Editorial: A lot of champagne and airline deregulation
The piece notes lowered airfares under American Airlines Super Saver and proposed e World Airways fares, with round trips LA to New York as low as 227 to 268 dollars. It links price cuts to deregulation supported by Carter and Congress, arguing lower fares boost competition, though airlines fear disruption to small towns.
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Los Angeles
New York
American Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
e-World Airways
U.S
Carter
Congress
Civil Aeronautics ‘Board
Beas
Senate
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
General Accounting Office
Vandalism costs rise as shoppers fear price hikes
A caller reports vandalism at a Bloomfield Avenue shopping center in Cypress causing thousands of dollars in damage. Neighbors say youths of 12 or 13, likely local residents, were seen vandalizing. Owners may raise prices or hire guards, potentially closing shops if crime continues.
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Bloomfield Avenue
Ball Road
Cypress
Electric rates rise as economy strains households
Nationwide data show a sharp electricity price surge from 1970 to 1976 with a 7.4 percent jump in 1975 for a typical 500 kilowatt hour bill. The piece explains costs drive prices up, noting fuel costs, capital needs, and inflation. It cites FEA and PUCs, warns of strained finances and delayed new plants, and previews policy questions and potential reforms.
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Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Federal Power Commistee
Library of
Eric R. Zausner
Senate Commerce Committee
William G. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Conservatives Win Big Battle on Common Site Picketing Bill
Conservatives celebrate a decisive 217 to 205 defeat of a common site picketing bill after a high stakes political contest. The victory combined grassroots mail campaigns and targeted persuasion led by leaders like John Ashbrook, shaping a narrower outcome on labor issues and state right to work.
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Washington
Inonunion
Big Labor
BUF
Gerald Ford
Organized Labor
House
Labor
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Mexico has problems too with us Washington
A New York congressman urged the President consider invoking the armed services and militia to curb drug and illegal alien flows across the Mexican border. Rep James H Scheuer defended Mexican people while advocating birth control and warned the United States bears responsibility for its own social ills including heroin hunger and river pollution. The piece argues US policies and history have strained Mexico-US relations and calls for mutual cooperation to be good neighbors.
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Washington
New York
Armed Services
United States
James H. Scheuer
D-N.y
Mexico
Scheuer
Leeter Wolf
Mr. Scheuer
Colorado
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Ansfield
Kuhn
Ohio Edison Co
Elty
Encomsie Groups
Somer
Filon
Expradttone
Trevess
Perm
James J
Califor
Nia
New Mexico
Arizona
Southwest
California
Gi Bailey
Tereaw
Eng
Samuel C. Cameron
Miles E. Sines
Don Ohl
David Levinson
Bert Resnik
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