Consumer protection bill blocked again in Congress
President Carter faced a strong lobbying push from business groups and a crowded Senate agenda as the consumer protection agency bill stalled. Senate Leader Byrd said no action this session without House passage, with House sponsors citing a 20 to 25 vote shortfall. James Allen led his opposition as the impasse persisted ahead of adjournment.
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UPI
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Ralph Nader
Consumer Protection Agency
Carter
Senate
House
White House
Robert Byrd
James Allen
D-Ala
Byrd
Harvest easier with cube shaped apple trees, says USDA engineer
Dr Bernard Tennes of the USDA Agricultural Research Service argues for pruning orchards into cube forms to suit harvest machines. He and Michigan researchers developed a machine that straddles 10 foot trees to prune, spray, and later harvest them, promising adaptation to peaches plums oranges and other fruits.
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Peoria, Ill
Bernard Tennes
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
East Lansing
Mich
Tennes
Michigan
Plan to switch U S road signs to metric delayed
Washington FHA pauses its plan to convert all highway signs to kilometers beginning 1978. Lawmakers Walsh Grassley say agency will study Canada's dual signage and await public comment while noting broad opposition and a $100 million cost. The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 remains voluntary with no penalties.
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Washington
Federal Highway Administration
FHA
William F. Walsh
Rn.y
Canada
U.S
Charles E. Grassley
Lowa
Walsh
William N. Cox
Congress
United States
Carter Approval Rating Steady At 64 Percent
In a nationwide survey conducted in Princeton New Jersey two thirds or 64 percent express approval of President Jimmy Carter. The figure is just under his average 68 percent approval during his first four months in office.
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Detroit
John Lukens
Dearborn Heights
Detroit Recorder's Court
Arthur Koscinski
Thomas McGuire
Lukens
Princeton
N.J
Jimmy Carter
Field Enterprises
Virginia Strawberry’s Wild Heritage Traced
United Press Intn notes that the strawberry variety popular in American shortcake roots in the Virginia native strawberry found by early settlers. The lineage links to England’s medieval berries, but the cultivated form arose from American wild stock.
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United Press Intn
England
Virginia
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