End Of The 10 Century Ferry Ride Sign Of The Times
New York city readers recall the old five and ten cent era as the Staten Island Ferry raises its fare from a dime to a quarter. The city faces a revenue drive with critics calling the change a ripoff while regular riders recall the pleasure trips and landmark views of the harbor and statue of liberty during affordable decades.
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New York
Staten Island
Arnheim
YWCA
Arthur Schenone
Schenone
Joseph Balkien
World Trade Center
U.S. Car Sales Dip as Imports Hit Records in July
Detroit reports July new car sales down 7 percent from a weak year, while imports set records with six of 22 nameplates rising above last July. Datsun led imports with a 66 percent increase to 25,808, and Fiat, Volvo, Peugeot, and Alfa Romeo also posted July gains. GM’s mid-July surge masked overall weakness, with total deliveries around 645,000 versus 690,904 a year earlier.
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U.S
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Toyota
Volkswagen
Fiat
Volvo
Peugeot
Alfa-Romeo
Saab
American Tugboat Attacked by Dominicans
Jacksonville Florida AP dispatch reports a Crowley Maritime tug on its maiden voyage from New Orleans to San Juan Puerto Rico was strafed by a Dominican fighter plane and seized for hours by a Dominican gunboat. Owner says officials appeared embarrassed and apologized while U.S. embassy defense attaché investigated. Captain Reimer reported no injuries to eight crew. slugs missed by about ten feet. vessel was 13 to 14 miles off the Dominican coast.
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APJ
New Orleans
San Juan
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Dominican Republic
James Duffy
Crowley Maritime Corp
U.S
Santo Domingu
Daffy
Walter Reimer
Pioneer
Reimer
Dominican
U.S. Health Plan Urges Ads Limits On Alcohol Tobacco
A five year HEW plan proposes restricting alcoholic beverage advertising and phasing out high tar nicotine cigarettes. It argues the current system harms the poor by reliance on public clinics and urges major preventive action. The plan covers 1977 to 1981 and cites smoking linked diseases and broader environmental and lifestyle risk factors.
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UPL
U.S. Public Health Service
HEW
PHS
Caspar Weinberger
Congress
CIA chief defends secrecy on intelligence budget talks
Washington CIA Director William Colby told House Intel Committee members behind closed doors that vital secrets would be unsafe if shared with the full Congress. He refused to disclose the total intelligence budget with estimates cited at 5 to 7 billion dollars annually.
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CDN
Wiliam E. Colby
Central Intelligence Agency
Otis G. Pike
House Select Committee On Intelligence Activities
Congress
Colby
Pike
1D Committee
Fike
Rep
Robert McClory
R-Il
CLA
Cally
Violence Spreads From North To Lisbon In Portugal Crisis
Anti communist violence expands from Vila Nova de Famalicão to Lisbon as mobs burn leftists homes. A bomb kills a man near the Forestry Ministry while towns near Porto report nightly looting. Premier Vasco Goncalves seeks new government amid military unrest and resignations rumors.
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API
Portugal
Forestry Ministry
Vila Nova de Famalicao
Central Military Region
Aveirs
Leiria
Vasco Goncalves
Socialists
Popular Democrats
Peoples Democracy
Vila Nova Famalieao
Vila Nova
Porto
Aveiro
Vila Nova Famalicaa
Lef
Sis
Communist Party
Jaime Neves
Vasco Vorecalves
Gondtlves
State Judges’ Pay Levels Above National Average
Tennessee trial level judges earn 32 775 annually, 290 dollars above the national average, while Tennessee Supreme Court justices make 29 000, 3 212 more than the average trial judge. They rank 14th and 13th nationally, respectively, with a disputed 11 percent cost of living increase. The attorney general’s office says the raise cannot be withheld legally, and Gov. Blanton ordered raises held at 21 4 percent pending resolution.
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UPI
Tennessee
National Center For State Courts
Tennessee Supreme Court
T.mack Blackburn
The
Supreme Road
Attorney General's Office
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Ray Blanton
Blackburn
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