Carter Energy Proposals Cut By House
House committees weakened or rejected key Carter energy measures. Gasoline tax hikes and the gas guzzler tax were narrowed or defeated while a natural gas price lid was opposed in favor of phased deregulation. The White House backed rebates and conservation incentives, but lawmakers voiced concerns about effectiveness and burden.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
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D-Tex
Krueger
Jim Guy Tucker
D-Ark
Abner Mikva
D-Ill
Ford faces large recall after mechanic death linked to flexible fan
The death of Roger Keyes, a 24 year old mechanic, from a shattered engine fan blade may force Ford to recall up to 6.2 million 1970 to 1977 vehicles with flexible fans. NHSTA chief Joan Claybrook criticized the limited recall plan and vowed a broadened probe.
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Ford
U.S
General Motors
Joan Claybrook
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Roger Dale Keyes
Rockwood
Judy
Raymond Digue Sr
Keyes
LV Attorney Caught Between City County Suit Conflict
Las Vegas City Attorney Mike Sloan faces a clash over two mergers. He defends the city fire merger while denying a suit to invalidate the police-sheriff merger, citing standing and equal protection concerns. Sloan notes opposing sides would force him to argue both pro and con in separate cases. City and county commissioners weigh legal action on the mergers and equal protection grounds.
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Las Vegas City
Mike Sloan
Sloan
Ing
Metro Police Department
Ron Lurie
Paul Christensen
Teamsters Ratify Pact With REECO At Nevada Test Site
Teamsters Local 631 approved a five year contract with Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co at the Nevada Test Site by a 111 to 34 vote ending a labor dispute. The pact includes a 1.35 per hour wage increase and a $10 boost in health and welfare benefits for the first two years.
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Nevada
Teamsters Local 631
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co
Teamsters
Ford Hits First, Only Golf Ace Ford
Former President Gerald Ford, playing in the Memphis Classic pro am, holed a 177 yard five iron on the fifth hole for a hole in one at Colonial Country Club. Spectators applauded as Ford recovered the ball and presented it to entertainer Danny Thomas.
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Memphis
Ford
Danny Thomas
Sentence Lightened in Dog Cruelty Case
JC. Ealy, convicted of dragging a dog behind a car and appealing, received a lighter Clark County District Court sentence on Thursday. He was fined 500 dollars and jailed 30 days after his municipal court conviction.
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JC. Ealy
Clark County
Ealy
Loomis Spreads Good Will $$ on Calif Road
A Loomis armored truck spilled $3,000 in silver dollars on Interstate 80 near Sacramento while guards recovered coins as traffic slowed. In a separate case, Ealy pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for tying his dog Jasper to his car and dragging it for about a mile, after initially contesting the charges.
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Loomis
Calif
Sacramento
UPS
Nevada
Interstate 80
Highway Patrol
Ex-LV Airport Head Testifies Before Grand Jury
Former McCarran International Airport manager Dan Evans testified Thursday before Clark County’s grand jury probing alleged political favoritism in airport hiring. Evans, who recently quit, had earlier spoken to a legislative hearing about pressure to hire friends.Two weeks earlier, ex-aviation director Erle Taylor also testified as the panel prepares a public report in coming weeks. Evans then moved to California to run a hardware store. Taylor works as a two year consultant to secure pension benefits.
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Dan Evans
Clark County Grand Jury
Evans
Clark County Commission
Grand Jury
Erle Taylor
Taylor
Santa Rosa
Calif
Four Babies Found in Cop's Attic Crawl Space
Pittsburgh report states four decomposed infant remains were found in an attic crawl space of a home in Harrison Township. Coroner Cyril Wecht says no signs of mutilation or current criminality and the babies' term, birth status, sex, and race remain undetermined.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Harrison Township
Allegheny County Coroner's Office
Cyril Wecht
Wecht
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