Price-Anderson renewal in debate over atomic energy risk
The Price-Anderson Act faces renewed House scrutiny amid a clash of views on nuclear safety. Ralph Nader questions why support exists if the system is so safe, while Sen. John Pastore defends it as prompt compensation. Rasmussen report findings show very low individual fatality risk, with containment designed to limit releases. California voters weigh a nuclear plant referendum as fears of bogeymen persist.
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House of Representatives
Ralph Nader
Free Enterpriser
Nader
Price-Anderson
Iee Enterpriser
John Pastore
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Pastore
Rasmussen
Norman Rasmussen
M.it
Saul Levine
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
Atomic Plant
California
Tobacco Growers Face Mixed 1975 Crop Outcomes
Survey notes a mixed 1975 tobacco season with overproduction and weak overseas demand. Auctions became orderly as prices held, though growers faced misdirection and later overproduction fears. Earl Butz orders a 15 percent cut in 1976 allocations to restore balance. SC reports show 17.96 percent of 1,470 million pounds sold went to stocks, with Virginia Old Belt deliveries exceeding Florida totals. Inventory remains under 100 million pounds, signaling cautious optimism for 1976 planting plans.
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Department of Agriculture
Danville
Virginia
Earl Butz
Butz
Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation
Florida
Senator Soaper Warns of Rising Pocketbook Snatching
Law enforcement experts warn purse theft is increasing as more men carry them and future methods may evolve to perform tasks once done by hand. Detroit’s clever financing joke ties wheelbase to payments in a noted engineering quip.
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Detroit
McGovern hits Louisville with busing speech and moral vow
In Louisville at the Democratic Issues Convention George McGovern delivered a hard line on racial busing, warning candidates against using tactics of division. He suggested Democrats must not sell their souls over busing and noted Jackson’s shifting position, while polls showed liberal activists split on the issue. McGovern’s stance portrayed as a potential boost for Republicans.
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George McGovern
Louisville
Kentucky
Harvey J. Sloane
McGovern
John Brown
Miami
Htmus
Morris Udall
America
Vietnam
Grand design of federalism and powers in the New York aid question
A reflection on the constitutional dispute sparked by direct federal loans to New York City. The piece revisits federalism and enumerated powers, noting how these doctrines have waned as federal solutions rise. It recalls Davy Crockett’s 1828 Georgetown aid vote and Bunce’s critique on constitutional authority.
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Republic
New York City
New York
House
Senate
Congress
Federal Treasury
City of
Lockheed
Penn Central
Davy Crockett
Georgetown
Crockett
Tennessee
Horatio Bunce
the Alamo
Common Situs Picketing Bill Threatens Ford Nomination
President Ford signs the common situs picketing bill drawing opposition from Ford confidants and GOP lawmakers who warn it could endanger his bid for a full term. The Senate passed the measure 52 to 45, expanding union rights to picket entire construction sites over sub contractor disputes, a change critics fear will trigger widespread disruption and alarm across industries and institutions.
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Ford
Labor Department
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Washingtons deferral plan becomes law warns of economic impact
The piece argues that if Washingtons secondary boycott proposal becomes law but is deferred due to lack of completion assurance, the resulting deferral of capital expenditure and job creation could devastate economic recovery. It urges President Ford to heed economic over labor-relations advice, warning the measure could affect national life across sectors.
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Ford
Pacifist Lobby Targets Gen George Brown And Diego Garcia
Holmes Alexander criticizes a Washington disarmament lobby he says works unseen to undermine military leaders and budgets. He cites the Diego Garcia funding fight and a Defense Monitor attack on James Schlesinger, arguing such groups seek to weaken US defense.
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Washington, D.C
Washington
George Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown
Pentagon
James Schlesinger
Senate
Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Britain
U.S
Defense Department
John Culver
Iowa
Ford Administration
Soviet Union
Congress
Turkey
Jordan
Gene LaRocque
Center For Defense Information
LaRocque
The
Defense Monitor
House
Defense
Japan
Schlesinger
United States
America
Danville Daily Rates and Subscriptions Announced
The Danville Register lists daily and Sunday delivery rates with single copies at 15 cents and mail options including one month at 2.75 and six months at 16.50. Subscriptions are payable in advance and renewed ten days before expiration.
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Regsister Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
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