Gasoline Controls May Disappear
Washington reports the Carter administration plans to end price and supply controls for gasoline next fall while enforcement steps at the Federal Energy Administration aim to clean up backlogs and deter overcharging. Stanley Sporkin chairs a task force to design an enforceable system, with 1,217 cases outstanding and 2,463 audits in progress as of May.
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Edward Cowan
N.Y
Federal Energy Administration
O'Leary
Stanley Sporkin
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Sporkin
The
Energy Agency
FEA
Ford Administration
Justice Department
Cost of Living Council
Gorman C. Smith
Frank G. Zarb
Frank
Smith
Zarb
John C. Sawhill
Office of Management and Budget
Budget Office
Nixon
Ford
Steinem Campaigns For Miami Homosexual Rights Ordinance
Gloria Steinem spoke during a Dade County fundraising weekend urging Miami women to vote on June 7 to support a county ordinance outlawing discrimination against homosexuals. She criticized Anita Bryant for opposing the ordinance and warned that labeling any rights fighter as a lesbian confines women to a restrictive role. Voters will decide whether to repeal the law.
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Miami
Gloria Steinem
Dade County
Miss Bryant
Singer Jerry Lee Lewis Sued Over Medical Bills
Doctors Hospital in Memphis files a circuit court suit seeking about 16400 dollars for emergency and long term care from March 1976 to May 3 1977 for Jerry Lee Lewis and his wife. Lewis had gall bladder surgery and various illnesses including a collapsed lung and back injuries.
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Memphis, Tenn
Doctors Hospital
Jerry Lee Lewis
Circuit Court
Lewis
Hall Worthington
Rolls Royce
Silent Fire Tragedy at Club Leaves Dozens Dead
Fire swept through a nightclub Saturday night killing many, including the club's music director and five band members. Victims were found stacked in front of the bar, with coroners citing smoke inhalation as a common cause. The blaze, burning into early Sunday, recalled earlier U.S. fires in Coconut Grove and Iroquois Theater.
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Davidson
Lanagan
Cincinnati
Darrell Meader
Red Cross
Coconut Grove
Boston
U.S
Iroquois Theater
Chicago
Paul
Julian Carroll
Carroll
Kentucky
Beverly Hills
Lieberson dies at 66 in New York
Goddard Lieberson president of Columbia Records for 25 years died of cancer at his Manhattan home. He championed country and rock music and helped popularize musical comedy albums after My Fair Lady. He was husband to Vera Zorina and left behind two sons, Peter and Jonathan.
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New York
Goddard Lieberson
Columbia Records
Manhattan
Lieberson
Columbia
Vera Zorina
Peter
Jonathan
Dentist describes ransom case linked to murder and arrests
Dr. Felton Davenport testified about his father's abduction and ransom demands. He recalled telling William Williamson to stay put and search for the body. Judge Slate found probable cause to charge Williamson and Jackson with intentional killing during kidnapping, bond set at 75 000 for Williamson and 50 000 for Jackson. The grand jury will hear evidence Tuesday.
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Decatur
Felton Davenport
Davenport
Williamson
Bill
Moebes
Slate
Jackson
Julian Butler
Butler
Carter seeks steady path to US Soviet talks
President Carter kept emphasis on persistent, not hurried, US–Soviet dialogue with no date set for a meeting. He noted differences remain, and warned against rushing to an agreement as he prepared for a Brunswick farewell to his wife.
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Carter
Brunswick
Broadcasting Veteran Miles Ferguson Sr. Dies at 57
Funeral services were held in West Point for Miles Ferguson Sr. a Georgia Alabama radio veteran owner of WRLD Lanett and West Point for 18 years. He died Saturday after a long illness aged 57. Survived by wife Mrs Griggs Zachry HI son Miles Ferguson Jr and brother Dr Drew Ferguson. He previously held stakes in WJHO Opelika WLRD Lake City WDLR WTLD FM Statesville WDBM and WOOO FM Statesville.
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West Point
Miles Ferguson
Georgia
Alabama
Ferguson
Wrld Radio
Lanett
Ala
Opelika
City
Lake City
WDBM
Wooofm
Statesville
Griggs Zachry HI
Miles Ferguson Jr
Drew Ferguson
Chase Ends In Arrest Involving Armed Robbery
Alabama man John Peyton, 25, of Montgomery, was jailed in LaGrange after allegedly car theft and gas station robbery then fled to Hogansville where officer John Irwin was injured. Peyton was wounded by gunfire and captured after a chase across three counties with multiple agencies involved.
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Lagrange
Peyton
Irwin
Troup
Meriwether
Coweta
Grantville
Hogansville
Community event notices and meetings in Decatur area
Local groups list activities at churches schools and centers. TOPS meets at Aquadome 9 to 11 a.m. for obesity support. Vacation Bible School runs to June 8 at Westmead Baptist Church 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. James Adkins will speak at Summer Manor Friendship Club 10:30 a.m. Thursday gathers include Parents Anonymous 7 to 9 p.m. and a Chalybeate School gym meeting about a new community center. Single Adult Fellowship at First Baptist youth center 7 p.m. TVA Wives sew at Lurleen B. Wallace Center 10 a.m. with speaker Merry Barfield.
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Westmead Baptist Church
James Adkins
Decatur Christian Church
Summer Manor
Chalybeate School
First Baptist Church
TVA
Lurleen B. Wallace Center
Merry Barfield
Center
No progress in Geneva talks on strategic arms limits
Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev said there was no serious forward movement in Geneva negotiations for a new strategic arms treaty. He blamed the United States for the impasse, noting only signs of rapprochement after talks between Andrei Gromyko and Cyrus Vance. He spoke in a prerecorded TV statement before his June visit.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Geneva
United States
Carter
Communist Party
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cyrus R. Vance
Former Arrest During Stalin Purges Exiled to Siberia for Years
A former detainee recounts arrest during Stalinist purges and 12 years in a Siberian labor camp. He recalls his father warned him to flee and was arrested before reaching the train. After release, he stayed in exile seven more years and married in Siberia.
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Siberian
Herman
Siberia
Begin delays Nomination and Seeks Broad Coalition in Israel
In Jerusalem Menahem Begin defers Dayan’s nomination as Foreign Minister to avoid internal Likud revolt and broaden coalition prospects. In Paris Cyrus Vance arrives to frame aid for the poorest nations while offering no extra concessions beyond London agreements. In Montreal Quebec’s government trims Parti Quebecois program to win wider support for independence while dropping NATO withdrawal references.
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Jerusalem
Menahem Begin
Moshe Dayan
Likud
Begin
Israel
Labor Party
Dayan
Montreal
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Seven Arrested In Bibb County Breakins
Seven people were arrested in Bibb County on charges from second-degree burglary to possession of controlled substances. The group targeted Lonnie Price residence, Doug Belcher Machine Shop, and Stacy Drug Store in Centreville. All seven were released on $1,000 bond.
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Centreville
Ala
Bibb County
Glenn Smitherman
Jamie Belcher
Brent
Edward Thomas Bracknell
John Hibberstall
Mike Wallace
Lonnie Price
Doug Belcher
Stacy Drug Store
Smitherman
Steve Ward
Joe Mack
Larry James
Stacy Drug
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Janna, Center
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Dr. Herman
Singer
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Howard K. Smith
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Lehig University
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Nancy
Kissinger
Courtland
Harry S. Truman
Insulin
Andrew Young
United Nations
Secretariat
Guthrie
Houston Rockets
Robert R. Nordhaus
Nordhaus
Richard B. Herzog
Holliday
Bates
Alabama 20
Lawrence County
Carter-Brezhnev
American Movers Conference
N. 19Th St
Arlington
Consumer Information Center
Pueblo
Colo
Chase
St. Marks
Meriwether County
David Gantz
David Frost
AL 55
Aquadome
Rusty O’shields
Parents Anonymous
Vance
Paris
London
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