County moves to mine gold from landfills
Santa Barbara County forms a 15 member resource recycling committee with public works staff serving as technical advisors to develop a county wide landfill recovery program. The effort aims to pull valuable metals wood and other materials from dumps and may involve cooperation with Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties.
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Vaughn Proctor
Santa Barbara County
Commonwealth
Board of Supervisors
Robert L. Hedlund
Lompoc County
Cypress Avenue
E Street
Municipal Public Works
Paul Price
County Public Works Department
Price
Santa Barbara
South Avalon Road
Lompoc
James Brightwell
Brightwell
Central Avenue
Jumblatt Buried After Assassination in Lebanon
Kamal Jumblatt was buried in Mukhtara after midday prayers as Beirut and regions brace for possible revival of sectarian clashes. Arab peacekeepers increased roadblocks and patrols while schools and shops closed, amid a tense hush in the capital.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Kamal Jumblatt
Chouf
Jumblatt
Mukhtara
Selim el Hoss
al Mouharrer
al Amal
Carter urges shift to coal in U S energy plan
President Carter says the nation must make an inevitable major shift from oil and natural gas to coal as the main energy source. He notes 90 percent of reserves are coal and outlines a plan built on conservation and fuel efficiency with coal as the domestic fuel focus.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Carter
Congress
Clinton
Mass
Roundtable
New York City
United Nations
Energy Roundtable
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
Ed Smith
James Schlesinger
DuPont
Anchors Aweigh
Naval Academy
New York
Chestnut Street
Edward
Katherine Thompson
New England
Senate panel backs Carter tax cut amid rebate clash
In Washington the Senate Finance Committee narrowly rejected a GOP challenge to Carter’s 50 per person tax rebate and moved toward final approval of the tax cut and rebate package. In South San Francisco a 12 hour siege ended when an armed robber holding two hostages shot himself. the hostages were unharmed and the gunman was hospitalized in critical but serious condition.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
San Francisco
Boyle Freed From Prison Ahead Of Retrial In Yablonski Case
W A Tony Boyle a former United Mine Workers leader was released from prison to await a retrial on charges related to the 1969 murder of union rival Joseph Jock Yablonski. The case stems from the contract killing that followed internal UMW struggles.
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Hanoi
Vietnam
UPI
Pham van Dong
White House
Carter
United States
Dong
United Auto Workers Union
Leonard Woodcock
Ho Chi Minh
Woodcock
Ngo Dien
Dion
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Richard Nixon
Dien
Nixon
United Auto Workers
U.S
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
W.A
Tony”’ Boyle
Joseph ‘Jock’ Yablonski
Skyjackings Foiled on Nippon Airways Flights
Passengers and crew thwarted two hijacking attempts on All Nippon Airways flights in Tokyo. In the second incident the hijacker killed himself by ingesting poison. The first attempt ended with passengers overpowering a man who seized a 727 at knifepoint after takeoff.
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Tokyo
Japan
All- Nippon Airways
Invasion of Zaire in Shaba Draws International Aid
U.S. and Belgian supplies bolster Kinshasa as eight day invasion via Soviet backed Cuban mercenaries widens. Embassy notes deteriorating conditions. evacuations of workers and dependents proceed. AZAP says mines and rockets shield invaders who avoid regular contact with Zaire army. Cyrus Vance warns the attack may severely hurt Zaire’s economy.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
UPI
U.S
Shaba
Kolwezi
Inga-Shaba
Morrison-Knudsen International Company
Boise
Idaho
AZAP
Angola
Washington
Cyrus Vance
House panel backs Carter reorganization power amid vote
The House Government Operations Committee approved a three year reorganization authority for President Carter by a 39 to 3 vote sending the measure to the full House. Chairman Jack Brooks altered his stance on the one-house veto ensuring a vote on every plan.
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Washington
UPI
House
Carter
Jack Brooks
Senate
Congress
Brooks
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Charles Lange
Richard Eatman
Old Saunders
Beattie Park
Ventura
San Luis Obispo
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Pyrolis
Jansson
Bill Swanson
Vandenberg Village
Public Works
Barry Gustafson
North County
Westwings
Jeff Schleming
Samuel Langhorne Clemens Jr
Clemens
Orval Williams
Dennis Smith
Boyle
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