Carter presses steel firms over price hikes
President Carter orders the Council on Wage and Price Stability to study steel pricing and costs and to report by September. He also directs the Pentagon and GSA to buy steel where cheapest to show industry pressure, aiming to curb broad price increases amid inflation fears. US Steel and Bethlehem Steel raised prices, with profits dipping for major producers.
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Carter
Council On
Pentagon
General Service Administration
GSA
Charles Schultze
President's Council of Economic Advisers
US Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Air Force One
Plains
Bethlehem Steel
U.S. Steel
Council On Wage and
City seeks public hearing over DOL charge to repay grants
Charlotte officials demand a hearing after the U S Labor Department says the city mismanaged a federal summer jobs program and must refund 917095 dollars. The program served 2312 students in 1974 and 1975 under a city school contract.
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Charlotte
U.S. Department of Labor
DOL
Labor Department
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System
Atlanta
Washington, D.C
Carter Proposes Expanded Tax Credits and Work Rules
President Carter outlines a sweeping welfare proposal adding 3.3 billion dollars in new tax credits for wage earners with income tax. It envisions up to 1.1 million public service jobs at around 2.30 an hour and shifts welfare eligibility to income over six months rather than date of application, affecting seasonal workers.
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The
Treasury
Carter
Two Held On Murder Plot Charge In Raleigh
Raleigh businessman George H. Gray Jr and his employee James Samuel Shannon, 26, are jailed on charges of conspiring to have Gray's estranged wife Aline murdered. Each faces 50,000 bond. A third person was hired to kill Mrs Gray, money exchanged, and police protectively watched her.
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Raleigh
Wake County
George H. Gray Jr
James Samuel Shannon
Aline Gray
James M. Stell
Stell
Gray
Shannon
Telephone Strike Looms As Bell Talks Continue
Washington AP reports 700000 Bell System workers poised to strike at midnight as three unions press for wage and job security gains after rejecting a prior offer. Federal mediators stepped in to avoid a historic walkout while company officials warn of serious disruption to equipment work and operator calls.
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Bell System
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Communications Workers of America
CWA
William Mullane
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
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Ala
New York City
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