Sun Belt Faces Money Pinch From Northern Crises
Moon Landrieu of New Orleans led a 136 city study showing fiscal crises spreading from large Northern cities to suburban areas and the Sun Belt. He called for full federal welfare and Medicaid costs, state funding for education, and a set percentage of the federal budget for local disbursement to curb inflation driven deficits.
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Milwaukee
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Moon Landrieu
New Orleans
Landrieu
New York City
New York
Emergency Financial Control Board
Beverly Hills
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Detroit
Senate
Prison visitation rules and ambulance driver qualifications discussion
A reader asks why hospitalized prisoners have restricted visit times and whether Governor Holfhouser could secure special access. Officials say visiting depends on prison type, hospital policy, and patient condition, with Nurse Ken Harriss offering to review details in Greensboro. Separate questions cover ambulance driver requirements, training, shifts, and job availability in Guilford County, noting equal opportunities for women and current openings.
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Holfhouser
Anon
Central
Ken Harriss
North Carolina Dept. of Corrections
Greensboro
Westminster
London
M.P. A
Olin Lord
Guilford County
Ford Sees Growth Of World Economy At Summit Opener
President Ford spoke in San Juan urging the seven nation economic summit to boost worldwide growth and international cooperation. He warned against outside interference in Puerto Rico affairs after pro independence groups threatened demonstrations.
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San Juan
P.R
Ford
Puerto Rico
Cuba
United States
San Juan International
Britain
Japan
Maly
West Germany
Pierre Eliott Trudeau
Canada
Valery Giscard d Estaing
France
Dorado Beach
White House
Ron Nessen
Alan Greenspan
Senate limits officials' use of government limousines
The Senate approved 54 billion in spending measures including a provision to bar top officials from using government limousines for commuting. The main target was EPA Administrator Russell Train, amid a 43.3 billion funding bill for the EPA, HUD and related agencies. The Appropriations Committee cited alarm over the administrator's refusal to relinquish his vehicle.
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Washington
Senate
Russell Train
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Senate Appropriations Committee
William Proxmire
Carla Hills
Proxmuire
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Veterans Administration
Pupils Write Letters Stir Senate Clash Over Limousines
In San Diego fifth graders at Sequoia Elementary wrote to state Sen. David Roberts criticizing a coastal protection bill that failed. Sen. H L Richardson demanded Principal Parker’s firing, while Supt. Thomas Goodman was in Sacramento lobbying for school funding. Senate backed a limousine ban for top officials, with EPA HUD appointees and three others excluded. The measure, 53 to 2, heads to conference on a $42.9 billion package. Interior and military construction bills also advance to talks.
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San Diego
Donald Parker
Parker
Sequoia
David Roberts
Los Angeles
Roberts
Sen
H. L. Richardson
Arcadia
Richardson
Senate
Thomas Goodman
Sacramento
Council On Environmental Quality
Russell W. Peterson
House
Interior Department
House Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Fighting Continues In Beirut Civil War Amid Camps Attacked
Beirut reports say right-wing Christians renewed assaults on two Palestinian refugee camps on the Beirut southeastern fringe as fighting rages with unprecedented ferocity. Guerrilla and leftist forces strike Christian positions eight miles east, with artillery and machine gun duels, as Libyan officials seek a cease-fire. Dozens of apartment buildings burn from overnight missile exchanges and casualties are high.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Beirut Radio
Abdel Salem Jalloud
Jeaders
Spirit Of '76 Balloon Journey Holds Course Over Atlantic
Karl Thormas faced fickle winds and a faulty radio as the red, white and blue helium balloon drifted toward Europe. After about two hours aloft, he was roughly 660 miles east of Lakehurst, 200 miles south of Cape Breton, with ground crews reporting wind shifts and a radio issue forcing relays via airliners.
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Lakehurst
Karl Thormas
Europe
Thomas
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
New York City
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Federal Aviation Administration
New York
Atlantic
Paul Johnson
Reagan Takes Idaho Delegates as Ford Surges Past 1000
The Associated Press reports Reagan won all four Idaho delegates Saturday as Ford crossed the 1,000 mark with Minnesota GOP support. Reagan leads in Montana and New Mexico, where 41 delegates are chosen this weekend. Ford holds 1,003 with 139 delegates to be chosen, while 184 remain uncommitted. Reagan addressed Montana and Idaho events while Ford family and aides rotated campaign duties.
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Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
Montana
Idaho
Ford
Minnesota
Reagan
New Mexico
Leap From Car Kills Girl at Falls of Neuse
In Raleigh area a high school girl, Maxine Davis 18 of Youngsville, died of head injuries after jumping from a friend's moving car on a rural road to a swimming spot at Falls of the Neuse. Driver Donna Jourigan 17 of Wake Forest said Maxine exclaimed it was no good before leaping. Patrolman Isiah Green reported the 102 foot tumble and stressed Maxine's statement and confusion.
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Mann Drug Store
Eckerd
Eckerd’s
Anon
Raleigh
Maxine Davis
Youngsville
The
Highway Patrol
Donna Ray Jourigan
Wake Forest
Isiah Green
Maxine
Neuse River
Miss Davis
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Thomas Kleppe
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