term unemployed also receive preference.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
National Public Service
Carter
Labor Department
Carter vows national health plan submission early next year
President Carter, speaking to the United Auto Workers, pledges to submit a national health insurance plan early next year and promises a broad redesign of the welfare system. He cautions that choices must be made to balance the budget by 1981 while pursuing a strong economy.
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Los Angeles
Iupi
Carter
Washington
California
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Cedar City Utilities Board urged to pursue public power study
Retiring chairman Kent Myers submits a progress report with recommendations for the Cedar City Utilities Board. He urges completing investigations before the 1977 election, establishing a permanent three to five member board, pursuing federal energy development funds, reorganizing subcommittees, appointing LaRue Gardner as chair, and authorizing a preliminary municipal system feasibility study with up to 2000 dollars in the 1977 78 budget. A May 25 meeting is set.
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Cedar City
Cedar City Utilities Board
Kent Myers
Myers
Electric Utilities Board
LaRue Gardner
Homeowners seek relief over subsidence in Cedar City
Cedar City residents in the Red Hills Homeowners Association report cracking cement. Walls separate from frames as soil movement affects basements. A soil study funded by Four Corners Regional Commission and led by Utah Geological Survey aims to identify causes and loan options. A Thursday meeting at the Department of Transportation Building produced ideas on legal action, insurance losses, and funding, with a plan to hire an attorney and establish a legal fund.
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Cedar City
Red Hills
Four Comers Regional Commission
Utah Geological Survey
Department of Transportation
Paul Koenig
Office of Emergency Services
Koenig
Soil Conservation Service
Association
Renegade plans class action suit against church leader
Renegade Douglas Wallace plans a series of actions against the LDS Church. He seeks a class action suit alleging fraud in misrepresenting Spencer W. Kimball as a prophet. Details appear on Page 2. The Cedar High School track team won the Class 3A state meet with Dixie High finishing second on Page 6.
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Douglas Wallace
LDS Church
Spencer W. Kimball
Prophet of
God
Cedar High School
Dixie High School
Page
Helicopter Crash Kills Five At Pan Am Building Helipad
A shuttle helicopter collapsed on a broken wheel gear atop the Pan Am Building in Manhattan, killing five and injuring eight as blades and debris struck waiting passengers. Victims include Clay Stanley Young, Enrico Gnaga, David Toomey, Michael Findlay, and Anne Barnecolt. Federal investigators and Beame suspend heliport operations pending inquiry.
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New York
UPI
Kennedy Airport
Midtown Manhattan
Pan Am
John McAllister
Frank McLaughlin
Bellevue Hospital
Clay Stanley Young
Seattle
Wash
Enrico Gnaga
Milan
Italy
David Toomey
Montclair
Michael Findlay
Anne Barnecolt
Federal Aviation
Edward Koch
D-Nythe
Carter plans California swing and stocktaking address
President Carter will fly to Los Angeles aboard Air Force One for a one day California swing including a speech to the United Auto Workers convention and a regional live Q A session. He will also inspect drought strained reservoirs over Central Valley and tour an olive and almond orchard in Fresno before returning after midnight. He frames the trip as a stocktaking of his record amid liberal criticism and union opposition to proposed gas guzzler taxes and wage minimum debates.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Cntics
Democratic Party
Los Angeles
Force One
California
United Auto Workers Convention
Knxt-Tv
Central Valley
Fresno
Auto Workers
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
George McGovern
Ds.d
Leonard Woodcock
U.S
Peking
Coalition For A Fair
Organized Labor
Clarence Mitchell
Washington D.C
The
NAACP
Florida blackout cuts South Florida for seven hours
An $80 relay switch misread signals at a nuclear plant while Florida’s new fail safe system was shut for adjustments. The outage affected more than 2.5 million people within a 10,000 square mile area, trapping riders in elevators, disabling traffic lights, and causing heat, accidents, and water supply concerns across the region.
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Miami
UPI
Florida
Meany Backs $3 Minimum Wage In Carter Meeting
AFL-CIO leader George Meany said he was hopeful after meeting with President Carter to press for a $3 minimum hourly wage, saying the poor need the extra money. The administration backs raising from $2.30 but seeks $2.50 to curb inflation, while Meany argued the higher level is not inflationary.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Carter
Meany
Coalition For A Fair Minimum Wage
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Con
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
United Auto Workers
Loraine Javelin Spectrum
New York Airways
Internal Revenue Service
Renegade
Abraham D. Beame
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
LaGuardia
Kennedy
Newark
Nric
PanAm
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