Senate Approves Natural Gas Deregulation Plan
The Senate voted 50 to 46 to deregulate newly discovered natural gas, a move opposed by President Carter as part of his energy plan. The bill sets phased offshore and onshore deregulation with initial price ceilings and expects a conference to reconcile with the House version. It may raise consumer prices and impact future gas supplies.
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NY Times
Washington
Senate
Carter
New York
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Donald W. Riegle Jr
D-Mich
Mondale
Senate Energy Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Li’l Abner Creator Al Capp Retires After 43 Years
Al Capp, 68, creator of Li’l Abner, says he is ending the strip due to ill health and fatigue. The daily run ends November 5 with Sunday pages ending November 13 after a 1934 start and distribution to about 300 papers.
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Boston
UPI
Li'l Abner
al Capp
U.S.A
Capp
Cambridge
Carp
Boeing Workers Strike Over Pay at Major Aerospace Giant
About 24,000 IAM and Aerospace Workers members walked off the job at Boeing plants in Seattle and nationwide demanding more than 30 percent raises over three years. Union leaders say Boeing offered 3 percent annually, calling it insulting, while projections warn the strike could drag on.
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Seattle
APS
Boeing
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
PDT
Portland
Ore
Wichita
Kan
West
Washington State
Union
Jack Daniels
IAM
al Schultz
Obscene Call Brings Trouble
San Diego report: Edward Torres made obscene suggestions to Gayle Murrell after a phone call. Murrell agreed to meet him on an east side street corner and he offered money for sex giving his driver’s license for security. Police arrested Torres on obscene phone call indecent exposure soliciting prostitution and lewd conduct charges.
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San Diego
UPS
Edward Torres
Torres
Gayle Murrell
Presley Charges Dropped in Body Theft Plot Case
Three men faced misdemeanor trespassing charges after an informant linked to the Elvis Presley body plot was deemed unreliable. Police suspected a hoax as investigators noted no burglary tools or weapons and the suspects were allegedly lured by Adkins into approaching Presley’s crypt at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Elvis Presley
Ronnie Lee Adkins
Raymond M Green
Bruce Eugene Nelson
Forest Hill Cemetery
Adkins
Presley
Robert Donahue
John Dwyer
E. Winslow Chapman
Chapman
Green
Nelson
Friedman
Memphis
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