Carter plan keeps federal natural gas price controls
Washington (UPI) President Carter wins House Commerce Committee approval to retain price controls on natural gas. The panel rejected proposals to phase out controls and forwarded non tax energy measures to a special committee. The plan would raise interstate ceiling to 1.75 per thousand cubic feet and extend controls to producing states.
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UPI
Carter
House Commerce Committee
Commerce Committee
House creates committee to halt secret leaks in Congress
The House voted 227 to 171 along party lines to form an intelligence committee urged by President Carter to clamp down on leaks of sensitive information. The panel would limit which members can see secret material, penalize disclosures, and require presidential notification before release.
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Tim Lee Carter
House
Washington
House of Representatives
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Thomas P. O'Neill
Senate
Jim Wright
Wright
U.S
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA
Harold Fisher
Con Ed
Harry Lipsig
Six Die In Rural Highway Crash Near Stringtown Okla
A rain slicked rural road four miles north of Stringtown Oklahoma killed six members of one family and two from another when a motor home collided with a car that skidded into the oncoming lane. Six other motor home occupants were injured, police said.
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San Quentin
Billion dollar blackout looting rocks New York
New York City slowly returns to life after a 24 hour blackout that shut the city. Insurers tally losses potentially reaching one billion dollars as 3400 looters are arrested and shops suffer extensive damage. Authorities plan lawsuits against Consolidated Edison while MTA losses rise.
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America
Abraham Beame
Harlem
John Ryan
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Con Ed Law Department
Wall Street
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New York Stock Exchange
Waldorf-Astoria
Bob Hunter
Federal Insurance Administration
Washington
Women allowed to leave early from factory not discriminatory
Three Appeal Court judges ruled that a long standing five minute early leave concession for women at Automotive Products in Leamington Spa does not violate the Sex Discrimination Act. The decision upheld safety and crowding concerns cited by bosses and unions. Barry Peake, a 33 year old assembly worker, called the ruling a farce and argued men deserve extra time off to compensate.
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Barry Peake
Assembly
Peake
Automotive Products
Leamington Spa
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