AFL-CIO Backs Panama Canal Treaties Support for Ratification
The AFL-CIO executive council endorsed President Carter's Panama Canal treaties, calling them a just basis for Western Hemisphere harmony and pledging support for Senate ratification. The group cited worker rights and defense safeguards for canal employees amid White House briefing efforts to win broad public backing.
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Ethics Debate Over Affection in Therapy Divides Psychologists
At the American Psychological Association ethics council meeting in San Francisco, experts debated whether affectionate gestures short of intercourse can be ethical and beneficial, or if boundaries should bar any sexual contact with patients.
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San Francisco
Ethics Council
The
American Psychological Assn
Question and Answers on Helmets and Speeding Legislators
Community readers ask why police did not ticket helmetless protesters on Main Street and whether speeding lawmakers are enforceable. The response notes parade context and ongoing checks with possible indictments. A separate inquiry asks for a tutor for a disabled child and the school system provides current contact numbers for tutors and the Community Relations Director.
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Maurice Dawn
Dawn
High Point
J.H. A
Economic Indicators Dip for Third Straight Month
Washington AP reports July marks the third consecutive drop in the Index of Leading Indicators, down two tenths of one percent, with six components down and four up. Declines in work week, layoff rate, sensitive prices, and orders contrast with gains in money supply and stock prices amid slower growth expectations.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Upside-Down Biplane Stamp Breaks Sale Record
In 1918 a printer misprinted a 24-cent stamp with a biplane upside down on under a hundred copies. Stamp collector Irwin Weinberg of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania bought one at auction in San Francisco for $62,500, the highest price ever paid for a single stamp from that series.
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Irwin Weinberg
Wilkes-Barre
San Francisco
Berkowitz Ruled Not Competent to Stand Trial
A psychiatrist report released in New York states David Berkowitz lacks the capacity to understand court proceedings or assist in his defense, delaying his Son of Sam case. The cover letter was read in court by State Supreme Court Justice Gerald S. Held, with the full report ordered sealed and no discussion allowed.
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Dairy Road
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Raleigh
Dept. of Motor Vehicles
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U.S
New York
David Berkowitz
Sam Slayer
Berkowitz
State Supreme Court
Gerald S. Held
Held
Ex Convict Climbs Siege Fights Family Then Kills Self
Ex convict Frank DeCorleto, 34, held nearly 100 police at bay for 16 hours in a barricaded East Hartford apartment before shooting his wife Shioehan and son Frank III and then killing himself. He told reporters and police he hated life and blamed society, while recalling his dead son during negotiations. Police entered after tear gas failed to elicit a response and found the three dead.
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East Hartford
Conn
Frank DeCorleto
Clarence Drumm
DeCorleto
Georgia
DeCarleto
Drumm
Edward P. Leonard
New Industry Offer Stirs Up Roxboro
Roxboro North Carolina faces a heated debate as Brockway Glass Co considers a site near the town for a large plant. The proposed facility could bring up to 300 new jobs and boost tax revenues but raise concerns about unionization and wage levels that might affect local industries. County leaders and residents react with mixed emotions while debates continue over economic benefits versus labor and wage implications.
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Roxboro
N.C
Person County
Virginia
Brockway Glass Co
Brockway
Economic Development Commission
R. Michael Carden
Tommy Bowes
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