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Public revolts on laboratories and government over lab reports shaping regulations. Polls claim 80 percent distrust laboratories and 89 percent view saccharin as safe. critics accuse regulators of contradicting themselves on saccharin in drinks versus OTC sale.
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Alex. H. Washburn
John
Washingtonians
Calorie Control Council
International Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of
Pickup Hempstead Campaign Starts With 100 Trucks
The Pickup Hempstead Campaign begins with about 100 loaded trucks moving trash to the city dump near Rocky Mound. Clubs vie for a $300 prize. communities can report progress to the county judge or chamber office. A $100 award goes to the best cleanup campaign as turnout grows for May 21.
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Hempstead
Rocky Mound
Chamber
City Subscribers Letter for Missed Star Delivery
Missed delivery notice instructs subscribers to call 777-8841 during specified hours for redelivery by a carrier. Calls outside times are discouraged to ensure prompt service.
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Times
Postal Service plans 3 cent first class rate rise and 5 day deliveries
Postmaster General Bailor says the Postal Service will act within 60 days to raise first class rates from 13 to 15 cents or 16 with six day delivery and will cut deliveries to five days a week. He expects other rate increases and delivery changes in 1978 with board action within two months and rate cases to the Commission. Rural post offices may again close where service impact is minimal.
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Washington
Postal Service
Benjamin F. Bailor
Ter
Bailor
Senate
Postal Service Board of Governors
House
Federal
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Missouri-Pacific
Swift
John L. Wilson
Wilson
Mel Thrash
Mary Walker
Hope
Blackout Blamed On Faulty Relay Switch Across South Florida
A faulty 50 relay switch caused a seven hour blackout affecting nearly three million people across 15 000 square miles in south Florida. Nuclear and oil plants tripped, banks and pumps failed, and emergency generators kicked in as Miami area life paused with no gas, money or power. Open heart surgery in Miami Beach proceeded by flashlight while dentists and stylists described a city suddenly dependent on electricity. The outage reached Marathon to Naples with power restored variably by mid afternoon.
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Miami
Florida
Miramar
Fort Lauderdale
Carolyn Cutting
Miami Beach
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Jay Tillman
Turkey Point
FPL
Marathon
Florida Keys
St. Lucie
Fort Pierce
Naples
Gulf Coast
Tax bill reaches president after House Senate approve
The tax bill backed by Carter advances to the White House for signature. It would create a permanent tax cut for 46 million filers and raise the standard deduction, with checks arriving after June 1 for many.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Congress
Senate
House
Big Foot sighting rattles British Columbia highway
Mission BC residents and Pacific Stage Lines passengers report a seven foot tall, 300 pound furred creature along Highway 7 near Lake Erroch. Pat Lindquist, a 28 year old reserve Vancouver officer, described the Sasquatch with dark fur and a pale face as RCMP investigated the unusual sighting seriously.
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Mission, British Columbia
Highway 7
Vancouver
Pacific Stage Lines
Pat Lindquist
Lake Erroch
Harrison Hot Springs
Lindquist
Hope Board to consider jail facilities for city prisoners
Hope Board of Directors will discuss jail options as Hempstead County stops feeding and caring for city prisoners after June 1 1977. Sheriff Henry Singard warned Chief Harvey Fullerton and urged space discussions with Judge Bohanon. John Swift explored federal funding for a city jail and fire station complex.
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Jim Harris
Hope Board of Directors
Hempstead County
Hempstead
Henry Singard
Harvey Fullerton
City of Hope
Wayne Bohanon
Bohanon
Mel Thrash
John Swift
Swift
Hope Community Television Company
Fair Park
Bob Jackson
Hope Tourism Commission
Pan Am heliport disaster leaves six dead in Midtown
A New York Airways helicopter on the Pan Am building rooftop toppled and its whirling blades cut through passengers and onto the sidewalk below. Five people died plus a rooftop casualty, with eight injured, while witnesses described a gory scene of brains and ribs as investigators arrived.
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New York
Pan American
Grand Central Terminal
Midtown Manhattan
Bil
Tmore Hotel
Madison Avenue
Anne Barnecott
Bronx
Pan Am
New York Airways
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Dick Martinson
Michael Baden
Bomb hits U.S. Center in Madrid before Mondale arrival
A bomb damaged the first floor of the U.S. Cultural Center in Madrid seven hours before Vice President Mondale’s visit. A GRAPO telephone caller claimed responsibility, saying the group planted the device and destroyed the Yankee library. No injuries were reported.
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Madrid
Spain
U.S
Walter Mondale
el Pais
GRAPO
Mondale
Antonio Maria de Oriol
Sevral
Emilio Villaescusa
Lisbon
Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
Juan Carlos
Adolfo Suarez
Washington
Carter outlines domestic policy goals at UAW convention
President Carter pledged to fight unemployment and inflation and push a national health insurance plan. He urged bipartisan help to ensure recovery and noted the shift toward energy efficient cars amid rising foreign share. He set broad aims including balancing the federal budget by 1981 and an open efficient government.
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Carter
United Auto Workers Umion
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Enrico Gnaga
Milan
Italy
Bellevue Hospital
David Toomey
Montclair
N.J
Michael Findley
Manhattan
Jean Koski
Neptune Beach
Fla
George
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Abraham Beame
U.S. Center
Cyrus Vance
Suarez
Los Angeles
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