Castro Eyes Warmer Ties With U S Cuba
Fidel Castro told about 70 American businessmen in Havana that normal relations with the United States may be possible as Washington shifts from aggression. He acknowledged the embargo harms Cuba but said it cannot bring down his government. Chicago businessmen urged relief and a possible end to the embargo.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
Carter
Castro
Chicago
U.S
Minnesota
Critics clash as Califano clubs AMA over health costs
California health secretary Joseph Califano blames high medical costs on a costly noncompetitive private system and warns the AMA to reform or invite more federal controls. AMA chief James Sammons counters that cost control is the administration's priority.
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San Francisco
Calif
U.S
American Medical Association
AMA
Joseph Califano
James Sammons
Permits Rise for Collecting Scraps in La Crosse
The City Health Department warns that a license to collect scrap meat and grease will cost $50 annually plus a $10 late fee after June 30. Forty fourteen other business types face new permits. Packerland Packing of Chippewa Falls operates a statewide rendering division collecting over two million pounds weekly.
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City Health Department
la Crosse
Health Department
Richard Matushek
Packerland Packing
Chippewa Falls
Packerland
Robert Heller
U.S. Drug Administration
State Department of Natural Resources
State Department of Transportation
Division of Highways
Heller
Minnesota man charged in La Crosse County armed robberies
Michael Douglas 23 of St Paul faces two counts of armed robbery for the Onalaska Brice Prairie and related thefts. A third victim’s car was stolen. Douglas’s preliminary hearing set for Monday after a court date延期.
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St. Paul
la Crosse County
Michael Douglas
Jeff Olson
David Swan
New Brighton
Minn
Brice Prairie
Onalaska
Todd Weber
Douglas
Robert Wells
Dean A. Thompson
Thompson
Steven Bradley
Iowa State Reformatory
Wells
Michael Jacobson
S. 7Th St
Jacobson
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Judge blocks nationwide Tris ban in children sleepwear
U S District Judge Robert F Chapman blocked the Federal Consumer Products Safety Commission ban on Tris citing illegal implementation and unverified data. The ruling halts enforcement until proper congressional procedures are followed. The agency had ordered repurchase of Tris-treated fabrics and cited possible cancer risk from National Cancer Institute data.
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Columbia
S.C
U.S. District Court
Robert F. Chapman
Federal
Consumer Products Safety Commission
Commission
Congress
National Cancer Institute
Carter weighs new gas tax plan amid revived 3 cent idea
The Carter administration considers a variation of the rejected 3 cent per gallon gas tax to replace its standby 5 cent proposal. An admin source says discussions include a form of the Rostenkowski plan that failed earlier. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski notes revenue distribution and rural concerns over benefiting large cities with mass transit.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Agnew
Myron J. Mintz
U.S
General Services Administration
Congress
Rostenkowski
Carter
Chicago
New York
Congressmen clash over Seafarer compromise in Navy project
Two congressmen disagree on Michigan status under a new Seafarer deal. Conferees authorize 20.1 million dollars for next year but bar full scale development or building new test beds. Rep Lucie says the agreement blocks Michigan construction for a year yet allows continued research.
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Washington
Michigan
Navy
House-Senate
Lucie
Skateboarding on Roads Warned by La Crosse Police
La Crosse police warn youths that skateboarding on roadways can bring a fine from 10 to 20 dollars for a first offense. Captain James Jacobson cited Wisconsin Statute 346.78 and 346.82 as the basis and noted a TV report about two boys planning to skate down Grandad Bluff on Bliss Road.
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la Crosse
Grandad Bluff
Bliss Road
James Jacobson
Wisconsin
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