Water Agencies Weigh Higher MWD Charges and Drought Ads
Local agencies receiving MWD water face a 90 cent surcharge on usage beyond last year's levels amid a drought drive. The MWD plans a Sunday insert in 22 newspapers offering 25 water saving tips. Long Beach cut MWD intake 10.7 percent, boosted well use 12 percent in April 1977, with rainfall influencing use and a major storm expected to lower demand soon. Water officials note 30 percent delivery reduction due to the storm. rain will benefit groundwater and slow well drawdowns. Washington and Manila items note leaders trading gas guzzlers for fuel efficient cars and a fatal stabbing rampage by a farmer, with details from AP and the Red Cross.
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Pulbern Calor
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Regent
Cald
Schwarz
Los Angeles Basin
Hospitals Debated Cost Ceiling in Carter Era Hearing
At a congressional hearing on proposed legislation to slow hospital cost growth Secretary Califano argued a cost ceiling could improve care while hospital leaders warned it could ration life extending care. Andrew Miller of the Federation of American Hospitals called the proposal an unwise moral control on life value.
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Carter
Miller
House
Califano
Coud
Adutecare Bi
Concorde costs and opposition in New York boost SST debate
The Concorde would cost $693 to fly London to New York versus $574 for one free one way first class, with critics labeling it noisy polluting and uneconomical. British Airways and Air France acknowledge heavy losses in year one while supporters argue a North Atlantic link is essential for profitability. New York leaders urge Port Authority to decide, citing environmental and safety concerns.
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New York
Jane
Washington
British Airways
Air France
Concorde
Paris
Hugh Cai
Donald R. Manes
Queens
Carey
Port Authority
Barry Tny
Ruling Triggers Protests Across Queens and Europe
In Howard Beach Queens residents denounce a ruling linking a local ban with international treaties and foreign policy. Activists warn of confrontations and demonstrations while officials urge law obedience.
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Howard Beach
Queens
Eleanor Purchis
Bryan Levenson
Concorde Ainth
Levenson
Government outlines phased fluorocarbon ban plan
Government spokesmen said exempt products, including asthma inhalers and contraceptive foams, account for 7 to 3 percent of the market. Agencies FDA EPA and CPSC said the move targets aerosols using fluorocarbons to propel contents, with a phased halt starting fall 1978 and a final halt by 1979, costing industry up to 267 million yearly.
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Food and Admittration
Environmenta Protection Agency
Consumer Product Safety Commission
FDA
Donald
Kennedy
Douglas M. Coste
Texas murderer White scheduled for June 15 execution
McKinney Texas AP says Robert Excel White 30 a drifter who has said he wants to die because he cannot live with the crime has been sentenced to die June 15 He stood mute as State District Court Judge Tom Ryan set the execution date for the second time in a Texas case.
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Texas
Mckinney
Tex
Robert Excel White
White
Tom Ryan
Westminster doctor at center of abortion murder case
Transcripts from a closed pretrial hearing allege Dr. William B. Waddill and Dr. Ronald Cornelisen debated abortion ethics as a baby survived a failed procedure. Carnetisen testified Waddill strangled the baby girl at Westminster Community Hospital on March 2, while Waddill claims the infant was stillborn. The mother was a high school student seven and a half months pregnant. Waddill awaits arraignment in Superior Court after firing his prior defense and hiring new attorneys from Los Angeles.
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Willian B. Waddill
Ronald Cornelise
Carnetisen
Waddill
Westminster Communit Hospital
Kenneth Smith
Superior Court
Cornelison
Robert Chatterton
Steel industry eases to 6 percent hike amid tollerable rise
Pittsburgh AP The steel industry closes ranks on a moderate price increase of about 6 percent, easing earlier raises. Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Wheeling-Pittsburgh join 6 percent hikes on fat rolled steel and bar products, while Bethlehem Steel remains silent. Slat rolled products rise about 18 percent from a year ago after two 6 percent increases last year. The boosts come as Carter’s anti inflation program urges voluntary restraint.
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Republic Steel Corp
Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Republic
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Corp
US. Steel Corp
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