Burger Upholds Postage Stamp Hike Despite Plea
Chief Justice Warren Burger refused to block a 13 cent total postage rate increase, noting the denial on the mailers appeal. The temporary 26 percent rise awaits a Postal Rate Commission ruling likely by June, amid lawsuits from bulk mailers and others.
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Washington
UPI
Warren Burger
Burger
Independent Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service
Rate Commission
Association of
Bulk Mailers
Easter Seal Society
John Sirica
U.S. Court of Appeals
Sirica
Board of Governors
Slaying of CIA agent spurs threats and funeral debate
The slaying of CIA station chief Richard Welch in Athens prompts a death threat against five politicians and editor Tim Butz, with critics calling Arlington burial for Welch an insult to dead servicemen. FBI probes threats linked to Veterans Against Communist Sympathizers.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
Richard Welch
Arlington National Cemetery
Welch
FBI
Houston
Fred Harris
Frank Church
Didaho
Otis Pike
D-N.y
Ronald Dellums
D-Calif
Tim Butz
Robert Franck
Kdog-Tv
Franck
America
Mr. Welch
Church
Pike
Dellums
Butz
Counterspy
Peru
Greece
Athens
Anne McAfee
Harris
Austin
Tex
Thomas Walker
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Arlington
Walker
District names committee members for water study
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors named legal counsel Stanley Hatch and engineer Thomas Stetson to join a five member committee on a water study. The panel will include representatives from the district City of Lompoc south coast entities and the County Water Agency. The study topics include conjunctive use weather modification watershed management Cachuma enlargement and wastewater. Leaders expect a consultant selection and a January 28 Solvang meeting.
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Vaughn Proctor
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
Stanley C. Hatch
Thomas M. Stetson
Santa Ynez
Virgil Phelps
William Laranjo
Phelps
Hatch
Richard Henning
Henry Dettamanti
Joe Foss
Stetson
Washington
Water Committee
Water District
Lompoc
South Coast Water Entities
Charles Lawrance
County Water Agency
Water Commission
Solvang
County Advisory Water Committee
Santa Barbara
Lawrance
South County
Cachuma
North County
Alan Davidson
Joe Mixsell
City Water Commission
Davidson
Mayor Scott Grows Beard Waiting for Snow at Ski Resort
A report notes Mayor Art Scott letting his beard lengthen as he awaits snow at a local ski resort. Nearby a woman in a bathrobe was seen on W Street standing on a garbage can peering over a fence at a meter reader. Some east town fields have been prepared in anticipation of the 1976 flower crop.
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Washington
Ford
America
U.S
Soviet Union
Angola
Middle East
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington Post
Reagan
Secret Service
Gettysburg
Art Scott
Gunmen terrorize Beirut despite party withdrawal pledge
Gun duels between Christian and Moslem militias rattled downtown Beirut despite a cease fire and withdrawal pledge. Police tallied 17 deaths and about 30 wounded in 48 hours, raising civil war toll to nearly 6,650 dead and 14,100 wounded.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Sharif al Akhawi
Liberty Bell to be moved at party climax
The Liberty Bell illegible from Independence Hall will be wheeled 100 yards to a modern pavilion for New Year celebrations. Park Service official Arthur Miller said the move is safe and will occur amid fireworks bells and a candlelight procession with about 50 000 spectators expected.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Allentown
John Marshall
George Washington
Arthur Miller
National Park Service
Independence Hall
The
Park Service
Franklin Institute
Talks continue on malpractice crisis under Brown aide
In Sacramento Brown administration negotiator Robert Gnaizda says talks with physicians will continue after two major groups rejected a plan to cap malpractice insurance rates. The unions represent about 30,000 doctors and urged ongoing discussions to craft a constitutional, fair plan that also serves the poor.
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Sacramento
UPS
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Robert Gnaizda
Brown
Union of American Physicians
United Physicians of California
Gnaizda
Southern California
Donald Burns
The
Business and Transportation Agency
Peace Corps
Sanford Marcus
Joseph Roberts
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Veterans Memorial
Lompoe Junior Alpha Club
Sharon Spickard
Doug Spickard
Margie Phillips
Aquarius
Mamie Eisenhower
Planning Commission
E. Ocean Ave
Christian Phalangist
Rashid Karami
Liberty Bell
London
Pennsylvania
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